According to Weight Watchers, I was technically supposed to have only 26 points this past week. In trying to get myself back on track, I bumped it up to 29 every day. I also had the 35 flex points, of course.
I ate out three times over the weekend. Four, actually, if you count leftovers. On Saturday, we went to Burger King and Taco Bell. On Sunday, we celebrated Mother’s Day and went to a family restaurant that specializes in fried chicken. I got a house salad with fat free ranch on the side, helped my mom eat some fried cauliflower as an appetizer, and then got the grilled chicken and rice instead of fried chicken and potatoes. Unfortunately, I think that my chicken was as greasy as my mom’s fried chicken. But I split the chicken and rice in half from the start on my plate and took half of it home for dinner. We then went out and got Baskin Robbins. I got a scoop of chocolate chip in a cup.
I did my best to calculate the points for the mother’ s day dinner, but it was mostly a guess. According to my calculations, I had about three of my flex points left for the week. Now since I allowed myself more points than I should have, ate out several times, and really couldn’t calculate my points exactly, you can imagine how my weigh-in went today.
That’s right. I LOST 3.1 POUNDS! God, I love Weight Watchers.
I’m now watching The Biggest Loser as I type this, and am thinking that it is the best, most important episode of the season. Seeing how they adjust to being at home and some of the stress that they go through really hit me. I identify a lot with Tara. More than I ever imagined that I would. I went from one extreme (eating whatever the hell I wanted whenever the hell Iwanted) to another (military-style Weight Watchers with no room for compromise) and am now trying to find my balance.
I just can’t believe that The Biggest Loser is actually expecting them to run a full marathon. Are they really trying to kill these people?!
Well done! Great loss!
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What a great show, huh? I was actually cheering them ALL on, although you know I’m not a big fan or Helen OR Ron. I think Mike will get voted in – but I think Helen is going to steal it from Tara. Too bad, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Tara has won me over. She has been more vulnerable, more human these last few weeks. It was a great show, hard to believe all 4 made the full distance! I am so hooked on this show!
I agree with you on the balance thing – it’s elusive but well worth the hunt!
WTG on the toss!!! I’m on board with you about Tara. I love that show.
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Congrats on the 3.1 loss. That’s awesome. It’s nice to read how you’re incorporating what you’ve learned. I loved that episode of BL as well. This entire season has been exceptionally good. Either that or last season was horrible. It was horrible…and hateful. This season I’m finding it truly inspiring. I’m not as tall as Tara, but just shy of her starting weight. I identify with her and Kristin a lot. I can’t wait to see the finale.