My plan was to go to the gym first thing on Thanksgiving morning for a 90 min spin class -- which was the same plan as 25 other people who got there before me. LOL So I jumped on the treadmill and did week 1, day 1 of C25k then an extran 20 minutes of walking. Hit my activity baseline for the day before I even left the gym.
That's a great plan!
I have worked hard this week and I hope to be rewarded with a good loss! I'm still struggling to get to my 10%. I have to lose 24 lbs to get that and 25lbs is my first goal....so after 5 months, I'm still working for those 2 small goals.
It's going to be SO exciting when you hit one, then the other, goal! Or both together! (I personally would want them separate, because if you do one where they announce your loss, like the 25 lbs, AND the percentage, then people can figure out what you were before...especially that early on I wanted a bit more privacy with the numbers, know what I mean?)
Oh, I had a plan alright. I planned to eat and enjoy. The food at the restaurant on Thanksgiving day was wonderful. I ate one serving more of stuffing than I should have because I went from full to miserable. But having overindulged actually reinforced my determination to eat within my points.
I like your plan, too.
And you are SO right about how overindulging makes you stronger in the future. It just doesn't feel great.
I hope your husband gets things figured out soon and starts healing up from whatever is going on!
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Today at our meeting (I go to meetings each week still because if I don't go I'll start backsliding!) I think my leader was using me as a "she can tell a member stuff that I can't because my boss is here and I have to say exactly what WW wants me to say" person. I had mentioned in the meeting that I eat all Daily, Weekly, and carefully calculated Activity points, and a woman was fascinated by this. She has been afraid of even touching Weeklies, but she's HUNGRY. I talked to her about that, and as she was asking about Activity points my leader came over. The woman wondered out loud if you're just eating back all your points, and the leader couldn't really say anything. I said "if our leader weren't standing here and if her boss weren't over there I would tell you more, but basically if you work out you burn
this much, but you eat back only
this much, so you're still at a deficit." The leader was able to nod, because she has heard me talk about what the Community people say on ww.com, that basically it's 80 calories burned to make one activity points, but then a point you eat is only approximately 40 calories. Therefore, you're still at a deficit. That's the basics. But the leader couldn't say that out loud, especially with her boss there.
Wow that was a long paragraph.
And during the meeting I was so glad to finally use ALL my words, and explain how I came to use all the points (slowly...first Weeklies for a month to see how I did, then started with the carefully calculated Activities for a month to see how I did), and that not everyone CAN do it, but especially if you are *hungry* it's a great idea to TRY, and see if they are a person that can do it. Hopefully I emphasized to her the importance of trying it for a really solid period of time...for me it was a month...and not to give up after one week. After all, one week could just mean the extra weight of the food you've eaten, and might not be based on the *calories* and what your body did with them, at all!
I don't always manage to get out all of that, so I was so happy I kept my wits about me and said it all.
. I am going to work really hard at doing this myself, and if it does not work I will go back to meetings. I know exactly what I need to do, I just need to do it! I would like to loose 30 pounds total.
). Had puffed wheat for breakfast which tasted weird at first but wa quick and filled me up so did the job 
