My day started out with still craving doughnuts so when David told me he was going to the store I asked him to get me some OJ and 2 doughnuts. I promised myself that I wouldn't eat them until after I got home from my WW meeting. I knew that I would understand what all the craving was about after the meeting. I had received so many responses to my blog on the WW site that told me that the plan allows for cravings like this but I still fought the craving. Well, when I got to the 9am meeting the topic was how the WW plan is flexible. The leader, Anne, talked about how it was okay to have a treat every once in a while and that it was allowed on the PointsPlus plan. I had my answer.
Honestly if the meeting had been about how to defeat cravings I would have gone home and thrown away the doughnuts but as it turned out it was about how having something every once in a while makes the plan livable for the long run. I realized, after reading a lot of posts that I was still in the deprivation mentality of a diet and that I didn't need to live that way. I also realized that I was letting pride get in my way. I had this streak going where I hadn't bought any junk food at the 7-Eleven or any other convenience store for 7 weeks. I was proud of that accomplishment but realized that again, it was built on deprivation not just common sense.
I still don't want to get junk food from the convenience store but it feels better knowing that I can if I really want to get something that I can. I haven't had any fast food for 9 weeks but that's been more of just a common sense thing and not wasting money on fast food. But there was some pride there too that I've gone so long without it. I don't crave it or want it so it's different than the thing with the doughnuts. I just need to know that every once in a while, maybe every 2 months or so, I'm going to crave a doughnut and on the WW plan it is allowed.
I learned a lot about the flexibility of the WW plan today in the meeting. I was feeling bad because I'd used all my WA (Weekly Allowance) points and dipped into my AP (Activity Points) too. Again I learned that the WW PointsPlus plan is one that allows that and there's not prize for not doing it (beside the weight loss that is). I'm not going to get a BRAVO for not using points. Maybe I'll get a BRAVO for tracking for 9 weeks but not for not using points.
Anyway, I can see now how everything has worked together for me to learn another WW lesson. Deprivation is not part of the plan; the plan is very flexible and a doughnut once in a while isn't going to kill me. Will I lose weight this week? I don't know. Probably not. But that's okay too. It's not all about the scale. The NSV's (Non Scale Victories) are just as important and I'd say that this was a valuable and needed NSV!
I ate the donuts. I don't feel guilty about doing it. I'm still on plan and I learned a valuable lesson - don't torture myself over a craving! Tomorrow is a new day and Tuesday starts a new week for me. I can do this.
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