2 Weeks

Wow, has it really been 2 weeks since I last blogged. I guess it has. Sigh, that is not the way I wanted to do this blog.  I wanted to blog about the good times and the bad. And, I have no excuse for not blogging, other than I had no motivation. And, I haven't been as true to plan as I should be and I am yo-yoing with weight again. I have been fighting for every pound lost for almost 3 months now, and only have 6 pounds to show for it. It seems like I will lose 2 pounds, but then gain 1.9999 of it back.

I have tried having talks with myself, giving myself some outside motivation and it just didn't seem to work. I would do well for a few days, maybe a week, and then I would fall of track, again. I am so frustrated with myself. Don't get me wrong, I do love the fact that I have lost 36 pounds, but I am not even at my halfway point yet. And, it has been such a struggle to get here. And, I gained 1.2 pounds last week, probably had something to do with the fact that I ate an entire can of frosting in the space of 2-3 days. I didn't eat plain (well, some of it I did), I put it on WW Devil's Food Cookies. But a can of frosting is still a can of frosting.

I remembered I was doing better when I had a buddy to be accountable to. Since I haven't seen Bernie and Thalassa in a long time, I guess they are having problems and I completely understand. I can't tell you how many times I've started and stopped and started again.

I've been reading Sandy's Blog (www.asmidjinatatime.blogspot.com) and it sounded like she was going through the same ordeal that I was. So, yesterday, my husband came home from a double. I told him I needed a few hours of me time and I sent Sandy a text to meet for coffee.

We met for coffee and lamented over the new PointsPlus system. I don't know if it was coincidence of the new program, but that is when I stopped losing weight well. I liked the old system, I was losing weight on it. Yes, the old system didn't take into account carbs and fruit, etc. And the new system does force you to eat better and make healthier choices, but I am finding it difficult to stay within my points. This new system feels like I got a 5% raise but inflation went up 15%.

We chatted about motivation, cheating, tracking, exercising and motivation. We talked about different ideas to motivate ourselves. One thing we came up with was blogging. We agreed to blog at least 3 times a week so that we could track ourselves and use blogging to keep up motivation. We also agreed that we would have to comment on each other's posts so that we knew we were reading each others. (If you read this blog, please let me know by leaving a comment.)

Then we went dress shopping! I need a new dress for a wedding coming up in June. While shopping, we challenged each other to find dresses that we normally wouldn't wear, something outside our comfort zone. I found a couple that I thought, wow, I'd never wear that. (I did stay in age-appropriate attire, I am not trying to dress like I am a teenager). I found a dress that was slinky, sophisticated and a size 16! It fit great! I felt beautiful and sexy in it and it was elegant and could be dressed up or down. I loved it. Sandy found a cute dress that looked adorable on her too. We agreed to hold the dresses as hostage until we met our agreed upon loss. I need to lose 9 more pounds before I can get the dress out of hock. I need to have lost a total of 45 pounds.

I am hoping this double-pronged approach works. My mom said I needed to add an exercise component in. I agree with her, and I think that will be the next challenge, is to agree to exercise a certain amount of time per week. But, let's not overwhelm ourselves. Let's get back on track (and tracking) then add the other components.

It's really funny that I reached out to Sandy when this week's WW motivation is to find a WW buddy to stay motivated with.

So, here's to better tracking, better blogging and better weight loss.