I saw this ad in the News-Gazette on Sunday about a weight loss challenge that was happening at Eastland Suites on Tuesday night. I really need to lose some major tonnage so I decided to check it out.
Basically, you join this group and pay $30. The money goes into a pot and the people who lose the most weight at the end of twelve weeks wins the money. You are fined a dollar for every pound you gain and you are fined five dollars for every meeting you miss. You are allowed to miss one meeting free of charge. The man who runs the show gives you healthy eating tips and weighs you at the beginning of the meeting, but that's it. The others in the group are there for encouragement. It is up to you to find a diet/fitness plan to suit you. Moral support, plus the cash incentive. Exactly what I need.
Anyway, I'm trying to find a plan that will work for me. Since being diagnosed with PCOS about two years ago I have really struggled to lose weight. I lost about twenty-five pounds when I was on Metformin last year, but my OB/GYN said that sometimes the body resets itself after a pregnancy so she wanted to wait and see how I'm doing before restarting me on the Metformin. Not that I'm complaining, the Met really made me sick to my stomach. Lose a lot of weight and the PCOS symptoms go away. Easier said than done, because PCOS makes it really hard to lose weight because of insulin resistance.
I checked out a book from the Urbana library about the Mediterranean diet. I'm thinking it won't work for me because carbs are a big part of the diet. I've read that lower carb diets work better for PCOS. I'm pretty sure I'm going to dig out my Weight-Watcher's points book and just follow that. You basically get to eat whatever you want, you just have to add up your points. This way I won't feel like I'm on a diet.
My husband is the world's biggest diet saboteur. His thinking is, if you want it, eat it. I'm going to have to find a way to hang out with him and not fail at this thing. I'll just think of the money I could win.
Wish me luck!
Thursday, August 20, 2009
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I really like WW. I've been doing it for 4 months and lost 30 lbs (which sounded a lot better when it was 3 months and 30 pounds but I've been sort of stuck recently) with another 30 pounds to go. You are right, it doesn't feel like a diet. Nothing is restricted and I can do that.
Good luck with your weight loss.
Weight Watchers works for some people but not really for me. I'm happy that I can eat a brownie for five points, but it doesn't make me feel better or ready to exercise. I want to feel young and healthy again. I recently lost about 20 pounds and guess what? I put 10 back on when I was home in Virginia this summer. Staying with family, plus the fact that everything is made with sugar and butter, completely melted my "good" eating habits. Anyway, I am going to try a new approach once my son starts kindergarten and I'll track it on the new blog I'm starting soon. (Thanks for being a follower btw!)Counting calories doesn't work for me because I lose willpower. I have tried to lose weight endless times. Good luck. Wish me luck too. We're in this together.
Yesterday at lunch my husband came home with BBQ chicken wings and potato wedges. I did pretty good, I didn't eat them. Then yesterday evening I totally blew it by eating a steak. Damn Meijer and their sale on NY strips! Went over on points big time. Tried to redeem myself with a walk after dinner.
Trying again today!
Steaks aren't terrible, you just have to weight them out and stick to the controlled portions.
Generally what I do is have an Arnold's Sandwich Thin with 1 tbsp of peanut butter for breakfast. I have half a cup of FF refried beans, 2 whole wheat tortilla wraps and a tomato (super easy, thus doable with 2 little ones begging for your attention). I just heat the beans, put half on each shell, chop the tomato and sprinkle on then roll and eat. That is a total of 6 points which leaves me 19 for dinner and snacks so basically, I can have anything I want for dinner, which is my big meal of the day.
Good luck, you can do this!
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