Week One Recap

Success!

I suppose it's not fair to really call this week one, but it's week one of me really trying to stay on the program, and I lost 5.6 pounds!!! I was ecstatic. Grant it, that's not a realistic weight loss every week (or even for more than the first week), but I keep hearing that if you get a good start, you're more likely to succeed and keep going.

Anyway, here's how I did it:
-I did a little bit of exercise everyday. Some days all I did was a 30 minute yoga video that was on demand and not very challenging, but other days I did a cycling class or 30 - 45 minutes of cardio using an elliptical machine or a treadmill. One day, I was surfing through the on demand videos and found Bollywood dance videos! Having always wanted to try belly dancing, I decided to try just one 15 minute video. How much could I possibly embarrass myself in the privacy of my own apartment, right? Well, I enjoyed it so much that I did two more videos after that!
-I ate fruits or vegetables with every meal and even tried two new vegetables!
-I used all of my extra weekly points but didn't dip in to activity points.
-I allocated most of extra weekly points for alcohol and snacking on the weekends, but refrained from ordering my usual weekend delivery (HUGE difference.)

Added up, these were pretty major changes and made a huge difference, but I think the biggest change came after the Mexican themed dinner that K cooked. She made us margaritas that really were pretty awful, and pre-Weight Watchers, I would have though, "gee, I really hate to waste the alcohol and don't want K to feel bad," but what I actually thought was, "This really isn't worth the points." So, I spoke up and it turned out that K felt the same way and we found a better solution!