tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915663773059643299.post9183027558911399907..comments2023-07-18T04:25:10.603-04:00Comments on Man Meets Scale: Tracking: salvation, not purgatory!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776137772556903183noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915663773059643299.post-73594730402250044782011-11-04T12:34:45.404-04:002011-11-04T12:34:45.404-04:00What if the reason your eating changed (and a majo...What if the reason your eating changed (and a major reason why WW works) is that you began to change your story around after dinner snacks? It seems to me that WW and tracking works, and there is more to it than points. As long as I lust after a "trigger" food I'll keep going back there. If I change my food story, then there are no trigger foods. Why? Because I have dropped the story that the trigger food satisfies an important need. The food itself doesn't come complete with emotional baggage. I add that with whatever I say that food means to me. WW gives me a way to live a different story around food, and I still need to do the work to identify the story and what it costs me.<br />Just a thought. <br />(Sorry this is anonymous but I don't have an alternate electronic identity.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915663773059643299.post-38730182313032168622011-11-03T23:34:41.667-04:002011-11-03T23:34:41.667-04:00Tracking is the only way I stay on track and I mus...Tracking is the only way I stay on track and I must say some of the WW bars etc... are wayyyy toooo good! I will plow through a box as I have a sweet tooth and they just taste too darn good! I can't have them in my house :-)Sonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01772263609495630121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915663773059643299.post-28511403388981196122011-11-02T14:29:05.726-04:002011-11-02T14:29:05.726-04:00The tracking is the thing that drew me to weight w...The tracking is the thing that drew me to weight watchers. The structure and the instant feedback (i.e. that venti peppermint mocha is 10 points, maybe I'll have the americano) and protects me from myself. When I just "eat healthy," I eat eat a snack here and have a beer there and I don't even realize how quickly it adds up. <br /><br />Great post, thanks for sharing.This Squid Rucks Againhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05731494269867154023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915663773059643299.post-38992402200361462762011-10-28T08:16:41.432-04:002011-10-28T08:16:41.432-04:00I love your perspective on tracking! When friends ...I love your perspective on tracking! When friends ask me if I want to "DO Weight Watchers forever", they are usually stunned at my instant reaction, of "YES". That's the beauty of it, it's not something we will ever feel like we have to give up to be "human". THanks for sharing! I love your blog :) <br /><br />Krystle <br />www.skinny-jeans-dreams.blogspot.comKrystle kjb Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00427770363465606348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915663773059643299.post-3111853656898927242011-10-27T15:28:37.463-04:002011-10-27T15:28:37.463-04:00It's true that you never really graduate from ...It's true that you never really graduate from tracking -even as a lifetime member at goal for the past 11 years...<br /><br />I find that tracking helps in the ways you talked about, but it helps me in a different way as well.<br /><br />From time to time I will have a bad day and slip back into some really bad habits (hello, pint of ben and jerry's!) but even when I know I have to write down some ridiculous pointsplus values I do it anyway. I know it won't change what I ate, but it WILL hold me accountable. I can't escape it or conveniently "forget" it because I wrote it down. <br /><br />But I don't let it discourage me. Instead, I use it as inspiration to be truly on program at my very next meal. I don't wait and start over tomorrow, or the next week, I look at my next meal as an opportunity for redemption. <br /><br />And that's how tracking helps me as a lifetime member on my bad days.Bridgette Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17816017632706531689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915663773059643299.post-88798792117701739682011-10-26T16:33:32.041-04:002011-10-26T16:33:32.041-04:00Hi David,
