Oh dear! It's been just over a year since I got married and in that time I've put on 8kg! Now it's time to do the long walk of shame back to weight watchers to do something about it to make sure I don't end up back where I started two and a half years ago. :)
The summer is almost over and all our summer time visitors have gone home so now seems like a good time to start. My clothes don't fit me! I'm sick of being tired all the time and don't want a winter of sore throats and sniffles. I want to have enough energy to be annoyingly cheerful and actually have a life outside of work. It's time to start looking after my human-meat better.
Last time I was in this situation, about 2 and a half year ago, I thought it was a pity that I didn't write about my experiences with losing weight so I thought this time I'd try it out and see if it helps keep me motivated. I'm going to try this instead of going to the weekly weight watchers meeting but, if I need to, I'll go to the meeting and keep a journal.
Low calorie, high bulk food to stop myself being hungry - the hardest thing about the first couple of weeks of a diet is being hungry as my body adjusts to having less food. I've found the best way to deal with this is to make a big effort to stick to food that keeps me full for not many calories. That's usually stuff that's loaded with vegetables and some lean protein. Once my body is used to having fewer calories I can plan the occasional treat to keep myself from feeling deprived but for the first couple of weeks it's all about not being hungry.
Eat less but more often - I find getting portion size correct is a bit of a struggle so I'm going to eat small amounts more often, to readjust my perception about how much I should be eating. I'll make up a soup to have as a snack at work between breakfast and lunch and bring in a little container of fruit to have between lunch and dinner. If I know I can eat again when I need to, I can tell myself that having a smaller meal won't mean feeling hungry all afternoon. Once my body adjusts to having less food, I won't have to worry so much about this so much.
Start tracking again - I'm going to start using the weight watchers tracker again to plan what I'm going to eat and then keep myself honest about how it's going. I'm going to see if I can make it work without actually going back to the meetings. I'm hoping that writing about what I'm doing will be enough to keep me interested in it.
I guess I am a bit disappointed to be back in this position again but at least I'm in a much better position than last time. When I started doing weight watchers two and a half years ago I had a crazy 30kg to lose and this time I have (hopefully) caught it before it gets anywhere near that bad.
I now have a pretty good idea already about what I need to do to solve this problem. I know the weight watchers points of pretty much every food I regularly eat so I know which foods I like are good value for points and which are just not worth it. I know some nifty tricks to make sticking to the diet a little easier. I know what areas I have problems with (motivation, portion size and comfort eating) and have some ideas about what to do to make dealing with my problem areas a little easier.
I also know that I can do this and once I've gotten over the first few weeks it's actually not too hard. I have lots of recipes that are filling, delicious and healthy. I can still enjoy food without doing bad things to my body. It's fun trying out new recipes and learning new things. I just have to be firm at sticking to it without being too serious.
So starts my journey! Here's hoping that I can stick with it and not immediately decide I'll put off starting until next week. :)
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