5/4/09 -- I know you're out there...

I know there are may people out there that are having difficulty with thier own weight loss. I also know that all you need is to see a person like me, that was once 150 lbs (18 --21 years old), gained over 163 pounds from 21-42 and is finally losing the weight he gained over the last 21 years with the help of Weight Watchers, no drugs, no special food plans, no pre-packaged food. From my high of 313.0 lbs I'm down, 57 lbs. Since I was Officially 291.6 lbs at my first WW weigh in, I'm down 35.6 lbs. since 12/30/08. It's not been easy, I had 2 "+" weeks in the last 17 weeks (+1.8, & +1.6), but I've been positive. There are 3 major changes I made in my life, not Earth Shattering, but key to the weight loss.

1. NO FAST FOOD: McD's, BK, Wendy's ect...

Now not to say there are not good choices at these places, I know for a fact that McD's McNuggets are 1 pt each. A Chick-Fil-A Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich is 5 pts. I just have problems picking the "Best foods" so I just Stay away.

2. Cook Meals @ home (Sorta goes w/ #1): I can make a "Healthy" Whopper or breakfast sandwich from home & save tons of points.

Burger King® Whopper® (w/o Mayo) 11 Pts.

Jennie-O Turkey Burger, w/ Lettuce Tomato, Onion, w/ Arnold Multi-Grain Sandwich Thin is 5 pts. (less than 1/2 the points)

3. Tracking, even if I go over my points for the day, I always know what I eat & how many points I have.

More tomorrow,

TCP

Food Out Feelings in

I don't know why but ever since that party I've been all screwed up. I'll call what I'm doing Abstinence because it's what I'm doing.

Since the 30th of December, I have NOT done the Following:

Ate a Bag of Potato Chips/Doritos/Corn Chips
Gone over allowable points for the day (weekly bonus included)
Ate @ a fast food restaurant
Ate without putting it in my WW log

What I have done is the Following:
Planned meals
Avoided situations where I could cheat
Followed the recommended guidelines for this program

Why am I all of a sudden so angry? I can't figure it out, ever since that damn party I'm not myself.
I had a great time, saw family & friends, and ate what I planned to eat, and yet something went terribly wrong.

I've stuck to my 41 points, but I'm not losing weight, (I'm not exercising either). It feels like the pasta I ate (weighed & measured (7 Points) ) did something that triggered this.

I guess I need to stay away from pasta.

:(

More later

1/9/09 The "Party"

I knew that I had to go to a party last night (Writing this Saturday Morning) so I prepared:

I called the resturant and asked what they were serving. Ceaser Salad was a big no-no so I asked for a plain salad with Romaine Lettuce to be specially made for me.

I also found out that Penne Vodka is 7 Points for a serving and after extensive research, that Chicken Marsala is 15 Points for 4 oz. (Several places had it 15 Points for 10 oz but the resturant guide seemed to be more accurate.)

So I had a very light breakfast:

1 TCP-WW-"McMuffin" - 3 Points
1 Nature Valley Trail Mix Bar - 3 Points

Total - 6 Points

Lunch -
1 Turkey Sandwich made w/ WW Bread - 3 Points
1 Nature Valley Trail Mix Bar - 3 Points
1 package Apricots - 1 point

Total 7 Points
Total for the day 13 Points
Total Remaining 28 Points

With the 34 Points I have for the week remaining, I had 62 points to play with. My dinner was as follows:

1 Portion Penne Vodka - 7 Points
2 Portions Chicken Marsala - 30 Points
1 Garden Salad Made w/ Romain Lettuce, & I picked out Every Cruton - 0 points
1 Serving Fat Free, Calorie Free, Sugar Free, Dressing - 0 points

Total Points 37
Total for the Day 41 (9)

Total borrowed from 34 Weekly Bonus Points 9

Total Remaining for the Day - 0 Points
Total Bonus Points remaining for the week -25 Points

Not too bad, I was 9 points over for the day. I got some disturbing news, that the Popcorn I was eating that I thought was 1 point for the bag, was actually 5 points. I double checked, and it's 2 points.

When I got home I had:

1 Popcorn - 2 points
1 Orange - 0 points

Total Bonus Points remaining for the week -23 Points

I then realized it was a bad thing not to eat my regular Breakfast & Lunch because I was hungry. So before I went to bed I had:

1 WW Strawberry Yogurt - 1 Point
1 Serving Flax Plus Red Berry Cereal - 4 Point

Total 5 Points

Total for the Day 57 Points

Total Bonus Points remaining - 18

Lesson Learned: If there is going to be an event, eat Normal and whatever you have at the end of the day, plus bonus is what you get.