The Twilight Zone ...

The topic of my WW weekly meeting this morning was "The Twilight Zone". Discussion revolved around getting into a "zone" where we just keep eating, having saved up points, but it just keeps snowballing. For example, a weekend where you have 3 functions involving food: Friday night - dinner out - extra points; Saturday, a party - extra food, extra points; Sunday, a bridal shower - extra food, extra points. Even though you've saved points for this, you can still end up eating an extra 30 points at least over those 3 days! I know how easy it is, trust me ... I used to eat enough food to fill an aircraft carrier, remember?! So this "zone" continues through the week ... until weigh in day is upon you and the scale is not kind. We discussed strategies of getting over being in a "zone" like this. I was so happy to hear fellow members discussing their own situations that sounded EXACTLY like mine. This past week I lost only 1.6 pounds ... for a grand total of 6.2 in 2 weeks. Not bad, but not quite the results I wanted. But I had a week of being "in a zone" ... I couldn't get satisfied. I would eat something ... it wouldn't feel right ... I'd eat something else ... it wasn't right ... this continued on from Saturday to Monday evening. Then I realized the scale wasn't moving FOR GOOD REASON. Even thought the food I was eating wasn't really bad food, I wasn't keeping track of what I was putting in my mouth. Not counting my points. So by Monday evening I had probably taken in at least an extra 10 points a day. Yikes! So I got out of the "zone" and started focusing on feeling satisfied, exercising and drinking lots of water. I worked darn hard! So I lost a little ... but I didn't gain!
This week I will faithfully "write what I bite" ... it sure does make a huge difference. Helps keep me out of the "zone" and a happy, kind scale!

Thanks for reading!
Janet xo