We all know, that consistency is the key to success. Wash Rinse Repeat....over and over and over again until you reach your goals. But what about the wrong kind of consistency? Wash Rinse and Repeat can also be extremely harmful because consistency with something that is not beneficial can and will create problems.
That is exactly what I faced this past week. I didn't set any clear cut plan and instead went to follow my loosey goosey plan to get things under control. I still hold firm with my loosey goosey plan to reduce calories but not to start fanatical about it. It should have gone swimmingly well. However it didn't and I honestly consider myself incredibly lucky to have even pulled out the maintain on the scales. So what did I do? I messed up my lunches, in terms of calories.
So what has typically worked for me is for me to plan on one full meal a day. This is the meal that I cook for us. (This week we had lasagna, chicken sandwiches, fish and chips (well I had leftovers that night since I don't eat fish), and pesto chicken. Nothing out of the ordinary....but full meals...including veggies and whatnot.) For the other meals in each day what I have found that works for me is to eat a lighter meal....honestly more snacky than anything else. (Lots of fruits and veggies, cheese, etc) This has ALWAYS worked for me. It is just how I have found a way to manage my calories (or points when I was WW). That works for me on a typical day (I will eat more for lunch if we are hiking or biking or doing something really active).
This week I defaulted to what I WANTED to eat for lunch instead of what I knew was healthy for me. I ate leftovers every day.....normal sized servings of leftovers! I didn't follow the routine that has typically always worked for me and I did it day in and day out. Yet I expect changes to occur. Changes can't occur if I am not being the change.
So yeah, I did a wash rinse repeat of old habits this week......and I consider myself lucky to have escaped the week with a maintain!
Halloween was fun. Zoey of course looked smashing in her costume!
And of course I rocked out my costume.....I was a domino. Actually all of my coworkers were dominos....but here I am as a domino!
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