What I Learned This Week

So, I’ve started Weight Watchers Core Program and I have learned a few things:

 

1. It’s not as difficult or intimidating as I thought it would be
2. For the most part, you’re supposed to eat lean meat and veggies for lunch and dinner with snacks between meals consisting of fruit, vegetables, or fat-free milk products
3. It’s EASY breezy! No counting points for any food you eat unless it’s not a fruit, vegetable, lean meat, or fat-free milk product
4. I’ve been doing GREAT on this plan.
5. My normal list of food eaten in a day is:
1. 1 serving (3/4 cup) of Bran Flakes (dry) for breakfast (in a plastic cup so I can eat it on the way to work)
2. A 16-ounce bottle of water on the way to work
3. Two cups of coffee with fat-free powdered creamer and 1 splenda
4. A 16-ounce bottle of water
5. Fruit for snack around 10:30 (banana)
6. A grilled chicken salad with fat-free dressing. The one at Chick-Fil-A is about 4 servings of vegetables/fruits and it includes fruit. This is 1 point because of the small amount of cheese they add to it. This is around 1:00
7. A LARGE caffeine-free Diet Coke from Chick-Fil-A (also counts toward my water count for the day because it is caffeine-free) WooHoo!
8. Maybe a piece of fruit in the afternoon at work or possibly when I get home (grapes)
9. More water
10. If we go out to eat, I will get a regular diet coke to drink
11. If we go out to eat, I will get a grilled piece of meat with vegetables and possibly another salad
12. A piece of fruit as a snack while watching TV (apple)
13. More water
6. It’s easier to eat according to the Core Plan and it is much healthier than counting points without actually having to change your eating habits.
7. It’s much easier to stay on ANY weight loss plan when your spouse has joined you. H lost 5 pounds this week using Weight Watchers Core Plan. WooHoo!
8. It’s MUCH easier to look ahead to Thanksgiving without dreading it or being afraid when your mom is also on Weight Watchers and is already planning on adjusting the recipes to fit Weight Watcher’s Core Plan. This is gonna be GREAT!

 

Until later…