Men and dieting

I survived day 1!! It was not nearly as difficult as I thought it would be. The nice thing too is that I was able to still go out to dinner and have a date night with my boyfriend. I asked him where we were going and used my handy dandy WW app on my phone to look up my points. Yesterday ended up being a lot less stressful then I originally thought it would be. Counting and tracking was not hard at all and I didn't feel like "Ohh I'm not allowed to have that" when I went grocery shopping or out to dinner. The only difficult part is the boyfriend. Why is it that when you tell a guy you are trying to eat good and that you need to lose weight that little saboteur instinct kicks in? Do they know that they are doing this? Do they not want you to look healthier? Mine even tells me he wants to lose weight with me and do this.....but then what happens when he goes to the store..."Babe...I bought a bag of fruit for you and Loooook what I got......" as he holds up a "Family Size" (its just the two of us) box of Chips Ahoy Cookies. Not that I can't have them, but I'd prefer not to spend my points on something like that. Even after he asked me 5 times if I wanted a cookie....I was able to resist. I'm just hoping that this sabotage phase passes soon. As I started thinking back to the other times I've tried...its usually the "so where are you allowed to eat?", "What are you allowed to eat? oh you can't have this??" that has made me give up....not this time.

A pictures worth 1000.....pounds!!

So last night I decided to start Weight Watchers. After reading....and doing a little bit of research I wanted to see if this was just another "diet" or a "lifestyle"....have you seen Jennifer Hudson?! She looks AMAZING!!. I went to my first meeting and felt slightly overwhelmed. I was waiting for the moment of "okay this is what a sample day looks like for you" or "This is what you definitely should NOT have while you're on this program"....that moment never happened. It was simply...if you want a slice of pizza...have a slice just count the points....if you want to go out to dinner....go out to dinner, just count the points. Whoa...what!?!? So you are telling me I can have whatever I want, I just need to be accountable....as non-stressful as that sounds, I left there sort of freaking out because I didn't have any guidelines there was none of this...no carbs....no sugar....no alcohol...etc. Being the planner that I am I think the other things have worked in the beginning for me because it was so strict, but in the end they didn't stick because they were so limiting. I came home and read over the materials and realized that this was FAR from stressful....the stress turned into excitement. I sat up reading the points values for the things I loved. (Fruit....zero points!!! YES!!!)  I even took a before picture...that I'm too embarrassed to post....at least until I can post an after picture and feel okay with how it looks. Does anyone else get this way? Anyone else obsess this much about how they feel/look and feel as though every time they look in the mirror your eyes instantly go to either your stomach, arms or legs and think...ewww girlfriend you need to do something about that. I scan through my pictures and think...awe that's a cute picture...if my stomach wasn't hanging over my jeans....This one is cute too....if my arms weren't soo big. I'm hoping this blog can help capture others that are going through the same journey and having the same feelings. A place where others can share ideas/recipes, brag about how good they did or vent about what a crappy day they had. For me...I'm hoping it helps with my accountability. :-) Hopefully we can motivate one another. Day 1 has begun!!

Dieting for life

Today I am sitting here...there are tons of things that I need to do, checklists in my head of what I need to start or finish, but really...the only thing that completely consumes my mind is the fact that my once baggy jeans are now cutting off my waist. When did this happen? How did this happen? It had to have just happened over night right?.......haha...yeah right.... I know this was something that happened gradually, first there was 5lbs...that's easy breezy. I can shed that in a weekend (you tell yourself) Then that 5lbs turns into 7 and 7 to 10. Then the next thing you know...you are at today 18lbs from where you were this time last year. Something needs to be done and quick. I think that's the problem...QUICK is how I've always done it in the past. I am a professional dieter. Jenny Craig, Slim Fast, Lindora, Atkins, South Beach...yep I've tried them all. The problem that I have found in the past is that those are NOT realistic. You cannot stick to something or make a lifestyle change by canceling EVERY single thing out of your diet....no sugars, no carbs, no fats, no soda, no beer, (what no beer????) no red meat, no starches....and the list goes on. Today I decided that I want to make a change that I can live with...I would like to resign from my position of being a professional dieter.