Sometimes the smallest successes are all I need. The whole motivation behind starting this blog came as a result of my 2nd crappy weekend in a row food-wise. Well, the food was delicious, but it set me back weight-loss wise. So my small goal for this past weekend was to not let that happen. To keep myself within my points and hopefully maintain and/or lose over the weekend too. The result was I maintained my exact weight from Friday which means I did it! I didn't make the most healthy choices but I did pay attention to portions and if I made some bad decisions I counteracted them with better ones throughout the rest of the day. As it stands, I just had a nice small lunch because I know I'm having hibachi for dinner and that's a points nightmare. :) I'm looking forward though.
The other small success that I wanted to share from this weekend was a friend of mine asked if I'm losing weight! This is the smallest question you can ask that makes the most amazing difference in my day. It felt wonderful for someone to notice a change, no matter how small. I think I see it too sometimes but I don't want that to distract me. Either way, it put me in a great mood for the rest of the night. (My amazing shoes helped too...)
Now I'm in survival mode for this week. The show I'm in closes this Saturday which means I've done 23/29 shows and let me just say, I'm ready. I love the show, I love love LOVE this cast, but I'm ready to close. We just went through the most stressful weekend I've ever experienced in a show and the cast pulled through each and every time. We even added an extra rehearsal on our ONE DAY OFF and everyone but 2 came. How cool is that? These are really awesome people and I am happy to be working with them.
I always thought of myself as a stressed eater, meaning if I felt stressed I would eat but that's just not the case. I realize now when I'm stressed I want to shut down and simply not do or be a thing. I was so tempted to lay in my bed after the gym and sleep until Sunday. Clearly this couldn't happen but that was a way stronger urge than eating. So instead I scheduled a massage for myself and in fact must be off so I can head on over. To quote my favorite band, Candid - (paraphrasing of course) maybe THIS is what I need. :)
<3 to our fearless music director and fellow WW queen. =-)
ReplyDeleteugh it aint easy but thanks mamarauch! you are the BEST!
ReplyDeleteso glad that you are rewarding or being nice to yourself the way that we talked about! we deserve to be nice to ourselves and i feel like the more we listen to what we really need and try to fulfill that in little ways, the better our mood and self-confidence is, which helps in other ways like sticking to your points and stuff. and it doesnt always have to be expensive or a reward food wise, but can be a night to shut down and not do anything or giving yourself an hour to read a book without feeling guilty about it, or going window shopping to make a list for when you hit your next big goal! glad you are being nice to yourself and that it is paying off! keep it up!
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