Since we plan to be parked in one place for four months this seems like a good time to try the Weight Watchers® weight loss plan. I’ve never done Weight Watchers before so it’s all new to me.
I, of course, started by looking them up online. They offer several plans but only one of those plans looks like the right one for me. Fortunately, it also the cheapest plan. It’s called the monthly pass. With it I can go to any meeting anywhere without paying at the door. Plus I can use the online tools to keep track of what I eat. And I can join an online community if I decide I want that type of support, especially after we move on from here.
So, I went to my first meeting and got lots of paperwork.
The I went to the grocery store and stocked up on low-calorie frozen entrees.
After all I want to make this as easy for myself as possible, right?
Then I used my iPad to go online to track my food. Oops. The iPad can’t read the online food tracker because the iPad does not do Flash. No problem; there’s an app for that. And the app is free. It is designed to be used on an iPhone, though, so it’s not a full screen app on the iPad and it does not rotate. Still, I can tell the app what food I ate and it will calculate how many points I used and how many I have left for the day.
Now the Weight Watchers Smart Ones Entrees have a lot of dairy in them. If they don’t have a cheese topping they likely have a cream sauce. Which would be fine except…
… I’m a cheese-aholic. Once I get started eating cheese it is very hard for me to stop. So, now I’m snacking on cheese and crackers in addition to the cheese in the entrees. Which makes me frustrated. And the food I crave when I am frustrated is…
That’s right, Cheetos. A big bag of Cheetos. Which, for me, is two servings. So I eat half a bag of Cheetos for supper and log that into my food tracker.
The next day I eat the other half a bag for lunch and log that into my tracker.
The next day, I am gassy and bloated from all the dairy I’ve been eating. My clothes are tight which usually means a weight gain. But, I go weigh in a day early anyway because I don’t want to have to do it during the predicted thunderstorms tomorrow.
And I’m down 4.4 pounds.
What kind of weight loss program let’s you make a meal of Cheetos while losing weight?!!!
Apparently the Weight Watchers kind. They said I could eat anything I wanted as long as I stayed within my weekly points. But, I still don’t believe it.
Down 4.4 pounds. And I haven’t even started exercising yet.
Now how do I do this without all that cheese? After all, no one wants to live with a gas factory. Including me.
TTYL,
Linda
So where is Dave’s food in that freezer? And I don’t eat cheese so a lot of those dinners don’t work for me. But that’s really exciting about the 4.4 lbs. In fact, I think that’s fantastic.
Oh, but. You should read “Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It” (http://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Get-Fat-About/dp/0307272702) before you get too involved. Or visit some Blogs like:
(Start here) http://www.fathead-movie.com/
http://holdthetoast.com/
http://healthylowcarbliving.com/
http://www.garytaubes.com/
http://blog.sethroberts.net/
http://community.atkins.com/user/colette_heimowitz
Everything you thought was correct is wrong — or as that 2002 NYTimes article says it’s all a “big fat lie.”
My best wishes go out to you in any event.
Good for you!! However, I must admit I did some laughing outloud as I read about the Cheetos. I think the Smart Ones are a really great way to go. Everything is counted for you, you don’t have to cook and the weight just falls off …. well, kind of.
That is sure not the WW that I remember from back in the day! Imagine, yummy Cheetos…
I thought it was broccoli and cabbage that gave one gas. 🙂
Congratulations. I will be watching your progress and hope you continue to loose that weight. You will be my mentor. I only need to loose about 5 lbs. but can’t believe I can do it that fast.