What a great WI I had!
October 28th, 2009
down 7 pounds. Certainly, some of it was water, as TOM came on Monday…but I earned my first star no less. The group leader cautioned me that next week won’t be as good….I said, yes, I know, I watch the biggest loser…LOL but ya, I know. But a loss is a loss. So I am happy.
What have I done different? Not a whole lot. Much more careful with my portions and weighing everything, I will say. Maybe making better choices….like you can have a lt yogurt for 2pts, or a bag of baked lays for 2 pts…..choosing the yogurt, even though I am not a huge yogurt fan…but knowing that in the long run, that is the better choice for the same amt of pts and will likely keep me fuller longer. Getting my required amount of dairy in, has been a bit of a challenge. I am not a huge dairy person, I guess. When I was a kid, I drank milk all the time, but as an adult, have strayed away from it. I do buy all low fat or nonfat dairy products, but just don’t eat enough of it, I guess. But I need it. This week, I added some exercise back in for each week day. Nothing big. Just walking. I know eventually I will need to bump that up. Its raining today, so when I am done here, I am going to do WATP. My legs are stiff this morning…..likely due to the walking the past two days….walking IS more strenuous when you do it with a dog that pulls, I will say that much. You have to keep up for the most part at a dogs pace.
So on to week two. I am dropping a point from my daily allowance this week also. Which is good, because quite frankly, some days, it was hard to get all the points in. I mean, if you aren’t hungry, you aren’t hungry. Most days though, I did my best to come within a point or two, if not using ALL the points up. The weekend, of course, I went over.
Not much else. Grocery store today. More laundry…yadda, yadda, yadda…LOL
Make it a great day all!
October 28th, 2009 at 8:18 am
Nice job on the 7 lbs…that’s fantastic! I’m not a huge dairy person, either… milk by itself is gross to me. I try to eat a lot of lf cheese, some yogurt (not a big fan), and mostly lf cottage cheese. Oh and of course skinny lattes with nonfat milk LOL.
Sounds like the structure of WW is really working for you!! I’m so happy!
October 28th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Congrats on your loss! If nothing else, doing WW is helping your awareness of what you eat. Lately I’ve been tracking my calories on The Daily Plate and it’s helped me be aware of how many calories I take in. Even though I don’t plan an entire day’s eating in advance, logging throughout the day still helps me to know how many calories I have left for the evening.
October 28th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
7 lbs is amazing!!! Yogurt has become my friends ( i believe I’ve mentioned that already)… but I really like plain Chobani greek yogurt. It’s not the most fabulous tasting, but it’s got A LOT of protien in it and keeps me full for quite some time. If you’re into making yourself eat things you probably won’t like, I’d give that a try
Oh, also put like fiber one in it. High fiber foods are good on WW, yes? (I think so - but not 100% sure. Either way - that adds to keeping me full all morning!)
October 28th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
What a great start. Because of this plan, I also started considering what is a better way to spend those points. That’s a good lesson to learn.
Who knew that a dog leash was also a great resistance band?
October 28th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Congrats on those 7 pounds lost.
October 29th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Yay for the scale going down! The nutrition plan provided by my trainer calls for adding one scoop of (vanilla, strawberry…) protein powder to the plain lowfat yogurt to alter the taste and up the protein. Maybe try that?
Like the idea of a dog leash being a resistance band.
October 30th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Well, you are inspirational! I’m so glad you are back!