Chinese Food

I am still celebrating being down nearly 20lbs. I can actually see it when I look in the mirror. Sometimes I can even see it in my face which is exciting. Yesterday I went over on my daily points.

Mom and Dad treated us to Chinese food for dinner. I had it all planned out. I was going to eat half, and save half for today. It was all working perfectly. However, yesterday was a bad day for me. My computer is possessed, my body is malfunctioning and I’m taking care of a dog with a bladder infection and a cat with separation anxiety.

I broke down and ate the rest of the Chinese food. Whew… 28pts in Chinese. It out me over for the day. But I started to think about it. Sometimes life hits you and you need comfort food. I was lucky enough to have Chinese. Sometimes when you need comfort food, all you have is carrot sticks and you need to make that work too. That is one of the things that is kind of awesome about Weight Watchers.

Weight Watchers

So I am now three days into my new Weight Watchers program. So far I am completely loving it. It’s actually FUN tracking food. That right there might be the secret to success in the first place.

Today was a testament to how well it’s working. We had breakfast with some friends of ours. It was so lovely. It was a full out Sunday Breakfast type meal. So I had very small portions, with the exception of the bagels. I tried just having a half, but broke down and ate the other half anyway.

But I had 1 egg. 1 Sausage link. 1/2 cup hash browns and a bagel with cream cheese. Not too long ago I probably would have had double the portions at least. But I knew that I was going to have to come home, and enter that information and look at those numbers. I knew I would have to eat later in the day also.

It was still a 16pt breakfast. It could have been so much worse. I am so proud of myself. I really am doing it. Yesterday, despite the heat, I even went for a little walk yesterday. It was only to the mailbox, but that was a little bit of a workout for me. I need to start slowly or I’m going to kill myself in this heat.

It’s looking pretty nice outside. I promised hubby I would watch a movie with him. Afterwards, maybe I can convince him to take a little walk.