Self diagnosed: Food Amnesia.
I have this huge problem of forgetting what I ate literally right after I ate it. If I don't track all day because of lack of internet access, when I go to track I will have completely forgotten what I had eaten 5 minutes ago, let alone remember what I put into my mouth all day. The snacks tend to really add up, I have a weakness for snacking, see previous post, which is why I'm always in search for low point snacks. My weakness comes from sitting in front of a computer screen 8+ hours a day, gum can help, but not always.
This was another semi-bad week. I gained .5 lbs, not bad when you factor in what I ate over the weekend: Funnel Cake, Chinese Food and Raising Cane's. I was doing so great until Saturday. I am seriously considering moving my weigh-in day to Friday. I realize you're only supposed to weigh yourself once a week, only on weigh-in day, but I can't help myself. I weigh myself every single day, I'm completely obsessed and I hate surprises, I even weigh myself at night and can guess what I'll weigh in the morning. This is a huge issue for me and a habit that I know I won't break anytime soon. I've gotten a sense of a pattern over the last couple months, I weigh the least on Friday mornings. For instance, on Friday morning I weighed 191 lbs, then by today I was back up to 193 lbs. This is the difference every single week, on average I weigh 2 lbs more on Monday than I do on Friday. And yes, I understand it's my fault, I indulge a little too much on the weekends and need to get it under control after being super "good" all week, but shoooot... it's soooo frustrating to know this every single week!!! Which again, is why I should only weigh myself on weigh-in days. I want to be in the 180's so bad I can taste it, I just want to be there NOW! And I realize it's my fault that I'm not there, and I have the tools to get there, I now just need to do it and quit making excuses to make bad choices with my food intake... oh it's a special occasion, oh it's only this one time, oh it's OK to indulge this once... it never ends up being this once. I realize now that I just can't have the sweets that I used to if I'm serious about this. And the weeks that I've gained I never went over my weekly points, but I now know that I only lose significantly when I don't use them. I'll go back to using weekly points when I'm done, and will just stick to my daily points for the time being (even though it's really hard).
Anyways, can you tell I'm a little frustrated, which is to be expected along the way I guess. I just have to push through this.
216/193/160
((HUGS)) I do the same thing. I always splurge far too much on the weekends. I think the weekdays have the huge benefits of structure. I can only eat what I pack for myself at work. Plus I'm in a routine of what I eat all day, which some variation for lunch and dinner, of course.
ReplyDeleteI used to weigh myself daily when I was doing this before. I was the same way as you, too--I could guess how much I'd weigh. I was always intrigued by the fluctuation between morning and evening. But I've cut back to once a week (or less...gasp!) and feel a lot less obsessed about it now.
Good for you for recognizing your struggles and best of luck to you in conquering them!! This was easier (for me, at least) when I didn't have a kid to wake me up early. If I could sleep through breakfast, there were more points I could spend on dinner ;)
I weigh in almost daily, too. It gives me a bit of a reality check. Weekends are tough. One of the things about them is that I am also usually eating foods that cause water retention, so the weight goes up fast over the weekend because much of it is water. I keep pondering moving weigh in, too, I weight the least on Tuesdays...because I usually eat most healthily on Mondays...getting rid of much of the water retention.
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