WW: Geez a Lou!!!

Anyone familiar with Everybody Loves Raymond is familiar with that exclamation most often heard coming out of Frank's mouth (Ray's dad).

It works now, too. Geez a Lou is RIGHT. I am failing miserably at keeping myself on track all week long in terms of my diet aka "Lifestyle Change". I do great for a couple of days and then one day I splurge points on a Pastelito de Carne and that night I make the decision to order Chinese Food for dinner. Or Friday arrives and I decide that I want a real breakfast (i.e. high points) and then lunch on the same day I head for the grill and a basket of fries.

What am I doing to myself? My current plateau has nothing to do with FLEX plan vs. CORE plan and everything to do with what I decide to put in my mouth. Realistically, if I cannot make the right decisions on FLEX (where I can pretty much eat whatever I want) then how the heck am I going to make the right decisions on CORE where my choices are much more limited?

I am sabatoging myself. I love food. I love the tastes, the textures, the anticipation of a good meal. I am the Rat from Ratatouille without the fantabulous cooking skills. Even now, as I sit here complaining about myself, I know that I am going to go downstairs and serve myself up a plate of scrambled eggs, tater tots, and bacon. And maybe even OJ. Why? Because right now I am so hungry that I am not thinking of my diet or the scale or my pants size. And since I have made such bad decisions during this week and I have not seen any movement on the scale at all - my miserable brain is thinking, "what could it hurt now? you already screwed up the week."

I realize now that I need to get my brain on track in order to get my mouth on track. If not, I am going to be stuck with this extra 40+ lbs for longer than is healthy for my mind or for my body.

Something's gotta give - and at the moment it ain't my pants!