I think I'm past Denial and into Bargaining

[deirdremoon.livejournal.com]

You know how there are several stages of addiction, grieving, etc etc? There are several stages of Weight Watchers too, I think. The first stage is "Yes, I care enough to actually pony up the money to do this again." The second stage, for me, is "I'm being sort of half-assed about sticking to my numbers while I create the library of all the foods I actually eat." It's a useful maintenance stage. The third stage is "I'm being honest about what I eat, and am therefore horrified at the number of points it all costs." That's where I am right now. I just found out that my very favorite food at Starbucks is 11 points for one scone. *sob*

The good news, though, is that if I had not eaten that scone, I think I would have been fine for the week. The discipline IS coming back to me, and it's achieving the two things I really wanted. Okay, three: a) being better about portion sizes, b) being better about fruits and veg, and c) being honest about how often I'm working out and how much food that REALLY offsets.

Eventually, I will hit Stage Four of "I think I have this down" and then Stage Five, "I'm getting bored of known safe foods and need to branch out a bit."

Comments

[baronlaw.livejournal.com]

I'm at stage two for my program two, so far I've stuck (mostly) to the 6 small meals a day but I need to really watch the makeup and portion sizes closer.

[silverstreak.livejournal.com]

I hear ya! I think I am in that barganing stage myself. I really need to write everything down and force my eyelids open while shoving my head at the monitor while screaming, "Look at those numbers! LOOK AT THEM!! Do you SEE what you are eating?! KNOCK IT OFF!!"

I don't know, does that seem too harsh?

[baronlaw.livejournal.com]

No, not at all, here let me help "Do you SEE those numbers?!" "I want you to taste that monitor taste it!"

[obsessivewoman.livejournal.com]

This is very familiar.... :)

The doing the food diary again is key. I got lazy.