Weekly wrap up

It's only week 3 and I'm already missing a meeting! Granted, It's for a relatively good reason. My friend is leaving me and moving to Miami. I accompanied her on a little apartment hunting mission. The mission was a success as she has found a place to live!

We spent about 8 hours in Miami. I got to have lunch with my mom and dad :) We ate at the Cheesecake Factory. I had a small salad and a BLT. I'm still well under my points for the day. I have flex points and activities points that expire today to use if need be.

I did go to the meeting place on Friday to weigh in! Im only down one pound, but I did meet my fitness goals for the week so I'm still happy. Hopefully I can lose 2-3 pounds this upcoming week.

Winning

So I packed my lunch this morning and forgot to actually put lunch in it. I only packed grapes and a cheese stick. I didn't realize this until lunchtime. I was so sad; no lunch, how will I go on? Beer. As luck would have it, today is Wednesday. Pilot Series day at SwampHead. My lack of lunch now means I can drink TWO beers with no guilt! Yes!

Today's beer is a blackberry Berliner Weisse. It is tart but the blackberry flavor comes through beautifully. The finish is smooth and slightly dry. It was served in a snifter so that means LESS POINTS ;)

Week 2 wrap up

Yesterday was my Weight Watchers meeting. Good news I'm down 2 pounds-- Bad news I ate too much food this weekend. I will have to workout like a beast this upcoming week!
I have no trouble staying "on plan" during the week. My weekends however are a different story. I'm not sure what I can do to improve my weekend numbers. I may have to start working out to balance out my eating.

The team has grown! Another coworker has joined WW. We are now going to an earlier meeting, I'm not super excited about that.

I'm still excited about this journey. I just wish it wasn't going to be so long :(

Another one bites the dust?

So week one has come and gone! I was only down one pound but I guess that's better than gaining weight. I went out to dinner Friday night and used all of my "extra" points at TGIFridays. That was probably a BAD IDEA. Note to self: Don't eat a sodium filled dinner and beer the night before weigh in!! This week beer will be consumed AFTER my Weight Watchers meeting!

Oh! I almost forgot! The title of this post has a purpose. I joined Weight Watchers at the behest of a coworker. She DID NOT SHOW UP! I can't believe she didn't come. Im so glad I don't mind going alone. I am just thankful for the push her invitation gave me. I'm going to continue attending meetings and working on the goals I have yet to set 😳

I'm writing this post from the gym! I know I can't believe I'm here again either ;) I'm going to keep taking Pilates in an effort to improve my core strength and flexibility. I am really enjoying the calm atmosphere of the class and all of the deep breathing. I hope I can stay focused and continue coming to the gym!

I'm hopefully going to spend this week coming up with my goals for the summer. No promises...

Mid-Week Check In

The halfway point of my first week is here! So far I'm feeling great. I am really enjoying the new Weight Watchers Points Plus. All fruits and vegetables are "0" points! I'm finding that tracking what I eat isn't as time consuming as I first thought it would be. I'm hoping this Saturday Weigh-In gives me the motivation to continue. It is so daunting to think of how much weight I want to lose. I need to create some reasonably easy goals to reach so I can stay motivated.

I attended my first Pilates class on Monday. It was awesome! It was relaxing but some of the moves were very intense. I'm still sore, my abs hurt so much. I'm still not very motivated to exercise. I feel any attempt I make to move is a step in the right direction. I think after I see that I'm losing weight it will make me want to workout but we shall see.

It's going DOWN!! Tomorrow ;)

Tomorrow is the big day! I go to Weight Watchers to officially begin my journey. I have started using an App in the meantime to track what I eat Daily Burn Its pretty awesome, you can purchase an additional feature that lets you scan the UPC code on what you eat. Scanning the barcode then allows you to add the
food to your daily log. You answer a few simple questions: number of servings, which meal of the day and the date and the App adds all the calories up for you. It doesn't get much easier!
I also now have 2 workout partners! We are going to start taking classes at the local gym after work. I haven't worked out in more than a few months. I will probably(definitely) be feeling it afterwards. I'm not looking forward to all these changes :( BUT I need to because obviously what I've been doing isn't working.

We shall see how this goes!