So today is weigh in day.
I always feel a mix of dread and excitement on a Monday.. which starts on the Sunday before.
I have some weird kind of rituals (rituals is the wrong word really but I cant think of a better one right now), that start on the Sunday in preperation for weigh in on Monday, which I'm sure some people would class as obsessive behaviour, but they make me feel better and more confident about weigh in so there you go.
On Sunday I dont necessarily eat less, I just make sure the things I am eating aren't very dense.. The day before weigh in I guess you could eat whatever crap you wanted as long as it didnt weigh very much.
I once overheard a conversation in the weigh in queue, one woman was saying 'I've only had breakfast and some monster munch today, I'm scared of eating too much heavy stuff in case if affects the weigh in', other woman responds 'dont be silly, it doesnt affect weigh in, you could eat anything', she responds 'of course it matters, if you ate 1lb of potatoes you would be 1lb heavier than if you didnt!'. That kind of stuck with me, probably not for the better. So now I basically dont eat very much on weigh in day. I eat my 2 meals and a snack... but definitely less that I usually would.
I'm not naive, I totally understand that this probably isnt the recommended behaviour... but once you've done it once, its very hard not to do it as you genuinely think it will affect your weigh in that week!
I get very nervous in the queue waiting to be weighed. Your loss and weight is supposed to be private, but usually the meetings are held in such a small room that its impossible not to hear peoples results (and see their weight in their books). Which is fine if you've done really well, not so good if you've had a gain...
But if you've had a loss, boy oh boy do you feel good! Big grin, pat on the back etc etc.
What I do after weigh in is have a meal 'off plan'. This is a meal I fancy, without necessarily sticking to the SW rules, and no syn counting either. Some people advise against this type of thing, saying it doesnt break the chain of classing things as 'naughty food' (SW say nothing is off limits, you just have to have it in moderation and within your daily syns).
Other say imagine your weight loss if you didnt have this meal every week.
There are lots of different points of view, but my personal point of view is that I know my limitations. I know that if I didnt have a meal off every week I would simply crave this food and go off plan during the week trying to satisfy my cravings. And I really look forward to this meal, I'll admit less and less as the weeks go on though. Its funny how your taste buds change. But dont get me wrong, its still a meal I savour.
My way of look at it is its better to have a planned deviation and keep in control, than to have a craving for something that gets out of control and to totally ruin a whole day with 'well its ruined now I might as well give up for today'. Each to their own.
I read an article on The Guardian website recently about weight loss clubs such as Slimming World, and it was scathing to say the least.
Basically it was saying that these clubs rely on people failing in order for them to carry on as a business and make money. In a way I can see their point, but I know from personal experience that without the 'fear of the scales' I just dont do very well. I dont have a high level of motivation (as you may have picked up from earlier posts..though this is improving) and I just continually cheat (even though even as I'm doing it I know I'm only cheating myself). So I find that this way works for me.
People who have never had weight problems cannot even begin to imagine the psychological issues that go hand in hand with overeating. The comments on this article were all of the 'just exercise more and eat less' nature. Which infuriates me. We all know HOW to lose weight, but DOING it is much, much harder.
I always feel a mix of dread and excitement on a Monday.. which starts on the Sunday before.
I have some weird kind of rituals (rituals is the wrong word really but I cant think of a better one right now), that start on the Sunday in preperation for weigh in on Monday, which I'm sure some people would class as obsessive behaviour, but they make me feel better and more confident about weigh in so there you go.
On Sunday I dont necessarily eat less, I just make sure the things I am eating aren't very dense.. The day before weigh in I guess you could eat whatever crap you wanted as long as it didnt weigh very much.
I once overheard a conversation in the weigh in queue, one woman was saying 'I've only had breakfast and some monster munch today, I'm scared of eating too much heavy stuff in case if affects the weigh in', other woman responds 'dont be silly, it doesnt affect weigh in, you could eat anything', she responds 'of course it matters, if you ate 1lb of potatoes you would be 1lb heavier than if you didnt!'. That kind of stuck with me, probably not for the better. So now I basically dont eat very much on weigh in day. I eat my 2 meals and a snack... but definitely less that I usually would.
I'm not naive, I totally understand that this probably isnt the recommended behaviour... but once you've done it once, its very hard not to do it as you genuinely think it will affect your weigh in that week!
I get very nervous in the queue waiting to be weighed. Your loss and weight is supposed to be private, but usually the meetings are held in such a small room that its impossible not to hear peoples results (and see their weight in their books). Which is fine if you've done really well, not so good if you've had a gain...
But if you've had a loss, boy oh boy do you feel good! Big grin, pat on the back etc etc.
What I do after weigh in is have a meal 'off plan'. This is a meal I fancy, without necessarily sticking to the SW rules, and no syn counting either. Some people advise against this type of thing, saying it doesnt break the chain of classing things as 'naughty food' (SW say nothing is off limits, you just have to have it in moderation and within your daily syns).
Other say imagine your weight loss if you didnt have this meal every week.
There are lots of different points of view, but my personal point of view is that I know my limitations. I know that if I didnt have a meal off every week I would simply crave this food and go off plan during the week trying to satisfy my cravings. And I really look forward to this meal, I'll admit less and less as the weeks go on though. Its funny how your taste buds change. But dont get me wrong, its still a meal I savour.
My way of look at it is its better to have a planned deviation and keep in control, than to have a craving for something that gets out of control and to totally ruin a whole day with 'well its ruined now I might as well give up for today'. Each to their own.
I read an article on The Guardian website recently about weight loss clubs such as Slimming World, and it was scathing to say the least.
Basically it was saying that these clubs rely on people failing in order for them to carry on as a business and make money. In a way I can see their point, but I know from personal experience that without the 'fear of the scales' I just dont do very well. I dont have a high level of motivation (as you may have picked up from earlier posts..though this is improving) and I just continually cheat (even though even as I'm doing it I know I'm only cheating myself). So I find that this way works for me.
People who have never had weight problems cannot even begin to imagine the psychological issues that go hand in hand with overeating. The comments on this article were all of the 'just exercise more and eat less' nature. Which infuriates me. We all know HOW to lose weight, but DOING it is much, much harder.
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