Saturday, November 1, 2008

Week #5 / 218.4 lbs


I just completed my fourth week following the WW plan.  Got up early (again) and made it to my meeting.  I was down 2.8 lbs this week.  Amazingly enough, even with only losing 2.8 lbs I was still the biggest loser and came home with the trophy.  I guess that feels kinda good.  2.8 doesn't seem like that much, but if I lost 2.8 lbs each week until the new year that would be another 22 lbs and that does seem like a lot.  I guess it all adds up.  
What did we talk about in the meeting today?  Eating foods that are both visually and physically satisfying.  Which pretty much means to me, the more food the merrier.  It's all about quantity and not quality.  I would rather eat 3 cups of nonfat plain yogurt for 3 points than 1 cup of regular flavored yogurt for 3 points, even though the latter would taste so much better.  But enough about that.  

I seem to be on a funky weight loss pattern.  10 lbs, 2 lbs, 4 lbs, 2 lbs...  will I lose more than 2 lbs this coming week to continue the pattern?  They say (they being Jillian from The Biggest Loser), that for women, 1/2 lb per day is healthy to lose when eating good and exercising.  So even though I feel like my weight loss is slowing down, it may not be.  The first time I did WW, I hit a plateau and stopped losing.  I wasn't gaining, but I wasn't losing either.  I read some of the message boards on ww.com and was introduced to The Wendie Plan.  The point is to trick your metabolism into never knowing how much you're going to eat, so it constantly has to work hard.  I tried it and it worked.  It really makes sense too.  So, if I hit another plateau, I guess I know what to try.  It makes me wonder though if it wouldn't be such a bad idea to try now.  Maybe I'd have another awesome week (like week #1).  Something to think about. 

By the way, I love the show The Biggest Loser.  It's a good mid-week motivational.  

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