I joined Weight Watchers

I started Weight Watchers online a week ago. Someone recently told me the success they have had with it so I looked into it. I felt it was the right choice for me because with WW nothing is off limits. I have tried a few fad diets in the past and nothing worked because I completely struggle with cutting out certain foods.  Here is an update on how it is going!

Day 1: I was obviously feeling excited to get started. I spent a lot of the day reading articles and getting familiar with the program. I looked up a ton of items to see how many points some of my favorites would cost me. Right away I figured out my main issues. Mexican food and alcohol; shocker. I recently started drinking the Truly spiked and sparking waters which are better than Angry Orchards but still one Truly drink is 4 points (one bottle of Angry Orchard is 8 points by the way). For reference, I am allowed 23 points a day.

Day 1: I hit my points perfectly, not over and not under. Here is what I had:

Breakfast: Jimmy Dean Delights Egg’wich PTS 6

Lunch: One grilled chicken breast tenderloin and ½ cup of Jasmine rice PTS 4

Snack: Watermelon PTS 0

Dinner: Beef Tacos. I measured everything out, found a 1 point tortilla wrap and didn’t have chips. Total dinner was 13 pts. I can have tacos and still lose weight? SCORE.

When I work out or hit a certain number of steps for the day I earn FitPoints. So far it has kept me motivated to want to go to the gym to see how many pts I can earn. Essentially, if you go over on your normal points for the day you can use your FitPoints. I know, it is kind of confusing at 1^st. This article helped me understand it all a ton: Understanding FitPoints

After the 1^st day I felt good, I wasn’t starving all day. I felt satisfied but not stuffed after every meal. After dinner I did have the urge to have something sweet but I opted for bed instead!

Day 2:

Breakfast: Banana and whipped peanut butter 5

Lunch: One grilled chicken breast tenderloin, ½ cup of Jasmine rice, edamame PTS 4

Snack: Carrots and ranch PTS: 4

Dinner: Chicken tacos PTS:6

Day 3:

Breakfast: Banana and whipped peanut butter PTS:5

Lunch: One grilled chicken breast tenderloin, ½ cup of Jasmine rice, edamame PTS:4

Snack: Carrots and ranch PTS:4

Dinner: Chicken tacos PTS:6

Day 4:

Breakfast: Banana and whipped peanut butter PTS:5

Lunch: One grilled chicken breast tenderloin, ½ cup of Jasmine rice, edamame PTS:4

Dinner: We had el nopal. I went with the chicken tortilla soup. El Nopal is not in my app so I used a tortilla soup from somewhere else and used 11 pts. I didn’t have any chips. I did have a margarita… no clue and don’t want to know the points on that thing. At the end of day 4 I had 25 FitPoints so I chalked them all up and said that’s what my margarita cost me. It was worth it.

Day 5:

Breakfast: Banana and whipped peanut butter PTS:5

Lunch: One grilled chicken breast tenderloin, ½ cup of Jasmine rice, edamame PTS:4

Dinner: Chicken tacos PTS:6

Day 6: Saturday

Breakfast: Banana and whipped peanut butter 5

Lunch: One grilled chicken breast tenderloin

Dinner: We went to Texas Roadhouse and I had a roll, 1 tablespoon of butter, house salad with ranch, 6 oz steak and steamed veggies. Total meal was 30 PTS. The salad dressing had the most PTS at 10! I had to use 7 FitPoints for the day. I normally get the above but instead of veggies a loaded baked potato which would have been 23 PTS by itself.

Day 7:

Brunch: Chicken taco salad: PTS6 (I obviously love tacos)

Lunch: Edamame, pickles and pineapple PTS:0

Dinner: Teriyaki veggie stir fry with turkey sausage and 1 cup of Jasmine rice PTS:13

I had a lot of the same meals this week but never got tired of any of them. So far WW has made me think. I think about everything I eat and put in my body. Then I think more. Is it worth it? Is this worth 2,3,4,5 or more points? So far I’m missing chips and queso. The weekends are the hardest. Friday alone I had to pass up on donuts someone bought me (sorry Amber), lunch with my sister (sorry Kel) and adult beverages (sorry Tiff). I’m making the gym a priority and went 4 days this week. By day 3 I was so sore. Day 4 I worked out whatever body parts I could move. We only ate out on Saturday this weekend which was a huge change for us. Friday I would normally eat out for lunch and we would eat out for dinner. Saturday we would normally do fast food for lunch and then eat out for dinner. And Sunday we would normally do fast food for lunch! Ugh, just typing all of that sounds so unhealthy and expensive!

I am feeling good and less bloated. I didn’t have any food comas or food babies last week which was refreshing.

Weight check

Starting weight: 1-6-8

Current weight: 162

LBS lost: 6

Stay tuned for next week!