For two weigh-ins before this weigh-in last night, I had horrible results. I had lost a net of 0 pounds. Some people may say, hey, that's OK because you didn't gain it overnight and while that's true, I did gain 150 pounds in 1 year. And losing 0 pounds in two weeks was not going to get me to lose 150 pounds in one year. I was so frustrated (if you couldn't tell by my previous posts)!
I almost gave up exercise and in fact, I only got to exercise two times this past week. I also stopped taking a lot of the vitamins I was taking (just because I forgot them, not because I thought they were the problem) and the only thing I really did well this last week was track my food. However, the scale decided to surprise me with a 7.2 pound loss! Holy crap!
By my formula, this shouldn't have happened. Top that off with the fact that I wasn't able to go to the bathroom before my weigh in (long-standing WW joke, folks), I felt "fat" and my legs were hurting. I was sure I hadn't lost any weight again! But I did.
You see, our bodies react to what we do to it. Sometimes they are a little behind, but they do react. With that being said, there is no magic formula. As long as you are following a safe, healthy diet (whether that be Weight Watchers or simply counting calories) and doing some exercise, you are going in the right direction.
Now don't get me wrong, this isn't an easy lesson to learn and I'm not sure I've even learned it fully. However, it is something that would behoove us to remember because when we get those weeks where we don't lose or where we lose less than we think we should, we need to remember those weeks where we didn't necessarily give 100% and we lost an amazing number.
Folks, this is a lifetime journey for most of us. Even when we get down to our goal weight, we will still be overeaters. We will not be able to just go out and eat that medium pizza by ourselves again. Actually we probably could if we went and ran about 13 miles or so, but you get my point. We will constantly be in a struggle with our weight, but by then we will know how to manage it. We will be at the end of the hard part and we will have all the tools we need at that point.
So, don't give up and if you have your "formula" written down on a piece of paper, shred it and throw it away. It's not going to work. Well, it may work this week, but it probably won't next week. The only formula we need is points target + exercise = healthy lifestyle. Don't put a number on it and don't expect it to turn out a loss each week, but we are becoming healthier, happier people. The weight will eventually follow.
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