Week 1 Weigh In March 9, 2010

Success on Week 1!
Down 4.2 lbs

I think it would have probably been about 3 lbs more if I didn’t go to a dinner party the night before and have homemade manicotti (how can one turn that down?) and some monkey balls (aka monkey bread).

I am excited and trying to celebrate the small successes but I keep looking at the big picture. I don’t think it will actually sink in that this weight loss is a result of my own doing until I lose more weight. I keep thinking that maybe I was wearing something heavy on my initial weigh in, I was getting my period and that can account for a few pounds, etc.

But I am happy that I’ve lost some weight. Only 45.8 more lbs to go!

After our WW meeting, we hit Big Y and did some shopping!

Here are some of my great finds for snackies so far:

• Quaker Crunchy Corn Bran cereal: 1 point for ¾ cup (and it’s really good dry)
• Lipton White Tea To Go – 0 points
• Grapefruit or Peach flavored Polar Seltzer – 0 points (who knew I would like seltzer. I do miss Dr. Pepper, but this will do for now)
• Special K Bar (Chocolatey Pretzel) – 2 points and so worth it!
• Pop Secret 94% Fat Free microwave popcorn (with butter) – 2 points for ½ bag
• Kashi TLC Baked Apple Spice bars – 2 points
• Chocolate Vitamuffins (or Vitatops) – 1 point (and perfect with a small glass of skim milk

I’m trying to be more prepared. It’s so easy to run out and grab something when you don’t have the right foods available.

At work, I will always have a frozen dinner (WW or Lean Cuisine) in the freezer and some emergency snacks in my drawer to prevent me from craving something from the dreaded snack machine that sits just a few steps from my office!

On the physical fitness note, it will be some time before I’m doing the Wii Fit or even the elliptical. The only thing I can probably do for a little while is biking. I’m not heartbroken over this because secretly, I did want to try to do a triathlon in the next 12 months.

If only I had a bike!

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