Thursday 27 August 2015

Trying to Break this Pattern

It's back to the same bad habits. I commit to a plan, lose five pounds, and then regain. Then repeat, again and again. The weekends are definitely my Achilles Heel. Without the structure I have during the week, it falls apart on the weekend. Even though Saturdays and Sundays are packed with activity, poor choices on my part when it comes to food is a big part of the cause. The past weekends have included several restaurant outings and barbecues with family and friends. I've done well avoiding junk at BBQs by bringing a big veggie platter. Not my choice to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries at restaurants, but it's certainly my choice as to what I choose to order off the menu.

There is something that will impede me from any restaurant eating in the next while: Financial issues! I'm still in the black as far as my savings are concerned, but my insurance company has not reimbursed me like they should have for the medications I've had to take for the past few years. Looks like a huge fight is a brewin'. Sigh. Big Stress. Yuck.

In the meantime, I'm on a strict budget. At least there is a very good selection of local vegetables around at great prices. For beef, chicken, fish,  etc., it'll be what's on sale that will dictate my menus.  No more organic, unless it's the same price or less than the non-organic food. Budget overrides ethics.

As for my new gym membership, I've cancelled it, thankfully with only a very small penalty. I did get a few good workouts in with a personal trainer, he gave me a body-weight exercise routine, so that knowledge will have to sustain me until I can afford him again. Despite my sabotaging ways, I do feel my clothes more loosely.

Weight: 171.7 lbs

5 comments:

  1. Once I started treating the weekend like a weekday, it made all the difference. I've only done this for about three weeks (going into my 4 weeks) but I lost 7 pounds by drinking water instead of wine, working out on the weekends when I have the most time.

    And I always shop by the sale paper - I've never had a problem with the non-organic foods - just wish I could afford them like you once in a while!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by Ms, Biz! I think you're right, my weekends can't be so unstructured anymore... it only leads me to negate any progress made during the week.

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  2. I hear you about the weekends! For me it's always the beginning of the weekend that's the worst. That's when I tend to hang with friends, and inevitably, there's food.

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    1. Exactly. And late nights!

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    2. For sure - everyone's like, "Let's get pizza!" at midnight.

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