The Dreaded Weigh In Annihilated

Yesterday, I wrote about how it is very important to show up for weigh-in. I didn't back down from the challenge and I'm glad I didn't. I lost 4.2 pounds! That is excellent for me, for anyone actually. So, not only did I lose those 2 pounds last week but I also lost an additional 2.2 pounds of new territory. That felt great! I went to SubWay right afterwards to celebrate. SubWay in itself is a healthier option then most fast food options. I wanted to get chips and coke like I normally like to do, but it was SO easy to say no. I saw the cookies there and I would have normally said, "Yeah, three cookies please." However, the last time I went there I had one and it was 5 points! It was not worth that many. I love that type of awareness because I make healthier decisions without feeling the least bit satisfied.
Unfortunately, I ended up eating at Dion's Pizza and pigged out. I have trouble just eating a few slices. I ate 5 of them delicious bad boys. I wasn't too pleased with that. I also drank some whiskey tonight. I am over twenty 20 points, but I am going to take them from the weekly. The progressive aspect of tonight was that I may have normally not even tracked what I ate once I went over the daily points. I was tracking it as I went along. The other aspect of tonight is that I was trying to make someone feel better and provide them with comfort food and drink. I really didn't want any until I came home with the pizza. Next time, I need to not only plan for a healthier option no matter where I go but also mentally rehearse eating less and not feeling cheated out of something. I need to take the overeating pizza incident just like the SubWay cookie incident. I want to be in control in that type of situation.
Mental rehearsing is a strategy that the Weight Watchers program uses. I have always agreed with this strategy because it has helped me on tests, interviews, and sports. Tomorrow I will be going into more detail about mental rehearsing.


Til tomorrow,
Josh


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Using Your Phone to Help You Lose Weight

In the last few years we have seen an explosion in apps on or cell phones. Some of these apps are just for fun and plain useless. I have found an app on my Palm Pre Plus that allows me to me to keep track of my Weight Watcher points. The name of the app is Points Calculator. It allows you to figure out the amount of points things are based on calories, fat, and fiber. My favorite feature though was the ability to tally up points as you go along. I find it a pain in the butt when I am out in public places to pull out a tracker and write down everything I'm gonna eat or just finished eating. That sort of idea is what makes it hard to track because I will put it off to another day.

I always have my cell phone with me. So, I will never forget my cell phone like I forget my tracker. That and I really don't like pulling out my tracker in front of people because of all the questions. I would rather just pull out my phone, for all anyone else know, I could be texting. It has made keeping track of points much easier. Well, so far anyway, I have only been tracking like this for two days. The downside to keeping track of your points like this is you can't really check off all the other little goodies like fruits and vegetables, and liquids. To be honest, I haven't really been good at all about doing that. For right now, it is perfect because I just need something that will help me stay under my daily allotted points.

So, if your a visual person, it takes these things:

and compresses them into this:

Till tomorrow...

Josh