Well here we are in our first week of the challenge

So far I have exercised for 1 hour for two days running

Food today:

1 pita sandwich, no butter-lettuce, low fat cheese and low fat ham
1 coffee

dinner tonight will be home-made pizza with a side salad and a diet coke

Well I treated myself to fat frozen yogurt yesterday-but at least it was low-fat!

Day 3 and still OP!

Mauvaisroux, you are really doing great with the exercising!
So far so good for me too. I had some ice cream and fresh raspberries today – and it tasted truly yummy!
I really love summer with fresh fruits and berries everywhere!

I love summer berries

Tonight we are having chili that DH made -delish!

Oh crepe! Got on the scale and I am up a little maybe because I have started strength training I would like to reach my WW goal by the 16th of August.

But it still sounds as if you’re doing really well. The weight will come off again – gaining muscle and losing fat: it’s definitely the right way to go!
I’ve started weightlifting too this week – so just wait and see – we’ll be lean and strong in no time!

Yep! I am putting it down to the strength training. Feeling good today and have stayed pretty well OP this week

I have stayed on plan this week too. I’ve been trying to change my eating a bit though: I’m still eating about 1500 calories a day but I’m trying to eat more protein. I’m aiming for 30%protein, 30%fat and 40%carbs, but find it hard to eat that much protein.
It makes it quite obvious that my cravings mainly are for sweets and carbs.

Good going mette!

I hear ya about the carbs and sweets. I incorporated "better" carb eating into my WW plan and it took a couple of weeks to get rid of the cravings. It did happen though and I no longer crave chips and buttertarts or chocolate anymore.

well popping my head in. i started packing healthy lunches at work. and that seems to be helping. now i come home and relax and then eat a healthy dinner. instead of coming home and eating the whole kitchen because i am starving.
need to start working on exercising again. somehow i just dropped that habit and just never started back up again.

Good going on the healthy lunches

I find if I stop exercising I have a hard time getting back into again too

The way I did it was by getting up 1/2 hour earlier in the morning and do a DVD tape. That way I can't make any excuses like I have something else to do or I had a hard day at work and can't be bothered exercising now. I have to admit that it is sometimes a struggle to get out of bed but I feel charged up for the rest of the day when I exercise in the morning.

Mauvais , I admit to tossing that idea around. and i know i need to. have the tape just haven't found the willpower to get up any earlier. problem is after work i am too beat to exercise. well that is my thing to work on this month. EXERCISE!!!

mauvaisroux - I’m interested in hearing more about these cravings that went away. I suppose by better carbs you mean whole grains, no white sugar, fresh fruits and berries – things like that?
Good work! It’s almost like a detox, isn’t it?

Heather – I’ve found that too: that eating healthy meals keep me from starving – and binging. Good luck on the exercising.

So, we’re almost finished with week one. How did everybody do? I did well – kept on plan and did my exercises like a good little girl!

Right mette - I cut out potatoes, white rice and white flour products. I switched to whole grain bread, whole wheat pasta, brown rice etc. I only have sugar in my coffee first thing in the morning.

I did okay this week - nothing new to report - my weight is still the same

Yeah. I didn't lose this week either. But I still had a good week – both with food and exercise. We'll just keep up the good work, right?