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My first week of actively being on weight watchers again (first time in a year -- I think over a year as my last couple of attempts were pretty halting) was, I think, mostly successful.
Weight Watchers redesigned their point tracker a little bit. In so doing, two important things happened:
I've actually been trying to work as though I had the number of points I am more used to rather than the points it told me (it gave me 40 points, last time I was at this weight I had 35) and as such I didn't even get into flex points. Until yesterday. Then we had not one but two unexpected friends drop by (which is wonderful, by the way, not a complaint) and we ended up going to La Perla which is delicious but has a relatively unhealthy burrito. I'm not sure how many points it was, and I only ate half the burrito, but I guessed it at 25 for the half I ate, which I'm hoping is on the high side. It's really hard to say though, because burritos can have a surprisingly wide range of points depending on exactly how the ingredients in it are prepared.
And then last night, after making a nice, healthy tilapia dinner, even with the burrito lunch I still had barely touched my flex points, so we broke out the lava cakes. That ate well into my flex points, but I didn't wake up hungry last night.
Which leads me to: I've been waking up hungry at least some of the time.
In any case, my weigh in this morning indicates I've lost an even 2 pounds. Not bad considering I felt like I was overeating with 40 points per day. And I expected that since this 2 lb loss would take me back across a 25 lb barrier (where the old formula changed points) I'd drop from 40, but it still has me at 40 points per day. Well. We'll see. I did pretty well at 35 points per day last time, it was only when I got down to 30 that I started having issues, and 28 is, I think, what threw me off the plan, because I wasn't able to adjust. So maybe the new numbers are better. Still, I'm targeting 35 and if I go into that 5 point cushion I don't feel bad. If I get results doing that, I will continue to do that.
Also, weightwatchers' site is kind of slow right now. :/
Weight Watchers redesigned their point tracker a little bit. In so doing, two important things happened:
- The number of points I have per day went up dramatically.
- The formula for calculating these points appears to no longer be available on the site. :/
I've actually been trying to work as though I had the number of points I am more used to rather than the points it told me (it gave me 40 points, last time I was at this weight I had 35) and as such I didn't even get into flex points. Until yesterday. Then we had not one but two unexpected friends drop by (which is wonderful, by the way, not a complaint) and we ended up going to La Perla which is delicious but has a relatively unhealthy burrito. I'm not sure how many points it was, and I only ate half the burrito, but I guessed it at 25 for the half I ate, which I'm hoping is on the high side. It's really hard to say though, because burritos can have a surprisingly wide range of points depending on exactly how the ingredients in it are prepared.
And then last night, after making a nice, healthy tilapia dinner, even with the burrito lunch I still had barely touched my flex points, so we broke out the lava cakes. That ate well into my flex points, but I didn't wake up hungry last night.
Which leads me to: I've been waking up hungry at least some of the time.
In any case, my weigh in this morning indicates I've lost an even 2 pounds. Not bad considering I felt like I was overeating with 40 points per day. And I expected that since this 2 lb loss would take me back across a 25 lb barrier (where the old formula changed points) I'd drop from 40, but it still has me at 40 points per day. Well. We'll see. I did pretty well at 35 points per day last time, it was only when I got down to 30 that I started having issues, and 28 is, I think, what threw me off the plan, because I wasn't able to adjust. So maybe the new numbers are better. Still, I'm targeting 35 and if I go into that 5 point cushion I don't feel bad. If I get results doing that, I will continue to do that.
Also, weightwatchers' site is kind of slow right now. :/
