Reflection of my Saturday morning meeting

I was doing so well over the holidays. I had a 1.6lb gain at yesterdays weigh in and I'm totally fine with that because I had a few NSV (non scale victories):
1. It was my one year anniversary since joining WW (this time)
2. I threw out all desert brought to my house, yes in the garbage...sorry family.
3. I got extra workouts in
4. Family noticing my weightloss and not believing I'm only halfway done ;)

Now yes I did gain and I will lose it this week, of course I wish I would have stayed the same but it is better than my regular Christmas gains of 5lbs. So I feel I still won the battle.

My meeting yesterday was....INSPIRING!! Finally, I felt like I wasn't getting much from them and than the lightbulbs were going off...ding, ding, ding, ding!

Yes we all struggle but some things that were mentioned yesterday hit me good. One lady mentioned how during the summer she had gone to a family party and didn't indulge at all...only to leave the party completely angry at herself for not enjoying the food, party and family she so loves...her lesson: For Christmas she wasn't going to deprive herself of what she loves to get angry, she will eat what she likes and that is fine, it is what it is. Right back on track. So my lesson... I enjoyed a few too many sweets yesterday ;0)

Next lesson, PMS=poor me syndrome. When this was mentioned I was right there. This is soooo me! Why did I have to gain 100lbs with 2 pregnancies? why do I look at food and gain weight? why do I have to workout so hard to lose nothing? This person said she had to get rid of this problem, just learn to accept things and move forward. Don't look at the negative and focus on the ways to succeed. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Next lesson, Returning lifetime member. Lost 50lbs in a year but was satisfied with that (which yes is a wonderful loss). She was satisfied with losing .2lbs, .8lbs weekly BUT she said she could have done better. She could have followed better and lost more in that time frame. She said she needs to stop fooling herself and get to business. This hit me the most because yes I am that person that was losing .2, .6, .8lbs for so many weeks and honestly I cheated ALL THE TIME!! I'm only fooling myself. Eventhough I was still happy with some kind of loss, it was never the best I could do. Every week I cheated and I feel the only thing that saved me was the fact that I was breastfeeding and I had all those extra points. Yes its hard, busy crazy stressful days make it harder, but its not an excuse to not take care of myself, to not eat healthy to feel healthy, and not be active.

Yes I've come a long way but I'm ready to get the rest of this off. I'm ready to really do this, honestly do this, and count all those little thingy's that I eat that shouldn't even be mentioned here. Thank you, thank you Saturday morning meeting!