Over Memorial Day weekend we were in Northern Wisconsin with my in-laws. The weather was alright (a little cold and very windy) but otherwise it was a great weekend. The best part, in my opinion, was learning about some WW friendly foods from my mother-in-law. We learned that Sara Lee makes some hotdog buns that are only 2 PointsPlus value each, which isn't bad considering the other PointsPlus values of buns. She also made a desert out of 1/2 of a cup of 1 PointsPlus strawberry yogurt, a bunch of fresh strawberries and fresh blueberries. Holy YUM! I've discovered that blueberries are definitely a new favorite food. The other, and quite possibly the best, tip was about Peanut Butter.
She told me about a product called Better'n Peanut Butter which is only 2 PointsPlus per 2 T. serving. Seriously, compared to 7+ PointsPlus values of other varieties I think we can all agree that this is ground breaking. She said she found this in the peanut butter aisle, but when I went to the market I found it in the organic food aisle. It is more costly than regular peanut butter and you have to refrigerate it after opening but in my opinion, if you like/crave peanut butter it is totally worth it. We've almost gone through an entire jar in a week!
Last week I did my weigh-in on Thursday so when I went to weigh in this week I was a little nervous. I had, again, forgotten to look at my weight tracker before I got on the scale so when I saw the number I was thought, uh oh. My leader said you lost 1.2 pounds. Seriously? Awesome. I'll take that!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
No Pleateau!
The last few weeks have been a little bumpy when it came to weighing in. I'd be down, but not much, then the next week I'd be up, generally by about the same amount. It is so frustrating because I was still weighing and measuring everything, except fruits and vegetables. Needless to say that during weigh-ins I was frustrated. So yesterday I emailed my leader and asked for help because I didn't know what to do. She told me to come to a meeting and we'd talk about it.
So I went to her Thursday meeting (I'd missed the Tuesday meeting because we got back from vacation late) and I think she thought I was crazy when I got on the scale. She looked at me like I was crazy and we had this conversation:
K: Well obviously you're not on a plateau!
Me: Why?
K: Your weight is down.
Me: How much?
K: 3.2 pounds
Me: Huh? Wow. Ok. (I'm so articulate)
She also went on to tell me that it's not considered a plateau until it's gone on for 6 weeks. This was a little bit of a relief! Yeah. So now let's keep this weight loss going.
So how is everyone else doing? Did you have good weekends? Are you ready for grilling season?
PS - to Chris - only 3.2 more pounds until we are gettin' some beers and 'za!!!!
So I went to her Thursday meeting (I'd missed the Tuesday meeting because we got back from vacation late) and I think she thought I was crazy when I got on the scale. She looked at me like I was crazy and we had this conversation:
K: Well obviously you're not on a plateau!
Me: Why?
K: Your weight is down.
Me: How much?
K: 3.2 pounds
Me: Huh? Wow. Ok. (I'm so articulate)
She also went on to tell me that it's not considered a plateau until it's gone on for 6 weeks. This was a little bit of a relief! Yeah. So now let's keep this weight loss going.
So how is everyone else doing? Did you have good weekends? Are you ready for grilling season?
PS - to Chris - only 3.2 more pounds until we are gettin' some beers and 'za!!!!
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