I always thought that was a really stupid saying: “It works if you work it”. Seems a bit like stating the obvious, to me. Honestly, I guess I never really thought much about it but if you dig into it deeper, it really is a helpful reminder saying.
What does working it mean? For me, it means working the Weight Watcher’s program as it was written by the experts – those who know more about successful weight loss than I do. Clearly I didn’t know how to do it, or I wouldn’t have been 100 pounds overweight when I joined in 2008.
Working it also means working it all the way – not dipping my toe in it. It means if I am going to see the results I want, I have to work the program the way they say to, not fudging it to suit my mood.
Over the last few weeks I’ve been only doing part of the program – sorta tracking, sorta not, and sorta not really watching what I eat and only sorta doing activity. As a result, I only sorta lost weight. Out of six weeks, I lost weight only one of those weeks. The others I gained.
So last week, I buckled down and quit playing around. I got back to tracking my food – all of it including the bites, licks, and tastes. I calculated points properly by weighing my food or calculating it off the nutrition panel of the package and measuring the correct servings.
And guess what? This week I lost weight. I lost 1.2 pounds. I can try to blame hormones, water retention, stress, muscle gain, or any number of things for my weight gain, but if I’m truly honest with myself (and I was last week) it really boils down to what I put in my mouth.
So, yep, it works if you work it. And I worked it. Because I’m worth it.
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Claire, awesome thoughts about a difficult subject. I keep saying I need to do this also, but only sorta do it. Ahem. You got into my brain! I am worth it, too. Let’s see what I can do. Best to you, I am a longtime reader, not so much a commented, though. Thanks again for the inspiration!
Cherie
Cherie – I remember you. You’ve followed me from Little Miss, haven’t you? Glad to see you! Yes. we are worth it.
you are worth it! while at PT, i hear other patients complain about not being able to lose weight. the PT guys keep telling them “you have move more and eat less.” (ok, it’s not *that* simple, but close) if you kinda, sorta do it, you might kinda, sorta lose a little weight. to really lose weight, you have to commit to it. you have done an amazing job. i think back to those posts where you could hardly walk to the bus stop, feet too swollen for shoes…. you’ve come a long way, baby.
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