Heya!
Well, I did my first week, and even though on New Year's Day I had pizza and a philly cheese steak sandwich, I still lost 7.6 pounds! I had trouble converting to Smart Points, and gave up last year...kept gaining. This year, I'd forgotten all my "go-to's" so it is easier to just deal... yogurt, no, cottage cheese yes. Canadian bacon triple yes! and I've added in fitbit challenges with neighbors. This bulletin board is a bit dead. Can we make a good chain to talk through? Connect is fine (on the WW app) but it's hard to get a dialogue going (or maybe I'm just too old to figure out hashtags?).
Key revelations for my first week:
1) Track everything, even (esp?) milk for my coffee. I throw in 5 points because I like a lot of milk in my coffee. I put it in a 1 cup container....and now, as I see how much I use, I'm looking at green teas to supplement ( I love Genmaicha-- a green tea with roasted rice in it...)
2) Walking my 8k steps is key for me. It helps me sort things out. To help this along, I've benefitted from my fitbit and the challenges from my neighbors...I live in Baltimore, and to try to be in the lead, I realized I had to get up earlier and walk...I feel like I'm helping the neighborhood with policing and getting fit.
3) Canadian bacon and chicken breasts are amazing additives! So cheap but so rewarding!
4) Tea over coffee
5) Having different snacks with crunch appeal - carrots...apples with a babble cheese...celery
6) Using spaghetti squash or acorn squash as the base and amping them up with gravy or cheese and/or tomato sauce....
What have you discovered?
I've also started doing yoga - I like the app yoga studio...
I'd love to hear your tips!