Small Victories...Or so I am learning anyway....
When I look at the whole picture or look at the whole day
ahead of me, I get overwhelmed and I am unsuccessful. I must admit my first evening, the night I
went to weight watchers, I bought a box of weight watchers 2pt lemony bar
snacks…Oh goodness! I ate like 6 on my
way home because I was starving. YIKES
ALISSA!
So I knew the next morning I would wake up and it would be
ON! I had slept another six hours, so I
was feeling refreshed. I drank a ton of
water and no soda or coffee those first few days. Then it came to a day I was running errands
and Bella needed to get to school, she was hungry, Grace was hungry and so was
I. This was Monday, now that I think
about it, because it was Bella’s first day of school and I thought that it
would be a special treat for her to have lunch out. We were up at ITC, and so I took her and
Grace to McDonalds. I decided before I
even went in, I was here for the Southwest Chicken Salad. According to the tracker on my phone, that
salad is only 8points. Which is very
reasonable for myself and what I need to eat in that day. I got to the counter and the guy asked me, “Crispy
or Grilled?”
I answered quick, it was like the skinny me jumped out of my
mouth and said, “Grilled!” so that the
FULL Alissa couldn’t say, “Um I’ll take crispy!” I felt proud!
Then it came to my drink, I could have water, but I could
also have a zero point diet coke. So I
went for the zero point diet coke. The
OLD Alissa would have no problem picking diet coke, putting no ice in it
because I didn’t want to waste space or water it down and I would have picked
two McDoubles or a full meal. So there I
went to the table with my Southwestern Grilled Chicken Salad, my diet coke and
my two little love buggies! Bless their
hearts! Nobody had fries that day…I
threw them out!
I felt psychotic as I was talking with myself in my head,
and cheering myself on at the same time.
So after we ate, I
finished most of my diet coke but I stopped and listened to my tummy, who was
beginning to get loud with me saying, “I’m starting to fill up down here…please
stop!” So I looked at the beverage
station and I thought, okay I could go and fill this so I have ANOTHER diet
coke for on the road. BUT Skinny Alissa
won over and I threw away my soda cup.
I got in the car after that lunch and I thought SCORE, I was
able to take my kids for a quick lunch, and maintain my weight-loss plan!
Giving my kids McDonalds is a whole other
topic/discussion, so however you feel about the Golden arches, you can keep to
yourself. I already know. There was a time in my life where I went one
whole year without the junk!
We’ll get there again.
One step at a time!
Other Small Choices
I walked to pick up Kaylee from school a couple days instead
of driving, even though I was tired and didn’t want to lug two toddlers to wait
outside for older sis.
I wanted to pick(eat carelessly) one day, and I put a piece of gum in my
mouth so I didn’t grab anything.
I went to the Women’s Bible Study brunch at church, I had an
omelet, but it was eggs with all the veggies available, and a little bit of
mozzarella cheese. I took a piece of the
French toast, I tried to grab a small piece and I fought myself the whole
time. BUT THEN….I filled my plate with
fruit…oops no room for all the pastries.
I must say I did GREAT that morning, I did eventually eat the French toast
slice, but I did not eat any pastries which is the Alissa Fail normally. It’s in the SMALL things.
That afternoon we met to have lunch and play at the
playground with our friends. My tummy
was not so happy and so I wasn’t in the mood to eat. I’m sure people might be able to relate, and
in the past I would eat anyway, regardless of how I felt or if I wasn’t
hungry. Instead on this day, I sipped on
water.
Seriously, this might not seem like much but this is HUGE!
Okay so the weigh-in…
I got to weight watchers and the room was excited to see me,
as I was excited to see them. The lady
at the counter weighed me in and I lost!
WOooHoo…Now before I give you the number, you need to understand
something, all the times I’ve done WW I’ve lost 5 or more pounds the first week
but I’ve always broken up with WW….so this time it was not a huge loss…but that’s
where I am learning IT’S ALL IN THE SMALL VICTORIES….
I lost…
Still the FULLER me...Minus 2
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