I'm not sure what it is about this summer, but it seems like so many people, including myself, are in a slump. I read so many posts that back this up. Some people are hungry all of the time, and are having a difficult time staying within their points. Some are going way overboard, and going into negative points again, and again - spiraling out of control. Some are gaining weight, instead of losing. Some have quit tracking. Some have lost the desire to exercise. Some have posted that they feel like giving up, and they just want to quit.
I understand the posts. I've been in this funk, and am trying to work myself out of it. I feel hungry all of the time, and I am missing desserts, and high point foods that I usually don't work into my diet. I got lazy, and didn't feel like exercising. I'm working hard with my points, but some days it is a struggle. I've gone to bed feeling hungry, because I knew I would let myself go over my points if I allowed myself to eat anything else. Sometimes I use most of my weeklies very early in the week, and the rest of the week becomes a struggle. Maybe, just maybe, it's psychological. I know that I don't have the points, and therefore, I am hungry and having cravings, without the points to have them and remain on track.
I feel like I'm also more social this summer, and sometimes not by choice. It seems like there are always birthdays, holidays, friends you haven't gone out to eat with in a while, making me feel obligated to go out. I've been vacation. I always try to stay in points, and I have done a good job, or think I have, but the scale doesn't seem to be cooperating!
I get that teachers that are off for the summer, have gone through a change of routine. That would explain them going into a slump, but what about those of us who haven't changed our routine? The heat has kept people from exercising, but what about those who just don't make it to the gym?
So, what's the solution to this problem? How do we get ourselves out of this funk, and help others get out of it, also? Along with seeing the negative posts, I see so much encouragement from others, including others that are struggling, but still, the negative posts continue. Some days I see more negative posts than I do positive posts. I guess that we can all be assured, that we are not alone with how we feel, and how we are doing.
My solution for the exercise issue, and it's probably not the most positive way to escape this, is that I make myself feel guilty if I don't get my exercise in. I make myself feel disappointed in myself. It's working, somewhat. I am getting up early and hitting the treadmill more than I have been. I just can't seem to get to the point that I'm doing it as much as I did before this slump hit me. I used to want to get up and exercise. I was fired up, both with how great the weight loss was going, and how much I had progressed on the exercise end of it. I'm looking for a way, other than guilt, to light this fire within myself again.
Feel free to share your thoughts and solutions. If we stick together, maybe we can all get out of this slump, and get moving in the right direction again.
Always remember – YOU ARE AMAZING! Go out and make it a great day!
I understand the posts. I've been in this funk, and am trying to work myself out of it. I feel hungry all of the time, and I am missing desserts, and high point foods that I usually don't work into my diet. I got lazy, and didn't feel like exercising. I'm working hard with my points, but some days it is a struggle. I've gone to bed feeling hungry, because I knew I would let myself go over my points if I allowed myself to eat anything else. Sometimes I use most of my weeklies very early in the week, and the rest of the week becomes a struggle. Maybe, just maybe, it's psychological. I know that I don't have the points, and therefore, I am hungry and having cravings, without the points to have them and remain on track.
I feel like I'm also more social this summer, and sometimes not by choice. It seems like there are always birthdays, holidays, friends you haven't gone out to eat with in a while, making me feel obligated to go out. I've been vacation. I always try to stay in points, and I have done a good job, or think I have, but the scale doesn't seem to be cooperating!
I get that teachers that are off for the summer, have gone through a change of routine. That would explain them going into a slump, but what about those of us who haven't changed our routine? The heat has kept people from exercising, but what about those who just don't make it to the gym?
So, what's the solution to this problem? How do we get ourselves out of this funk, and help others get out of it, also? Along with seeing the negative posts, I see so much encouragement from others, including others that are struggling, but still, the negative posts continue. Some days I see more negative posts than I do positive posts. I guess that we can all be assured, that we are not alone with how we feel, and how we are doing.
My solution for the exercise issue, and it's probably not the most positive way to escape this, is that I make myself feel guilty if I don't get my exercise in. I make myself feel disappointed in myself. It's working, somewhat. I am getting up early and hitting the treadmill more than I have been. I just can't seem to get to the point that I'm doing it as much as I did before this slump hit me. I used to want to get up and exercise. I was fired up, both with how great the weight loss was going, and how much I had progressed on the exercise end of it. I'm looking for a way, other than guilt, to light this fire within myself again.
Feel free to share your thoughts and solutions. If we stick together, maybe we can all get out of this slump, and get moving in the right direction again.
Always remember – YOU ARE AMAZING! Go out and make it a great day!
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