Image via WikipediaYep -- I'm one of the slew of people who have hopped on the Weight Loss Bandwagon at the beginning of the year. I've been dieting for most of my adult life - I have yet to get to a weight that I feel comfortable with. Why is that? I have a few opinions, the most plausible being that I -- along with about 70% of the U.S. -- am totally addicted to sugar and empty carbohydrates!I decided to join Weight Watchers, partly because I had 3 friends who had already joined and I thought it would be good to have some buddies going through the same ups and downs. I also had heard that the program has been totally revamped and was very easy to follow. Mostly I joined because I needed to be accountable to someone other than myself.
I followed the program - mostly to a T -- and ended up losing 5.8 lbs my first week - HOORAY! It's definitely a psychological boost when you see a healthy weight loss your first week, I'm definitely motivated to continue following the program and counting my points. The Weight Watchers website is great; it keeps track of all my points for the week as well as my weight. It definitely makes it pretty easy to stay on the plan.
I noticed that if I kept foods in the house that I could eat and still stay on plan, it was that much easier. I did go out to lunch once and dinner once but was able to stay within my points. They encourage you to use your weekly extra points but I only used about 1/2 of the 49 points.
I'm pretty motivated to stay on the program and will report any new recipes or tips that I come up with.
