I stepped onto the scale Saturday morning at my WW meeting and i was amazed at the results. I had the second best week that i’ve had since i started the program. The week i lost 6.4 pounds. That totally blew away my prediction of a less than 1 pound loss. That puts me at a current weight of 209.8 pounds and brings me to a total of 41.2 pounds lost. These numbers are starting to mount and the results are beginning to be impressive.
Now it’s time for some analysis. Why was this such a good week? Why was it a surprise to my? I really only had to two days of overeating. And those days are i went into my bank of points that i get to spend any way i want to. When i exceed my daily points by between five and ten points that is not really a disaster if that happens only once or twice a day. That’s what the extra 35 points a week is for. However if i do that 3 or more days a week then that is a problem. But that didn’t happen this week. So i was really on program all week.
This week i also was effective in the healthy substitute area. I have replaced wine with the non-alcoholic version. Where two glasses of wine are 4 points. Two servings of non-alcoholic wine are 1.5 points. That’s a big difference. I’ve found a one point per serving string cheese. When i couple this with my 1 point per serving popcorn then i can have a serving or two my favorite snacks and not get killed in the points department. I have started using Splenda as my tea sweetener. These kind of changes in my food have added up to a significant points difference.
Also this week i got out and went walking more. I was out walking 4 days last week. That is my goal: walk four times a week. That just does something good for me. I’ve noticed that weeks when i’ve walked a lot are the weeks that i’ve done well with weight loss. Exercise does matter.
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