My leader, Suzanne, asked for my thoughts or what had helped me along the way as she handed me a sticker. Normally I am not tongue tied but my thoughts weren't well organized today and I think I rambled a bit. Oh well, I'll blame it on spring fever.
I really should begin walking today. It is nice out and would be a good day to start, but I also need to clean the house. Maybe I will take deep cleaning of the rooms as I've done weight watchers...one bite at a time. Cleaning will be a form of exercise and I will feel better physically and emotionally when this is done. Maybe I'll even reward myself with a walk this afternoon when it should be even a bit warmer outside.
On the drive home from the meeting I thought about what I should have said. A big difference in my life since returning to WW is learning the difference between hunger and just wanting to eat. Wanting to eat can be from habit (M&Ms while online, cookies while watching TV), or because you're thinking about how good something tastes (mmmmm......coffee ice cream!) or boredom but I must admit, I am rarely bored but am sometimes restless when I can't pick what to do (read? knit? work a puzzle?) .
Besides the mindlessness of eating as I just described, all of those times I am sedentary. That M&M or cookie doesn't just hit the bottom of my stomach, it sits there on my bottom. Yikes! I really doubt that I'll ever become a person who can't sit still and therefore burn more calories because I am always in motion. Many of the things I love to do require me to be seated and that isn't going to change. What I can do is aim for more activity than what currently passes for normal, and eliminate or improve what I eat when I am doing these things. For the most part, I have changed that already. I still do have a cookie or a few M&Ms occasionally but I really do think about what I am doing, and I count the points.
So, with more activity and not just sitting at the keyboard in mind, I am off to start deep cleaning the house. My weight loss success and how good I feel physically truly do quiet the call of sweets and other poor choices.
Onward and downward!
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