My First Entry on the Weight Loss Front!

I began Weight Watchers one week ago yesterday.

Starting Weight Week 1: 165
Goal Weight: 135
Starting Weight Week 2: (SEE BELOW!)


Week 1: (9/24/06-9/30/06)

Summary: In a nutshell, I basically ate WW Yogurt (1pt) for breakfast everyday. My lunch was either PBJ (7pts), Steamed Veggies (0pts) or leftover mexican chicken bake (6points) PLUS a pear (1pt). For dinner during the week, I had a variety of different meals: Mexican Layer Bake (6pts), Veggie Stir Fry (7pts), Tri-Color Rotini Pesto (8pts), Taco Bell (Burrito Supreme and Beef Taco=14pts). Snacks= WW Snack Cake (1pt). Weekends are tougher for me, since I spend most of my time at home (and not at work!). That's part of the reason I start on Sunday- it splits up the weekend into two different weeks. This weekend I had the following: Friday Dinner: Chicago UNO: Turkey Swiss Wrap & Fries (17 points), Saturday Breakfast WW Yogurt (1pt), Sat Lunch: Wendy's Turkey Pesto Frescata Sandwich & Strawberry Yogurt (15points). Sat Dinner: Restaurant Veggie Wrap (Est 10pts), 1/2 slice cheese pizza (2 points). Sat Evening: Party at LBI- Many points spent on a few Corona's.

Amazingly, I did not go over my weekly points allowance, and on most days, I stayed within my 20points per day.


My secrets for success this week: I PLANNED AHEAD! I knew that on Wednesday we were going to go out for fast food. So I looked up the nutritional info on the websites of the places we usually go (Panera, Taco Bell, Wendy's) and found that I could have the most "Bang for my points" at Taco Bell. I calculated exactly what I could have BEFORE I got there. We have a tradition of going out to eat on Friday nights, and I didn't want to take that away from myself, because I knew that would cause me to possibly fall off the WW wagon. So I looked up restaurants on WW website and found they had UNOs listed. Since they didn't have exactly what I was looking for on the WW site, I went to www.unos.com and found out the nutrition info from their website (including sides!) and discovered I could have a yummy dinner for 15 points! So to accomodate that, I had my usual breakfast (1pt) and cut out my point-laden PBJ and instead had steamed veggies with mustard (=0pts)!! That left me with 19 points for dinner plus whatever else I wanted.


I did run into a bit of a problem on Saturday. Our plans were to go to LBI and get pizza for dinner and hang out. I knew that would include some beer, so I found out that a regular beer is 3 points, and a Light Beer is 2 points. My friends only really drink Coors Light (yuck!), so I knew I was safe there, until one of them decided to want Corona (3 points each!). The plans for dinner also changed, and I found myself at a restaurant that I hadn't planned to be at. I went for the best looking thing on the menu points-wise which was a veggie wrap (very similar to the wrap i'd had the previous night except no turkey). So I did have to guestimate the points on that one.

My Proud Moments:
1.I gave up my cole slaw on Friday to Vinnie even though I was tempted to eat it and "write it off" in my weekly allowance points.
2. I actually cooked steamed veggies on Friday- and ATE them!

My Weak Moments:
1. I probably had too much Corona on Saturday night. It was a careless waste of points, but I did have a good time, which is important since I've been stressing about the boards.

I think this format is great for recording my progress b/c I can state my pitfalls and success goals.


NOW- THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING (OR WEIGHTING) FOR!!!!


Week 2: Starting Weight: 158.5 lbs which is a 6.5lb Loss!!!

So this week, I get a:


It's also about 20% closer to my goal!
I know a lot of that was probably water weight, but it feels good to start so strong!!