holiday weight mgmt.

[bobcat]

Recently I have started exercising consistently, eating healthier and I've lost 10 pounds. I feel so much better but there's the problem of the holiday season promising to wreck my progress. I have very little willpower! Yesterday I ate too much and did not exercise at all. Today I feel horrible! I did get on the treadmill and eat lighter today, but I need some tips on how to maintain good habits and survive this holiday season. What do all of you do? HELP!!!!

 

[REB]

Hi, there.

I actually STARTED going to WW regularly last Dec.1 right after Thanksgiving, and soon enough before Christmas that I had some goals in mind, to fight for, to help me keep from over eating. Although, there was always temptation lurking right around the corner...the $40 gift certificate from my husband's employer last Christmas for a Heavenly Ham, and let me tell ya...it was heavenly on the lips, but it wasn't so heavenly on the hips. Anyways...this year, we have been trying to catch a few episodes of "the Biggest Loser" to get some inspiration, just as we did last year, before we started this journey. I stuck my journey out last year, and lost 21 pounds, by March, and then was involved in an accident, and gained almost all of it back. This week,(on Tuesday) I was released from my doctor's care from the accident in March, and am able to walk again, and have decided to fight off the fat once again. I don't feel I'm destined to be fat, and I don't think my time to shine is up yet. I'm only 29, and I feel I have a great deal of life to live, and need to shape up, if I'm going to be around long enough to enjoy every minute of it. My husband reminds me of that guy in the biggest loser for this season... one of the final three guys, that had started out weighing in at 330-something...my husband even admitted that guy was close to his weight, and now, he looks great, even though the live finale won't come on until Tuesday, so we can see how the guy actually turned out. The transformations are so uplifting, and I like it because they DO show how much those people sweat, and workout to lose that weight...they don't "sugar coat" it at all, which is nice to see. If you're looking for inspiration, check out the live finale on tuesday night.
I started out last year, weighing in at 313, and lost down to 292, and then my accident happened. Now, I truely feel that this will help me move on, and although things can get in the way sometimes to keep us stressed, we just have to do our best.

Good luck to you. I know this is tough, because I'm going through it myself, and believe me, it's one of the hardest, and most rewarding things, to lose weight. I am searching for a new job, going through trying to settle this claim from my accident, and my husband and little girl moved, and he started a new job 3 1/2 hours from where I am, and to be honest, it's all about what YOU want. YOU have to want this for YOU. And, actually, by them moving, it has made living a healthier lifestyle easier for me to stick to, and adjust to.
REB

 

[stephanie]

Water

I know it sound silly, but drinking TONS of water will fill you up to the point that you don't have room to over-eat. You do, however, need tohave a good colleague across the hall that will relieve you when you have to go to the restroom all of the time. I'm not sure how much help this is, but it really will work if you can pull it off.

 

[Gloria]

my incentive

I have been dieting since April and have lost 24 lbs. and so far haven't gained any back. Yes, I slip up, but that is human. I did not get this big over night. I have decided to lose it slow and healthy this time. I still need to lose a 100 or so. So what if it takes me 5 years, I have been fat forever.

I want to be healthy and live a better (ache free) life. I will be 40 in May. I hope to have about 75 lbs off by then. If not well, as long as I am still losing, I'll be happy.

Every time in the past, I'd lose it fast, give up and gain it back in more. So this time slow and steady will win the race.

Good luck to you! IF you make a mistake, get back to it tomorrow. A slip up now and then will not make a big difference. A slip up every day will! Try to be easier on yourself. Let yourself enjoy a treat or two remember it will be here next year too. It's not like the last time you will ever eat it. This idea is working for me.