We've Been Here Before

Now that I've been in Arizona for a year now and have settled into a relatively normal pattern, it's time to focus. Focus on me and my health. I've done weight watchers two other times (3rd times the charm right?!) and I've had success with it then, as long as I was following the plan anyway. 

So here I am again. Last Saturday I joined my local Weight Watchers, I attended the 9am meeting, which is nice, not too early, not too late, and gets me out of bed on a Saturday! I was also able to replicate getting out of bed early for a second Saturday and made it to my meeting again this morning! It always seems a bit weird to go to the meetings, I imagine it's a lot like what an AA meeting would be like. We are all there for the same reason, food, but at the same time it's nice to know you aren't alone in the struggle. There are people from every walks of life and a varying group of ages. I am happy to report that after my first week, I am down -3.4lbs. (I would like to lose about 60lbs so that I am back into a healthy BMI range) Slowly but surely I will get there.

It's funny because since I've joined before and had all the materials, I kept telling myself, oh I can do this on my own and not have to pay for it etc etc. But it never stuck. I always succeed the best when I go to the meetings. I'll sometimes just remember in my head how many points the foods I've eaten were, but this time I am determined to physically write it down, it's not going to be easy but I'm all in this time.

The hardest part for me is deciding what to eat. It can seem overwhelming. I bought a nice planning calendar and plan on planning out my meals for the week and going to the store on the weekends and buying for the week. I won't lie, this will be the hard part. I might slip sometimes but I truly want to get my weight down so I look and feel better for myself. I'll search all the sites, pinterest and go into the cookbook archives to find good meals that I can make in a fairly quick amount of time.

Be prepared, this may turn into a what is Heather eating for dinner tonight blog. I've already had to fight the urge to not just order Papa John's pizza several times. (they have like 50% off every day or so, it's hard not to just order for a quick delivered meal) First step is the food, next step is the exercise, and that whole Planet Fitness membership I pay for but have yet to use... for shame Heather... for shame. I know... baby steps right?!

Wish me luck! Weight Watchers friendly recipes are always welcome! Feel free to email me any that you have tried and love! 

WOO HOO

I happy to say that if you get with the program and stick with it, it works. Today after what I thought would be a terrible week I was down 2.2lbs at weigh in for a total of 7.6 lbs! Which is totally awesome! 

I kinda feel like this year has come full circle a bit. I started off the year with such good intentions, as most do, then fell off the wagon over the summer. But the cooler weather has given me back the ambition and Weight Watchers has helped tremendously these short 3 weeks. That's all it took apparently. It appears that I have an attention span of a week, so weekly goals are more my speed. A few weeks ago at our meeting, yeah they really kinda like "Hi my name is Heather, I eat too much"... "Hi, Heather" we were talking how it's only about 6 weeks until Thanksgiving and think of all you can accomplish in 6 weeks. I hope I can keep up a lot of the same, it would be nice to get some confidence back.

I'll post some more recipes soon! 

WW: Turkey Burger

I joined Weight Watchers a few weeks ago and I'm glad to be back with it. I had joined once before several years ago and did really great with it but then fell off the wagon pretty hard and didn't quite get back up. I've been a little down lately and think that losing some weight will help get my confidence back and get me on the right track.

Tonight was weigh in and I was down a 2.2lbs from last week bringing my total to 5.4! I got my 5lb sticker today! It's been really helpful to have gma making delicious dinners. We've been trying out recipes from the Best of five ingredient 15 minute Recipes from Weight Watchers. I promised I'd share some of the recipes we've been trying and here is a super yummy one, turkey burger! oh my was it yummy, it's even gpa approved! 

PointsPlus value per serving: 8
Prep: 5 mins * Cook: 7 mins

1/4 cup dry breadcrumbs
2 tablespoons fat-free milk
2 large egg whites
1 1/2 pounds ground turkey breast
2 teaspoons 25%-less sodium Montreal chicken seasoning
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
cooking spray
1 (1 1/2 ounce) whole wheat hamburger buns
curly leaf lettuce leaves, refrigerated fresh salsa, and red onion slices (optional)

Instructions: 
1. preheat grill to medium high heat
2. Combine first 3 ingredients in a large bowl. Add turkey, chicken seasoning, and pepper. Using hands, gently mix until blended. Divide mixture into 4 equal portions, shaping each into a 1/2 inch thick patty.
3. Place patties on a grill rack coated with cooking spray. Grill patties 7 minutes or until done, turning after 4 minutes. 
4. serve burgers in bus with lettuce, salsa and onion slices, if desired.
Yield: 4 (serving size: 1 burger) 

Per serving: calories 336; fat 4.7g (sat 1g, mono 1.4g, poly 1.5g); protein 48.8g; Carb 28g; fiber 3.5g, chol 68mg; iron 3.6mg; sodium 444mg; calc 66mg

not my picture lol