Record Breaker

I have officially broken my record.

I have never, in all my years as a Weight Watchers member, stayed on program this faithfully, for this long.  Never.

I've been on program now for 1 month exactly, with only a few hitches and glitches along the way.  I'd say that I've been faithfully on program at least 95% of the time this month. 

That's record breaking for me.
So I'm going to give myself a little pat on the back.
Well done, you!  Well done!!

It's funny, when I share my accomplishments with my husband, he usually says, "Good job. Keep going."  I don't know why but for some reason the "Keep going" part really irks me.  I don't know if it's because I'm feeling pressured to perform well, or if I think he has a lack of faith in me...I dunno....I just know that my ire bristles every time he says it.  I make him say something else now.  Isn't that weird?  Thank you for your congratulations, but you can just keep that to yourself.  It doesn't sound very grateful, does it?  I ask him to tell me to 'keep persevering' in Japanese (Gambatte!) and for some reason that doesn't bother me as much.  How singularly odd I sometimes am.

So tonight I thought I would reflect on what is helping me to keep on track as well as I have been....

Food:  I pretty much have the same plan for eating every day, or at least every week.  Breakfasts have to be transportable and easily eaten while driving because that's when I always eat breakfast (except for Wednesdays when I get to leave a little later and I have some oatmeal instead of frozen english muffin sandwich).  Lunch also has to be very quick, so I usually eat a frozen Healthy Choice or Lean Cuisine along with a Just For One veggie (or 2), a Jello Pudding (yea for snack packs!!), and maybe a banana.  Dinner is the only meal that isn't very well planned, and I usually suffer sometime during the week due to my poor planning skills.  Aha!  Another area to work on!!

Water:  I'm not a big water drinker.  I love, love, love, my Diet Pibb Zeros way too much.  And my Sonic drinks (diet vanilla coke with easy ice, thank you very much, and no, I don't need any tots or mozzarella sticks with that, but thanks for asking cupcake).  I usually drink at least 2 water bottles everyday though, and the Crystal Lite singles have SOOOOOOOO helped me to do that, because otherwise I would probably never drink water.

Gum:  Yes, gum gets its own category because it has been a life saver several times over.  It has really helped to have a piece when I get home and am making dinner, or right after the gym if I feel really hungry.  Plus, it takes care of my dragon breath and leaves me tasting minty fresh. 

Exercise: I've recently discovered the power of the I-Pod that helps to make the nasty gym demons go away, or at least fade into the background.  TV shows.  That's the power.  I downloaded a series of shows that I like (okay I confess...I downloaded Heroes, I'm such a nerd, I totally admit it) and for 42 minutes and 17 seconds my attention is diverted to something other than the excrutiating annoyance of sweating on the elliptical.  I have to watch myself though, because I get so into the episode that I sometimes laugh out loud.  I've gotten a few looks.

Tracking:  In one of my earlier posts I wrote about how hard this is for me.  I don't know why it is, but I feel somewhat resentful for having to write down my food.  But, I have found that tracking my points online has really helped.  Weight Watchers has a great resource called e-tools, and I can use it to track my food points and my accumulated activity points from exercise.  It's pretty nifty.

Inspiration: You! I can't help it, I'm addicted to your uplifting comments both here on my blog and on Facebook.  Whenever I write, I can't help thinking about what someone will say.  I look forward to your encouragement so much.  It's really helped to keep me motivated and inspired.  So keep those comments coming, because I need all the motivation that I can get!!