Week in Review
This week has been very enlightening. On Monday after my meeting I had decided I was no longer going to go the WW meetings, because, frankly I've found them to be sort of boring and repetitive. Now the boring part is probably purely subjective, but the repetition is probably part of their plan. I've just felt like I've heard the same thing every week and I don't feel like I glean a lot of inspiration out of it.
Now, let me just say that I certainly wasn't going to stop following the program, but just skip going to the meetings. And to be honest, money HAS been tight and I'm paying for weekly meetings at 12 a pop plus the WW online e-tools (which for me is a must) at 30 bucks a month and then added expense in groceries... or at least it feels like i'm spending more on groceries. So I figured that if I wasn't getting much out of the meetings than why not save some money.
So about half way through the week I felt like maybe I was making a dumb choice. It's not like I was slipping already or anything, because I was on points, but I just felt like the last two weeks or so were on plan, but not the best choices... so i was feeling guilty a bit and I was constantly feeling hungry to boot. And I'd almost go so far as to say, I would eat and be hungry soon after and was frequently craving a lot of crap . Looking back I was eating more refined starches.... thank god for tracking or I wouldn't have known what was making me so hungry. So I beefed up the whole grains, veggies and fruits and I'm suprisingly, or rather unsurprisingly not hungry throughout the day and feel satisfied. Phew. Hunger/Craving crisis averted.
So after that little situation, it occurred to me that if I was right about the meetings and my ability to stay on plan without them and be accountable.. than that would be a money saver and I'd be fine, but if I was wrong, I would begin to gain and it might be a downward spiral and I might not pick it back up again... and I wouldn't be reaching my goal or my dreams. And I thought, if I keep going to the meetings I can guarantee that I'll continue to lose, and if I don't go I risk everything.
Needless to say I will be at my meeting on Monday. Thank god for clear thinking.