 Welcome back to my channel and welcome if you're new here in today's video We are going to talk about a topic that we don't always want to talk about But I can bet every single one of us can relate to all if not a majority of the lies that we tell ourselves When we're trying to lose weight the lies we tell ourselves about WW about weight loss about the foods that we're eating So I'm going to share with you some of the lies We tell ourselves that definitely aren't true and that we really should rethink the way we talk to ourselves and the way we think About weight loss and WW in general Jump in to some of the lies we tell ourselves when it comes to our weight loss journey number one is a huge one It is one that I hear all the time in the WW community And that is I could eat as many zero-point foods as I want because after all there's zero points This is a lie my friends zero-point foods still have calories chicken breast still has calories eggs beans fruit Even vegetables still have calories now Do you have to track your zero-point foods? Not according to WW Should you ever ever scan zero-point foods absolutely not because they are going to come up with points Even canned vegetables on the blue and the purple plan are going to come up with points If it's a zero-point food, you will track it if you choose to as zero points never scan Just add it in as a zero-point food now WW says that you don't have to number one track zero-point foods or number two Count the amount of zero-point foods that you're eating So essentially you can in reality eat as many zero-point foods as you want, but should you that is the question? No, you should not you still need to be mindful of the zero-point foods that you're eating They were created to be the basis of your meals not your entire meal, but the basis of your meal So starting a meal with a breast of chicken or starting a meal with a half of a cup of black beans Not having chicken and black beans and vegetables and corn and having a zero-point meal so that you can have ice cream and chips And candy for the rest of your points because all of those points in your zero-point meal Still have calories So you cannot unfortunately eat all of the zero-point foods that you want You are supposed to be mindful of the portions and you're supposed to be aware of your hunger when eating the zero-point foods Now I use these again as the basis of my meals and I also use these sometimes for snacks If I know that I'm going to have a point-heavy dinner I may have a hard-boiled egg or a piece of fruit or maybe some turkey breast as a snack Now I'm not eating an entire package of turkey breast I'm eating just one or two slices just to get me through and satiate my hunger. So Unfortunately zero points doesn't mean all you can eat number two is I can't use my weeklies. Yes, my friends You can WW gives us weekly points because they want us to use them They wouldn't give us weekly points if it stunted our weight loss. They most certainly are a business They want to make money. They want us to attend the workshops pay for the online membership by their WW cookbooks and food So they're certainly not going to sabotage us by giving us weekly points Now I have always said from the beginning use your weeklies if that's what you want to do But don't be scared of them. It's okay to go have a meal out once a week Or it's okay to eat an extra four or five ten points a day if you have weeklies available to you That is what they are there for now. Do I know if it'll affect your weight loss? I don't know Everybody is different. Some people it doesn't affect their weight loss. Some people it does I have eaten my weeklies or had a treat day throughout my entire weight loss journey Even when I lost 125 pounds on Weight Watchers 15 years ago. I ate my weeklies every single week I continue to eat my weeklies. I have a no track day I take a day off from tracking and I just enjoy myself That doesn't mean that I gorge myself and eat everything in sight But I most certainly use all of my daily's and all of my weeklies in that one day If I don't have a treat day, I will divide my weeklies up throughout the week It's important that we are eating enough to satiate our body and to fuel our body for day to day activities And most especially if you're exercising and burning a lot of calories exercising We need to fuel our body with food and that's what our daily's and our weeklies are there for so don't be scared of them And yes, you can use your weeklies Number three, I can't eat this and I can't eat that my friends the beauty of WW is we can eat whatever we want to eat Literally we can eat whatever we want if you want to have Snickers bars for all your points for the day You can do that now. Is that good for your body? Probably not Will you still see a loss on the scale if you stayed within your point? Maybe but we need to be aware that there is no food Off-limit on WW that's what makes WW a lifestyle not a diet if you are doing a traditional diet such as keto or low carb or paleo or Even if you're vegetarian you have off-limit foods with WW we don't have off-limit foods We can have whatever we want as long as it works within our points It makes us feel free and have that freedom to eat the foods that we love now As you know, I try to eat whole clean food with my points But if you want to have a bag of chips every day with your lunch, you can most certainly do that on WW so there are no foods that you have to avoid and there are no foods that are off-limits number four I don't have to count my points calories food. I don't have to track them. Okay Now this is one lie that I know I've told myself. I've heard other people bring up I'm just gonna eat when I'm hungry. How about this? How about you eat when you're hungry, but you still track your food? Tracking in my opinion is the foundation of WW in fact It's the foundation of any weight loss program in general no matter what it is whether you're doing keto low carb Paleo you still have to be mindful of the food that you're putting in your body You still need to track your meals track your points track your food track your calories Make sure that you're in a calorie deficit because the only way the only way you're going to see movement on the scale is to be in A calorie deficit the most important thing you should do on a weight loss journey is track your food How else are you going to know that you're