Weight Watchers Wednesday

Hello All!  So, since I missed WeightWatchers Wednesday last week, I thought I would first update you with how I am doing on my weightloss.  I am happy to report that last week I lost 1 pound and this week, I lost 1.6 pounds.  This brings me to a total weightloss of 8.6 pounds.  I am pretty happy with that, but I have to say that on other diets, I have lost the weight much faster.  Let's be honest though, that's probably the reason I am on a diet right now.  It all happened too quickly and I gained the weight back just as fast as I lost it.

This week's topic is Daily Tracking...see, WW really encourages daily tracking of everything you eat, much like other diet/health plans.  They feel that if you write things down, you are more likely to stick to the plan.  This is probably the part of this lifestyle change that I struggle with the most.  I'll be honest, I actually hate writing down what I eat.  I don't like taking the time to do it, I don't like the fact that I sometimes forget to write things down and then I have to go back and try to figure it out, and I don't like having to carry around my little food journal.  However, after a few days last week of just refusing to write down the food that I eat, I quickly realized that I am much more focused when keeping my food journal up to date. 

Is this something I will do forever?  Probably not...however, during this time of trying to actually LOSE weight and not just maintain, I think I better stick to the daily tracking...afterall, I still have 9.4 pounds to go before I am my GOAL weight!  =)

Weight Watchers Wednesday

Week 2 of my Weight Watchers program is behind me and I got through it with a 2.2 pound weight loss!  That's a total weight loss of 6 pounds.  I suspect that I'm going to hit the dreaded plateau pretty soon, and I think that may happen this coming week.  I'm still hopeful that I can keep up my weight loss, but I realize that losing an average of 3 pounds a week isn't necessarily realistic over the long haul!

This week's Weight Watchers topic is Treating Yourself.  Do you ever have those days when you are just over it?  Well, that was this weekend for me.  Friday night I had dinner plans with my beau, and I was tired, hungry, and deep down I knew that I just wasn't myself.  FINALLY, after much prodding, Patrick got it out of me that I was really having a hard time with my eating.  I wasn't necessarily craving anything, but I just wanted to go to a restaurant and not have to PLAN what I was going to order before I got there!  I wanted to walk in, look at the menu and order what sounded good to me.  He finally talked me into it.  He said we could go wherever I wanted and I immediately said BAJA BURRITO!  When I got there, I ordered my favorite meal...the Baja Fish Burritos...except this time, I didn't order it with cheese, and I didn't get black beans...also, I split the chips with Patrick so that I could save a few calories.  Finally, I chose a Diet Coke over their delicious fruit tea.  And when I counted up my points, I still had plenty of my Weekly Points to last me through the weekend.  AND, my mood and attitude improved immediately!!!!!

I learned a lot that night...I learned that I can still have the foods I love...I just have to be smart about it...and I have to make these things a treat...NOT the norm!

If you are doing Weight Watchers, I suggest that you definitely take advantage of your Weekly Points Allowance because this is what keeps you on track...AND, there is no guilt because you know it's all part of the plan!

Weight Watchers Wednesday

So, this past Monday was my first "weigh-in" with WeightWatchers!  I lost a total of 3.8 pounds, and I was pretty impressed by that!  I decided to devote this week's post to things I have learned in the last week:

1.  It's really hard to eat all of the points I am allowed everyday.  I get a ton of them!

2.  It's REALLY expensive to buy groceries when you are eating healthy!  Is it worth it?  Absolutely...but still, VERY expensive!

3.  Fruits and vegetables are my friends!  Not only do they have 0 Points, but they also taste great, are healthy, and have tons of fiber!

4.  I am not a fan of "logging" everything I eat.  WW sugests that you write everything you put in your mouth in a log and review it at the end of the week to see what worked for you that week and what didn't.  You would think this would be an OCD girl's dream...however...I HATE it!  I am trying my best to keep it up because it does make it easier to calculate points, but it's no fun!

5.  I feel sooooooo much better than I did a week ago!  I mean, seriously!  I'm not as tired, I'm not as hungry, I'm not as likely to be sick, and I'm a much faster runner! 

Okay, so I'm probably not THIS fast...but it's how I feel!  =)

6.  The processed TV dinners such as Lean Cuisine, SmartOnes, and Healthy Choice have wayyy more PointsPlus than they should based on how they taste.  In fact, I've pretty much cut them out of my diet!  The convenience just isn't worth it!

Stay tuned for next week's weight loss report! I know I'm definitely looking forward to it!  =)

Weight Watchers Wednesday

Since I started doing WeightWatchers this week, I thought I would devote Wednesdays to all things healthy and diet related.  I have done WeightWatchers before, but recently they have adopted a new program called PointsPlus.  I have to say that I actually like the new program a lot better, even though it is much more complicated.  And if it makes me look half as good as Jennifer Hudson, then I'm a believer.  =)

I thought a long time about posting my starting weight so you could follow me along on this journey.  However, I kind of decided that it doesn't really matter how much I weigh either now or after I am finished losing weight.  What matters is that I'm doing something to get healthy and that in the end, I am happy with the way my body looks.  Instead of stating my weight, I will say that as of Monday morning, I needed to lose 18 pounds to get to my goal weight.  I don't usually like to weigh myself more than once a week, but since I will be doing these posts on Wednesday, and my weigh-in day is on Monday, I will weigh myself 2 times per week.  AND, I am happy to report that when I weighed in this morning, I was down 2.2 pounds.  Now, I realize this is probably mostly water weight, but I'll be honest, I don't really care!  I'm just happy that the pounds are coming off! 

I'll definitely keep you updated on how this experience is going...and you can be guaranteed that when I'm done, I will definitely be posting an "after picture."  =)