December 28, 2005
Definition of Success
Soooooo....it's after Christmas, I'm supposed to be writing about how AWFUL I did, how UNBELIEVABLE I was, how many COOKIES I ate, etc, etc, etc. But guess what. I am not going to do that. Who the Hell doesn't eat crap at Christmas? Of course I ate too many cookies. Of course I didn't do well. I didn't plan to eat salads!
yeah, I'm a little fired up today. I got so tired of listening to people on the WW message boards talk about the perfect plan they had for the holidays. The perfect core meal, how they would tell off their families who dared to make them a non-WW dinner. Imagine! It was pretty nauseating. Guess what! I wasn't perfect. I didn't plan to be. After almost six years of weight watchers I have learned a lot. If you drive yourself nuts you will want to quit. So I let the holidays happen, I enjoyed them, with my new husband and all four sides of our families. Yeah, that's right. FOUR FAMILIES. Do you think you could stay on a diet (or healthy lifestyle, like good weight watchers are supposed to say) with four families to visit!!! LOL. But it doesn't matter. It really doesn't. If you ate the whole fruitcake, so what? I ate so many cookies my heart raced all night. My body doesn't want to eat that way forever, and I knew it was a temporary break.
Here's my definition of success: do you let the holidays ruin what you are doing for yourself, or do you understand that Christmas is Christmas and move on? I have always moved on. YES, I know, I haven't been losing in months, but I have maintained, and that counts for something. I was so excited yesterday to start core again. I was thrilled to go grocery shopping and get good, healthy food for myself. New Year's aside, it is the time to renew yourself, and I have started already. I really, really, really would like to reach goal by next summer. I know core can get me there.
Posted by Mary Elizabeth on December 28, 2005 06:59 AM
Hi! I stumbled upon your blog while looking for info on the Core Diet, and I laughed out loud at your post about what you ate over Christmas. I took the exact same approach as you did; while everyone at the WW meetings was talking about their plans for holiday eating, I was thinking, "I'm going to eat whatever the heck I want to eat on Christmas." And I did, and it was fine. I gained a couple pounds, which I've already lost. Big deal. :)
May I ask what you like about the core plan? Did you try the points system first? I haven't been brave enough to try the core program, but maybe I need a change for the new year.
Anyway... keep up the writing! :)
Posted by: Heather at December 29, 2005 03:53 AM
Hi- I am about three days away from going back to WW. Dreading it but at least I have some hope. Lost 130 on various diets (I like to mix it up) after the birth of my last child, but I have been messing around with the same 20 pounds for five years. Currently the 20 pounds is ON. I tried Core for a couple of weeks and found myself pigging out. Lost: zero. What are your favorite and most efficient Core foods? Thanks- Carla
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