in a calorie deficit that you're within your smart points that you're within your Macros the only way to know that is to track your food number five I don't need to plan prep my food I can just eat what I want when I'm out and about throughout the week for my meals This is another huge lie that we tell ourselves It is so important to plan and prep your food Even if you don't meal prep every week like I do you don't create all your breakfast and lunches and snacks for the week You have to pack a lunch for work, right? You have to plan what you're going to have for breakfast plan to throw those snacks in your purse or in your car It is so important if you fail to plan you plan to fail You are not going to be successful on any weight loss journey if you don't plan Prepare your food you have to do a lot of eating at home on WW or any weight loss journey because you know exactly what is going in your food So you have to plan your meals and you have to prep your meals by buying those groceries and ingredients at the grocery store It is so incredibly important to have a game plan on any weight loss journey Make sure that you have the foods in the house that you can eat You don't have the foods in the house that you shouldn't be eating and that you're prepared when you're going to a party a Gathering the movies to work out to dinner. Make sure you are planned and prepared It is essential on any weight loss journey So don't fool yourself by saying you can just wing it plan and prep number six is a huge one for me And this is all foods all calories are created equal not at all Your body does not know what to do with processed calories chips Candy bars protein bars that are full of odd ingredients like multodextrin and soy based products Your body doesn't know what to do with those foods. So it's not turning those foods into energy It's not using them for fuel for the day. It's not making your body a fat burning machine So not all calories are created equal by eating a hundred and fifty calories of a nut butter versus a Jiff peanut butter that has hydrogenated oils and sugar in there is a big difference for your body Your body can process out that nut butter and use it for fuel and to help you burn calories and lose weight Where your body doesn't know what to do with hydrogenated oils and sugar as we know is the devil is Literally the devil to our bodies our body doesn't process refined sugar like it does things such as honey Maple syrup those types of things coconut sugar our body knows how to process those foods far more efficiently than they know how to process Processed process processed foods. So no not all foods and calories are created equal Like I mentioned you can eat Snickers all day and stay within your points and you might lose weight But what is better for your body? What is going to keep you more full and satisfied? And what is going to give your body energy? Those are the foods that should comprise at least 90% of your points on a daily basis There is certainly room daily weekly with WW to work in treats and process foods and go out for ice cream or pizza or have a beer with your buddies on a Friday night There is definitely points in your budget to do that But your calories should be comprised of foods that fuel you satiate you and your body knows how to process So calories my friends are not created equal number seven is one that I am so incredibly guilty of and this is I already blew it I already ate more points than I'm allowed. I already had pizza ice cream pop cake Cookies chips. I already ate all that so now I might as well just give up for the rest of the day This is a mindset that I have been in more times than I can count But this is such a detrimental mindset to your weight loss journey You'll always tell yourself. I'll start the next day. I'll start on Monday. I'll start next week How about starting with the next thing you put in your mouth? How about starting with your next snack your next meal? How about getting right back on track the next time you eat versus the next day or the next week or the next Monday or the Next month that is where you're going to be able to see a change in not only your weight loss But your mindset when it comes to your weight loss journey You won't continue to tell yourself the lie that you blew it for the day So let's just gorge on anything and everything we can find get right back on track with the next thing You put in your mouth and I promise you not only will you feel less guilty for the screw-up or the mistake that you made That day with your food But chances are it's not going to negatively impact your weight loss if you get right back on track And don't use the all-or-nothing. I blew it mentality number eight Exercise isn't necessary to lose weight. This is a lie and this is somewhat of a truth No, you don't have to exercise to lose weight losing weight starts in the kitchen and fitness starts in the gym So yes, you can certainly lose a lot of weight all of your weight without any exercise But there is a thing called skinny fat and I'm sure you guys have all heard of this This is where you are skinny. You're within your healthy body weight You look thin physically to the human eye, but your skinny fat. You're unhealthy. You're flabby You're not toned up You have a lot of medical related issues that people that are overweight or obese have because you're considered skinny fat It is important to exercise not only to help tone your body up make you a better Healthier you you're gonna notice a huge difference in your clothes your strength How you make it through your day-to-day life by adding in some exercise? So again, there is a truth to that where you don't have to exercise to lose weight But it's also a lie that we tell ourselves because there's so many other benefits to having a regular exercise routine That help us not only in our weight loss But become a healthier version of ourselves And I know that there is probably not a single person out there who isn't on a weight loss journey Not only to look better To feel better, but to also be healthier stronger to be a better version of yourself And that's where exercise comes in I literally cannot imagine not having jazzercise in my life now that I found an exercise that I enjoy And that's the key point here find something you enjoy that you'll do and stick with consistently And I think you'll be pleasantly surprised the effects