addictions...

could we call someone who was obsessed with weighing themselves daily an addict? well, that's what I called myself. and this morning, the desire to weigh reared, and it was so hard to not get the scale out of the closet and see where I am at. But I didn't. I reminded myself that Friday isn't that far away, and that I'll weigh myself then. WW helped me with that...the whole only weighing once a week thing. Actually I weigh myself about every two weeks. I kinda like that better.

I also think I'm addicted to dieting. My best friend and husband both laughed when I told them that "this week, I'm on Weight Watchers". DH asks me on an almost daily basis..."so what is it today? Adkin's, low-fat, South Beach, Weight Watchers?" but its true...if I am not on one of the ones listed above, I'm usually bingeing. For some reason the comfort of being on a "diet" makes cheating seem ok, and binges forbidden.

Last night I did 45 minutes on my elliptical. I'm really hoping to get addicted to that. I am to the point, that even though I'll slow down, I'll go longer. I had really intended on stopping at 30 minutes last night, but then I saw the calorie count, and knew if I went just 15 minutes more I'd burn 500 calories!

This is day two back on WW, and so far so good. I'm eating at the mexican place here in town with a friend, but since I used to do WW, I already have the points figured. That and I have a mother-in-law who bought a HUGE bag of field greens that she's splitting with me when I get off work. This is after I had already purchased two bags of the "lettuce trio". I like mixing the two. You get the semi-grainy textures of the field, and the crunch of the romaine. Yum. That's another thing I'd like to get addicted to...salad.

Along with WW, I'm also taking Apple Cider Vinegar pills after I eat (as it reads on the bottle)-has anyone had any experience with that?

another..along with WW...at one time when I was going to the gym here in town, that was pre-owning an elliptical, my personal trainer told me not to eat carbs after 5.

So that's what I'm doing....WW points, Apple-Cider pills, exercise, and no-carbs after 5.

I can do this. I have to do this!

Congrats on the cardio

Good job on increasing your cardio time!  That helps when you can go a little longer now and then.  Keep up the hard work.

Scale

Oddly enough, it was buying a scale that partly got me started losing weight.  I guess I am just one of those people who needs instant gratification.  I like 'seeing' the next day that I have lost .5 lbs from the day before.

It's such a struggle and I hate how it ends up defining us.  Then, after a hard day or a string of no-successes on the scale, it becomes liberating to say, "you know what? I'll eat what I dang well please".  That's, of course, until the next time I try to buy another pair of pants.

I'm an addict

Definitely obsessed with the scale.  But I too, feel like I know where I'm at, what I need to do when I get on it.

Let me know how those Apple Cider thingies work out.  Never heard about them.

Congrats on the exercise time - awesome!!

Christine

Good job

... getting back on the WW wagon.  I don't think it so much matters what plan you pick, as long as you have a plan to eat healthier, exercise and drink your water.  Be sure to make it something you can follow for the rest of your life.  The "weird diets" out there, they don't last.

I don't know about the vinegar pills - sounds like just another weight loss industry scam to little ol' me....keep us posted and good luck this week.

Thanks

Thanks for posting and letting me know I'm not alone in the social anxiety department! 

Have a great day!!

it's no use

for me to try and deny I'm a scale addict...so I won't even bother...(at least I limit it to once per day...that's something for me...lol)

and dieting addict-->well guess I'm that too..lol...thanks for stopping by my blog...drop in anytime...

(ps...in your pic you look like drew barrymore.)