Nice word, sticktoitiveness...not a real word obviously but a good descriptive of something I struggle with daily.
Last night as we were driving home my son asked me what I had for dinner. He had a baseball game at 6:30pm which meant he had to be at the field by 5:30pm to practice, which in turn meant he ate at his dads and I rushed him to his game. I told him, as I was dropping him off, that I would be back after I had something to eat. Thus the reason for his question.
I wasn't exactly "good" about my dinner choice. As I was driving around Pitt Meadows looking for something fast and easy I passed McDonald's, thought about it for a moment and decided it wasn't worth the risk. Continuing on I came across a Vera's Burgers. Better choice? Maybe, but still not great.
Then my issue with sticktoitiveness kicked in and I made an executive decision to go for it! After all I've been really good so far this week, my lunches consisted of lots of vegetables and fruits so all good there. I had 19 points left for the day, I get 26 for the whole day (for anyone who doesn't know this, I'm doing Weight Watchers, they use a point system). 19 is plenty for dinner, normally more than I usually have by the end of the day so I figured Vera's would be fine.
I ordered the Baja Burger, soooooo good! With sweet potato fries and a diet Coke. According to my points calculator my burger was worth 12 points! And damn it sure was!!! The sweet potato fries (for the amount I ate) were 6, again, well worth it. Diet pop of any kind is 0. So when I told my son what I had as we drove, he voiced his concern about my sticking to my plan.
He doesn't quite get how the points work so I explained that and added that I have extra points if needed, 49 extra points. We talked about how I had done WW before and reached my goal, maintained it and achieved life time. He commented that I should have stuck with it back then so I wouldn't have to do it again. Sticktoitiveness. Ya, not so good at that. I love food, I love eating I'm a true hedonist when it comes to all things culinary! But for my son I'll stick to it!
He's concerned that I'll go back to my old habits, thinking I can eat whatever I want. Honestly, I worry about that too. Being aware is half the battle though, knowing your limits is the rest. I've learned that I can't eat whatever I want whenever I want in whatever quantity suits me. I know I will have to "watch" my food choices in order to maintain a healthy weight and I know that I'm going to have to exercise whether I like it or not!
Good ol' sticktoitiveness...I can do it!
Tammy.
