One thing I learned that disgusted me this week... I took the kids out for a random treat last Tuesday. We went to McDonald's and I got them chocolate dipped cones. I pretty much never do this, usually our treat is a Jamba Juice if we are having something. Watching Charlie try to eat that thing was quite amusing. I got myself an Oreo McFlurry. Yum. Then I went home and looked it up. That thing has 550 calories and cost me 12 points! Holy cow! I knew it wouldn't be healthy, but that is really, really NOT healthy. I only get 23 points in a whole day!!! Bye-bye McFlurry's (except for the rare occasion of course). I did find out that there are a couple of Dairy Queen blizzards that are 2 points better.
Here is what I accomplished:
- I actually did cut back on my candy consumption. I love candy and have had a bad daily habit for awhile now. I abstained from candy for two days back-back this week. (And promptly had Starbursts the following day.)
- I lost 1.5 pounds. I was hoping for 2 because I lost so little last week - but, 1.5 is not too shabby! I am now down a total of 7.6 for the first month. Really close to an average of 2 lbs per week!
- I did pay a lot more attention to calories. I averaged 1371 calories per day this past week. Sodium remained great at a daily average of 1598 mg. However, focusing more on calories than points seemed to have quite the negative effect on my fiber... I only averaged 11 g a day.
- Points-wise... I did better than any of the other weeks on saving my weekly 35-pt allowance. I still had 15 extra points at the end of the week!
- I really increased my activity. I took 2 days off of walking - one due to weather and one just because I didn't feel like it. But, I did add in an extra morning walk with Boone halfway through the week. Over the course of 5 days I walked 21.6 miles in 6.4 hours. I did also add running in two days of the week.
- I did rejoin the gym! (I had initially quit to save money, but now I've decided that is money well spent.) I went and rode the bikes and started using the resistance training as well. I also ordered a new swimming suit, because my old one is falling off of me, and it should arrive this week. I'm really excited to go swimming again.
Goals for next week:
- Add a fiber supplement. It's time.
- Lose 1.5 more pounds.
- Continue to walk Boone in the mornings to increase exercise to at least 2x on most days.
1 comment:
Congrats on losing 7.6 lbs! Before I was pregnant again I had a stubborn 10 lbs. that just would not go away! I'd exercise, toture myself watchign what I ate, lose a teeny tiny amount, only to gain it right back again far to easily. So, understand how frustrating that can be. The thing that got me over it was a workout video. "Jillian Michael's 30 day shread" It's a very intense workout that only take 20 minutes but it gets results. It got rid of those stubborn 10 lbs. Of course then I got pregnant again and get to start the whole process over again in a few months.
So two other tips that have helped me are: 1- when eating a meal put the fork down between bits, and have a sip of water every couple bites. 2- find some healthy things that you really like to eat to replace some of the sweets with, for me its fruit and yogart smoothies.
one last suggestion, have you tried the chocolate Healthy Choice ice cream bars at Costco? only one point :)
Good luck and keep doing what works for you! You'll get there and it will be worth it!
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