Since starting Weight Watchers, I'm slowly learning that there's a right way to spend points and a wrong way. Yeah, I could probably eat fast food all day and technically lose weight as long as I stay within my points, but I'm trying to show my body some love. Jack-in-the-Box and eating until I feel like I'm gonna pop is not love. I have to be strategic in order to find that balance between fueling my body correctly and not depriving myself too drastically. And I'm seeing it as a process. Yeah, I still eat some junk food occasionally, but slowly I will wean myself off of it. I gotta say - I love that with Weight Watchers, you actually learn how to eat healthfully and you can do it at your own pace.
Recently in an attempt to "use up the rest of my points", I went to Jason's Deli and got the salad bar and an ice cream cone for dessert. Well within my points, and very healthy (the salad part anyway), but it was just TOO MUCH food. I felt so incredibly over-stuffed and miserable afterward. Oddly enough though, I still had a ton of points left and the day before my points re-set, I ate like, 4 skinny cow ice cream sandwiches in one day. Again, within my points, but I'm realizing I'm still eating like an addict sometimes. Cheap food is also an issue, like 50-cent hot dogs at Ikea. I went a little overboard the other day. I should not be eating that junk! At least not without a good reason! "Cheap" is not a good reason.
Some thoughts I had on how I should spend my points:
Worth it
-Foods that make healthy stuff more appetizing, like full fat dressing on salad, chocolate on nuts (plain nuts are so blech), or a tasty dip for fresh vegetables.
-Healthy fats like avocado, nuts, peanut butter, and the healthy oils I'm SUPPOSED to be having anyway.
-True indulgences like Godiva chocolate, Blue Bell ice cream (in small portions) or a cake pop or mocha frappucino from Starbucks.
-Eating out for a special occasion at a nice restaurant.
Not worth it
-Stuffing myself just because I have the points, whether the food is healthy or not.
-Cheap or free junk food and fast food.
-Gross "healthy" foods that I have to force myself to eat, like fat free cottage cheese - *dry heave*.
-Alcohol, unless I am trying to get drunk, which I only do when I'm out dancing with a bunch of friends.
-Soda and juice. I've gotten very used to only drinking water.
I'm proud of myself for recognizing this problem and doing something about it. About a week later I returned to Jason's deli but stayed away from the salad bar (something about buffets - ugh) - I got a grilled chicken wrap with fresh fruit on the side. It left plenty of room for the ice cream cone that I still "had" to get. Down the road I'll worry about consuming less sugar, but the fact that I acted out a strategy to not stuff myself at Jason's Deli was a big accomplishment. Go me!
Recently in an attempt to "use up the rest of my points", I went to Jason's Deli and got the salad bar and an ice cream cone for dessert. Well within my points, and very healthy (the salad part anyway), but it was just TOO MUCH food. I felt so incredibly over-stuffed and miserable afterward. Oddly enough though, I still had a ton of points left and the day before my points re-set, I ate like, 4 skinny cow ice cream sandwiches in one day. Again, within my points, but I'm realizing I'm still eating like an addict sometimes. Cheap food is also an issue, like 50-cent hot dogs at Ikea. I went a little overboard the other day. I should not be eating that junk! At least not without a good reason! "Cheap" is not a good reason.
Some thoughts I had on how I should spend my points:
Worth it
-Foods that make healthy stuff more appetizing, like full fat dressing on salad, chocolate on nuts (plain nuts are so blech), or a tasty dip for fresh vegetables.
-Healthy fats like avocado, nuts, peanut butter, and the healthy oils I'm SUPPOSED to be having anyway.
-True indulgences like Godiva chocolate, Blue Bell ice cream (in small portions) or a cake pop or mocha frappucino from Starbucks.
-Eating out for a special occasion at a nice restaurant.
Not worth it
-Stuffing myself just because I have the points, whether the food is healthy or not.
-Cheap or free junk food and fast food.
-Gross "healthy" foods that I have to force myself to eat, like fat free cottage cheese - *dry heave*.
-Alcohol, unless I am trying to get drunk, which I only do when I'm out dancing with a bunch of friends.
-Soda and juice. I've gotten very used to only drinking water.
I'm proud of myself for recognizing this problem and doing something about it. About a week later I returned to Jason's deli but stayed away from the salad bar (something about buffets - ugh) - I got a grilled chicken wrap with fresh fruit on the side. It left plenty of room for the ice cream cone that I still "had" to get. Down the road I'll worry about consuming less sugar, but the fact that I acted out a strategy to not stuff myself at Jason's Deli was a big accomplishment. Go me!
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