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| I got a 5 pound star sticker! |
Looks like it works so I'll keep with it. Of course I don't expect to lose five pounds each week - according to the program you will level out to losing 0.5 - 2.0 pounds each week fairly fast. Even still, it was encouraging to see that it's possible to lose weight while not starving and not having to weigh lettuce. :-)
This is a short work week thanks to Thanksgiving, so I tried extra hard to be productive today. I got a lot accomplished, which helped the time pass. After work it was back to Weight Watchers for a meeting - since I had my race the day before I wasn't able to go to the same meeting I went to last week.
The theme of the meeting was Thanksgiving. Obviously! I really liked the meeting leader - she was well organized and I felt like we covered a lot of stuff (I wish I had taken notes because I can't remember it all now). But the general ideas were...
1) Try to set some boundaries before the day comes - it can be anything, as long as you've made a plan like, only one plate, or only seconds on the "special" dishes... or even half your plate veggies, one quarter turkey, and then the last quarter for sides (that way the bulk of your meal is veggies and lean protein).
2) What dishes can you live without? What dishes are must haves? These were good questions for me to think about. Our leader reminded us that we're adults and can get most food whenever we want. Like a dinner roll. If I don't have one on Thanksgiving, it's not like I've missed my chance for the year. But stuffing? I'm probably not going make that or even see it on a menu for another 365 days.... so I'll enjoy my stuffing and try to skip the rolls. You get the idea.
3) Fit in some extra activity. This should be easy enough for me to do. I realized while listening to everyone talk that I am quite a bit more active than the average meeting attendee. At first I felt a little uncomfortable, wondering what they would all think if they knew how much I actually exercise... but then I just decided to consider myself lucky that I've got that part of the puzzle solved.
4) And last but not least she made us write down what OTHER events we had going on this week. I was so focused on Thanksgiving that I realized I wasn't planning how to navigate the other events during my week (like tomorrow's office Thanksgiving lunch). The meeting leader reminded us that while Thanksgiving is only once a year, we'll have little events pop up left and right every week. I think I'll handle Thanksgiving a lot better if I make it through the rest of my week successfully. If I fail to plan for the smaller events, I'm likely to throw in the towel and shove my face in a sweet potato casserole and wash it down with a can of spray whipped cream once the holiday arrives.
I guess I remembered more than I thought. ;-) Week one of Weight Watchers was a success. Now I'm off to bed - Sarah and I have partner personal training tomorrow, I have office Thanksgiving lunch that I have to bring a dish to, I have a really big meeting (that I still need to prepare for), and then I have to work job number two. Yikes. See you tomorrow!
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