My dedication to eating within my daily points and my attendance at the gym has been beyond wonderful! I am super proud of myself as I head into week three, and my laziness is no where to be seen. I'm finding that I have to keep looking at this journey one week at a time. I set a goal for myself on Monday and I get the job done. At the end of the week I feel a fantastic sense of accomplishment that it inspires me to keep going. We'll see if this lasts beyond March, but so far, it's working.
Stepped on the scale today at the gym, it displayed a lovely 224. 1 more pound bit the dust! That puts me at a 9 pound weight loss since March 1st - and all i've done is stayed on plan and exercised regularly. I am eagarly waiting for that 10 pound point, and think I can easily get to it by the next weight watchers weigh-in. It will be so good to be under 220, I'm almost holding my breath until I get there. I'm in such a hurry to get out of the 220's. I'm doing it slow and steady though - the turtle does win the race after all.
Today at work I was in a conference that served sandwiches for lunch and because I had a frozen Smartone dinner, I thought to myself, "what the hey, lets try giving real food a shot", so I went for the vegan multigrain wrap and when I got back to my office and added up the points, it turns out it was a 12-point wrap. It was like a party of daily points hiding in the roasted vegetables in the wrap - entrapment almost! I was outraged. This happened in week two as well - but at that time I had made the horrible mistake of eating a veggie Quiznos sandwich (FULL of fat). I definitley learned from the Quiznos mistake though - that damn sandwich cost me 30 points! In one sitting! I think I'll stick to my Tim Hortons Chili from this point forward when I am in need of fast food.
I've decided to start to integrate more "real" foods into my diet and lifestyle once I get under 200 pounds. I really need to learn to cook healthy foods (besides egg sandwiches with salsa and healthy pizza). One thing at a time though - first, get to 200, then conquer the real food battle.
At the gym today, I was planning on staying past my usual 1 hour, but the guy beside me kept passing gas and it was incredibly unpleasant. I kept looking at him with disgust and disapproval, but he seemed to think nothing was wrong. In the end, he won. I wapped it up on the treadmill and got the heck out of there. Why do some people not have gym manners? Shhheeesh!
Congrats on the loss! That's awesome :)
ReplyDeleteFast food is so tricky, how is it possible to cram that many calories into a wrap or sandwich?! Crazy! Tim Hortons definitely has some lower point options when you need them though.
I think it's so great that you are going to incorporate more real food into your days. This really made a difference for me personally.
Keep up the awesome work, you're doing so well!
I honestly think learning to cook is where its at with weight loss. As a former Jenny Craiger, I ate packaged food for years, thinking that there was no way I could figure it out on my own. But now, I wouldn't go back to forzen food. I started by integrating one meal in a week that I made on my own. Something to think about.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the lose!