Tuesday 1st
November 2011
Breakfast:
x 1 WeightWatchers Roasted
Peanut Bar: 2PP
x 1 Ski Peach Yogurt: 2PP
Lunch:
x 1 Wholemeal Pitta Bread:
4PP
x 1 Small Tin Tuna in
Brine: 1PP
x 1 Tbs of M&S Low Fat
Mayo: 1PP
x 1 Packet of
WeightWatchers BBQ Snacks: 2PP
x 1 Portion of Grapes: 0PP
Dinner:
x 1 Chicken Breast: 4PP
x 1 Tsp Olive Oil: 1PP
x 1 Portion Amoy Thick Udon
Noodles: 6PP
1/2 Packet Amoy Hoi Sin
Sauce: 2PP
1/4 Corgette: 0PP
1/4 Head Broccili: 0PP
1/2 Red Pepper: 0PP
1/2 Red Onion: 0PP
x 3 Mushrooms: 0PP
x 3 Baby Corn: 0PP
x 10 Cashew Nuts: 2PP
Snacks:
x 10 Almonds: 4PP
x 1 WeightWatchers Chocolate
& Vanilla Biscuit: 1PP
x 6 Squares Green & Blacks Mint Dark Chocolate: 6PP
x 2 Servings Green & Blacks Almond Chocolate: 5PP
Points Used today: 42
Weekly Points Used: 10
Bonus Points
Earned: 3 -
Pedometer on all day and though in the office I tried to move about as much as
possible. I also took a longer walk home to try and get those last few steps to
the third point.
Challenges:
Today the complete opposite
from yesterday, one appointment... in the office... all day... Boring... Need to be wary
on days like today as these seem to be the occasions when I take a little trip
to Aldi and return with enough cake to feed the entire building not just myself
and work colleagues. My plan was not to bring money in to the office therefore
not visit the snack machine... Check and Check, no matter how appealing those
Walkers Cheese and Onion crisps looked I followed the Grange Hill Gangs Advice
and just Said NO. I also chose not to head over to Aldi and charged Alison to
buy the sparking water and tissues I needed, therefore no temptation to buy
chocolate.
Did have a bit of a chocolate moment, but put it away. As I still have my weeklies it isn't a disaster.
Achievements:
I didn’t give in to
temptation when faced with naughty snacks and stuck to what I had planned to
eat.
Tomorrow:
Going to be an interesting
one. Firstly I can’t make Zumba this week :(. I love that class and to night is
the first week back after two weeks off. I need it... but it has to wait.
Secondly, the reason I can’t
make Zumba is that I am hosting the company stand at a Careers fair until 7pm.
Once we've packed up 7:30. Once I have got home 8pm. This is not good for me. I
hate eating late, I have no doubt that I will be hungry by the time I finish,
and there won’t really be am opportunity to grab a snack whilst I am there. It
is times like these that I tend to head to the shop and grab a ready meal, and
I don’t go for the healthy ones! In fact I am not sure the little Tesco even
sells healthy ones?!
Planning on prepping my
ingredients for tomorrow’s dinner tonight so not too much fuss when I get home,
fingers crossed... And if I do go a bit awry I still have most my weeklies to
get me out of a hole.
Verdict: Not Hungry and in control
Monday 31st October:
Breakfast:
X1 WeightWatchers Really Seedy Bar: 2PP
Lunch:
X1 Packet WeightWatchers BBQ Snacks: 2PP
Dinner:
X1 Pork Loin Chop: 6PP
X1 Apple: 0PP
X 1/2 Red Onion: 0PP
160g McMcain Nicely Spiced: Wedges: 5PP
80g Peas: 2PP
80g Broccili: 0PP
X1 Persimmon: 0PP
X1 Fig: 0PP
100g Grapes: 0PP
Snacks:
X 10 Almonds: 4PP
X1 WeightWatchers Chocolate & Vanilla Biscuit: 2PP
20g Dried Mango: 2PP
500ml Diet Coke: 0PP
X6 Squares Green & Blacks Chocolate Mint Chocolate: 6PPMilk ForTea x 2 Cups: 1PP
Points used today: 33
Weekly Points used: 1
Activity Points Earned: 5 - Walked my butt off 5 miles today
Challenges: So busy! From starting work at 8:30 am to getting home at 6 pm I barley had time to get a drink of water let alone eat. Sitting on the train heading back to Colchester this is the point in the day where I grab a quick (which is shorthand for high point) snack. With my determination dial set to max this week I headed away from crisps and headed toward some dried mango. Lower in points and one of my 5-a-day.