I enjoy your posts so much. I am 9 poun...Hi David,<br /><br />I enjoy your posts so much. I am 9 pounds from goal and feeling great (-65.6 to date). There is an immense guilt I feel for not tracking, so I track as diligently as possible. It is truly the key to keeping me "on track" with this lifestyleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915663773059643299.post-17404980063081437382011-10-24T23:49:00.491-04:002011-10-24T23:49:00.491-04:00Thanks for your thoughts on tracking, David. I ju...Thanks for your thoughts on tracking, David. I just started tracking food and exercise five weeks ago, and I'm finding it very helpful.<br /><br />My guess is that if you ate more earlier in the day you would naturally not want to snack as much after dinner.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503918543497231029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915663773059643299.post-55935672511728162032011-10-24T23:10:42.767-04:002011-10-24T23:10:42.767-04:00Timely post, Dave. I do not track diligently (as ...Timely post, Dave. I do not track diligently (as I should) and just this evening I thought I would look up the PointsPlus values of some new things I had been consuming. That Sugar-Free Vanilla Iced Coffee from McDonald's isn't too bad, points wise, but that $1 sausage burrito? 8 PointsPlus! Will NOT be having one of those again anytime soon.<br /><br />The cassoulet I made today? 5 points of warm, fall, flavorful goodness.It Is What It Ishttp://itiswhatitisorisit.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915663773059643299.post-77706432651787385912011-10-24T08:50:40.088-04:002011-10-24T08:50:40.088-04:00Thanks for this. I'm Lifetime, and I always fe...Thanks for this. I'm Lifetime, and I always feel like I need to try to "graduate" from tracking and just eat like a normal person, but it never works and I'm always relieved to get back to the comfort and security of tracking. It's nice to know it's not just me.Jennifer Rouanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12190726482623408396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915663773059643299.post-27597424550855664292011-10-24T04:46:34.010-04:002011-10-24T04:46:34.010-04:00Just like Jonathan, I have tracked through a binge...Just like Jonathan, I have tracked through a binge. It has helped me to see the severity of the number of points I would rack up on a day-to-day basis if I did not track and pay attention to a quota or point allowance. On the days I have not tracked since that binge, I feel somewhat "out of control," but I realize that this is relative. I may not know my exact number of points I have consumed, but I do know I have followed my healthy checks and made some ballpark assessments of the situation.Suzie Martinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915663773059643299.post-10905898910029011492011-10-24T02:20:57.542-04:002011-10-24T02:20:57.542-04:00Hi David,
Great topic.
Here's another wonder...Hi David,<br /><br />Great topic.<br /><br />Here's another wonderful aspect of tracking: if I can make myself continue to track through a binge, big or small, it invariably drains the melodrama out of my response to it. Although it rarely happens anymore, I will still occasionally go crazy and eat like a madman - perhaps an entire box of cookies/cereal/any processed carb or some horrific fast food meal. It happens maybe once a month at this point, as opposed to several times a week pre-WW. By the way, I've lost 53 pounds on the program ( another 14 to go till Goal ) so that's a lot of binges that never happened since joining WW. I find that if I track the points for the binge food(s), even though the number is usually something like 80-100 points, it takes the drama and the emotion out of the situation. It neutralizes the event, if you see what I mean, which in turn then speeds up getting me back on track. The binge is no longer the cue for an orgy of self-critisism, it's just an impersonal number that I can then figure out how to balance out over the next few days. Tracking re-calibrates my response to a binge, which means I can mostly avoid the mental soap opera - you know, the one that begins: "Oh, Woe, I've destroyed all my hard work...Alas and alack..." etc., etc.<br /><br />Thanks David - Man Meets Scale continues to be the best weight-loss blog around, though I suppose I shouldn't be surprised because it's the offspring of the best weight-loss solution around.<br />Kind regards,<br />JonathanJonathan Friednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915663773059643299.post-13695271964424083182011-10-23T19:03:01.724-04:002011-10-23T19:03:01.724-04:00Thanks for sharing your maintenance/tracking story...Thanks for sharing your maintenance/tracking story. I lost 100 lbs on the previous plan and now Points Plus and have been in maintenance for a few months. I know I will track for life. I can honestly say that was the key to my success, and now keeps me on track. When I eat in my routine, I track, when I splurge, I track. It keeps me honest and reminds me how I got here, the success I've had and will be my guide for maintaining. <br /><br />Take care, <br />Michele xoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com