Project Runweigh

I thought it takes 3 weeks to form a habit…

Alex — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:49:00 +0000

And apparently, according to something i recently read, it takes 3 weeks to break a craving- i.e. chocolate. I could eat chocolate at any time of day. Unfortunately for me, it is readily available at the reception area of my office. On an ordinary day, I will load up a paper cup of mini milky ways and reese’s. but today i have begun an experiment: I will not take any of the chocolate up front for three weeks. It’s small victories, people. We’ll see how it goes, particularly considering i am approaching THAT time of the month. A true test of will power (of which I have none).

Instead of succumbing to temptation, I “indulged” (please note sarcasm) in a kashi granola bar. It’s good, but its no snickers.

I weighed myself this morning and blegh… 177. yowza.

Today’s menu:

Breakfast- mini bagel with whipped cream cheese

Snack- Hostess 100 calorie coffee cakes (1 point for three delicious coffee cakes… starbucks eat your heart out)

Lunch- Dannon fit n’ easy yogurt, mini bagel with whipped cream cheese (i desperately need to get groceries), 100 calorie chips deluxe cookies

Snack- Kashi Roasted Almond Crunch granola bar ( 2 bars: 4 grams of fiber and 6 grams of protein)

Dinner- Haven’t gotten that far yet, but I am assuming I will be having what’s left of the fajitas I made last night. I am in love with fat free sour cream. Seriously, I could, like, marry that stuff.

the chin syndrome

Alex — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:53:28 +0000

ew. i can just feel multiple chins coming back… they. must. go.

On another note: Watching the Food Network while working out. Discuss.

And so it begins… again

Alex — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:37:46 +0000

I am a 24 year old confessed yo-yo dieter, and discipline is far from my middle name. I began Weight Watchers in February 2007 at 193 lbs and lost close to 30 pounds. However, the honeymoon period soon ended and I have since found myself fluctuating between maintaining and gaining a few pounds ever since. In my experience, I have found that a sense of accountability is a key to successful weight loss, and is a reason why Weight Watchers has been great for me. Going in to meetings every week to weigh-in has long provided that accountability, but I have gotten pretty lax and have resorted to my old habits… you know, “tomorrow I’ll be back on program- but until then I am going to eat this entire bag of M&M’s.” So, I figured putting my own weight loss journey (forgive the cliche) into the public domain might re-ignite my engines. While I enjoy other weight loss blogs, I find that many are laced with what i refer to as “country kitchen feel-goodery.” I’m into feeling good, I am not into shmaltz.

So i have not been to a WW meeting in a while, and haven’t been weighed in god-only-knows how long. I find that i fall off the wagon in times of transition. I am originally from Boston and moved to the DC area in March… which happened to coincide with weight gain and me reverting to binging on junky foods. Once I got settled in DC, I was doing… okay- not great, but okay. I started going to the gym again, though not nearly as often as I did in Boston. I stopped counting points, thinking I was good enough to estimate… I was not. I crept back into the 170′s (which I hadn’t been in for many months) and have fluctuated ever since. I have weeks of renewed commitment, and then get debilitating chocolate cravings- like last week.

Unlike other dieters- er “lifestyle changers,” i don’t really cook, and my palate is- uh, limited (I am an irish meat n’ potatoes kinda girl). I can basically grill chicken, and boil water for pasta. Anything else is a real effort.

So that’s a little background about me… And so it begins! (again)