I see Cousin Choco's 2-pound gain and raise her 1.4. Which is my way of saying that I gained a nice luscious 3.4 this week. Not even a whole week, since I've got a new weigh day. (I figured Saturdays are good to match up with our new challenges.) 203.8. The period tracker on my phone perkily reminds me that there's "1 day left!" So that explains a little bit. However, I take full responsibility for all my tortilla chips and Tastykakes.
Moving on.
I've been looking back over this blog, old journals, other blogs, trying to make some sense of my teeter-totter ways. I'm looking at what has worked and what hasn't, what has excited me and what has frustrated me, and here's what I came up with. . .
*Most successful (ie something I stuck with longer than 4 days) tracking method has been pen and paper. In January I simply wrote down everything in a notebook, and at the end of the day I put a star by what my favorite thing had been. I learned a lot about my eating habits that way. Going back to it.
*Organization/preparation are my friends. Without them, I will fail.
*I vacillate wildly between two schools of thought: Hardcore Calorie Tracking and Namby Pamby Intuitive Eating. The NPIE method resonates more deeply and I believe it's ultimately where I'll find my success. But I've got to bring enough of the HCT mentality into it to be stricter with myself about what I'm choosing to eat.
*PHYSICALLY FEELING GOOD is important! And wonderful! And when I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing, I feel good! Cousin Chip isn't as crisp as she used to be. (. . . long pause taken while Cousin Chip brays like a jackass at her own hilarity. . . ) (. . . no, no, still laughing. . . ) And the body is definitely a lot more sensitive with old age. I can't eat Cheetos and then go skipping off to listen to my NKOTB tape with no ill effects.
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