OOOPS....

Yup... we knew it would happen. I'm sure you all knew it would happen. I had hoped it wouldn't happen. But I didn't do enough to prevent it from happening.

I slipped up.

I gained. A lot. Over the holidays. A lot.

*sigh*  I can't obsess over it. I know why. I can only sit and make some plans on how to prevent it from happening again. Strategies.


Its the new year. 2013. It started off with a challenging day emotionally. With effort my sister located and contacted me to let me know my mother had passed away New Year's morning. The news itself wasn't as distressing for me as it is for most because we had become estranged over 20 years ago.  The stress was a combination of a conversation with a sibling who thinks she is better than me (no one person is better than another person. at all. ever).  And from the news that it was her 4th heart attack. FOURTH. 
FOUR HEART ATTACKS.

My health is my TOP priority this year. TOP.


I've made the decision to transition to vegan. I am already cooking vegan meals and buying vegan products for my son, so I have a head start....now to curb the non-vegan snacking. This will be trickier especially because my partner is an omnivore who enjoys a lot of non-vegan foods. And shares. Saying no will be a daily challenge. I need to stand on my own wobbly vegan legs for a while. Get a little more sturdy footing.

I made the choice to switch to SILK soy creamer for my coffee and to drink more tea instead of coffee because I can drink it black. Its only day two but its going well. Sort of. One day, one choice at a time.

I also am VERY proud of my choice for supper tonight. After grocery shopping my love suggested we grab a bite to eat. Subway was agreed on because its on the way home and across the street from where I go to get weighed every Wednesday night.

I ordered a foot long veggie sub on whole wheat. I skipped the cheese. Super simple to do. I realized that the cheese has gotten skimpier and skimpier lately and doesn't really add that much flavour if you load up on the yummy veggies!  I usually get all the veggies except the hot peppers and get LOTS of pickles. LOTS. For dressing I asked for just a little sweet onion sauce and the sandwich artist was awesome and did just that!  Such a simple thing. But cuts SO MANY calories!!!

For now, I'm trying to make one choice at a time.

Last week: 205.4 lbs
This week: 208.2 lbs

Gain this week 2.8 lbs

Net GAIN of 0.8 lbs in 4 weeks.


I am not beating myself up over this. There is no point to doing that. It has happened. I can not change the past. However, I can LEARN from this and CHOOSE to act differently TODAY.

I WILL DO THIS