Weight Loss Journey : Day 1

One of the main reasons why I started this blog was to give me an outlet to discuss how I was doing with WW and my exercise schedule.

I’ve listed my blog on the WW site so other WW members could visit and comment about my posts. Maybe I’ll provide info that someone else will find useful. Maybe not. ;)

To be honest, I can’t really say that I’ve been 100% committed to this program yet. I chose to follow the WW Core program. It’s their relatively new program that allows you to eat without counting points, but only eat foods like veggies, fruits, grains, etc.

Bread is not part of the plan. You do get a weekly allotment of points to use on bread, and other stuff. Personally, I think this plan sounds healthier and more sustainable to me than their original Flex plan where you can eat everything but count points.

I did that plan and ended up using my points for crap food. I don’t think it taught me anything—obviously it didn’t. I like Core because I am focusing on HEALTHY natural foods. Yep, I will use my points for some bread and some chocolate here and there (come on!).

My biggest problem right now is my sugar intake. It’s off the charts I would say. So, cutting out all of the sugar (processed food, breads, etc) will be the hardest part for me to get a grip on. Before WW, I would just eat whatever, knowing full well that it was bad for me, or not GOOD for me, etc.

For example, every morning I would go to our office cafeteria and get a bagel with cream cheese. For a while, I would get a whole wheat English muffin instead. Not sure why I switched. But, still, I know better and I absolutely have to give that up as a daily breakfast.

I never felt good afterwards, I still had little energy. These are the kinds of meals I need to avoid and break myself from. It’s the same for lunch. I would buy/eat the stupidest food choices. Again, I need to make serious changes…

So, I’ve come up with a list of changes I am starting to work on. Here they are:

1. Bring my lunch to work every day. Fill it with good Core foods like fruit, veggies, chicken, turkey, sweet potatoes, etc. Make enough to last all day, including snacks
2. Do NOT bring any money to work. I am too tempted to buy snacks, etc and I don’t need it. And, I will have extra $$ each month for my iPhone/Wii fund. :)
3. Drink more water and less Diet Coke. If you know me, you know I love my Diet Coke. Even I know it’s too much. Sad, I love my Diet Coke. Just now in moderation!
4. Exercise more. My neighbors and I are training for a 5k over Thanksgiving. I’ve never run a race, or around the block for that matter. ;) Should be interesting. I am psyched because it’s been a goal of mine for as long as I can remember. I start “training” today. Also, get back into a weight routine. Adding weight training back into my regimen will be good. But, still focus mostly on cardio. More like 80% cardio 20% weights.

This was a long post! But, I feel good-I’ve put it “out there” for others to see (hi honey!) and they’ll hold my feet to the fire. :)