Slow and steady wins the race!
I keep trying to tell myself that. I did great the first 2 weeks that I joined ww ( as far as weight loss goes). In all I lost 10 pounds. However this past week, I have only lose .5 pounds. Hey it was a loss right? It is just so damn depressing to be eating well and losing that slowly. Especially compared to how I was eating.
I have been struggling with some of my old habits lately too. I haven't given in, but it has been a constant fight not to snack on a big bowl of buttered popcorn at night, or the other night I wanted Burger King so badly, I could taste it. I have tendency to eat for emotional reasons. Joy, sadness, boredom, anger, you name it. This journal has helped somewhat.
We don't celebrate Christmas at my house. See my husband and I are both Christians, I would celebrate Christmas but out of respect for his feelings I don't . We do go and visit my parents and in laws and they give presents to the kids, but otherwise, nothing at home. I feel the need to explain somewhat. As I mentioned, we are Christians and believe in Jesus. However, after doing research about Christmas, we discovered that Christmas started as a Pagan holiday. At no time in the Bible, does it ever mention the date of Jesus' birth. So with that said, my husband feels very strongly about not celebrating Christmas because of it's origins. So as I said, I respect his feelings and do not celebrate either. It can be hard though. At this time of year, it seems everyone in the world is celebrating Christmas. I know they are not,but even the students I teach who live in Korea and many are Buddist , celebrate Christmas. I just did a lesson comparing Christmas here to Christmas in Korea. So I think that is not helping my desire to go and eat, eat, and eat.
No matter what you are doing, I hope everyone is enjoying time with your families and being healthy! 