Hey there! Well, I'm half way through the week and glad I cooked up extra food for my work lunches. It has helped me tremendously when it comes to sticking with this.
Over the past couple of years, every time I tried to lose weight, I'd sabotage myself by not planning ahead. I'd stay up late, get up late in the AM, get ready for work, not have time to eat breakfast or pack my lunch, and then I'd grab some fast food on the way to work. Then later in the evening at work, I'd head up to the cafeteria and pay high prices for fattening food that I knew wasn't good for me (a person can only eat so many salads).
Now, I get to bed a few hours earlier, get up a few hours earlier, make breakfast and sit down to enjoy it. Packing my lunch for work is easy since when I made everything over the weekend, I portioned everything out into containers. Now all I have to do is open up the fridge and grab what I need to head out the door. I'm not hungry, I don't feel panicky about what I'm going to eat, and since I go to work prepared, I'm not influenced by what others are eating (I've always been one of those people who sees someone else eating something and then I have to have some too because it looks so good. Or, I'd obsess about it until I finally got some).
Yesterday I was speaking with my boss (who was eating Hershey Kisses) and it did not bother me one bit. While she was talking, I was standing there having an "ah ha" moment. LOL! In the past, I would have secretly been standing there thinking "ooh Hershey Kisses, I soooo have to get some". LOL! Getting all of the sugar out of my body has really helped. I haven't had any cravings and I have more energy. Not to mention I've been sleeping better too and I feel like I don't have as much "brain fog".
Well, that's all I have for today. I just wanted to stop in and give you a little update before I get ready for work. Have a great remainder of the week. :)
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Good luck on your weight loss journey! I have used your recipes for a few years now!
ReplyDeleteI've never spent so much time preparing a grocery list as I have since I started WW. But, it's a good thing to know what I am going to be eating days ahead of time. Like you said, it helps keep you on track and prepared for whatever might come your way! :)
ReplyDeleteI usually cook enough for dinner so that I will have left overs for work the next day. That is a tremendous help knowing that I won't have to worry about getting hungry and then just going and grabbing some fast food or the likes. It's just one step to staying on the right track!
I am glad to find your new blog and new plan! I am thrilled to see what you'll be adding. I have followed WW for years and was not successful until I realized that I needed to get my carbs under control. Thanks for helping us "culinary challenged" folks!
ReplyDeleteGreat blog! I think a lot to being able to follow a plan is...well...planning! Since I started WW many years ago, my grocery bills have gone up (healthy food ain't cheap) and I have had to plan out everything. I even plan out dinners for the week. I find if I don't I tend to sway off plan. It gets easier with time, you know the good stuff and you can make meals without having to check recipes, etc. It does eventually become "ingrained" into your life.
ReplyDeleteI love reading your blog and also followed your Aimees Adventure site. I love that your recipes are easy to make. Do you have any low carb breakfast recipes you could recommend?
ReplyDeleteShellie, Sorry I haven't done much with breakfast yet. I pretty much eat the same thing for breakfast everday which is some sort of omelet. I'll see if I can come up with something soon. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad to find you here doing low carb! I had Aimee's Adventures bookmarked for a number of years, and immediately thought of you after reading a post at the Fat Head blog about Weight Watchers. How ironic.
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