So I have been slowly plugging along with Weight Watchers. Since June I am down 15 lbs and kind of stayed there. The holidays kicked my behind a bit... well more than a bit. I ended up gaining 5 lbs! So I have 15 lbs to go on this journey. Truly, this is not a diet but a lifestyle change. It is no secret that I have a sweet tooth. I love sweet things. Who am I kidding, I just love food. So apple slices with cinnamon and splenda is my new favorite go to snack. It is sweet, satisfying, … [Read more...]
Easy Guacamole Recipe
With very few days left to harvest these fresh garden tomatoes, I am incorporating tomatoes in any recipe I can like in an easy guacamole recipe. There are a few favorite recipes that I am eating while on Weight Watchers that taste great with guacamole. One of those recipes is Taco Salad. {I will have to post that recipe very soon.} The awesome thing is that guacamole is a great healthy condiment to eat while on Weight Watchers. You just have to be careful how much of it you eat. Weight Watchers … [Read more...]
Skinny Pesto Pasta: An Easy WW Recipe
I am still tracking my points with Weight Watchers. I love it. Really, despite the complaints I might have on any given day - I really love it. I am losing weight. I am close to my 10% weight loss which will get me a key chain! Have you tried Weight Watchers before? If so, how did you do on it? One recipe I love to make is a Skinny Pesto Pasta. I make this recipe pretty regularly. It's easy, fast, and delicious. That's my favorite kind of recipe. I don't have time to make two difficult meals … [Read more...]
Points Plus Vegetarian Recipe
Tuesdays are the day I weigh in at my local Weight Watcher's meeting. I was worried this week since the last week and half I was on a Canoe Journey. Though I wasn't pigging out, I definitely was not counting my points while camping. Thankfully, at weigh in on Tuesday morning I had lost 3.4 pounds in two weeks. I was very happy indeed. So now I have lost a total of 11.6 lbs since June 12 when I began this weight loss journey. (Enough pounds lost this week to get my clapper - a plastic hand … [Read more...]
Weight Loss Made Simple
I started Weight Watchers with my sister on Tuesday, June 12. I'd like to lose this baby weight and the 15 extra lbs that I had put on before I got pregnant. The first two weeks have been difficult. I am craving everything that I should not eat. Every day, I want chocolate and potato chips, maybe for the simple reason that I shouldn't eat that, at least not as often any more. I stayed strong and the first weigh-in (on June 19), I lost 2.2 lbs. I started exercising again this week. Just walking, … [Read more...]
Weight Watchers
We are not friends. At least not yet. I hate dieting. I hate the concept of dieting. I am all about lifestyle changes for weight loss not some fad diet. With that said, a year and a half ago I went on Weight Watchers. It was when my Princess was about 8 months old. I did the point system because it was simpler for me. I was able to choose what foods I wanted to eat, and I just counted the points. (Points are calculated based on the calories, fat and fiber in foods.) I lost weight and actually … [Read more...]
