Its all in my Head

As the title states "its all in my head"... tracking, drinking lots of water, walking... even cycling!  I think about it ALL the time!  Do I do it? no.

I was up again this week.  +0.4   not much but enough for me to grumble at myself.

Today I went out for lunch with my Mom and we both were very conscious about what we ordered.  I did pretty darn good.  Lunch size Turkey Club Wrap: no mayo, no bacon.  Garden salad with Ranch dressing on the side and a peppermint tea.  I was very satisfied - although I do get tired of garden salad...

I tracked it all and hopefully can keep this up to see good results for next Wednesdays WI.

Chuckle

Well, I wasn't expecting much at this last WI.  Matter of fact I certainly thought I would be up again cause I have been planted at my desk under mounds of paperwork and not eating well.
In my case it isn't always the fact that of what I eat its that I get busy and DON'T eat.  That's not good either.
So back to WI.   I stepped on the scale and had a good chuckle.  I never imagined I would lose or even stay the same so when the scale read I had lost 0.1 of a pound I said "I'll take it!"   I need every little oz I can! hahaha  Those little bits all add up too.

I will admit my yesterdays food wasn't unhealthy choices but just too much of a good thing.  So today with tracker in hand and water bottle on my desk I will continue wading through my paper work. 
Come Monday I am hoping to be out and about again but for now I have some deadlines to meet.

Tracking Rules

I am the first to admit I am terrible at tracking.  I am either on or off... trying to get back on.
Lately our WW meeting has been hitting home with tracking and this weeks meeting was one to remember!

One good tip they mentioned was most people can't remember what they ate after the fact.. so most everyone carries a cell phone and all cell phones have a camera.  SO take a picture of your meal!  Then later you can track it  - and remember EVERYTHING you had. LOL
That way you HAVE to be honest on your tracker.

Its a Downer

SOrry I have been MIA... I have been MIA on the tracking department too. Been fighting this darn cold and so has my DH. It has really beaten us down. But I shouldn't have let it get the best of me in the eating and tracking area. So due to my absolute stupidity I have gained my weight back that I had lost over 2 weeks. SO STUPID. Yeah I am really mad at myself. I need to work this program and I am either off or on. I really need to stay ON. I am never going to reach my goal until I stay ON all the time!


I am really in a slump... I am tired and not feeling well and yet I know I HAVE to stay on track. Its so hard when I could care less about most everything. Boy I have really hit bottom today. Hopefully tomorrow I will find my mojo - or even later today.

Sorry for the downer post.

What are they thinking?

I am about to spout off here - you may agree or disagree - my spouting is definitely debatable.  I just need to get this off my chest.
I am no angel and many times I don't practice what I preach BUT there is one thing I don't get.... I do blame Dr's for not doing anything about this too.

Someone I know has been getting a lot of tests for heart issues and diabetes. This person is obese, VERY obese. No 50 or 75 or even 100 lbs over weight but way more than that...
 They are not liking the fact that they need to level their sugars and they scoff at the heart issues. They blame ?? for their health problems but not once do they consider it to be their weight.    If I was the Dr the first thing I would say is LOSE WEIGHT - eat right and exercise!. When you do eat right you will be eating to keep your sugars level and lose at the same time.

Why don't Dr's teach this to people?  Why don't they enforce it!? Are they worried about hurting someones feelings? Is it all about money? or do they not know anything about nutrition themselves?   They (Dr's & Patient) need education, support and help.

I am 50 lbs overweight.  Has my Dr ONCE said to me that I should lose weight? NO. 
Why not? I have no idea!
What I DO know is the heavier I get the more health issues I get.  I KNOW i should lose weight and I  do work on losing weight -
do I slide? YES! I am not perfect by any means.  For example, I gained again this week.
Am I happy about that? NO
Am I aware of it? YES all the time! I am very aware of what I put in my mouth good or bad. I weigh every week to keep in control.
 Can I do something about that? YES.  I can track, drink more water, do more exercise.
When I do this I FEEL WAY BETTER!
Do I blame someone else for my weight problem? NO
When I have a health issue do I blame someone else? NO
What I do with my body; what I put into it, how I use it, is my doing.
If I do it out of ignorance then there is education to help me
If I do it when I know there is a better way? then I should get a swift kick in the butt.
If I lost family members to obesity wouldn't it make one think to do something different?

Some seem to act very ignorant to the fact that it is their choices that got them to the unhealthy state they are in.  But the worse thing about it is they want a pill to fix it and not do anything at ALL to cure the problem!
And ppl we CAN CURE obesity!