Live your life! It isn’t about what you eat and don’t eat, it’s about making great OK...good food choices on your own and putting the power in your own hands. It’s CONTROL. You control what you eat, when you eat and how much you eat. Just account for everything and you will see where you can cut back, eliminate, and enhance and you WILL lose weight! Read that again~ yes! account for EVERYTHING!!!!
NOTHING is free....everything has calories...eat enough, you wont lose~or worse you will GAIN! Yikes!
Find that great leader that inspires you and you will succeed. Find the right group for you. While the leader makes a huge difference, unfortunately so can the demographic
There is so much that goes into your success. Usually it is what between your ears not your hips that is the problem. Get the mindset that you CAN....that you will DO anything possible to make this happen you WILL see results!
I also would like to suggest that you don't get caught up with eating too much low point food. I know... it sound weird right? But the truth is if you eat a bunch of veggies and essentially 0 point food for your meal and then graze the rest of the night on low point (fat free, artificially sweetened) foods, then your body never really gets the real food and nutrients that it wants and needs. Your body also gets so used to digesting the same foods over and over again that you actually start to gain weight and feel extremely bloated... I speak from experience. Now you might be thinking "But if I don't eat a BUNCH of low point foods then I'll be hungry in like 2 minutes!!!"... that's what I thought too but in fact the opposite is true, your body will stay satisfied and full longer on real foods and good fats than on sugar packed, fat free foods. Also, don't lose sight of portion size... yes maybe a HEAPING plate of veggies is 0 points but with weight watchers 0+0+0+0 doesn't equal 0So even with 0 point foods you have to keep in mind how large a portion size really is... keep checking those labels~ Pay attention to the good health guidelines(those of you that know me ~I carry these in my notebook, next to my food journal) and the details.
Really stick to your PointsPlus each day, and find healthy vegetables that you can cook in a tasty way. You are not going to have long term success on ww continuing to eat processed food or junk food even if it is low points.
If you start off choosing real, healthy, whole foods and work on portion control its a lot easier to stick to and you don't feel like you're "dieting", just eating healthy. Now I find I'm completely satisfied with eating healthy foods and actually sometimes have trouble eating all my points for the day. It's really changed the way I eat for life, not just a quick fix. Make sure you go into it with the right mindset.
A little tip I use~ Take your daily points and x by 7 for a weekly total. Now, NEVER have the same amount of points two days in a row, mix it up. For instance, one day go under your daily point, the next go over, the next have your daily point, etc. at the end of the week you shouldn't have gone over your weekly point balance.
NOTHING is free....everything has calories...eat enough, you wont lose~or worse you will GAIN! Yikes!
Find that great leader that inspires you and you will succeed. Find the right group for you. While the leader makes a huge difference, unfortunately so can the demographic
There is so much that goes into your success. Usually it is what between your ears not your hips that is the problem. Get the mindset that you CAN....that you will DO anything possible to make this happen you WILL see results!
I also would like to suggest that you don't get caught up with eating too much low point food. I know... it sound weird right? But the truth is if you eat a bunch of veggies and essentially 0 point food for your meal and then graze the rest of the night on low point (fat free, artificially sweetened) foods, then your body never really gets the real food and nutrients that it wants and needs. Your body also gets so used to digesting the same foods over and over again that you actually start to gain weight and feel extremely bloated... I speak from experience. Now you might be thinking "But if I don't eat a BUNCH of low point foods then I'll be hungry in like 2 minutes!!!"... that's what I thought too but in fact the opposite is true, your body will stay satisfied and full longer on real foods and good fats than on sugar packed, fat free foods. Also, don't lose sight of portion size... yes maybe a HEAPING plate of veggies is 0 points but with weight watchers 0+0+0+0 doesn't equal 0So even with 0 point foods you have to keep in mind how large a portion size really is... keep checking those labels~ Pay attention to the good health guidelines(those of you that know me ~I carry these in my notebook, next to my food journal) and the details.
Really stick to your PointsPlus each day, and find healthy vegetables that you can cook in a tasty way. You are not going to have long term success on ww continuing to eat processed food or junk food even if it is low points.
If you start off choosing real, healthy, whole foods and work on portion control its a lot easier to stick to and you don't feel like you're "dieting", just eating healthy. Now I find I'm completely satisfied with eating healthy foods and actually sometimes have trouble eating all my points for the day. It's really changed the way I eat for life, not just a quick fix. Make sure you go into it with the right mindset.
A little tip I use~ Take your daily points and x by 7 for a weekly total. Now, NEVER have the same amount of points two days in a row, mix it up. For instance, one day go under your daily point, the next go over, the next have your daily point, etc. at the end of the week you shouldn't have gone over your weekly point balance.
Healthy Pumpkin Bites Recipe(makes 14 or 28)
1/2 cup peanut butter (or any of your favorite nut butters)
1 15 ounce can pumpkin
1/2 cup whole nuts (choose your favorite)
1 ½ cup total of dried fruits (cherries, cranberries, apricots, raisins, coconut, etc.)
1 cup rolled oats
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice (optional)
4 tablespoons maple syrup (or to taste)
Preheat oven to 350 F. In a food processor, coarsely chop nuts and dried fruits. Mix nut butter and pumpkin until a well blended. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix. Taste to ensure the right level of spice and sweetness. Spoon into lightly greased muffin cups and bake for 30-35 minutes. Can be stored in refrigerator for 5 days.
For one pumpkin bite (14 in recipe) = 168 calories, 6.9 g fat, 25.2 g carbohydrates, 4.6 g protein, 3.0 g fiber, 47 mg sodium, 5 PointsPlus
~snackgirl recipes
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