End of Week 2 -- Another Good Week

Today was my Weight Watcher's Meeting.  It was another good week -- I lost 1.6 pounds!  I was happy, because you never know what's going to happen after that first week especially with a large loss the week before.  I was much more successful during this week than the first.  I tracked every day.  Goal #1 continued!  And I ate breakfast every day.  Goal #2 continued!  

The third goal I set for myself last week was conquering my afternoon & evening snacking -- especially my evening snacking!  And I'm happy to say that I made a plan & I stuck to it.  I planned snacks that were indulgent & satisfied me but were within my daily & weekly points.  So here's what I did:  Apples have become my best friend.  I like eating one in the late afternoon.  It stays my hunger until dinner.  I even bought an apple corer/slicer.  In the evening, I (obviously) crave either salty or sweet (or sometimes both!).  For salty, I have crackers and a 1 point Laughing Cow cheese wedge or a 2 point Weight Watcher Cream Cheese and I spread them on the crackers.  Or I have a bag of 94% FF Popcorn.  For a sweet treat, I like ice cream but if I get a 1/2 gallon of ice cream -- forget it!  So I bought Weight Watchers Ice Cream Cups or Skinny Cow Ice Cream Cups.  Then I make myself a banana split -- 1/2 of a WW Ice Cream Cup (2 pts.), 1/2 of a banana (free), 4 T. of Light (aerosol) whipped cream (1 pt.), and 4 maraschino cherries (1 pt.) = 4 points.  If I have enough extra points, I've also added a chocolate Vitatop muffin (3 pts.).  I also like the WW Dark Chocolate Raspberry Chocolate Bars (2 pts.).  They're also good to break up on top of a banana for a banana split.  But the biggest point is that I plan ahead for it and have something to look forward to while I'm watching TV.

My goal for this week is to continue with goals 1, 2, & 3.  After all, it takes 21 days to form a habit and I've only been doing goal 1 & 2 for 14 days.  I had hoped this week to add some activity, but this week hasn't cooperated so far.  I was going to designate this week as my heavy lifting/cleaning week, but my back isn't cooperating with me.  So I'm just going to have to do light cleaning.

My challenge for this week is that my mother & I are flying to see my daughter.  We'll be visiting from Friday morning through Monday morning.  I'll be able to track on my Iphone & use my extra points.  I just have to save for the rest of the week before we go.

Hope you are all having a good week.  Until next Tuesday!