that your body has by implementing exercise And also counting your points and watching your food number eight She lost this much in this amount of time. So why am I not losing this much in this amount of time? You guys we are all different our bodies are all different. We are different ages We are different body types our bodies are made up differently Some of us are going to burn a fat and calories and weight a lot faster than some of the other of us It's very very detrimental to your mental health as well as your weight loss journey to compare yourself to others I always say use other people's success on the scale or in their weight loss journey as Motivation don't use it as comparison never compare yourself to somebody else. We are all uniquely us That's what makes us so special is there isn't another you on the planet So there's no way that you can take your journey and your weight loss and compare that to somebody else's use it as Motivation and that's where coming up with a vision board or goals for yourself is Important because that way you're tracking your weight loss journey based solely on yourself and what goals you've set out for yourself What motivations you've given yourself versus the goals motivations and successes of others Just remember you're you and we love that you're you so don't ever Compare your weight loss journey to someone else's next is I should lose one to two pounds per week because that's what Weight Watcher says I should lose this is a lie my friends again every body is different We're not always going to lose one to two pounds a week even on weeks that we do everything right I mean everything we track every single piece of food that goes in our mouth We work out we drink our water We get our steps in and we step on the scale and we see a gain We see a maintain or we see a very very small loss and we get discouraged because we say we should lose one to two Pounds in a week every tiny bit every ounce you lose adds up to a full pound There isn't a set you need to lose this much per week because you never know what our bodies are going to do Even on those weeks that you completely screw up you sometimes see a loss or the weeks that you do everything, right? You don't see a loss you see a gain you see a maintain Don't get discouraged and don't stick in your mind with the one to two pounds a week Just because ww says that on average and that's the key word on average Most people lose one to two pounds a week. It is not set in stone It is not a guarantee because all of our bodies are different and all of us are going to lose weight at a different rate And things that contribute to the amount of weight that we lose is the sodium that we have how much water are we drinking? How older we are age plays a big big big Difference in weight loss among someone who's in their 20s and someone like myself That's in their 40s the amount of weight that we're going to lose in the time frame It's going to definitely drastically be different. It can vary for so many different things Hormonally your cycle there are so many variations So don't tell yourself that you're going to lose one to two pounds a week and depend on that throughout your entire weight loss journey remind yourself that every ounce adds up to a pound and The last one is a huge one and this is one that I actually hear a lot in the WW or the weight loss community and that is I've done so good this week I had a loss on the scale so now I'm going to splurge now I'm going to go have pizza and beer and cake Okay, that is where you're going to get yourself into trouble and that is rewarding your successes with food Now is it okay to have a splurge meal once a week? Absolutely. That's what our weeklies are there for but don't Reward your success on the scale your success fitting in a smaller size of pants your Success with your measurements are the way that you're feeling with food. Don't reward yourself with food Don't think of it as I've done good so now I can eat think of it as I'm going to go out and enjoy a nice Pizza meal with my family use my weeklies and get right back on track with the next meal Don't reward yourself with food come up with other rewards for yourself when you've done good things when you've stayed on track When you've seen a loss on the scale don't use food as your reward get a pet a pedicure a manicure buy yourself a new pair of Workout pants go get your hair done your nails done Do things that make you feel good when you've had a success on the scale or a success with your food for the week Don't sabotage it by thinking I've done well So now I'm going to go cheat or have a cheat meal or a splurge meal Use your weeklies in moderation and only use them if you're seeing success on the scale But don't use food as your reward So those are some of the lies that we tell ourselves about weight loss and about our WW journey and just remember we're all unique human beings So the success and the failures that we see on our weight loss journey and on WW Are going to vary from person to person always use other people as motivation not as comparison It's a very much a food game on a weight loss journey and on WW But it's just as equally a mental game on WW and on a weight loss journey You have to have your mind set in the right place and by comparing yourself to others or using food as a reward when you do something Well or getting discouraged because you didn't see the one to two pound loss on the scale is Mentally not going to put us in the best place to continue and have a successful weight loss journey or week on WW So just remember do the best that you can on your journey Follow if anything the 80 20 or the 90 10 rule where you eat great 80 or 90 percent of the time And you enjoy life and yourself the other 10 or 20 percent of the time and remember not all food and not all calories are equal So do your research and come up with the types of foods that you feel not only fuel your body But it's going to give you the success that you're looking for on whatever weight loss journey You're following whatever plan you're on on WW you have to do what's right for you So thank you guys so much for watching I hope that sharing these these lies that we tell ourselves Help you kind of turn things around and make your weight loss journey more successful and better for you If you're new to my channel welcome. 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