Week two of the June Eating Well Challenge has needed a rename for me - June Eating Better Challenge. I suppose eating better than I have been is eating well, but I like to strive for perfection. Most of my days this week were on target, but a day here and there that strays from that keeps one from losing the kind of weight I need to lose.
No one can give me the drive and commitment I need but me. You can wish for me, hope for me, pray for me - but, it's all up to me. I am not going back, but I am having trouble staying 100% consistent and it's driving me nuts!
My daughter claims it is because I am now doing my grocery shopping in the USA. By cross border shopping, I am saving $500 per month- yes, you read that right. Not everything is cheaper, but most things are much cheaper. My daughter is convinced she has gained weight eating USA products and swears their products are higher calorie! My son is devastated that I can't find Ketchup chips in Niagara Fall, NY. I have found the chip selection limited compared to Canada, which surprises me. She claims it's too much food for too little money, and that it's better for my weight to shop at home.
My weigh in had me the same - at 177. It makes my blood boil to remember that I was down to 158 last August. It's so much work to lose weight - arggghhhh, how did I let this happen? This week, I am committed to being more consistent and working harder to see 175. That's my week's goal - a 2 pound loss. It's reasonable and it's doable.
We enjoyed strawberries from our own garden today for dessert. They were sweet, ripe, juicy and delicious. I love the change of seasons in terms of foods. I will eventually tire of grilled meats and look forward to my hearty soups, but right now, the change in season is just what I needed. I am also enjoying freezing lemon and lime juice in ice cube trays and popping them into my water to keep my drinking. I am also committed to drinking a healthy amount of water this week.
Eating less, moving more,
Dawne
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I hear ya, Dawne, I hear ya.
I have been doing this since April. Five perfect days, one okay day, one bad day. The result--no sustained weight loss for me.
Except for the week that I fasted for my family situation, I've not been able to string 7 good days together. And, of course, the family situation is making things worse--as if eating my emotions helps anything. :(
That 20 pounds I have to lose to get back to last summer's low weight seems to be a mountain--that's seriously not leaping into the sea!
If it's any consolation, you're doing better than I am.
Deb
I have a hard time drinking water, but I love the lemon and lime ice cubes. I will have to try that.
I love grilled meals and summer fruits:) But, then when winter rolls back around, I'm happy for soup season too.
Sorry - no ketchup chips in the US. At least I haven't been able to find them in the 15 years I've been living here. It's one of those things I look forward to when we visit north of th 49th. And there's a good point to the too much food for too little money theory. When you have to pay more for it, you buy less, maybe eat less and savour more. Don't get discouraged...just keep moving - eventually those stubborn pounds will give in and run away!
Oh Dawne!
I hear you lady!
My eating has been off more than it has been on...when I am off I am REALLY off. As a result I am 15 lbs heavier than I was in November. Yuck!!!
I weighed in this morning for the first time in months and today is the day that I recommit to healthy eating. I will pray for you Dawne as I am facing this same battle and can totally relate.
I am going to try and start blogging again well I get back on track!
U are so right when u say only u can do this, we can support and wish each other well, but in the end it's up to the ME!
That's the hard part.
Amazing how much money you are saving shopping this way.
That amount of savings is absolutely unbelievable! Many stores are not created equal here either though; I go to one for produce, one for my yogurt, one for my berries, one for my meat.. I think I miss the President's Choice Blue menu products most. I'd much rather eat maui onion or crab seasoning chips than ketchup chips now though :D I have found my prized dill pickle chips here and there though, but limit myself to a small bag of them.
I find that there is a lot more aspartame and sugar in products here, though, and that easy sweet feeling makes eating much more enticing.
Hi Dawne! I just wanted to pop in and say I am following your blog every day - and it is so encouraging to read about your tenacity! I am pregnant with #8 if you'd like to keep up with my blog - it's the fit raw vegan pregnancy one when you look at my profile.
I have seriously taken up running this pregnancy, and have often thought of you as I slowly but surely bump up my miles run. When I hit a 5k, I thought of you! When I hit 5 miles, wooohoo, I thought of you again! You wrote so vividly way back when, what it meant for you to hit those milestones.
My current goal is a 10k, and after that I'll probably just shoot to run 5 miles or so, 4x a week. I'm excited to see what happens to me this pregnancy, as I've never exercised + ate well before.
Reading about how strong you are, gives me strength - I gained back 7 pounds before I got pregnant and now am dealing with having to look at the scale and watch it go up. up. up. - definitely a different and weird time for me.
Keep up the good work, Dawne!
sounds like you are thinking positive. I really need to focus on drinking water! Why am I so bad at this? I like water...why do I avoid it?
Anyway, I'm going for a nice 14 day challenge (my own) of perfect eating...maybe a good way for me to jumpstart my diet again!
Good luck,
J
Hey! We are in "your" country right now...way west in BC, but still.... We got here yesterday afternoon and did a little grocery shopping for the 2.5 days that we'll be here. We both immediately commented on the higher price of groceries here. Before we got here I didn't realize we'd be doing our own cooking. Otherwise, I would have brought food across the border with us!
I'll keep cheering you on. How has running/exercise been in the past week?
Amy
Love the ice cube idea! I'm adding that! Yes regaining after losing is a real bummer when we have to relose it. I am struggling with that too. but you know, this is different weight, it's more, but it's different - as in not the same. I can't think of it as the same. I get too discouraged, so I am trying to rethink it as a different time and place and different circumstance that added this unique weight. I have only lost this weight once. I don't know if that makes sense but I'm trying....
I know how you feel Dawne. It is frustrating! I think it's part of the process of learning how to eat like a normal person. Emotional eaters tend to go back to their old habits of going for food in times of stress. It stinks for sure!
The good thing is you only gained back some weight and then you took control and got back to your good habits. In the past wouldn't you have thrown caution to the wind and given up? Me too! Only then to go on a long binge and gain back all those lost pounds.
You have made a great deal of progress and you continue to inspire me.
Your daughters theory about the US groceries is an interesting one.
Thank you for your guest post, it was included with my Wednesday Challenge Update. You can see it here http://nutmegnotebook.com/2011/06/small-change-challenge-week-two/
I have gotten lots of great feedback and comments on your tips!
Thanks again for your inspiration!
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