I did it!
I made it through the weekend, had two major dinners and a football Sunday and didn't go over my points! For those of you who don't know anything about Weight Watchers, its a plan that assigns a point value to every food based on calories, fat and fiber. I am allotted a certain number of points based on my age and weight and the fact that I'm a woman. Each day I have to stay within my daily allowance of points while getting in six glasses of water, five servings of fruits and veggies, two servings of calcium and two healthy oils. Every week you also get Flex Points which you can divide up throughout the weekend or bank until a special occasion which is what I did. And if you're active you get extra points for exercise. PS TNT is 9 POINTS!!!
I chose to bank my Flex Points for my father-in-law's birthday dinner on Friday and dinner following my son's Christening on Saturday. I didn't go overboard but I was able to eat a piece of cake on Friday and my all-time favorite dessert - a cannoli! But it is important to note that I really planned ahead by checking out the restaurant's online menu before going to the restaurant, making sacrifices like avoiding the snacks before dinner, ordering a garden salad w/oil and vinegar on the side instead of an appetizer, AND I said, "NO" when my husband asked me if I wanted to sample the birthday cake before dinner! This is major because my sister-in-law is a freakin' pastry chef - she goes through this process of trimming the layers of the cake so they are flat and level before she ices the cake. This is so much my favorite part that sometimes when she does special orders she saves the cake scraps for me and I use to eat them all! Sad but not anymore - I conquered it - I said no and that real piece of cake that I had planned for was so much better! I also made sure I had healthy snacks on-hand before both dinners so I wasn't ravenous when facing temptations.
Needless to say I'm proud of myself and the best part is I feel great. I don't feel deprived because of the Weight Watchers plan and....... my pants were a little loose this morning! I've been listening to Anthony Robbins, a motivational speaker, on cd in the car. He has a chapter in one of his books that talks about the Pleasure Pain Principle. He explains that everything we do is either to avoid pain or seek pleasure. He uses a great example: if you're procrastinating doing your taxes, it's because you are associating pain with taking the action of doing your taxes. But as you get closer to April 15th, something switches. You begin to associate more pain with the consequences of NOT doing your taxes. He goes on to say, if we can change what we associate pain to then we can seek pleasure in taking the action that was once perceived as painful. How does this pertain to my weight loss? Well, I always associated pain to dieting and I know its a lifestyle change yada yada but let's be real - its a DIET in the beginning. Now I'm associating pleasure to keeping a food journal, counting my points, working out, writing this blog and ultimately feeling better and looking better. It's making all the difference in the world.
Happy Monday to all and tune in later because I'll be posting again tonight with a fabulous entry about BELIEF! It's been brewing and is way healthier than a pot of coffee! - Nik :-)
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