Yesterday was a bit negative, I know, so I thought I'd share some happier news today: our first week following the Weight Watchers plan has been a successful one, as I weighed myself this morning and am a whopping eleven lb down from where I was last weekend. That's… a good start, to say the least.
I'm aware from my previous experience with Slimming World that an enormous loss in the first week is pretty normal — it's something to do with water retention — and that things tend to settle down to the tune of about a lb a week or so from thereon. But still, that first week loss is good motivation — particularly when I consider that I don't feel like I've been having to deprive myself of too many things.
The Weight Watchers "SmartPoints" system encourages you to track what you eat and stay within a daily limit, with a balance of weekly points available for when you want or need to go a little over. So far I haven't tapped into any of those weekly points, meaning Andie and I can treat ourselves to something nice this weekend without any guilt whatsoever. I think we're going to have a Nando's or a Wagamama.
Best thing, though, is that there's a bunch of "ZeroPoint" foods you can have, and they're not just boring flavourless vegetables. Nope, you can have chicken, fish, eggs and a few other tasty things as much as you want (within reason) — and honestly, that sort of thing is enough to keep me sane alongside "diet food".
That and we've found a variety of excellent snacks that are low in SmartPoints value (Hula Hoops Puft are both delicious and only 2 points per bag, for example) — this means that my tendency to boredom/stress/depression eat can be catered to with things that won't make the problem worse. Being able to have a bag of crisps or popcorn or something means that I can feel like I'm having a "treat" when in fact I'm not doing anything particularly bad for my overall goals — so long as I'm staying within those overall limits.
So on the whole, feeling pretty positive right now. Hopefully we'll be able to keep this up. We'd better keep this up, since we made a commitment to doing this for 9 months so we'd get three of them for free!
I've got a very long way to go before I'm anywhere even approaching where I want to be. But if I can stick with this, I hope it will help me feel a lot better about myself, both physically and mentally. So wish me luck!
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