It may be best for all of us to ignore the past two days. For the sake of honesty, I will simply say that life happened, culminating in a lot of stress eating Monday and Tuesday afternoon. I have since learned three very important lessons:
· Don’t grocery shop emotionally.
· Don’t keep junk food in the house.
· Just because angel food cake is fat free does not mean it is point free.
Lessons learned. Moving on!
1. Reiterate my goal and where I stand in reference to this goal.
· Starting BMI: 23.8
· Current BMI: 23.9
· Goal BMI: 22
· Starting Weight: 145
· Current Weight: 147
· Goal Weight: 130-135
Pounds Lost this Week: 1 Lbs
Total Pounds Lost: +2 Lbs
Pounds to Goal: 17 Lbs
Total Pounds Lost: +2 Lbs
Pounds to Goal: 17 Lbs
2. Discuss what I am going to do to achieve my goals.
W.eight W.atchers: 21 Pts Daily + 49 Free Pts = 196 Pts. Weekly.
As you can see on the tracker below, this started out very well. I ate things I love, just in smaller portions and omitting fat/calories where I could. I even gorged on Angel Food Cake for the weekend and stayed within bounds for weekly points (up until Monday afternoon). Yay me!
Next week: pull off the points total for seven days instead of five. Commit to at least two of the three exercise options every weekday – situps, jump rope, or walk.
3. Try to motivate others to join in on trying to lose weight
Big ups to Donor Diva for introducing me to the Wednesday Weigh In!
4. Post a healthy recipe, cooking tip, new idea for working out, photo update of my weight loss, or anything else I feel like sharing.
You may notice on the tracker something referred to as Face Salad. I have to tell you, Face Salad is one of the best things ever invented. Face Salad began with my sister, who would talk about craving a salad as big as her face. Eventually we shortened this to Face Salad. The belief about Face Salad is that is should include everything that sounded good to you: meat, beans, veggies, olives, fruit… No two people’s face salads should be the same.
Below is my very own Face Salad:
Serves two for lunch or one for dinner.
Ingredients
· Heart of Romaine
· Handful of Baby Spinach
· Shredded Carrot
· Julienned Radish
· Cucumber, Seeded but not peeled
· Deli Turkey
· 1 T Dried Cranberries
· 1 t Shredded Asiago Cheese
· 1 T Light Ranch Dressing mixed w/ 1 t California Citrus Rub
· Fresh Cracked Pepper
Toss and consume. Mmmmmmm.
