I weighed myself today. First, let me whine about my scale. I bought it at Costco years ago because it was supposed to be accurate. It’s a Health-o-Meter scale with a dial….some of you probably have never seen one 🙂 It has to be reset back to zero EVERY TIME you step on it. It’s so frustrating. If it’s not perfect level, it reads wrong. If you lean slightly forward, it reads wrong. If you put more weight on one foot or the other, it reads wrong. So, soon I’m going to retire it and buy a DIGITAL scale. I’m going to do some research before I pick one. If anyone has a recommendation, I’d love to hear it.
So even though I didn’t lose, I’m not discouraged. I did lose 4 pounds the first week and I’ve managed to write down every bite I’ve taken for the last two weeks. That alone is a huge accomplishment for me! I’ve also exercise 12 out of the last 14 days, again, a huge plus. I’ve upped my riding to 45 minutes at level 4 (out of 6) and am doing circuits. I did 11 miles tonight at 15 miles per hour average.
I did talk with an online friend who’s been on the new plan much longer. She has 39 points allotted per day, I was set at 50, although my actual daily average was 45. I used just 3 of the Weekly PointsPlus allowance and none of the Activity earned. When I lost 4 pounds last week my points were moved from 49 to 50. Such a small change, but I decided to figure out if I could manually set the points lower.
I did find that I could manually reduce my points by six, so I did so. My new points are 46 but again, I hope to to 45 or less and increase my exercise. I’m also cutting back on fruit and increasing my vegetable consumption. Both have zero points on the new plan, but fruit is obviously higher in calories. Somehow I think if I keep tweaking each week, I’ll find the right balance between food and exercise.
I really appreciate all the support and feedback I’m getting as I make this journey. I have so many pounds to go, I try not to think about that. Right now I just want that 5-pound weight loss star. I’m a sucker for rewards.
Here’s to next week being better!
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Thanks for the comment this morning on my blog. I think I am going to start the WW plan on Monday this week, I need something to stick to that will hold me accountable. I keep jumping on the diet bandwagon and then eating a Twix. LOL Good luck in your continued journey!!
Janessa,
I loved your blog! And welcome to the bandwagon – there’s plenty of room here 🙂 BTW, what keeps me from eating Twix and the rest, the ingredients. Read what’s in them and you may find you don’t need one either 🙂
Best of luck and I can’t wait to see how you do! You go girl!
Connie
Connie, I forgot to mention something that happened to me with WW online. I signed back up at the start of January to use the program. One day it dawned on me that my points seemed quite high. On weigh in day something caught my eye. It said that I was on weight maintenance. Uh, no I’m not. Suddenly my points dropped by a lot to 30. After a bit it dropped to 29 – which is where I am at now. There seems to be a glitch in the online system with points and makes me wonder if we should notify them of this. Keep up the great work – it will come off.
You were so right! Mine was set to “maintain” and not lose as well! When I made the change my points went down to 44 so my suspicions were correct. I manually lowered it as far as it would go, 41.
That’s so frustrating! I could have gone weeks without a change and been so disappointed! I wonder what I missed in the instructions or set up. 🙁 Thanks so much for pointing that out! Maybe now I can lose another 5 before going to Disney. I’ll still be obese, but maybe I can fit into last summer’s clothes 🙂