Wednesday, April 25,
2012
What Weight Watching wisdom did I gain today?
Yeh! I dropped 3.3lbs in a week!
For my birthday, my gift to myself was a membership in
Weight Watcher. I also presented myself
a book named FRUITS and VEGETABLES A- Z.
And yes, I did try two recipes from this book. The mushroom muffin pizza
turned out really nice.
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| Muffin Pizza with Mozzarella and Mushrooms |
It was a challenging week for me because number one, it was
my birthday and the food in Benehana with all the juggling of the Japanese chef
was so fabulous … but hey, how many Points Plus?
The next day I had a
craft show, All day I was kind of
starved with only a couple of granola bars and string cheese sticks, so at the
end when I reached home, I was feeling like I could eat the whole house, I was so famished.
But then there were four days left to straighten up and be
sober.
What I learned this week is the value of awareness. I was aware seeing what is going in my body
and documenting it, even though I was 12 points over…I still lost 3 lbs in a
week!
I was aware that late afternoons are my week points. I found one solution – a latte with fat free milk. The shot of caffeine and the goodness of milk
just can pick me up.
Today in our meeting the topic was – accepting and being
nice to myself. There are times when
I’ll fall off the wagon. I do feel “What
the heck”…and grab another chocolate chip cookie, another Hershie bar.
That is when it is important to be loving to yourself, not
criticizing. How would you nourish yourself? plan ahead, and if you fall, dust off and
move on, not quit .
We talked about stressful situations. My stressful situations regarding food
are-
Entertaining guests.
You want to give them good, tasty food, show off your culinary expertise
and they are not necessarily low fat ones
Answer – have a bowl of fresh veggies and a great dip with
yogurt.
Have a bowl of colorful fruit salad.
Being a guest – when you don’t have much control what
is being served.
Answers:
* Plan ahead
and budget 15 or 20 points for that. Spread
the whole day with that plan.
*Incorporate exercise points to buy some extra
calories!
*Use the 3 fork bite rule.
Remember the 1st bite is for tasting, 2nd one for
savoring, third one, judging. Is it
worth continuing with more bites if you have to sit down and count the point
value? Possibly not. Brain wash yourself if in doubt :)
The quote of the day:
Food can make our taste buds happy
It can not make us happy
Food can distract us from our pain
It can not take away our pain.
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Author unknown.
I was asked – what is my strategy for next week?
It is not to miss a single meeting and I’ll share what I
learn in my weekly Wednesday blog. I commit.
Next week I’ll not be able to attend on Wednesday, but I’ll go to the meeting on
Saturday. But do come on Wednesday for this blog …there will be something regarding this
topic. And I’ll be so happy if you
comment and put your input too.
Do drop by if you are in the same boat making the same
journey. We can’t do it alone, my
friend.
By the way – You may like to read a related blog : TheHealing Apatite- the story about Anjuli.
