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Dropping LBs

Made it to my 2nd official Weight Watchers at Work meeting. Clocked in at being down 1.2 lbs.

My WIW morning naked weigh in was only 2 lbs lighter than my midday dressed weigh in so it makes me feel like this is legit weight loss!

I am just super focused and motivated. I even went to an insane boot camp class tonight right after work – making health & fitness friends at work is really helping me find my community!

WIW – milestone edition

Last week: 197.8 
Today: 195.4 
Change: -2.4 

Wow look at me go! 

I’ve lost 10.5 lbs since 1/17 which is when I started my 3 day Beachbody refresh cleanse. Then I started weight watchers 2 weeks later. Weight watchers is making a big difference in the choices I am making related to food and overall being mindful. Example I had one Twix mini yesterday and I ate it slowly and really let myself enjoy and savor it. 

Plus I’m working out 5-6 days a week from fitness class to running to yoga to even a 20-30min walk if that’s only option. I feel amazing and people are starting to notice it too – I got a few texts/comments after I posted the race picture with T on Sunday!

WIW

Last Week: 200.2

This Week: 197.8

Change: -2.4

KILLING IT! I’m keeping my own WIWs on the blog since my Weight Watchers weight is while I’m dressed and if it’s my work meeting it will be at noon with a belly of breakfast and a snack. 

Either way down is down. However with my voyage back to onderland it appears I dropped from 32 smart points a day to 31. HISS! Kidding. I’m finding these eating guidelines to be really helpful in me making a better decision. 

Even yesterday for an example Tim didn’t want his last chicken tender and he asked me if I wanted it,  under most circumstances I would have ate it, but I said no thanks I don’t have any points left for it. That is truly a NSV. 

I went to a local Weight Watchers meeting this morning since I am teleworking and have to miss my Weight Watchers @ Work meeting on Thursday due to a conference. First the Weight Watchers location was so cute, the set up, the meet space, the food products – loved it all. To my surprise there were like 22 other ladies there for the meeting ranging in age from late 20s – late 60s I’d say.

I actually really liked being in a room with strangers, BUT I also like connecting with work people at those meetings (esp since I’ve only been in my job for 7 months). 

The real news is that I dropped 4.6 lbs since my last meeting which was Thursday aka the day I started tracking. KA-BOOM. Couple that with my .8 drop from the week before and I early earned my 5lb badge! Now I know new eating regimes generally produce great results out the gate, but that has so not usually been the case for me I’ve always been slow and steady. Glad to be back in ONEderland and looking forward to looking at my food choices differently. 

Swaps

I was horrified to discover that 2 tbs of half-n-half is 2 points (esp if I rather put 4 tbs in mine). I’ve never been one to put a sweetener of any kind in my coffee, but my parents were cream only people so therefore I became one.

I do like to lessen the bite of coffee bitterness with cream, more so with hot coffee than iced coffee.

I’m going to (re)try fat free half-n-half. Any other alternatives you all prefer?

Keep in mind I don’t want anything sweet and I generally rather have a flavored coffee over a flavored creamer.

I got an iced coffee at dunks and opted for a medium (over my usual large) and got regular milk which I generally do when DD iced, but sometimes I say cream absentmindedly.

Weight Watchers Official

I got my book. 

I got my online access. 

Shared my “why” in the meeting.

Got my point allocations – 

32 Daily points with 42 Weekly points.

Logging my meals today (already logged 30 before dinner – oops).

We haven’t dug into Fit points yet (she said we will in week 4, she just wants us to focus on nutrition right now), so we shall see. 

Dropped 0.8 from last week’s weight in at the open house to today’s weight in – which is like 3 lbs more than when I weigh myself first thing naked in the morning, but that’s fine – as long as I’m losing then I’m winning!!