Back from a long weekend
Sorry I'm always inactive on the weekends- I always feel like I miss out on a lot over the weekend lol... but here's some stuff for the weekend
Week 3 WW topic: Trigger Enviroments
BWAHAH- I have truly loved this series of meeting topics, because well, I am a trigger eater! I've definitly learned a lot over the past 3 weeks and this week was no exception. So first we started off by identifying our trigger enviroments. Well I believe that any enviroment can be a trigger if the timing is right. But my trigger enviroments include: restaurants, my mom or dads house, my grandma's house, nighttime, unfamiliar surroundings etc.
So the next phase is learning to manage your surroundings. When I first jioned WW I would bring my own food to my parents' house, and order accordingly at restaurants. At home, I plan ahead and don't keep trigger foods around. At work, I bring my own meals. As the years have gone by I have looked at gma's, dad's, and mom's as "free eating" time- I eat pretty much constantly when I'm at home. Also, they have all sorts of food that I don't normally eat at my disposal. Sooooo how do I manage those enviroments that aren't truly mine to control? Well one of my oldest tricks is to just make the entire family dinner or at least help with it so I can guess-timate the points. Something I've done recently at my dad's house is play DDR with my lil bro instead of hanging out in the kitchen. At my grandmas I've been playing games with the cousins or talking to my grandpa to stay distracted. It's still tough but I've been getting better.
When I'm at home which is where I spend most of my time I try to keep my room and stuff as clean and organized as possible, I keep my cupboards full of healthy, tasty foods and try to keep myself focused. Everyday is a challenge but I'm a work in progress