Weight check in

I've been attending meetings again for three weeks now and as a way to check in I've listed my weight loss stats.

1st week only .2 lbs lost because of muscle growth

2nd week lost 2 lbs!

3rd week lost .6 lbs

I had a crazy week and only got in 1 full day of point counting so the loss was a shock to me

The grand total lost is 2.8 lbs in three weeks

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To wrap my head around this number I asked my husband to pull out some of his weights. The 2.5 pound plates weighted much more than I would have ever imagined. Mentally thinking about the fact that it would be my ideal to lose 10 times the weight of the two plates seems so mind boggling to me. I guess even .2 lbs can add up each week!

How to burn 4800 calories in a day

Today I burned 4800 calories or 71 activity points.

You may wonder how I did it, first know it took 9 hours and I'm absolutely exhausted.

I climbed from where the photo was taken to the peak on the left, back down to where they meet and over to the peak on the far right...

Then from there we headed to the peak in the middle of the photo below.

Then on to the peak in the middle of the photo below and all the way down.

If your counting that is a total of four 14ers today. (14er is a mountain over 14,000 feet)

I did it all with my little brother, so great to get to spend all day with him.

Climbing even one of these is so physically demanding that you must almost constantly be eating and drinking to keep your energy up. Between Gatorade and Peanut butter today alone I burned 26 point. While I didn't "count points" before I ate them I've added up what I've eaten and I still have about 50 activity points left. I'm not sure how this is going to affect my weight in tomorrow but we will see. Can't get much worse than my .2 loss last week.

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I have to say one of the best side effects mentally of climbing 14ers is seeing how much your body needs calories and carbs for energy.

Sun Dried Tomatoes

Today at Costco I finally found an item I have been searching for...

Sun dried tomatoes not stored in oil!

If you measure out 1 serving they are 0 points because they don't have the added points from oil. I love throwing these in scrambled egg whites with spinach and a laughing cow cheese. They are also great in a salad.

These are also available in my local grocery and I actually gave in a purchased 2 bags of them this week because I had give up on Costco having them again. I wish I would have waited though because 2 small bags were the same price as about 5 times as much from Costco.

If you have any other ideas of what I could add these too I would love the suggestion.

Adding protein

At last weeks meeting I learned the importance of eating protein and that it keeps up full longer. As I am reincorporating it back into my major meals I am realizing how true that fact is. It can be hard to do at first though because these items can be higher in points because of fat.

One of my favorite ways to add meat lately is to add cut up 1 point of deli turkey to a salad with 2 points of light ranch or light blue cheese dressing. For three points I love it and it keeps me full!

eTools

Now that I have the Weight Watchers monthly pass I have eTools as well. If you have it and are interested in being friends on it find me under mrsjcrew. Hopefully I'll see some of you there!

Remembering how far I've come

I went to my 2nd meeting this week and was disappointed that I only lost .2 lbs. I am trying to remember that I made a ton of changes to my body this week and it may take it a little bit to know that it is going to continually be feed still. I also only counted points 4 days before weigh in. I thought that three intense workouts would counteract this though.

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When I have bad days like that I need to remember exactly how far I have come on Weight Watchers and how far I can go still. I recently came across a photo I had untagged on Facebook about 3 years...

aside from finding bronzer I can tell a huge difference

Still a ways to go though, I cut out my less than trim arms.

What's different this time

Yesterday I was reading through my old posts and realized how many times I've mentioned that I'm back. This time I truly believe is different simply because I'm approaching it differently.

Last time I focused only on counting points but now my priorities are counting points, eating better foods, running and lifting weights. I know that sounds like a lot of changes at once but I have realized I am an all or nothing girl.

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Attending meetings and paying for them myself (last time a friend did) also makes a huge difference. I am racing to get to the finish faster so I can spend the money in other ways once I hit lifetime membership.

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Last time I attended meetings I very rarely worked out and I didn't always make wise decisions about what I ate as long as it fit into my points. One of my almost daily favorite things was 6 point coffees that are now a rare treat on a super busy day. Before I also figured I would add fitness in once I got to "that" point but my focus wasn't strong enough to make it to that imaginary point. I am hoping to see results faster this time and have that be an inspiration to keep up with ALL of the hard work.

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An example of eating better than before. I'll post more about this gross looking thing soon, just know now though it is Yummy!

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Are you an all or nothing person like me or are you a one step and a time or I'll burn out person?