WW time again
Tomorrow I am beginning Weight Watchers again.
My weight gain began during my last month or so in California - med weight - and simply continued here in WI. The two-month unemployment really did me in; I was sick just afterwards and simply did not drop the habit of lounging around in my bedroom. I've really packed on some weight and I hate it.
I'll be weighing myself for the first time in a year tomorrow and I am NOT looking forward to it at all. After AM weigh in I'll track my points.
I don't have my point slider or guide with me but I think that I'll be OK for two reasons:
* I remember quite a bit, and
* I eat a very small number of foods.
I know where the weight came from. I've been slipping more carbs in (hooray, noodles!) and my sugar intake has increased immensely since moving home. I've also started playing that hypoglycemia mind game ("oh, I had better carb up so that I'm not dizzy later!") which definitely increases intake.
I'm going to list the foods I can eat and their point values below for easy reference:
* chicken - 4 points/serving (serving is hand-sized)
* fish - 4 points/serving (?)
* garbanzo beans - 3 points/can (a big guess)
* biscuit - 2 points/biscuit
* noodles - 4 points/serving (1 oz dry)
* crumpet - 3 points/two crumpets (this one's a pretty big guess)
* sunflower oil - 1 point/tablespoon
* dill - 0 points
* oregano - 0 points
* cayenne pepper - 0 points
* salt - 0 points
* vinegar - 0 points
* jam/jelly - 1 point/tablespoon
* chocolate - 1 point/two squares (this one's hard to judge. Rule of thumb is that full candy bar is 6-7 points.)
* carrot juice - 0 points/serving
* pineapple juice - 3 points/8 oz
* apricot juice - 3 points/8 oz
* grapes - 1 point/serving (1 cup?)
* raspberries - 1 point/serving (1 cup?)
* asparagus - 0 points/serving
* mushrooms - 0 points/serving
* artichoke hearts - 0 points/serving
* jarred peaches - 3 points/peach (it has a syrup that is basically sugar, water, and peach juice)
* celery - 0 points/serving
* pineapple - 1 point/serving (1 cup?)
* peach - 1 point/peach (?)
* apricot - 1 point/two apricots (?)
Recipies:
* chocolate cake - 4 points/cupcake
* any cookie - 2 points/cookie
I can vaguely remember point ranges for the various weights I was at. I'll probably shoot for 23 points/day as I'm pretty sure that my usual range was 21-29 points.
Normal day:
Breakfast
*Biscuits and peaches
- two biscuits = 4 points
- two peaches = 6 points
= 10 points
Lunch
* noodles - 1 oz = 4 points
* oil - 1 T = 1 point
* garbanzo beans - 1 can = 3 points
* add some 0 point stuff to it
= 8 points
Dinner
* noodles - 1 oz = 4 points
* chicken - 1 serving = 4 points
* veggie of some form = 0 points
= 8 points
= 26 points
...crap. That's not including the bites of chocolate I have here and there; an amount that's steadily increased over the past few months.
Just a note - I've definitely been eating far more than 1 oz noodles each time. I've been having a lot of juice too. See? Carbs and sugar.
I could go with one sugary peach in the AM and knock off three points.
Will think more about this later. Look for weigh-in tomorrow.
Sarah
My weight gain began during my last month or so in California - med weight - and simply continued here in WI. The two-month unemployment really did me in; I was sick just afterwards and simply did not drop the habit of lounging around in my bedroom. I've really packed on some weight and I hate it.
I'll be weighing myself for the first time in a year tomorrow and I am NOT looking forward to it at all. After AM weigh in I'll track my points.
I don't have my point slider or guide with me but I think that I'll be OK for two reasons:
* I remember quite a bit, and
* I eat a very small number of foods.
I know where the weight came from. I've been slipping more carbs in (hooray, noodles!) and my sugar intake has increased immensely since moving home. I've also started playing that hypoglycemia mind game ("oh, I had better carb up so that I'm not dizzy later!") which definitely increases intake.
I'm going to list the foods I can eat and their point values below for easy reference:
* chicken - 4 points/serving (serving is hand-sized)
* fish - 4 points/serving (?)
* garbanzo beans - 3 points/can (a big guess)
* biscuit - 2 points/biscuit
* noodles - 4 points/serving (1 oz dry)
* crumpet - 3 points/two crumpets (this one's a pretty big guess)
* sunflower oil - 1 point/tablespoon
* dill - 0 points
* oregano - 0 points
* cayenne pepper - 0 points
* salt - 0 points
* vinegar - 0 points
* jam/jelly - 1 point/tablespoon
* chocolate - 1 point/two squares (this one's hard to judge. Rule of thumb is that full candy bar is 6-7 points.)
* carrot juice - 0 points/serving
* pineapple juice - 3 points/8 oz
* apricot juice - 3 points/8 oz
* grapes - 1 point/serving (1 cup?)
* raspberries - 1 point/serving (1 cup?)
* asparagus - 0 points/serving
* mushrooms - 0 points/serving
* artichoke hearts - 0 points/serving
* jarred peaches - 3 points/peach (it has a syrup that is basically sugar, water, and peach juice)
* celery - 0 points/serving
* pineapple - 1 point/serving (1 cup?)
* peach - 1 point/peach (?)
* apricot - 1 point/two apricots (?)
Recipies:
* chocolate cake - 4 points/cupcake
* any cookie - 2 points/cookie
I can vaguely remember point ranges for the various weights I was at. I'll probably shoot for 23 points/day as I'm pretty sure that my usual range was 21-29 points.
Normal day:
Breakfast
*Biscuits and peaches
- two biscuits = 4 points
- two peaches = 6 points
= 10 points
Lunch
* noodles - 1 oz = 4 points
* oil - 1 T = 1 point
* garbanzo beans - 1 can = 3 points
* add some 0 point stuff to it
= 8 points
Dinner
* noodles - 1 oz = 4 points
* chicken - 1 serving = 4 points
* veggie of some form = 0 points
= 8 points
= 26 points
...crap. That's not including the bites of chocolate I have here and there; an amount that's steadily increased over the past few months.
Just a note - I've definitely been eating far more than 1 oz noodles each time. I've been having a lot of juice too. See? Carbs and sugar.
I could go with one sugary peach in the AM and knock off three points.
Will think more about this later. Look for weigh-in tomorrow.
Sarah