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Considering not going to first meeting after week one :(
Started by skipper2275, Oct 06 2011 08:47 AM
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Posted 06 October 2011 - 08:47 AM
Well my first week meeting is today I did not follow the plan and now I'm thinking of just skipping the meeting all together... I mean who gains in the first week!!???!! I know it is my fault, thugs happened this week and I just turned to food, which isn't acceptable so now I feel like I shouldn't even go to the consultation advice appreciated!
advice appreciated!
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Posted 06 October 2011 - 08:59 AM
You HAVE to go to the meeting for a number of reasons. And, no, you are NOT the first person who didn't follow the plan the first week and gained weight.
No one is going to yell at you and your JCC is there to REINFORCE what the plan is, discuss WHY you went off track and to give you a PLAN of how you can get back on the plan and stay on it.
You can discuss your "triggers" for what caused you to slip (and we've ALL slipped) and how to deal with them the next time.
You paid for this counseling so you OWE IT TO YOURSELF to get it!
If you don't go, you are headed straight down a slippery slope. It will make it too easy to say that you don't want to go next week or the week after.
Everyone slips and it's not the slipping that's important to your success but what you do after the slip. How fast do you get back up and what have you learned from the slip to make it easier to avoid or deal with the "pitfall" so that you don't slip again - or at least you don't slip as often.
JC is not only a diet but it's a program to help you learn to develop a new relationship with food for the rest of your life. So how are you going to learn if you keep missing "school"?
Go to your consultation, talk to your JCC and then come back and tell us how it's going.
And if you feel a slip coming again, come to the boards and talk about it. Or use a kitchen timer for 30 minutes or 60 minutes and then while it's running go and do something else so that you distract yourself and when the timer goes off you can make a RATIONAL rather than an IMPULSIVE decision about your food choice.
There's lots of tricks you can learn by staying on track here at the boards and with your JCC, so come and learn with us and we'll all gain knowledge and LOSE weight!
Phyllis
No one is going to yell at you and your JCC is there to REINFORCE what the plan is, discuss WHY you went off track and to give you a PLAN of how you can get back on the plan and stay on it.
You can discuss your "triggers" for what caused you to slip (and we've ALL slipped) and how to deal with them the next time.
You paid for this counseling so you OWE IT TO YOURSELF to get it!
If you don't go, you are headed straight down a slippery slope. It will make it too easy to say that you don't want to go next week or the week after.
Everyone slips and it's not the slipping that's important to your success but what you do after the slip. How fast do you get back up and what have you learned from the slip to make it easier to avoid or deal with the "pitfall" so that you don't slip again - or at least you don't slip as often.
JC is not only a diet but it's a program to help you learn to develop a new relationship with food for the rest of your life. So how are you going to learn if you keep missing "school"?
Go to your consultation, talk to your JCC and then come back and tell us how it's going.
And if you feel a slip coming again, come to the boards and talk about it. Or use a kitchen timer for 30 minutes or 60 minutes and then while it's running go and do something else so that you distract yourself and when the timer goes off you can make a RATIONAL rather than an IMPULSIVE decision about your food choice.
There's lots of tricks you can learn by staying on track here at the boards and with your JCC, so come and learn with us and we'll all gain knowledge and LOSE weight!
Phyllis
Phyllis
Height: 5'2
SW - 177.6
Goal! - 132
Returning Weight - 143
CW - GOAL AGAIN!!!
Before JC with hubby and nephews in 2006/After JC (2nd time) in 2011
After JC 10/11
Height: 5'2
SW - 177.6
Goal! - 132
Returning Weight - 143
CW - GOAL AGAIN!!!
Before JC with hubby and nephews in 2006/After JC (2nd time) in 2011
After JC 10/11
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Posted 06 October 2011 - 09:25 AM
It happens and you are definitely not alone! Please don't get in the habit of skipping when you have a bad week, that's when you need it the most-for the support!
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Posted 06 October 2011 - 10:27 AM
Don't skip! It'll be okay. Just remember, it's about progress, not perfection. And I promise they won't yell at you. They're on your side and they'll help you figure out this whole JC thing. You've only been on JC for a week and no one expects you to be an expert. I've been doing this for months, and they still don't expect me to be an expert. :-)
You can do this! Good luck!
