Weigh Day: Damage Report
After agonizing over it for days, I had my official weigh-in today. The damage is 4 lbs…and I am thrilled about it! Ok, I am pissed at myself for allowing this past week to be Junk Fest 2003, but it could have been a lot worse. I had all kinds of fast food, ice cream, chips, etc. The only thing that kept me from gaining more was the exercise.
You all will remember the 4 week hiatus I took last summer. I basically stopped caring about WW and all things related for an entire month. My little protest caused me to gain 9 lbs, but it also recharged my batteries. I jumped back on the wagon with even more determination. My recent rage against the machine makes me wonder if I need this little annual mishap to keep progressing…? I know it sounds crazy, but what if I need a serious shock in my journey to keep everything moving forward? LOL
Anyway, Junk Fest ’03 has officially ended. Sunday was the beginning of my damage control and hopefully most of the 4 lbs will be gone next week. Thanks to everyone for the supportive (i.e. no pity party invites or scolding letters) feedback.
Until next time…
-C
406/237.6/170
Please consider this one a supportive. Haven’t come as far as you, but I did fall off the wagon between when WW at work ended and tonight, when I have to face the music at my local WW.
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great job on your weight loss!
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4 lbs is not bad. some of that may be water too if you ate a lot of salt in there.
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Wait? Did I miss something? I didn’t see you fall off the wagon. If I did, I hardly remember it. It is all in the past. If anyone can turn this around and move forward it’s you. 🙂
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I think it’s good to not care about WW for awhile. It kind of frees you up and, like you wrote, recharges you to continue with the program. Also, eating junk, while quite enjoyable, usually makes me feel oogy and like I want to eat healthy again.
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kick it to the curb, baby!
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hey … it’s not a race.
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I think that this is a lifetime thing, and that in life, shit happens. If you or I could never go a day or week in life, from this point forward, without having “off” days and weeks….well, we would not be successful, because the deprivation sets us up for failure. We have to allow for things like this from time to time. Be it very year, a “free” day once a month,….
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whatever works to keep the fire alive within us to continue on. Because you know, there are soooo many of “us” WW people who hit minor roadblocks and then GIVE UP and then end up with way more than 4, 5, 9, 20 pound gains. We keep truckin along. Maybe not at the pace we expected from ourselves. And maybe not at the pace that others expect of us. But there is plenty of time! A whole lifetime ahead!
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I think that boost and recharge will do you good – jump back on the familiar wagon and keep up the good work.
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you’re awesome! and I think it’s OK to do this once in a while… it actually will probably help your metabolism. I am so amazed at your journey. I’ve been reading you for about a year now .. I lurk mostly.. unfortunately I’ve put on the weight you’ve lost over the past year… but I am so inspired by you.
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I say, if you need a little blip every now and then, take it! Keeping motivation up is hard — use every trick in the book!–
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