Orginally, me, Jon, and Olivia were going to go camping over Easter weekend. However, that didn't work out. Instead, we went away with our friends to a lake house for the long holiday weekend. Like I said, there wasn't any internet or cell phone service. It was the perfect change that we needed from our normal day to day routine, so that we could relax.
I am sad to say that I didn't do a very good job of staying on plan while we were gone.
I should have, because I planned the menu! However, Pinterest got the best of me and I made a lot of recipes that were not Weight Watchers friendly. In addition, as soon as I left my apartment, my vacation mindset kicked in. I felt like I deserved a break from making healthy choices.
I brought healthy snacks for myself, but I did not choose those foods to eat! Instead, I ate what everyone else was eating.
Also, being gone all weekend meant that I was not able to weigh in at Weight Watchers. It always throws me off when I am not able to have an official weigh in with Weight Watchers. Not knowing what I weigh makes me eat like crazy, because I assume the worst (that I have gained weight). Those negative emotions then drive me to eat more than I ever wanted to in the first place!
By the end of the weekend I felt awful! I felt sick to my stomach, because I am not used to stuffing my face like I did. I also felt shame, because I know how to make better choices than I did.
Why am I telling you this? Because I want you to know that I am not perfect! I am struggling to lose my baby weight just like the rest of you. I had only been 9 pounds away from my goal weight, but after this weekend, I'm pretty sure I will have more than that to lose.
Now what? I'm going to forgive myself and move on. I'm going back to the basics of the Weight Watchers program: tracking what I eat, drinking water, and exercising. These are just little things, but they will make all the difference for me!
Do you need to get back on track? Did you have a bad Easter? Christmas? Thanksgiving? How much longer will you wait before you start to make healthy choices again?
On a happier note, here are some pictures of my family that were taken on Easter Sunday!
 |
| Jon and Olivia after church on Easter Sunday |
 |
| Me and my baby girl |
6 comments:
Wow! It is amazing to see Olivia in such a summer dress. She would've froze to death here in Iowa wearing it on Easter Sunday. I guess the whole country wasn't experiencing a warm front at 40 degrees :-)
Glad to see you back. (And I know exactly how you feel. I'm back on track this week after...well, I don't even know how long I've been off track.)
Thanks for helping me to realize that I am not alone in falling off the wagon so to speak. I've really struggled all this year after losing 50 lbs last year. It is as if I plan to reward myself right back up to the place where I started. I love Easter but those darn Cadbury Eggs are straight from you know where. I can hardly resist. Little Miss Olivia is beautiful!
Crazy to see her sitting up so well already! Wasn't she just born? :) Sorry you had a yucky, bad week eating-wise.
I love WW points because every day you start all over. It reminds me of Lamentations 3:22-23 "...his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning...."
It's funny I had a pretty good Easter, but then on Monday everyone brought in leftovers to work...and I had some..then that night I ate most of my Easter candy...what was I thinking!?! I'm trying to get myself back on track today, and kicking myself too
Thanks for sharing your story. I am still trying to get back on track from Christmas, and bing on Leave of Absence from work for a month, and then Easter. It is a never ending cycle with special occasions and we just need to take it one day at a time :) Little Olivia is just adorable and I love how her dress and Daddy's shirt match!!
Post a Comment