Weight Watchers--February 2010 - Page 3

[SundayCrepes]

Originally Posted by DashsMama

it is really hard for me to stay on program because I'm always thinking of food.

Is this emotional thinking of food or hunger? Depending on which it is will make a difference in what you do. If it's emotional thinking of food, that's probably a harder fix.

If it's hunger, adding more calories might help. However, for me it was adding more veggies and making sure I eat high fiber stuff. For example, for breakfast I could have one piece of healthnut bread for 2 points or I could have two slices of bread that contains 5 or 6 g of fiber. Changing my bread made a huge difference in my hunger level. Also, the veggie thing made I gigantic difference which is why I'm making sure we have a side veggie dish each night then I usually eat the leftovers in my morning omlet and lunch. The other day I made this http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Spaghet...-I/Detail.aspx. There's no points except the oil. I've been baking cut up veggies that I put in a ziplock bag with a little bit of olive oil, garlic, and thyme or rosemary. Depending on the veggies I might not even bake them, just eat them raw. Or I make cauliflower soup. 1 point for 1 1/3 cups of really yummy soup.

What I'm liking about WW and the WW cookbooks is they're re-teaching me to cook. Healthy, filling foods that taste really good.

[SundayCrepes]

I weighed in this morning and I lost 2.6 pounds. That's a lot for me (more than 10% of how much I want to lose,) but since it doesn't seem to be effecting my milk supply I'm fine with that. Decreasing my points obviously helped. I think the reason it may have been such a large loss was that there were several nights when we ate low fat meals that I knew should be less points than I had left for the day. However, rather than figure out how many points the meal was, I just didn't eat any more for the night.

[snuggly]

Great job Sunday!

The bad news is I haven't checked in with you mamas here for awhile... I'm impressed to see all the loses!

But, the good news is I have been sticking to it and was down 1 lb. even at my last weigh in (on sun.) I think that our streak of spring-like weather here has really been helping! I've been so active (walking and playing) the last week... Fun and healthy!

[snuggly]

This morning was weigh-in... Down another 1.2 lbs for a total so far of 4.4... Slow, but in the right direction!

While Dh is excited and supportive of my progress, he has been teasing me a bit because just before going on plan I had just splurged (on a craigslist deal, but still a splurge) on a kitchenaid mixer that I had been wanting. Since I have been on plan I have not, for the most part, been baking so it sits unused... Any ideas for healthy recipes that will let me use my new "toy"?

[Shawn01]

Very good to hear that you have reduced some lbs. It's a great news. There are several weight loss exercise programs where a person can take this to lose weight. Working some cardio vascular exercises will assist people to lose weight including proper food regime.