I Didn't Fall Off The Wagon...I Jumped

I'm struggling to find my feet again after Easter.

Not only have I fallen off the wagon, I've smacked the butt of the horse it was hitched to and watched it gallop off into the distance.

Why is it so hard to keep that initial fire for losing weight? After two or three weeks old habits slowly begin to seep in, a little here, a smidge there, until you realise all your little slip-ups actually total quite a colossal slip-up. And then you get disheartened, have a little sook, and go running into the arms of the one thing you know will never judge you - food.

Two weeks ago I was in the midst of that first gung-ho week and everything was right with the world.  I was cruising along nicely - I'd decided to give Weight Watchers Online another chance after finding a two week free trial code on the interwebs.  I owned those points, and I made them sing.  It only took a few days for my digestion to improve, my bloating to subside, and my enjoyment of sweet, fresh fruit to skyrocket.  It's an amazing thing when you can actually feel your body alter.  It's not about the weight loss (yet), it's about those immediate changes.

Today? Well, the less said about that the better.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the 'how' of getting back on track.  Easter was Easter, nothing much I could do about that, and with three kids in the house there was always going to be the issue of keeping chocolate consumption down. In hindsight, starting the plan right before Easter was probably not the cleverest thing I've ever done.  But motivation was high, and I wanted to ride that wave before it fizzled.

Keeping committed to a healthy eating plan is really hard work.  They don't tell you about the commitment thing in the happy little weight loss commercials.  They're banking on the fact your motivation will hold out just long enough to hand over your credit card details - after that, they don't really care if you succeed or not.

First things first - planning.  Planning really is the key, isn't it?  Tomorrow I'll go back to basics with a menu plan and pre-count all my points for the remainder of the week.  I'm also going to set an exercise goal - if I can get on Freddy Treddy three times (before my next weigh in on Thursday), then I reckon it will help erase the bad start to this week and get me lined up for a good exercise plan for the following week as well.

I will get this motivation problem sorted.