Father's Day....2009

HOW'S THAT WORKIN' FOR YA?

Dr. Phil

Good Morning Sister W.W.F.F.,

Today is the first official day of the Weight Watchers new week. I know its Father's Day and no doubt something is planned, and no doubt it revolves around food. I think this is great, due to this is a time of testing. How are you going to handle it, if your taking Dear Dad or hubby out to eat. Are you going to begin on the left side of the menu and order both sides? Or are you going to be sensible and ask for that take home box at the beginning of the meal. Just a few things to give a little thought to here today.

While on another site I came across something I thought was very interesting. It was titled ''Strategies to Be Successful in NOT LOSINT WEIGHT." So I am leaving a copy here today, read it and see how many of those either fit you right now or at some point in your life. For me, I got the whole 10, not something to be proud of to say the least.

Strategies to Be Successful in Not Losing Weight
or
How to Stay Fat in a Changing World

1. Beat yourself up … daily, or even more often.
2. Hate fat and fat people and make every effort to dislike yourself. Call yourself names, such as “you fat pig“ or “oinker.” This goes along with method #1, beating yourself up.
3. Sit around a lot playing computer games, such as Scrabble or casino games while thinking about what constructive things you should be doing; have snacks while doing this to maximize the results.
4. Make lots of lists of things to do—diets to follow, exercises to do. Then sit back confident that you’ve done the right thing. Kick back and reward yourself with some TV watching or more computer games.
5. Buy only low-calorie foods, such as sugar-free ice cream and 100-calorie packs of cookies or chips or candy. Then eat it all, secure in the knowledge that it’s lo-cal and can’t be that bad for you.
6. Go shopping—preferably before lunch or dinner when you’re at your hungriest—to buy the one or two things you need. Then browse through the store, picking up cake, ice cream, sourdough bread, peanut butter, and other necessities. Then go home and eat what you bought, but be sure and throw any leftovers away so you can start out your diet fresh in the morning.
7. Use food as entertainment. Take yourself out to lunch at a Mexican restaurant, preferably one with huge baskets of chips as appetizers. Take a good book along and relax and eat and read and eat and read. What fun.
8. Tell yourself that you absolutely HAVE to go on a diet and stay on a diet. Then rebel and eat whatever you want.
9. Have convenient lapses of memory, forgetting that you’re supposed to be eating right, and pig out before remembering your eating plan. Start again tomorrow.
10. Cut your exercise times short. Maybe just do 15 minutes on the treadmill or bike, thinking that you certainly don’t want to injure yourself. Skip a couple of the weight machines at the gym because someone is already on them and you certainly don’t want to sit there and wait till they’re done.

The above really did hit home for me. I know that I have said and done every single one of those sentences at one time or another. So think today, have a wonderful day, BUT don't let food be the center of attention.

Wishing Everyone a wonderful Sunday, and try and make Dad's day a nice one. I'm letting Bob sleep until 5:45 this morning.....I know I'm such a good wife. ha ha.

Hugs,

Joan