Ahhhh! Saturday mornings...gotta love em! What other time can you sleep until the sun rises, stay in bed watching Paula Deen and the Neeleys, then wonder around to the local IHOP for a bountiful stack of flap jacks! MMmmmm! Grown up indulgence...almost as good as sitting in front of the television in your superhero pajamas, with a mixing bowl of Sugar Smacks, watching Schoolhouse Rocks!
Why oh why then would I opt to spend my Saturday mornings in a church with a bunch of retired housewives discussing weight loss strategies? BINGO would probably be more productive, at least then I could win some money.
Nevertheless on most Saturdays around 8:30am that's where you'll find me; balancing myself on a scale in a tiny prayer room in the back of The First Baptist Church of Riverdale. My attitude is normally BLAH, mainly because I'm starving because I haven't eaten since lunch the day before in an effort to counteract all the stuff I shouldn't have eaten the rest of the week. It never works. The only bright side is that it's in a church so I am more cautious about my words when I get my results...I would hate to have to apologize for potty mouth. BUT a + sign usually brings out the worst in me.
The truth about Weight Watchers is it is more of a social club than a weight loss program. Yes you go there to weigh and monitor your weight, yes they have a structured program for you to follow THAT REALLY WORKS and yes you get to fellowship with other overweight people. BUT no one's really talking about WHY they are so freaking FAT! Just once I would like for someone to stand up and say "Hey my name is Lisa.. (hi Lisa, the group should respond) and I am a chronic snacker! Please help me! That's Never gonna happen...so I rarely stay for the meetings.
The truth about Weight Watchers is that it works just like any other program. If you follow the program you will loose weight. In fact Weight Watchers is one of the most realistic programs you can follow. There are no prepackaged meals, shakes or cookies to buy and you don't have to give up bread, meat or desserts. You simply eat a certain amount of food each day according to your weight. I've seen great results when I stick to it but somehow I always manage to fall off the wagon and gain the weight back and then some.
So again the question remains in the why....why am I eating? What's eating me so much that it drives me to overeat? Once I figure that out I know the weight will fall off.
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I gained my weight by eating emotionally. The type of emotion didn't matter. If I'm happy, I'll eat. If I'm celebrating something, that's when I really eat. If I'm stressed/sad, then I really REALLY eat!! Clearly, I've had more stressed/sad times than the celebratory times. Oh and I'm a support group eater, too. If my friend is stressed/sad, I'm sulking in food too.
ReplyDeleteWhat I've learned as to the WHY...food never rejects you, doesn't say something stupid to you, doesn't hurt you. It's the 'lover' that we need for that moment. We take time to pick the 'lover' (that's why it doesn't disappoint us). I wished we, as women, would take the same amount of time/thoughtfulness when choosing our men. Anyway, if we're sad, we'll know exactly what we want to eat. Won't settle for anything else. The thing that will give us the biggest comfort that emotional orgasm. And I know many of us have done it.... we'll say, "Mmmmm" once we've bit it to our 'lover'.
Ladies, men too, we need to learn to pick ourselves up when we're using food as an emotional crutch. We need to tell our 'lover' to let us go. We'll meet again ONLY on my terms of STRENGTH not vulnerability.
you need to find a diffrent meeting with people that are your age and look like you . Trust me that will help. Is that the only meeting in you town ? The right leader makes a diffrence. I go in Brooklyn and my leader Sharifa is a black girl that used to be BIG .. shes not one of those leaders who lost 25 lbs to get to goal. She relates to those of us who have a long way to go and I appreciate that . Before you write of meetings totally try to find one that fits your needs . Cause a group of senior citizens doesnt sound like fun or helpful.
ReplyDeleteAndrea your are so right...my leader only had to loose 40 some odd pounds and that's like water weight for me. I've tried several in the area...either they are all white or they are old. I guess I might have to go out a little further. But thanks so much for the advice.
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ReplyDeleteI couldn't even respond to your comment yesterday because I was in a lot of emotional pain and your words hit home. It seems you were the one lifting me yesterday instead of the other way around. Haven't been to sleep yet...it's 4am. For the first time in a long time even food could not comfort my aching heart. Just wanted to say thank you...pray for me because letting him go is the hardest part of this journey. Sometimes I believe he gets a kick out of bringing me back down...when I get up.