WW: Week 6

I am a day late for my post. We had a great family weekend. It was hard on the diet though. Saturday we went to Jurassic Quest. We had lunch there and it only had a fried food options. I did get the “best” option which was a grilled chicken sandwich and fries. I could have gotten fruit but for convenience purposes I got the basket. I also made lasagna on Saturday and ate it for supper on Sunday as well. On Sunday, I took my little guy to a birthday party at a trampoline place and declined pizza and a brownie. That is a great victory. I use to to be the one who felt guilty turning down food.

I also started getting on my treadmill again. Its been about 2 years since I ran regularly. I use to run regularly and completed a couple of 1/2 marathons. Now, I’m not running. I am not close to being able to run. But I am getting on and walking 15 minutes at around speed 3. The first day, my IT band got so tight. If that doesn’t state how out of shape I am, I’m not sure what would!

With all that, from Friday to today, I gained 1 pound. I’m taking that as a win. I am also taking as a win, on Friday, I moved into second place at the work weight-loss challenge. If I can manage to keep it, I will be excited. Its a pretty tight race right now. In order to get into 1st place, I need to lose 1%. Which as my husband points out, wouldn’t be hard. I think it ends up being about 1 pound.  We’ll see how I do.

What I learned this week

It may be challenging, but I can do family activities and stay on track. It does take some planning and maybe adjusting my eating before and after the event. However, I can still spend all day at a child event with poor eating options. I just need to make good choices. Part of what kept me from having the motivation to lose weight was the difficulty of still doing the fun things with my kids. But I skipped having a sweet treat with the kids and made better (not perfect) choices for lunch.

What could have gone better

I had cravings this week. I wanted something to snack on that wasn’t fruit. I didn’t have much in the house that wasn’t going to kill me on points. I am not certain what I could eat that is lower on points. I need to finger that out this week.

This weeks plan

This week, I will continue on the treadmill. I will stay at 15 mins this week. Hopefully, next week I can bump that up to 20 minutes. I will find a snack food that I can keep in the house to help with my cravings. I will also continue to work on my eating. I did splurge a bit last week. I would love to lose the pound I gained over the weekend and one additional pound. I am, as of this post 3.4 pounds away from being below my second goal. I would love to hit that goal in the next two weeks.

How’s your diet going so far? Anything you’ve learned this week? Any good snack ideas? Please share!

WW: Week 5

One more week down, both one week done and one more week of weight-loss. I had a good weight-loss week. I lost 4.2 pounds last week and am now down a little over 11 pounds. This gives me an average of 2.8 pounds lost per week. I’ve decided once I’m down an additional 4 pounds I’ll reward myself. I’m looking forward to getting a Stitch Fix box as a reward.

This week I received a small surprise from WW. They recognized my weight-loss with a ring and a blue bar to put on the ring. I was not expecting to get anything from them. But this is such a nice gesture. It helps me to not feel alone. Especially since I am doing the digital only package and don’t have the opportunity to gain the support from a group setting.

How did the week overall go? Not too bad. I did much better with getting more protein. I purchased and cooked chicken breasts on Sunday. I added this to my salad. I overall I prefer this over the lunch meat. Since chicken breasts are free as are the lettuce and veggies. The only thing I need to take points for his the salad dressing. Its a filling and low point lunch. This then allows me more points at supper when I am feeding my family.  Breakfast this week has pretty much stayed the same. During the week, I eat 1-2 bananas at work. On the weekend, I typically eat eggs with toast.

Friday and yesterday were probably the most challenging days. Friday, I was feeling happy about the weight-loss, so I did get Chinese food from a local grocery store. I couldn’t eat the whole meal. I use to be able to and then scrounge around for a snack. I ate about half and threw the rest away. So, that was good! I was also still full when supper came around, so I didn’t eat anything. I did stop at Starbucks to celebrate with the kids. However, I got a small drink instead of a large. So, that’s HUGE for me as well.

Saturday (yesterday) was a challenge. I was at a medical conference for the whole day. They fed us breakfast, lunch and two snacks. Overall, I did well. I had gotten some frustrating news prior to leaving for the conference. So I did splurge and ate a large muffin. However, the rest of my breakfast there was fruit. I drank coffee (several cups) but only put in a splash of creamer. For lunch, I skipped the pasta and filled my plate with a large salad, 3 oz of chicken breast and green beans. The morning snack was only fruit for me and the afternoon was also fruit and two small cubes of cheese. So, I survived! Typically at a conference I would eat the pastries, deserts and sweet snacks as they were available. So, I was very proud of myself.

Overall, I feel like this week went well. Next week will have its own challenges. But, I’m going to do the best that I can. I don’t expect another whopping weight-loss week. But boy would I love get the remaining four pounds off in order to reward myself!

How did your week go? Are you following WW or another diet plan? I would love to hear from you.

Missed the last few weeks of my WW journey? Check them out here: Week 4, Week 2, Week 1, and Day 1.