Week One!

Well, week one wasn't as amazing as I'd hoped. I'm doing the Weight Watchers for nursing moms and they suggest I eat 48 points a day. HOLY COW! That's a lot of points. So, in an effort to not end up gaining 10lbs my first week... I started at 40 points instead of 48. The results: I gained 0.6lbs. ugh. So I've bumped it down to 38 points. We'll see how that goes.

Struggles for the week: Girl Scout cookes! Can I hear an "Amen?" Those things nearly killed me this weekend. And staying at my parents' for the weekend got me, too. Why is it always harder to eat healthy when you're at your parents'? My mom is even on Weight Watchers, too. But we had a birthday party for my brother. Spaghetti, garlic bread (that's the problem right there) and a yummy pumpkin cake. Whew. So I ate too much. But I've been doing ok since then. Every day is a new day, right?

Fun Points Plus fact for today: There is some bread that's still 1 point per slice. Nature's Own 100% Whole Wheat bread is one point per slice. But all bread (that I've found so far) is 3 points for two slices. So there you go. Also, check those sandwich rounds that are so popular right now.... many of them are still 3 points for the two pieces.

Here's what I've found out about bread (and really, anything else): if you want to figure the points really quickly without getting out the calculator, there are a few quick tricks. 1) 11 Carbohydrates is the 1 point cut off. The only way for something with more than 11 Carbs to be less than 2 points is for it to have 3 or more grams of Fiber. 2)Fat doesn't make as big a difference in points as Protein does. The more protein... the more points. BUT remember that protein is good! It's better to use points on protein than anything else. The big place protein gets you is in some of the breads. They may be good on carbs and fiber.... but the protein may take it up to more points that you'd like to use on bread.

Ok. So the goal for this week: lose 2 lbs. I figure this is a good goal because my weight loss timeline is 1 pound per week. So losing 2 lbs this week will put me at 2 lbs in 2 weeks :).
Also, drink more water!

Week two.... here we go!