It's Been A Good Week!

This morning was my weekly Weight Watcher's meeting.  I was looking forward to it because I knew that I would have a weight loss.  I always do following the week that I go back on program & track.  And I was right!  I lost 4.2 pounds this week!  As for my goals for the week, I tracked everything I ate every day and I ate breakfast every morning.  So I completed my goals for the week.  Now that doesn't mean that I did everything right this week.  In fact, I'll confess that I went over my weekly points and I had problems with evening snacking.  We went out to eat on Saturday night and I didn't really plan ahead for it, so that really put me over the top.

So this week's topic during Weight Watcher's meetings was planning ahead.  How appropriate!  I usually do pretty good at planning out my week's meals, even when going out.  But planning for evening munchies has always been my downfall.  Also, sometimes I have problems in the late afternoon before dinner.

So my goal this week is to continue to track everything and eat breakfast each day.  I am also going to add planning strategies to keep myself from becoming bored in the late afternoon & during the evening so I won't sit & watch TV & eat!

Here's my strategy for planning for evenings:  On Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday evenings, I have evening activities.  However, when I get home from those activities, I will sometimes be overcome by the munchies.  So I'm going to plan a "when I get home" snack that will be special & satisfying.  On Thursday & Friday evenings, I don't have any evening activities so I need to come up with some activities to keep my hands busy during the evening while I'm watching TV and then add my "special treat" sometime during that time.  Weekends are another thing entirely & I'll work on that another week.  I think tackling Monday through Friday is enough for now.

Any of you that are reading this blog, if you have suggestions, please let me know.