Tales from the scale

So again today the scale wasn't what I wanted ... God is surely using this process to teach me patience ... that seems to be the theme for all that happens in my life ... needing to be patient, abiding in Him (deep breath) ... so I will continue to do so.

I actually had a .4 gain this week. Weird. Was I holding my breath when I stepped on the scale?

I talked with the leader and I realized a few things;

I am eating too much sodium ... I eat canned beans a lot and they are loaded with sodium! I bring Amy's soup to work most days and those too are full of sodium. I take 100 calorie pretzel packs to work which really are just 100 calorie bags of salt. Not good.

I am not eating all of my daily points. Several times this week I was under, not by 1 but sometimes by 4. I need to eat all 26 points everyday. The program is designed for people to eat them all and when you don't your body shuts down ... so I am clearly in a little plateau that I need to break out of. Eat all your points Jessica Leigh!!!

It feels weird to be telling myself to eat more ... hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

I am getting lots of exercise, I lifted weights 4 times this week and I am not adding in activity points either. %$!@ The Flex plan (points) with Weight Watchers, you can earn more points with your activity. My leader suggested that I start to use those as well.

This week's meeting was about environmental triggers ... my home, work, being in the car ... day to day activities that lead to overeating. Ha, I thought to myself ... I am undereating not overeating ... Can a girl get a break?!?!?

So, onward I go ... working at the Y today for Healthy Kids Day and going out tonight with friends to celebrate a birthday.

I will take the lessons I learned this morning and move forward. I will hit my points everyday. I will decrease the sodium in my diet. I will not take 100 calorie bags of salt to work. I will recognize the sabatoge in my life ... self inflicted or by others ... and will confront it. I will make myself a priority this week. I will break through this plateau!

Thank you Jesus for this journey happening right now at this exact moment in my life. Thank you for a plateau that will give way to me refocusing my priorities and examining what I put into my body. Thank you Jesus for being the reason I wake in the morning. I live to serve you. Amen.