Feeling Weak, Week 2

My weeks start and end on Thursday evenings. Does that even make sense? Well the good news is, it doesn't have to make sense to you, only to me. Week 2 of my forever journey started off great. Basically, last Thursday evening, even Friday morning and afternoon was a walk in the park. Then Friday evening hit. I was hungry.  I was tired, which made me angry. I guess I was "hangry!" I stayed :"hangry" until Monday. I honestly don't know what the heck was going on but I was getting in my daily points, eating 'good for me' food and actually good tasting food too, but I was miserable. Last time I did weight watchers, I remember sitting in a meeting and the question was asked, "What is the difference between appetite and hunger?" Well, as a class we decided appetite was when you might be watching t.v. and a commercial comes on for your favorite fast food restaurant and suddenly you just HAVE to have that. Or if you're like me and you find yourself watching hours of the food network or the cooking channel, (with a bib on to catch your drool....) that is appetite. Hunger is the feeling of weakness, you might not feel well, perhaps you are shaking and that little growly noise you get in your tummy appears. Ya. I was definitely HUNGRY! I'm so glad I took that little tool with me from my last go around with WW and can measure appetite vs. hunger. Tuesday morning I decided I would up my protein during breakfast, to see if it would sustain me a bit longer. Guess what? It totally worked! I ended up making some scrambled eggs, but added black beans, salsa and a (shredded) piece of string cheese. So tasty, and so fulfilling, in more ways than one. After I wasn't miserable, I knew I could make it just a few more days until my next weigh in, which was TONIGHT! I know the suspense is killing you. Tonight we talked about how to turn your "Why" into "How." I know WHY I joined WW. Simply put, I feel like crap, I sweat like a whore, and I don't want to wear polyester stretchy pants when I'm 40. I'm sooooo going to rock the blingiest back pockets on my 40th birthday! YOU. JUST. WAIT! So I need to figure out HOW I'm going to get to that goal and stay there until my 99th birthday. I can tell I've already started my mental thinking on HOW I'm going to do this. I am already looking at food differently. Am I going to choose a handful of crackers or a banana? Well let's see. The crackers have a 3 point value (for 6 wheat thins btw) and a banana has 0 points value. Hmmm. I think I'll have the banana now, and save the 3 points for a few croutons on my salad at dinner. Am I deprived? I dont' feel deprived. I still get those 3 points and it's going to make my rabbit food salad taste soooo divine come dinner time! I'm getting there. And with all of you cheering me on, it will be a victory we can all celebrate!


Weighing in:
I am making it a goal to get a bit more water in this week. Not going to lie. When you work in education it's not super easy to escape and go to the bathroom, so the water intake isn't as much as it could be throughout the day. Wish me luck.
Week 2: (4/23/2015) -4.6
Total loss to date: 10.4