Weigh-In's Update

Last Thursday I was down 2 #'s and 1.8 today. My total weight loss is 6.2, an average of 1.6 per week. Terrible? No. But REALLY need 2 per week to meet my 40th bday goal. Gawd, I really hate saying 40. Moving on...

Last week I deducted 2 pts p/day from my daily allowance. I used all of my 49 flexies. I did go over and had to use only 1 activity point (points earned exercising). That is a definite improvement over last week. Having said that, since I didn't meet my 2 ppw (pound per week) goal, I'm going to increase my "fudge factor" points to 3 p/day instead of 2. I have decided that I would rather have more flexies to play with on the weekends and eat less PPD.

I didn't get on the treadmill last night. I had a headache and a stressful day at work. I really want to skip tonight to finish The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo I have just under a 100 pages to go and just after the halfway point it really got good. I want to finish it and watch the movie tonight. I'd have to skip the treadmill to do that. It's getting late so I need to decide. Dilemmas, dilemmas. Poopers.

Not Worth It.

So "they" say almonds are good for you. Almonds cost 5 points. Not worth it. I think that's something I'll save for when I'm maintaining. I had them with a V-8 yesterday as a healthy snack. When I got home from work I realized I didn't have enough points for dinner as a result of that 6 point snack. I went over. Stupid. Not worth it.

Hard Core

I blew it this weekend. Hard core. I used all of my flexies and all of my exercise points and then some. 1 large movie popcorn, no butter (why does that make me feel better?). Dinner at the Mac Shack (Macaroni Grill) where depsite the fact that I exercised restraint, still cost me gobs and gobs of points. I said I was going to start "Fudge Factor" this week. Not. I must do it today, tomorrow and Wednesday just to make up the diff. Lesson learned? I REALLY was overeating more than I thought until I re-started.

Weigh-In Week 2

I lost 2.8 lbs. That averages to 1.4 lbs. per week. That's kinda lousy. I've found a SP page where people discuss how they are tweaking P+ so they can lose weight. One lady messaged me today and said she has gain and lost the same 5 pounds for 2 months now. How frustrating! It's ridiculous. I wonder how long it's going to take WW to make a change here. This is the worst program they've had and I've joined WW like a gazillion times.

Anyways...
I did go over my points this past week by 8 points, which was deducted from extra points I earned exercising. Obviously, I am still in a bit of a learning curve. As much as I've cut back the last 2 weeks and still gone over, I shutter to think at how much I was overeating before I started. I'm learning. I'm progressing.

My goal for week 3 is to reduce my daily points by 4. From what I read on SP that's what several of the ladies did to start losing weight. Plus, the weight I lost this week drops me down a point per day. Every time you lose and drop down into the next "ten's" - for example from 150 to 140 - (no that's not what I weigh ~I wish!~) you lose one point per day from your former daily allotment. WW theory is that this gradual reduction in points helps prevent plateaus. In addition, you slowly reduce calories during the program rather than having a drastic reduction all at once. I agree it's better to eliminate a little at a time. It's a progression. It's a learning process.

Goal #1 - Reduce daily points by 5
Goal #2 - Do not use exercise points

If I am not satisfied with my weight loss next week I have options on deck:
1-Drop flexies to 42 per week (1 per day from 49). I also figure I can continue to drop one point per day for a total of 7 per week in the future as well when weight loss stalls. The former WW plan(s) gave you 35 per week.
2-Start counting fruit as 1 point per serving like on the old programs.

Here's hoping.

I Jogged

I jogged. Every 4 minutes for 1 minute. 7 minutes total. I've haven't jogged since...I don't know...high school or jr. high?

I jogged.

Well Don't That Just Dill Your Pickle

I weighed-in last Thursday. I was up 0.4 #'s. Eff words! I am not happy. The weigher-inner lady said it could be the difference between having weighed in in the morning the week prior vs. in the evening that day. Whatever. I am not happy. I did use all of my flexies, but I didn't go over. I followed the plan! I will give it one more week, if I haven't lost when I weigh-in this Thursday, I will cancel WW and do SP. I'm not about to pay $39.95 a month for a program I don't lose on.

Weigh-In Tonight Determines Next Step

So, I decided to enter everything from my WW journal to my SparkPeople journal. The days that I used my flexies totalled up to be somewhere around 2500 calories. Eff words. Doesn't seem like a way to lose weight.

I've been reading online about the new WW Points+ program. There's a lot of complaints about people not losing. A lot. For every success story there is at least 10 complaints. People who have been on maintenance with WW former program have gained on P+. Are these people making excuses or is there a flaw in the program? I'm concerned that WW formula does not factor in calories. It factors in fat, fiber, protein and carbs. I honestly believe that calories needs to included in the formula. Calories in-calories out=maintaining. Using calculators online, the calories I have been taking in on days I used flexies determine that I would be maintaining. I'm not paying $40 p/mo to maintain thank you very much. WW says slow weight loss=permanent weight loss. I'm thinking slow weight loss=bigger profit for WW. I weigh-in tonight. We'll see what happens, then I'll do the math to determine how much per pound it will cost me to stay on WW. We'll see if staying on WW justifies the cost. I wish I had kept all of the info from the previous WW plan - Momentum. Eff words.

I'm feeling more confident in being able to do it on my own using SP. This hasn't been a perfect week, but it has been eye opening. It is always important to learn.

Is It Possible?

Is it possible that making one good choice causes you to want to make another? Today I had to get my car serviced. Next door was Arctic Circle so I figured I'd let my son play at their playland while we waited. Of course I would have preferred a cheeseburger, but I got their taco salad and immediately threw away the shell so I didn't give myself a chance to eat it. There was a white type of dressing on it. Great. I'm sure it wasn't healthy. I was pretty certain it involved mayo. I did eat half of my son's fries. Anyway, considering what I would have usually ordered, big ol' cheeseburger with large fries, I felt good about what I ordered. Rather than feeling bitter and deprived. I felt OK about my choice and knew I could make another good choice. I wanted to make another good choice. Then I got an ice cream as we were leaving.

I got home and looked it up on WW. I was surprised that they had Arctic Circle in their database because it's local. I would have been better off eating a grilled chicken sandwich with a small order of my own fries for 14 points. The taco salad without the shell as 19 points. With the shell was 23. Damn! I only save myself 4 points by throwing it away. If I had it without the shell and without the white sauce it would have only been 10. Poopers. Live and learn. This is a process. I still have 8 points for dinner which it totally doable.

I walked on the treadmill last night. The past couple of times I've done it it has felt like 60 minutes is too long. I dropped down to 45 and added 3.5 mph intervals (from 3 mph) every 4 minutes. It's a start. A year ago I was doing intervals at 4.5 mph. I was sweating though. I felt good about just plain doing it period.

I Did It Again

I rejoined WW for the 999th time. I feel like such a failure. I have to do this. I am so miserable. I am so fat.