Achievements: 5 bonus points earnt so far this week and as its only Monday I thinks that's pretty good.
Tomorrow: Most of the day in the office, temptation of Jaffa cakes and many cups of tea. So lunch is made for tomorrow and sitting in the fridge for the morning. I have also packed some of thise EPIC Chocolate and Vanilla Biscuits. These have got to be some of THE NICEST snacks WW hav ever produced, and in no way do they taste like WW.
I've also decided that as I am not travelling anywhere I dont need to tak my purse, so no money for the vending machine...Sounds like a plan.
Verdict: Despite being mildly dehydrated pretty good!
Meeting Topic: Habits
This weeks meeting topic was about habits, and it got me to thinking about the habits I have developed since starting WW and bad habits I have yet to kick.
I am the first person to state that I am a rubbish weight watcher. I really am, most other people would be at goal already, but here I am two pounds lost, then one back on. Many people would question why if I am sooo rubbish, would I still bother turning up every week? Well although I am rubbish WW has helped me develop some healthy Habits;
1. Going to WW Meetings: Who would have thought I would enjoy getting up early on a Sunday morning?! Going to meeting s is no doubt now a habit, even when I am not in the same town I make the effort to get on the train to head back for my Sunday morning meeting. If nothing else it means that I am not at home eating lol.
2. Drinking skimmed milk: I have had this for so long now I do not think I could ever go back, it is now automatic. Gone are the days I would race my brother and sister to the kitchen to see who would get the top of the milk on their frosties.
3. The Sunday Coffee: Sunday is my day; once the meeting is over I take a walk in to town and head to Costa for a skinny cappuccino. This may not sound like the best habit in the world, but it is what I do there that is. I am usually there for about an hour, and I read my ‘your week’, and then sit and plan my meals for the week, writing a shopping list as I go, and then write down my ideas for my upcoming blog post. It’s relaxing and proactive at the same time. On those Sundays I don’t manage my coffee, I often don’t manage to plan, make a shopping list or actually do any shopping, which mean I then end up eating what ever ready mean I end up finding at Tesco Metro on my way home from work.
I do have some habits that have been hard to shift and I am not sure how I am going to do it;
1. Emotional eating: When I am upset or stressed, food is my comfort. Granted I have been much better but I cannot currently get over it. I don’t have enough emotional support to be able to say I will no longer binge eat when I am feeling unhappy or stressed.
2. Not eating Lunch: I often just don’t have time, but I should try to make some more difficult though it may be. Although it is easy to think I am saving points by not eating during the day, not eating lunch mean I am very hungry when I get home from work. In turn this often means I do not make the best food choices when I get home, snaking on something accessible (and high in points) whilst I am making my dinner.
As well as my existing habits I was also thinking about things I should be doing, and habits I should work on developing.
1. Exercise: I need to develop a habit to exercise more and regularly. A habit takes 30 days to form apparently so I need to think of something that I can do on a daily basis.
2. Eating Fruit: Yes I do love fruit, but when it comes down to it I would rather snack on Haribo than on fruit (despite its 0pp). Eating fruit as a snack is still not appealing to me and it is a habit I need to develop if I want to be any good at this WW lark.
There are so many habits that I have that are sabotaging my weight loss efforts, my next challenge is to try and change them for habits that are going to support my effort to change.
