Starting Weight Watchers Momentum Plan Tomorrow
I can’t believe that it has been almost 3 months since I have posted to this blog with plans of rejoining the Weight Watchers weight loss plan. In almost 3 months I have half heartedly tried losing weight with no real plan in site. Every Monday I wake up, weigh in, look for something healthy to eat, run out of ideas by lunch and am off the diet by dinner time. Lesson learned. If you are serious about losing weight you really do have to plan for it.
The past 2 weeks I have been planning. I was going to try the online version of the Weight Watchers Momentum Program tomorrow but with the holidays coming and money being tight I have decided to do this on my own. I do like the support that you get when following the online plan and may join in January but for now I am on my own. I was happy to find a lot of new Weight Watchers products available on for $22 which included a copy of the
. (Just to clarify, the Momentum plan doesn’t come with the calculator, however, some sellers offer it as a bonus).
I haven’t had a chance to read it all yet but since I am familiar with Weight Watchers I am sure that it is an enhancement of the Flex Points plan that I followed in the past, which works like this: You get a set amount of points each day based on your starting weight, age, sex, and activity level. In addition to this you get an extra 35 points to use as you like each week (or not use at all). Flex points are nice because you can add a few to your total each day or maybe save them for a nice dinner out on the weekend. So lets say I didn’t use any flex points all week. Come Sunday I could take those 35 points and add to my 27 points and eat 62 points in one day! Now this is extreme and I never usually last that long. In fact, in the past I have always spread my flex points out throughout the week.
I don’t have the whole Weight Watchers Momentum plan down yet but from what I understand it is all about finding low point foods that are filling to help keep you satisfied longer. Tonight I went to the grocery store and picked up a few things to get started such as thin sliced 100% whole wheat bread (1 point for 2 slices), lunch meat, low fat deli cheese (sliced thin) low point soups, salad ingredients, a big bag of oranges and pistachios (high in calories but very healthy so I will eat just a few each day). I also bought ingredients to make homemade soup later in the week, a few Lean Cuisine frozen dinners (will have one tomorrow, hubby and son can have leftover pizza) and ingredients for a low point pumpkin dessert that that I will make and share the recipe for.
Tonight I am going to finish reading all about the Momentum program and plan my menus for the next few days. Starting a weight loss plan less than 2 weeks before Thanksgiving seems a bit daunting but if I wait until after the holidays I may gain everything back. My all time high was around 215 and I am currently teetering between 200 and 205 and don’t want to go any higher.
I will be posting my morning weigh in and menu sometime tomorrow! Goodnight!
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