Big weigh-in catch up...as promised!

I ended last time with Week #78 of maintaining...116.8 at weigh-in on December 5th

#79 - 117.4 - Dec 12

#80 - 117.4 - Dec 19

#81 - 117.6 - Dec 26 - this one was SO disappointing...I had tears in my eyes =``(( I'd made the goal at the meeting the day before Thanksgiving of being in the 116's for my weigh-ins on the weeks after Christmas and New Year's. Unfortunately, I got a cold right before Christmas and even though it only lasted a few days, the extra eating contributed to me missing my goal. I know it's less than a pound...that's not the issue...it's missing the goal that bothered me SO much. I must be the kind of person who "feeds a cold"...

#82 - 116.0 - Jan 2 - Hooray! I nearly overshot my goal! hahahahaha I started following the Simply Filling plan from Weight Watchers on December 27 and lost 2 pounds the first week!

#83 - 116.4 - Jan 9

#84 - 115.8 - Jan 16

#85 - 117.0 - Jan 23 - my birthday was on Monday and I had a few extra helpings of celebration food = )

#86 - 117.0 - Jan 30 - drank some of my shake before weigh-in

#87 - 116.2 - Feb 6

#88 - 115.4 - Feb 13

#89 - 114.8 - Feb 20

#90 - 115.4 - Feb 27

So as you can see, Simply Filling simply works the best for me!! Let me see if I can sum-up why I like eating this way so much...

- I don't have to measure or track hardly at all! Officially, you have to track the foods that are not Power Foods...if you are in weight-loss mode, you get 7 points a day (49 points a week) to spend on these extra foods. You can also earn and spend your activity points. When you're in maintenance mode, you get 13 points a day. For me, I was mostly able to earn enough activity points to cover the non-Power Foods I ate. And I only gave myself a 10 point a day balance since I'd determined that was the best for me when I went from weight-loss on Tracking (26 points a day) to maintenance (32 points a day). I was eating the 32 points but my weight started to creep up so I decided to go in the middle and do 29 points. So instead of eating 13 points on Simply Filling, I decided to go in the middle again and eat 10 points. Except I didn't always eat those! hahahaha And now, I've been able to not track at all and still have my weight creep down. I even added in some higher-fat/calorie dense, but healthy foods so that I don't lose too quickly. I have real cream almost every day and a small handful of different kinds of nuts. Of course, I've always eaten real butter...all in balance...so nice to enjoy these wonderful foods that God has blessed us with! Nothing is off-limits as long as God made it = )

- it causes me to choose healthy HEALTHY foods...which causes me to not have to fight hunger feelings...and I feel SOOOOOOOO much better and I don't have the GI issues I was having and my headaches are almost totally gone... and I still lose weight and I get to add in some foods that I normally considered treat foods but now they're every-day foods...AWESOME!!!

- and now that I've discovered that my version of Simply Filling is really the same as Eating Clean, I'm more motivated to eat this way than ever before! I say my version because on the Weight Watchers version, you are told to eat fat-free varieties of things and artificially sweetened things but if you eat real fat and real sugar, you're supposed to count those points and take them out of your daily balance. I totally disagree with that. I think it's much better to eat a smaller portion of the healthy-but-high-fat food than to put anything processed, chemically enhanced, so-called "food" into my body.

I'm continually working to fine-tune my nutrition and workouts. It's fun for me...I don't mind at all! I'm so glad I still had these Eat Clean books so now that I've made the connection, I can implement some things I've learned. I still disagree with the author over a few things, which I've mentioned before, but for the most part, very good information in these books!

And now I've done 2 blog posts in the same day = ) Here's a picture of the puzzle we worked with mom last night... making time for regular relaxation activities is also crucial for my health and well-being!

 

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