On the Menu This Week

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

Thursday, July 9, 2009

July 8th Food Diary

Ate 23.5 of 27 points earned 5 activity
Breakfast(5.5)-Breakfast Sandwich (3.5) Skim milk(2)
Workout burned 500 calories (hour on the treadmill)
Lunch (5)-Chicken spicy Italian Sausage (2), Hot dog bun (3), 2 carrots (0), 1 cup grilled zucchini (0)
Dinner (11)-Leftover Balsamic Chicken with spinach and couscous (8), wine (2), 1.5 cups Raspberries (that I picked earlier)(1)
Snack(2)-skinny cow ice cream sandwich (2)

Spent an hour on the treadmill, everything was fine at the time but at bedtime my right knee was sore, and it hurt every time I turned over. This morning it hurts to walk, not excruciating, but enough to keep me off the treadmill today. Maybe I did a bit too much running yesterday.

Running Weekly totals used 18.5 of 35 weekly points earned 14 activity points
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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.

Weight Loss Slideshow