Up a few pounds, but I have a plan
So I'm posting at the request of noodles, cuz I do owe her. . . .
Right after I got to 158.5 in early October, work exploded. I was working 12 or 14 hour days, working weekends, and I kinda fell off the wagon. Went back to my stress-eating habits, and gained a few pounds. Yikes. Have had a hard time getting back on the wagon, and really struggled with the whole "WHY IS THIS SO HARD - WHY CAN'T I JUST EAT WHAT I WANT - ARGH" attitude.
Anywho, recommitted yesterday. Weighed in at 162, which isn't great but isn't that bad. I mean, it's less than 4 pounds from my low point at 158.5. I know I can get back to the 150's, so I'm committed. I also signed up for a 5 week bootcamp at the Y, and it really might kill me. It starts on Monday, and meets 3X a week. But it involves running up and down the stairs, sucidide sprints, wall sits, push-ups, the whole nine yards. I'm hoping that it'll bust me through this 150's/160's wall that I've been dancing around for so long. And I really think that if I do something so hard like bootcamp, I'll be more motivated to stay within my points and not negate all that hard work with a pint of ice cream. I also started doing Pilates 2X a week, which I'm hoping will make a difference in the inches department.
I also have enlisted some support in friends who are doing WW online (2 people from work, another friend not from work) so I'm hoping to keep a consisten dialogue with them.
Anyway, yesterday went really well, considering it was my first day "recommitted" to my fresh start. I got in Cardio and a Pilates class, so earned 6 AP's yesterday. Went out to dinner with Nick for date night, stuck to Diet Coke and had a plan for what I was going to order beforehands. Even brought my own Fat-Free dressing in my purse. Oh yeah - I've become "that girl" who brings her own packets of dressing in her purse. But only used 2 of my WP's last night (since I had a few bites of Nick's rigatoni) and I am ready to hit my Step Aerobics class this morning at 10:30. I'm ready!!!
So yeah, Thankgiving week is going to be hard (between Thanksgiving itself and then an out-of-town wedding and rehearsal dinner that Friday/Saturday in Chicago, but I'm just going to take it one day at a time, and not worry about it until we get there!
Small NSV - I bought a new dress at Banana Republic last night, and I bought a 10!!! (Nick's firm has a pretty fancy Christmas party ever year, so I needed a new party dress that is cute but conservative. Mission accomplished.) Anyway, I was pretty excited about the 10 at Banana. I had moved down to a size 10 in dresses at Ann Taylor, but it felt really good to be a 10 at Banana too. Imagine - I could be back in single digit sizes again!!!!!
Ok, should probably clean up from breakfast and drink some more water before my Step Aerobics class. Good luck fellow EP'ers!