On the Menu This Week

Greek Style Cheeseburgers
Vegetarian Black Bean Chili
Roasted Cornish Hens with Quinoa and Broccoli

Saturday, October 10, 2009

The Weekly Round up 10/3-10/9

I got in 7 workouts this week.

Summary I used 25/35 Weekly Points and I earned 29 Activity Points.

I'm down 3.6, which has me ecstatic. Finally that extra activity is paying off, took long enough! I plan to up my activity again this week as my knee is feeling better, aiming for 10 workouts this week.

Saturday 36 of 26 points boring breakfast, apple with peanutbutter for lunch and lucious ribs and mashed potatoes for dinner.

Sunday 41 of 26 points Went out to brunch and had spaghetti squash with tomato-meat sauce for dinner. Earned 7 activity points

Monday 25.5 of 26 points Peanut butter and banana on a sandwich thin, Sandwich for lunch and Chicken Paprikash for Dinner with pasta. Earned 10 activity points

Tuesday 24 of 26 points leftovers. . Earned 3 activity points

Wednesday 25.5 of 26 points. Beef Stew. Earned 4 activity points

Thursday 25 of 26 points, leftovers. 5 activity points

Friday 20.5 of 26 points Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings

I had a goal of 35 activity points this week and I didn't quite make it. My knee was really bothering me so running was out, a single stride nearly had me on the ground so I walked instead, but even that was too much so i backed off and took Friday off, my knee is feeling better today so I think it was the right call

I did 2 days of the Squats, Push ups, Sit ups challenges, I took Thursday off due to injury but will finish week 2 this week.

Next Week's Menu
Saturday- Dinner out
Sunday- Asian Chicken and Rice Soup and Saucy Chicken Marsala
Monday-Autumn Pot Roast
Tuesday-leftovers
Wednesday-Chicken Tortilla Soup and BBQ pork Quesadillas
Thursday-Leftovers
Friday- Smothered Pork Chops
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My Plan

I did WeightWatchers once before in 2004-2005. I lost 50 pounds. I gained some back going through my divorce but the good news is I kept off 20 of them until I restarted WeightWatchers in January 2009.

For the first time, I have found a plan that was easy to stick to. Something just felt right this time. Before embarking on WeightWatchers I re-read some books I had found helpful in the middle of my last journey. The books are listed under "Weight Loss" Books on the side bar, and a blog post about them will follow soon. These books helped get me mentally prepared to lose weight and they are the reason I think I am finding losing to be less of a struggle. I am not letting myself get discouraged by small gains and I am seeing far more consistent results.

WeightWatchers gives you a points target based on weight and basic daily activity level. Every food has a points value based on calories, fiber and fat. Then its like a checkbook you start with your daily balance, subtract for foods eaten and add for activity done which can earn you points. Exercise=More Food. Each food point is roughly 50 calories and each activity point is worth roughly 100, I use a heart-rate monitor to calculate my activity points earned.

You also get 35 weekly points to use as you want anytime during the week. For me the most successful both mentally and on the scale is to use most of those points on Saturday night for a splurge and to then stick to my daily points fairly closely the rest of the week. It helps me to know my favourite foods are only a week away if I want them. People can manage the plan however they want but for me this is the most successful. When I'm working out a lot I try to eat some of those activity points as well. Ironically I get much smaller losses the weeks I don't eat those points on Saturday, maybe it shakes up my metabolism, who knows I just know it works

Finally my last key to my plan is attending meetings. It helps keep me accountable and on track.

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