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Week two – WW

Published February 17, 2018 Over 50 , Uncategorized , Weight Watchers Leave a Comment
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This week, I track every single piece of food that went into my mouth, weighed and measured most but not all. My favorite advice from this week that I learned? Weighing your avocado gives you a lot more for your points than simply recording it as half, quarter etc.

Also new this week – no alcohol Sunday through Friday. Last night was a little tough as I really wanted a glass of wine but I also am planning to take a yoga class early this morning and then to a spin class before heading to a facial and then out for dinner with friends later this afternoon, so in lieu of all that I needed to feel refreshed in the morning. Glad I did.

Lastly, I also did not use all my extra weekly points. Ended up with six left over, which I felt pretty good about. So the reveal after all that is: down 1.5 pounds.

SW: 198

CW: 194.6

GW: 146.

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Week 3 in Weight Watchers

Published April 21, 2011 Exercise , Over 50 , Weight Watchers Leave a Comment

So, I’m now into week 3 of ww – again. As you may know, I go on and then go off. My problem is not that I don’t know what to do – but sticking with the program.

The first week was great – down 2.6 lbs. Week two was a wash – but I think I lost inches (I’m really cranking up the exercise).

This week was harder. On Saturday night, I went to a professional sporting event (MN Swarm) and ate at the buffet. While I made fairly good choices, it was still more food that I needed.

Sunday was our family’s annual Palm Sunday brunch.  I tried to make the best choices I could but frankly gave up. The food was rich and heavy, and not a lot of good choices could be found. So, I instead focused on quantity. I limited my visits to the buffet to two, and followed the old WW advice of not letting portions touch each other. I think it was ok, but has to guess at points (I gave it an even 40).

  • Monday and Tuesday were not great either. I am an emotional eater and am going though a job hunt which is extremely stressful. The difference this time? I tracked everything (something  that in the past I gave up on when I knew I was out of control). I also kept my eyes on the exercise prize, walking on Tuesday and taking a great kickboxing class that totally kicks my ass.
  • Wednesday I did better: stuck to the program and made a WW stir fry for dinner. No hard-core exercise, but a nice 30 minute “stroll” with my husband and the dog. (I have to clarify with my husband when I want an easy stroll and when I’m ready to go out full throttle).
  • Today (Thursday): Did 25 minutes on TM (3.4MPH at 4 incline) and then another 20 minutes on the Elliptical (I’m a wimp on that so only work at a level 3). Came home and had a great breakfast: 3 slices turkey bacon, 1/2 egg substitute, 1/4 c ff cheddar cheese, handful of fresh spinach and a 1/3 c of black beans.

Weigh in is on Saturday, so let’s see what happens.