Up & Down the Scale We Go

Weight has always been a struggle for me.  I've never been very athletic, and I've always seemed to have some "baby fat" on me which....let's face it....isn't baby fat at the age of 30.  I've made a few serious attempts at losing weight over the years, but nothing has lasted longer than a month or two.

The one time in my life where I can remember being at a healthy weight and "feeling skinny" was several years ago when I was a strict vegan.  I adopted a vegan diet for animal rights reasons, and over the course of six months, I went from 190 pounds to right around 150 lbs.  That's a significant weight loss!  I looked and I felt great.

For a variety of personal reasons, I went back to an omnivorous diet, and over the next couple of years, all the weight I had lost slowly came back--and then some.  At the end of 2012, I found myself dangerously close to the 200 pound mark, which is a point which I've always told myself I would never let my weight reach.

At the end of January, I decided it was finally time to get serious about tackling my weight problem.  A vegan diet isn't a good fit for me, and I felt like I needed something that would allow me to eat foods that are more familiar.  I decided that the Weight Watchers diet plan would be a good fit for me, so I went out and bought everything I would need to faithfully follow the plan.

As soon as I started Weight Watchers and tracking my PointsPlus values, the weight literally started to just drop off of my body.  In the first week, I lost almost 6 pounds, and at the end of a month I was down 13.5 pounds.  I was so proud of my success!

Then, maybe a week and a half ago, I just stopped.  I got lazy and didn't feel like using my tracker one day, so I just didn't.  Then the next day, too.  And the next day....you know how the story goes.  I've put back on about two pounds....I'm happy it's not more, but I know it was my lack of discipline that caused any weight gain at all.

Yesterday was supposed to be my first "serious" day back on Weight Watchers, but I got invited out to dinner and a couple of cocktails later, I had blown my Points for several days.  "Oh well," I thought, "Back on track tomorrow." :-/

Now it's today, and I'm hoping I can have a better day.  I'm going to start a fresh Weight Watchers week, so I can just make sure I'm doing well from here on out.  Stay tuned to see how it goes.