Ai Yi!

[qos]

I just did my first Weight Watchers weekly weigh-in.

I knew that because I'd been sick I hadn't had any trouble keeping to my daily points six days out of seven, and even on that 'other' day I hadn't come near to exhausting the bonus 35 points we get a week.

I had been hoping for three pounds gone -- one more than the ideal of two per week.

I lost six pounds this week.

Now, this is not an entirely good thing. It's a bit too much, a bit too fast, for good health.
I should avoid such dramatic drops in the future.

But it is heartening. It works. I can do this.

I just have to work a bit on the balance between self-indulgence and asceticism.

Comments

[aerden.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a good, healthy system, though I think I'd find the point-counting a lot of work.

Chantal

[qos.livejournal.com]

The counting isn't all that bad, especially since I tend to eat a lot of the same things. I know my grilled chicken thighs are 3 points, as is one serving of Maple & Brown Sugar Quaker Oats and one of my South Beach Diet bars. 20 GenSoy BBQ bits are 2 points. My tortillas are 2 points each. An Egg McMuffin is 7 points. Lettuce, cucumber and salsa are 0 points. One serving of lean ground beef is 3 points.

Eating something new provokes a bit of work, but once it's written down, I have the record, so it's easy from then on.