Archive for December, 2009

Shopping for Weight Watchers Friendly Food

Back when I used to go to Weight Watchers meetings (almost 10 years ago) we were constantly reminded of two things to make the Weight Watchers plan work:  Always have a variety of low point foods to choose from and always write everything you eat down!  These really are important to succeed whether you are following Weight Watchers or any other diet plan.

Last night I made a trip to the grocery store by myself.  I like grocery shopping myself because I can take the time to really browse and read labels (hard to do with young kids in tow).   I did spend a little more than planned but I also stocked up on some sale items so next week’s shopping trip shouldn’t be too bad.

Here are a few items that I bought:

Diet V8 Splash.  I love this stuff!  I am not a big fan of using articial sweeteners in my food but will in my drinks because besides milk, we really shouldn’t drink our calories (huge waste of points).   The diet V8 Splash is made with splenda which, to me is much more palatable than other artificial sweeteners.  I also purchased some diet Oceanspray Crangrape drink made with Splenda.  This was on sale so I purchased two.

Boneless skinless chicken breast was on sale for $1.99 a pound so I bought a few big packs to separate into family size portions and freeze.  Usually when I make chicken for dinner I will cook a few  extra and add it to a  big salad for the next days lunch or dinner for the family.

I also bought frozen fruit and whey protein.  Whey protein powder  runs about $17 a can where I shop but it lasts me a long time if I average 2 or 3 diet smoothies a week.

I also bought some fresh fruit as well as some frozen vegetables.  They say that frozen vegetables can be as healthy as fresh; sometimes even more because frozen vegetables are usually frozen right after picking when they have still maintained most of their vitamins.

I  love tomato based soups and bought two more to try;  Select Harvest tomato with basil and zesty tomato bisque (each 2 points per serving and a good dose of fiber).   These were on sale so bought 4 cans.  If I really like them I will stock up even more the next time they go on sale.

I rounded out the trip with some low fat string cheese, skim milk and some light cool whip to try a new low point recipe (will post later).   I already have brown rice, ground turkey and whole grain bread from my last trip to Sam’s Club so I am now pretty well stocked up.   As for dinner tonight, I think I will make some low point chicken picante

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Weight Watchers Dec 1st Weigh In and Update

It has been 2 weeks and 1 day since I started the Weight Watchers Momentum plan and I weigh exactly the same.  Why?  Because  I didn’t follow the program like I was supposed to.  Everything started out well, in fact, I lost 2.5 pounds within the first few days but then I let the stress of planning for Thanksgiving get to me.  In fact, not only was I preparing for the upcoming Thanksgiving dinner but I had company coming and a birthday party.  Needless to say I didn’t plan very well and did a lot of stress eating.

For me, starting a diet a week before Thanksgiving proved to be a bad idea.  I do realize that I shouldn’t use the word “diet” and consider this a change in lifestyle.  After all, once I lose the weight I need to work hard to keep it off.  However, they say that it takes 21 days to form a habit so I am recommiting myself to losing this weight for probably the 100th time. Today is December 1st, a little more than 3 weeks away from Christmas.  This also gives me a little over 3 weeks to form some good habits.

There is actually one more thing that this has proved to me which is doing it on your own isn’t always easy.  I do have the Weight Watchers Momentum plan and my trusty points calculator but for me, the support is important whether it is offline at meetings or joining the Weight Watchers Online Program.  I am going to do what I can right now with my copy of the program but come Jan 1st I am joining the online program once again.

So today I am starting once again in the hopes that I can succeed taking things one day at a time.  After all Weight Watchers really is a good plan if you work it and for me, my downfall is not being prepared.

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