Sunday, January 9, 2011
Okay, so I haven't blogged since August, 2010. Shame on me! Life got a little busy, and I lost my precious Daddy and lost my motivation to eat right. Well, I am now fully motivated to get myself back on track with some healthier eating habits! Some ladies at school are joining me for our first weigh-in tomorrow morning. My goal is to go from 180 to 160 by June 1st.
I remember last time I did Weight Watchers. The first two weeks were AWFUL!!!! I thought I would die! I had some serious high-fat food withdrawals! Then, it got easier, I actually started feeling more energetic than I had in years, and I found a new zeal for healthy eating.
Today I am reflecting on my eating habits for the past year. I eat a bunch of junk and on the go. I hardly ever eat fruits and veggies, and when I do, I load them up with butter or sugar. I don't feel well. I feel tired and run down. I'm not in a state of denial about it, though. I know my body is running sluggishly because I am not fueling it properly.
I forked out the bucks yesterday to join Weight Watchers online. I like their new plan. I can have as many fruits and veggies as I want for ZERO POINTS!!!! (As long as I pay attention to my hunger signals, and refrain from eating when I am full.) I got the free Weight Watchers app for my iPod, so I can track my points on the go every day. I am getting super pumped!
My basic plan:
1. Drink 6 to 8 (8 ounce) glasses of water a day
2. Take my Benefiber supplement daily for my colon health.
3. Take a multivitamin every day.
4. Get 2 servings of dairy every day. Milk for breakfast, and maybe cheese or yogurt sometime later in the day.
5. Eat no more than 2 servings of protein each day.
6. Eat six small meals a day. A healthy breakfast. Fruits and veggies for mid-morning snack. A healthy lunch with a serving of protein. Fruits and veggies for mid-afternoon snack. A healthy supper with a serving of protein. Fruits and veggies for a 9:00 pm snack. (Eating frequently keeps your metabolism high and enables you to burn the calories better.)
7. Increase my activity level, even if it means just parking at the far end of the parking lot every chance I get to start with.
8. Prepare my meals by grilling, baking/roasting, or pan-searing all my meats, and steaming or roasting my veggies. I've stocked the cabinet with some new seasonings.
9. Reduce my sodium intake.
I have already been to the grocery store, and here are some things I stocked up on:
Fat-free milk
Fat-free Promise spread (tastes like butter, but no fat and only 5 calories)
Oranges
Clementines
Grapes
Apples
Carrots
Celery
Broccoli
Bell peppers
Cucumbers
Fat-free Ranch dressing for dipping the above veggies
Yoplait Lite vanilla yogurt
High-fiber cereal to crunch up in my yogurt
Frozen berries to crunch up in my yogurt
Splenda for my coffee
Smart Ones and Lean Cuisine frozen dinners to take for school lunch
Bottled water
Reduced calorie snacks to satisfy my cravings:
K Crackers
Laughing Cow Lite cheese wedges (YUM)
Lettuce for salads
Reduced fat cheese
Weight Watchers cream cheese to eat on my new Bagel thins (YUM)
I get 29 PointsPlus each day, and 49 extra points each week. I started tracking yesterday, just to see how many points I eat on an average day. I ate my 29 points and only had 7 points left from my 49 extra weekly points. I am pretty doggone sure when I drop the calories, I'm gonna drop the pounds.
Here is my menu for tomorrow:
Breakfast: Cereal with fat-free milk (4 points)
or a toasted bagel thin with lite cream cheese (5 points)
Snack: Yogurt with frozen berries on top (4 points)
and and orange or clementine if I'm still hungry (0 points)
Lunch: A roasted chicken sandwich on lite whole wheat,, toasted on my panini press with a little
olive oil (3 points)
15 Sun Chips (3 points)
Snack: Veggies and 2 Tbsp. fat-free ranch dip (I put in a few bacon bits to help the flavor
without adding a bunch of calories.) (1 point - 2 points with bacon bits)
Supper: Grilled Chicken (6 points for 6 ounces)- Zucchini/Tomato Bake (5 points) - Garlic
Baked Green Beans (1 point)- Lite Wheat Toast with Promise spread (1 point)
Snack: Frozen grapes (crunchy and delicious) (0 points)
That makes my 29 points for the day! Sounds like alot of food to enjoy!!!!! Yay!!!!
Happy health to you all!!!!!
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