You can do this! Good luck!
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Posted 06 October 2011 - 10:30 AM
That's absolutely right, skipping your meeting is only likely to make things worse! You'll feel guilty for skipping, which could in turn make you go even MORE off track until you're so far off track that you'll want to quit for good. You don't want that to happen, and neither does your JCC, and neither do we!
Go to your meeting, and like Phyllis said, your consultant is there to HELP you not scold you. So you had a bad week--so what!? It's the first week of a learning experience, and after you allow yourself to face your first meeting and work on some of your difficulties, you will feel so much better. Obviously you can't do this alone (none of us can--that's why we're here!) so don't turn away from the best helping hands available.
Go to your meeting, and like Phyllis said, your consultant is there to HELP you not scold you. So you had a bad week--so what!? It's the first week of a learning experience, and after you allow yourself to face your first meeting and work on some of your difficulties, you will feel so much better. Obviously you can't do this alone (none of us can--that's why we're here!) so don't turn away from the best helping hands available.
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Posted 02 November 2011 - 10:20 AM
I Called Jenny, on 06 October 2011 - 08:59 AM, said:
You HAVE to go to the meeting for a number of reasons. And, no, you are NOT the first person who didn't follow the plan the first week and gained weight.
No one is going to yell at you and your JCC is there to REINFORCE what the plan is, discuss WHY you went off track and to give you a PLAN of how you can get back on the plan and stay on it.
You can discuss your "triggers" for what caused you to slip (and we've ALL slipped) and how to deal with them the next time.
You paid for this counseling so you OWE IT TO YOURSELF to get it!
If you don't go, you are headed straight down a slippery slope. It will make it too easy to say that you don't want to go next week or the week after.
Everyone slips and it's not the slipping that's important to your success but what you do after the slip. How fast do you get back up and what have you learned from the slip to make it easier to avoid or deal with the "pitfall" so that you don't slip again - or at least you don't slip as often.
JC is not only a diet but it's a program to help you learn to develop a new relationship with food for the rest of your life. So how are you going to learn if you keep missing "school"?
Go to your consultation, talk to your JCC and then come back and tell us how it's going.
And if you feel a slip coming again, come to the boards and talk about it. Or use a kitchen timer for 30 minutes or 60 minutes and then while it's running go and do something else so that you distract yourself and when the timer goes off you can make a RATIONAL rather than an IMPULSIVE decision about your food choice.
There's lots of tricks you can learn by staying on track here at the boards and with your JCC, so come and learn with us and we'll all gain knowledge and LOSE weight!
Phyllis
No one is going to yell at you and your JCC is there to REINFORCE what the plan is, discuss WHY you went off track and to give you a PLAN of how you can get back on the plan and stay on it.
You can discuss your "triggers" for what caused you to slip (and we've ALL slipped) and how to deal with them the next time.
You paid for this counseling so you OWE IT TO YOURSELF to get it!
If you don't go, you are headed straight down a slippery slope. It will make it too easy to say that you don't want to go next week or the week after.
Everyone slips and it's not the slipping that's important to your success but what you do after the slip. How fast do you get back up and what have you learned from the slip to make it easier to avoid or deal with the "pitfall" so that you don't slip again - or at least you don't slip as often.
JC is not only a diet but it's a program to help you learn to develop a new relationship with food for the rest of your life. So how are you going to learn if you keep missing "school"?
Go to your consultation, talk to your JCC and then come back and tell us how it's going.
And if you feel a slip coming again, come to the boards and talk about it. Or use a kitchen timer for 30 minutes or 60 minutes and then while it's running go and do something else so that you distract yourself and when the timer goes off you can make a RATIONAL rather than an IMPULSIVE decision about your food choice.
There's lots of tricks you can learn by staying on track here at the boards and with your JCC, so come and learn with us and we'll all gain knowledge and LOSE weight!
Phyllis
@Phyllis: You are such a wonderful person and you always know the right thing to say. Thanks for being such a great friend to everyone on this board.
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