Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Weight Loss Frustrations

Well, I have been following the Weight Watchers program for three weeks now and have done nothing but gain weight. I lost 13 pounds on my own and now, following a specific weight loss plan have started gaining. That sort of pisses me off!!

Here is the thing, people are telling me that I have lost weight and that I look skinny! I even had to tighten my belt another notch, so how can the scales show a gain?? I wonder if my boobs were just full!! TMI? OK, sorry :)

I ended up feeling really frustrated about it and eating crap all weekend. I figured that if I was going to gain anyway, I might as well enjoy myself. However, I do know that eating crap is not what I want to do and I felt horrible afterward, so I am back to tracking points this week.

I also think that I may start tracking on Spark People too, just to see how my ranges stack up against the WW plan. I also think that I need to cut out the nursing points. People think that because you are nursing you need to eat more and perhaps I do need a bit more than normal, but God did design our bodies to handle nursing and I went the first two weeks of Smug-Baby's life hardly eating anything because they don't allow food in the NICU and I was sick with worry and I produced wonderful milk, so I am not worried about it. I also walked about 45 minutes with Smug-Grandma and did some crunches, push-ups, leg lifts and butt presses. That was in addition to chasing my daughter around the house and playing with her for a couple of hours.

I really believe that working out/exercising/sweating is going to be the key for me to turn this all around. I am so chomping at the bit to get outside and start riding my bike again and taking hikes up to the star. I loved taking Smug-Baby outside last spring/summer/fall and she loved it and would sit for hours watching things go by while I biked away!

I need some ideas of things to do inside! I don't have the money to join a gym, or the time to go to a gym if I joined one, so treadmill, swimming, classes, etc. are out. I don't have the motivation, or space to do a video (not to mention, Smug-Baby would be underfoot making following a routine impossible). I walk at the mall some, take the stairs always, have played Wii with my nephew some, but nothing consistently and nothing enough to get a good sweat going.

People always say to find something that you love - well, I love biking the Greenway!! But I can't take my baby out in 34 degree weather and ride the bike!! What else??

2 comments:

  1. I totally understand! My issue isn't weight loss necessarily, but I know it isn't healthy to sit on my bum all day. Now my toes have gotten slowwen and itchy because I never walk or do much of anything physical (well strength traingin yes, i have a 23 lb kid! just not cardio) so I know I need to get in gear. But it's so DANGED cold! When it was warm last weekend it reminded me of how much I love the outdoors...watching people fishing on the lake made me itch to go shrimpin' in the low country. Not much longer!!!!

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  2. i'm doing WW and I've learned that the 49 flex points a week aren't gonna work for me. I usually lose 1.5 to 2 lbs a week when I've done it before. This time on the new system I only lost .5 the first week SO this week I cut my 49 down to 25 to see if that helps. I also started working out again. I think cutting out the nursing points is a good start at least. I think they give too many points with the new system BUT otherwise I love it!

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