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Weight Loss Update: Another Two Pounds Lost

August 21, 2008 By

I have to admit that losing 2.4 pounds isn’t nearly as exciting as losing 4.4 and 7 like my previous weeks, but I knew it was normal to settle into a one or two pound weekly loss so I’m not disappointed.

This brings my total loss up to 13.8 after three complete weeks on the Weight Watchers Flex Plan.  Not bad!

I’ve found some great low point meal ideas that I’m enjoying.  My appetite has really come down which is a relief.  I don’t spend most of the day trying to figure out how get more food in my belly.

I’ve been on two good walks this week.  Sean has been nice enough to walk along with me for the promise of a soft serve ice cream cone midway through.  I know that a walk with an ice cream reward seems to cancel each other out but don’t worry – I’m not exceeding my points allowance!

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Weight Loss Update: Eleven Pounds Down

August 16, 2008 By

I had my second Weight Watchers weigh in this past Thursday evening and I lost another 4.4 pounds for a total of 11.4 pounds lost in two weeks. Woohoo!

Don’t hate me. These results are not typical as the weeks go by. I know from long dieting experience that I lose a lot of weight in the first month or so and then things settle down to a more common weight loss pattern. That’s when I usually start to lose steam and fall off the wagon.

I am hoping that going to Weight Watcher’s meetings and being accountable to the weekly weigh ins will help me to get past the 30 day block I generally run into.

DSC_0253It is pretty exciting though to see such a nice loss already. And I haven’t felt terribly deprived of good food this week either.

With the Flex Plan you can eat what you want so long as you count the point value according to the WW point calculator and you stop when you reach your daily points value. Then you get 35 weekly points to spend how you like. You can pepper it in through the week or use it for a big splurge.

I used my flex points to have a Super Bird turkey sandwich at Denny’s (12 points) along with a chicken finger (4 points), two cheese sticks (4 points) and four onion rings (4 points) plus some yummy honey mustard dip (3 points). All that fatty food and I still had a few flex points left over for some garlic mashed potatoes on another day.

It’s hard to believe I could ‘cheat’ with such a high calorie meal and still lose four pounds this week. That is what I like best about WW. So long as you plan ahead and not go hog wild, you can enjoy some of your old favorites.
photo credit: jchessma

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Update: Kelly Loses Big Time!

August 8, 2008 By

This is my first promised update, following up on this post about me joining Weight Watchers.

My first week went really well.  After the first two days where I was feeling sad and a bit resentful about what I had to give up – I got into the flow of things and started to feel satisfied with my menu.

For those who may not know anything about Weight Watchers, I am doing the Flex Plan.  They have assigned point values to every food based on fiber and fat content and total calories.  You get a certain number of daily points based on your gender, age, activity level and weight.

You choose your daily meals based on what you can fit into your daily points.  Then, you get 35 weekly ‘Flex’ points that you can spend on extras however you wish.  Maybe you choose to use full fat mayo on your sub for an extra four points here and there.  Or, you can go to McDonalds for a Filet o Fish, four piece nuggets and hot fudge sundae like I did. (For 21 points)

It’s not just about points.  You’re supposed to get in a certain number of fruits/veggies, a certain amount of milk and good healthy oils, etc.  The good news is that most veggies are free, meaning they cost you no points at all.  (Like a big bowl of green beans which I love!)

Ok – enough of that.  I’m ready to tell you my results!

I lost seven pounds!  Wowsers!  I was blown away.  I knew I’d stuck to the plan so I expected to see a loss – but seven pounds totally blessed my socks off.  I had this big grin on my face as I showed my little book to my sis.  And she had a big grin too cuz she lost five pounds herself :)

Now this week I’m supposed to ‘get moving’ which is a polite way of saying ‘off your butt McCausey and get some darned exercise!’.  We have permission to start slow and aim for ten minutes chunks of low intensity exercise at a time.

I figure one walk to the PO each day is good for ten minute chunk.  Now I have to think of someway to get in another one.  It’s obviously time to pull the rebounder back out of the storage closet and start up Tishia’s Boogie Breaks again ;)

I’ll keep posting on my progress.  I really appreciate all of the support and encouragement from my Twitter peeps and those who have commented here on the blog, by the way.  Thank you very much.

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