Right direction, for a change!

Down 1.4 lbs. Finally moving in the right direction! This week I cut down on dairy products in an effort to get my skin to stop spazzing out. Cutting down on dairy means, by default, cutting down on ice cream and cookies (as in "milk and...")

Didn't get to the meeting on time this week, and didn't quite make the exercise goal, so those will remain on my commitment list this week, and I'm adding in "increase fruits and veggies".

Resolved (more or less)

Up nearly one lb per week. Still, considering what I ate, I think I got off easy. So I'm going to climb back on the wagon one umbrella step at a time. I worked out today already. So...

Resolved: no more trigger foods around the house (sorry, kids!)

Resolved: go to a WW meeting every week, no matter how successful at eating I was.

Resolved: go to the gym at least least twice each week, and take a walk at least twice as well.

OK, those are 3 do-able goals that I believe I can achieve this week. Going right now to clean out the dribs and drabs of triggers I still have. No guilt about tossing food.

My impetus for this move was buying a new bra and it not quite fitting. I still don't quite understand that. If I still fit in size X, why would a new size X be too small??? Stretching? Fabric only stretches so much. Very odd. But I have been uncomfortable in my clothes for a number of weeks and DAMNED if I'm going to keep this up and have to buy bigger sizes. Thankfully my 2 best jeans are still loose in the waist. I'm sure if I tried to replace them with identical sizes they would be too small...

OK, OK already...

So two incidences happened this week that are finally making me say "enough already". One is the realization that it's been so long between weigh ins that I'm at the point of having to re-enroll, and the other is I'm only just starting to not feel overfull for the first time in 2 days. Yes, I woke up feeling full yesterday morning from the prior night (and I think it was the cookies I baked at 10 PM that put me over the hump), and I remained feeling full all day. Now I actually think it was some kind of tummy bug, because really, I didn't eat much yesterday at all. But still. I think I'm at a turning point.

When I was first laid off, I thought wouldn't it be cool if I lost weight and got a job before my severance pay expired. OK, those two things are not related, per se, but both would be cool things, positives resulting from a negative experience. Instead, however, I am gaining weight, haven't exercised much at all, and have not had much interest from my resume submissions at all. It's hard for me to be positive in the best of circumstances. Add a bit of a challenge and it becomes really impossible to be positive.

On the other hand, I have an opportunity to do some forms for a recruiter. If I do a good job, that could net me some kind of positive action on the job front. This week was bad in that I had my daughter home from school, so I was not able to make my usual support/resume groups. Next week I will make a game plan. I will have at least 2 ego boosting events: the meeting about forms and a volunteer banquet plus baby sitting from sister, who is usually good for an ego stroke.

So two things I can do to help me get back on the wagon: don't bring any trigger foods home, and don't make any more cakes!