Hunger Pains

After much dragging of my feet I finally joined weight watchers on 2-26-11.  I was really not excited about doing this as I have some to like my unhealthy diet.  It took several weeks for me to wrap my head around the idea of eating healthy and holding myself accountable.  And I was very reluctant to join because I am afraid of failure.

I hear from an old friend about two weeks ago and she and I decided to do this together.  Its always good to have a battle buddy.

Bright and early Saturday morning we headed to the WW hall.  I did WW before and it was never EVER that busy.  There were so many people there that the line was almost out the door.  I got myself registered as a new member (only $25.00 thanks to having HAP health insurance!), got all my materials and we found a seat.  I was nervous and anxious--but still not excited.  After the meeting we went to breakfast and ate like pigs--deciding that we would start tomorrow.

Day one did not go too well.  I went over my daily points by 20.  We went to this AWESOME Italian restaurant for my Mother in Laws retirement party.  I do not think that there was a single healthy choice on the menu.  I went with the eggplant parm--so delicious but so many points.  Whatever--I decided that I would do better on Monday.

Monday morning I went to work prepared to be serious about sticking to my points.  I did really good.  I brought in tea to tame my craving for a sweet beverage (although I used no sweetener I was able to find a tea that is blueberry flavor and sooo yummy--with no points).  I ate a huge healthy veggie salad at lunch.  But by 5pm when the hubby picked me up I was starving!  I wanted to eat anything that was available!  I realized that maybe I need to start keeping snacks on hand at work.

So today I came to work even more prepared.  I brought fruit, 3points worth of whole wheat crackers, and a slice of laughing cow light cheese.  Only 4 points to be held over until dinner--I can handle that.  For lunch I brought in vegetable soup that I made last night--OMG it is delish!  I used diced tomato, carrots, green beans, corn, onion, cabbage, ff chicken stock, natural tomato juice, and a dash of hot sauce.  The entire pot checked in at 4 points and made 6 huge servings.  I am counting it as 1 point although its really less.  I could have made it free had I left out the corn and used pureed tomatoes instead of tomato juice--but its so good that I think I will keep the recipe the same!

Day 3 is going much better and I am feeling more positive about doing this.  Hopefully I will see at least 1 pound of results on the scales on Saturday.

The Very Fluffy Mrs. B