Monday, April 16, 2012

Prepared and on track

After my Weight Watchers meeting on Saturday, my kitchen was in no way prepared for me to start. So Saturday was not my official start day. I know it's cheating, but I sucked on Saturday.

On Sunday I got P out of bed ridiculously early so that we could make a dump run. When we got home, I  made us both a healthy breakfast of eggs, toast, and turkey bacon. He had to work all day so I was stuck on my own. I went to the fruit stand and loaded up on freggies. I was going to go to Winco, but it looked insanely packed so I just nixed that idea. Once I was home, I decided that I wanted to make Hungry Girl Bacon 'n Cheese Bell Peppers so I headed out to Albertson's for some fat free shredded cheese. I ended up doing a bit of grocery shopping there and spent entirely too much money on not very much stuff. This is why I shop at Winco. I could have bought double what I bought at Albertson's at Winco. You live and you learn.

Now my house has lots of healthy options for my Weight Watchers plans. I stayed on track yesterday even though I was a point short of missing my Points Plus target. Today, I am on track as of this morning. I even packed myself a morning snack. I am going to try to do this every single day. I need to have a morning and an afternoon snack.

Last year, when I got down to about 187 pounds, I ate breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, and sometimes an evening snack. This worked very well for me. But I also spent a lot of time preparing and planning these snacks. I just need to keep my mind on what works best for me and take the time to take care of myself.

I think this is where my problems come in. I do not make myself a priority. I always put other people ahead of myself. For a very short time last year, I made myself my number one priority. Then all Hell broke loose and everyone and everything else started to come first again. I need to get back to where I was and make myself and my health a priority. In the big picture, if I don't take care of myself, I can't be there for the people that I love and care for. And damn it, some of them NEED me to be around.

How do you make yourself a priority?

6 comments:

  1. I still don't know how to make me a priority, but if you ever figure it out please let me know! Good luck with w.w.

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    1. It seems so simple, yet it really isn't. I'm sure it is for some people, but I'm a caretaker by nature. Thanks for the well wishes. If I ever figure out a plan, I'll be sure to share!

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  2. I think I really struggle with this as well. I think a lot of women do. I sometimes feel guilty that I am a working Mom and I didn't want to go to the gym right after work because then I had to leave my daughter with the sitter for an extra hour. Then my sitter told me, "Look, you PAY me to watch her until 5pm. You have until then. Do whatever you want. Errands, nap, WORK OUT!" So I have no excuse not to go. Once I am there, I really enjoy the "Me" time. So that is ONE way that I've learned to put myself first. I am still trying to find more ways, lol.

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    1. I don't know how all you moms out there do it. I feel guilty just leaving my pets! Good for you for finding time for yourself. If you don't take care of yourself, you can't take care of the ones you love.

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  3. I also struggle with the "making myself a priority". With my 3 kids and being a single mom, being in a relationship, working full time and going to school at night I have a HARD time finding "my" time. The only way that I have found to get to the gym is going at 4am. It is d*mn early but its the only way that I would have time. I am awful at preparing meals ahead of time for the week but when I do I am much better at staying on track. I think being organized and DISCIPLINED is the biggest thing for us to be able to succeed!! I just started following your blog and look forward to supporting you in your journey! We can all use as many people in our corner as we can get. That is why I also just started my own blog!! :))
    http://crazymamaofboys.blogspot.com/

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    1. Wow lady! I don't know how you do it! You have a lot on your plate. Who am I to complain? ;-) I definitely agree that being organized and disciplined makes all the difference. I just need to find my way. I also followed your blog.

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