3/1/12 247.2
1/4 177.2
1/11 175.4
1/18 176.8
1/25 177.0
2/1 178.0
2/8 177.4
2/22 178.0
3/1 178.0
3/8 178.0
3/14 176.6
3/21 176.2
I am a little surprised by the loss, to be honest. This was not a rock star week by any means. Here is where I fell down this week, so if I gain next week and whine that it's undeserved, you can point me right back to this list.
1. I made the old familiar mistake of bringing home too much food on Eat All the Things Day, and not only did I eat past the point of physical discomfort on Saturday, I had leftovers. Sunday night after I had a perfectly satisfying sushi dinner with a friend, I calmly announced to Chris, "I'm going to be a bad Weight Watcher and eat some pizza and ice cream, but then it stops, okay?" He didn't try to talk me out of it, which is good because it wouldn't have worked and I still would have eaten, I would've just been sad and defensive while I did so. So I had a kind of controlled binge. Definitely more food than I needed to have, but it wasn't like it days of the past when I would keep on returning to the kitchen to see what other trouble I could get into.
2. I don't think I drank all of my water one stinkin' day this week. I thought I'd gotten into a good groove with it, but I guess not. I'd have one 32 ounce serving and then just drink diet Coke for the rest of the day. Fail.
3. I was great about counting points until dinner every night. I've been cooking lots of new things- one of the best things about my new schedule is that I have a lot more time to get creative in the kitchen. But I hate, hate, hate figuring out the points for new recipes I put together. I'm being a big baby about it, WW actually makes it very easy to calculate the points for recipes, I just don't like to do it. So I haven't been counting points for dinner or dessert all week long. I've kept my portions under control, but I didn't track it.
4. My McDonalds Diet Coke addiction has turned back into a Diet Coke and ice cream cone addiction. I was doing so well with that for so long! But it's a tough habit to kick. I was driving around one day just after finishing a cone and starting my Diet Coke and thinking, "Man, this just makes me feel so good! Instant happy button. Why is that?" Well, duh, it's a little hit of sugar followed by a little hit of caffeine. I've never really thought of myself as addicted to sugar or caffeine, and in fact have previously claimed to never feel the physical ramifications of caffeine (I can drink a Diet Coke right before bed and still fall asleep, etc). But as the week went by, the idea of skipping my daily drive in treat became more and more abhorrent to me. I need to figure out how to kick this one, because while it's not crazy high in points, it's just not a healthy habit. I don't like the idea of feeling like I NEED to put something in my body, and I'm getting there quickly.
So if I gain next week at least I will know why.... Gotta say it gives me a little motivation to be 100 percent on plan this week, to try to offset the damage. Wish me luck!