I woke up knowing that yesterday had to be a really good day. I needed to make healthy choices. I needed to exercise. I needed to eat whole foods. I needed to makes good choices so that I could feel good. I did just what I needed to do and went to bed feeling great. The rest of the week will be great too.
I had so much to talk about in yesterday’s post, I didn’t mention how my WW meeting went on Friday. I did not weigh in. That number can jack with my mood sometimes, and I didn’t want to go into the weekend feeling cranky. I will weigh on Friday.
In our meeting last week, we discussed a “good week” and a “bad week”, or a “good day” and a “bad day” in our WW world, and what that means to us. It meant so many different things for so many different people.
For me, a “good day” is when I’ve stayed within my points, ate a well balanced menu, drank my water and exercised. A “good week” for me is all of those same things, for 7 days, and completing any goals that I had set for myself. A “good week” leaves me feeling successful, satisfied, in control, happy and confident.
For me, a “bad day” is when I don’t eat a well balanced menu, I don’t plan, I make excuses for not exercising if I had planned to, I forget to drink all of my water, and I eat more points than I should have. Those days leave me feeling like I have failed my body. Three “bad days” out of a week, can leave me mentally feeling like I’ve had a “bad week”, even though I have learned to get right back on track.
I take something away from every meeting, and that subject matter was spot on for me. In my mind, I did have a “bad week” last week. I was looking forward to my meeting because the support there is always so great, The members in my meeting have an overall positive frame of mind and attitude, they have a sense of humor, they have great advice and the positive vibe in the meeting is contagious. At my meetings, I am reminded how far I have come, that I am a work in progress and that I am a healthy person. Not going to a meeting after a “bad week” could easily lead to another “bad week”, and another “bad week”, and I made the decision a long time ago, that I would never let that happen.
It was a “bad week”, and that’s all that it was.
Yesterday was one of those “good days” and I feel great about it and the rest of the week.
I hope today is a “good day” for you in your health and your happiness!
Here are yesterday’s eats……
Pre-Breakfast – 1 PPV
Frothy Coffee in my favorite cup and a few grapes.
Breakfast – 5 PPV
I made my Blueberry Pancake recipe, but instead of topping it with blueberries, I topped it with Warm Cinnamon Apples, 14 g of Raisins and 7 g of chopped Walnuts. Yum!
Snack – 0 PPV
Banana. Plain and simple.
Lunch – 7 PPV
1 C of Turkey Chili
Snack – 2 PPV
Banana Peanut Butter Ice Cream. Frozen Banana’s, blended with 2 T. PB2 and topped with 7 g of raw Walnuts.
Taste just like Ice Cream you guys.
Dinner – 10 PPV
Salmon Caesar with Parmesan
Weight Watcher’s Points Plus
I can eat 26 PPV a day.
I can earn Activity Points by doing exercise, and eat them if I choose.
I have an allowance of 49 extra points that I can dip into throughout the week if I choose.
I should drink a minimum of 6 (8 oz) glasses of water each day.
My Weight Watcher Week Begins on Friday’s
Pre-Breakfast = 1
Breakfast = 5
Snack = 0
Lunch = 7
Snack = 2
Dinner = 10
Total = 25
Exercise = Walked 3 Miles
Activity Points Earned for the Day = 4
Activity Points Earned This Week = 7
How many ounces of water I drank for the day = 70
Remaining points from my 49 Points Allowance = 0
This is What I Will Accomplish in 2015
I will choose one occasion per month for Social Drinking (um..this is a work in progress)
I will go no more than two days in a row without exercise. (I’ve done “two a day’s” to make up)
I will track every single day of the entire year. (I’ve only NOT tracked a few weekends this year.)
I will run in a minimum of six 5K’s. Three down, three to go!
“love the life you live, live the life you love”