It's week eight... two months! Time to reflect on where we've been and where we want to be! In this week's posting, if you're willing, write about your total progress for the past two months. Which goals have you achieved? Which ones fell flat... and why do you think they did? How do you plan to tackle the next two months?
For “Weighing In”, you should post the following things: (1) your weight loss, maintenance or GAIN (yes, own up to it if it's true) for the past week (2) your personal goal for the rest of the week (try to restrict it to one) and (3) your anticipated non-food reward for achieving that goal. Since it seems we are all choosing to weigh-in on Tuesdays, I will create a post for every new week the day before we weigh-in (Monday). This would be a good post to add encouraging words for other individuals as well.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Tips and Tricks - Week Eight
Tip: Cut back on the binge snacking by immediately portioning out your snack into baggies as soon as you bring it home. Even better: number the baggies with a permanent marker so that if you start to eat more than one, you have to come face to face with the number of servings that you are consuming. Sometimes that honesty is enough to make you rethink your decision to munch.
Trick: When you find yourself repeatedly opening another snack bag or even eating standing up in front of the cupboard, try this little trick. If a snack comes in prewrapped individual packages, hide them all over the house. Trust me, a hungry girl never forgets where the food is hidden... that's not the point. Often, we eat because it's accessible, but if you actually have to get up or walk up the stairs or run around to find snack after snack, you are not likely to do it (or at least, not as often). If a bag does not come with individual packages, portion it out into baggies, as was mentioned above, and then hide them. Hey, with any luck, someone else will find it and eat it before you ever do, hahaha.
Recipe: 'Tis the season! When the leaves start to change, fall foods fill my face. One of my favorite autumn treats is "Pumpkin Fluff"; you can have one whole cup of pumpkin fluff for only ONE POINT! Often, a half cup is satisfying, and then you can come back later for the other half cup. The fluff is basically a kind of pumpkin pie without the crust--just delicious! To make it: Mix one cup skim milk with a package of Jell-O sugar free cheesecake pudding in a large mixing bowl; it should take five minutes or so to set. Then add the following ingredients: 8oz container of FF whipped topping, one 10 oz. can of pumpkin, 1/2 tsp pumpkin spice, and 1/2 tsp of cinnamon. Mix it all together and you have pumpkin fluff! You can also use graham crackers for dipping, adding a "crust" taste to the pumpkin pie. Enjoy!
Trick: When you find yourself repeatedly opening another snack bag or even eating standing up in front of the cupboard, try this little trick. If a snack comes in prewrapped individual packages, hide them all over the house. Trust me, a hungry girl never forgets where the food is hidden... that's not the point. Often, we eat because it's accessible, but if you actually have to get up or walk up the stairs or run around to find snack after snack, you are not likely to do it (or at least, not as often). If a bag does not come with individual packages, portion it out into baggies, as was mentioned above, and then hide them. Hey, with any luck, someone else will find it and eat it before you ever do, hahaha.
Recipe: 'Tis the season! When the leaves start to change, fall foods fill my face. One of my favorite autumn treats is "Pumpkin Fluff"; you can have one whole cup of pumpkin fluff for only ONE POINT! Often, a half cup is satisfying, and then you can come back later for the other half cup. The fluff is basically a kind of pumpkin pie without the crust--just delicious! To make it: Mix one cup skim milk with a package of Jell-O sugar free cheesecake pudding in a large mixing bowl; it should take five minutes or so to set. Then add the following ingredients: 8oz container of FF whipped topping, one 10 oz. can of pumpkin, 1/2 tsp pumpkin spice, and 1/2 tsp of cinnamon. Mix it all together and you have pumpkin fluff! You can also use graham crackers for dipping, adding a "crust" taste to the pumpkin pie. Enjoy!
Questions - Week Eight
Have a random question about the Weight Watchers program or anything else diet and exercise related? Post it here. Have an answer? Go ahead and enlighten us all!
Gripes - Week Eight
Go right ahead and gripe! We all have the option to read them or not depending on how we feel. If gripes don't fill you with negative energy, sometimes it's nice to know how much the people around you are suffering, too. Yeah, it sounds bad, but you know it's true...... ;)
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