Friday struggles

Saturday was my WW meeting day and weigh-in.  I was looking forward to it because I was feeling good and really worked hard.

Friday evenings are tough for me.  It's probably a good thing that I weigh-in on Saturday morning or every Friday would be an eating-fest. After a long week I am tired.  I don't want to cook anything healthy.  I don't want to take the time and energy to try anymore.  The tirednesss I am feeling makes me feel mentally hungry.   It's something I struggle with each and every week. This week was no different. I wanted to eat everything.  I held back by eating lots of fruits and vegetables.

That evening, Bryan said he would cook dinner.  I didn't argue.  He went to the corner Sentry and picked up some chicken sausages to grill.  He made a wonderful dinner and I didn't have to cook it.  I did have to eat it though.  I controlled myself with the chips.  Bryan chuckled at me when he walked into the kitchen and I was weighing my tortilla chips.  I ate my 1 ounce of chips with my fat free salsa and enjoyed it.  I tracked the 4 PointsPlus Values.

While Bryan was grilling I calculated our bread choices.  I had 2 choices in buns and some pita pockets.  The whole wheat hot dog buns won hands down.  They were 3 points.  The white brat buns I had were 7!  The pita pockets were 1 but they were tiny and I knew I wouldn't enjoy them as much with the chicken brat. I also calculated the chicken brat.  They were 4 points each.  I tracked each thing as I figured out the points so I wouldn't leave anything to chance.  I had worked so hard all week and I didn't want my efforts forgotten because of my Friday exhaustion.

I made veggies on the stove while Bryan finished grilling so we would have a balance meal with plenty of filling options.  I ate my dinner, enjoyed it and had 4 points left.  I was thinking about what I would use my last 4 points for when Bryan came in the house with his own homemade, grilled potato chips.  I was so glad I hadn't eaten those last 4 points yet.  It was a wonderful meal.  It was filling because we made healthy choices. I also got to fill my need to eat because of the lower points plus values of the foods.

I went to bed feeling quite full......not because I had eaten too much but because I made good healthy, filling choices that filled my belly.

Saturday morning I woke up feeling excited to get to my meeting.  The only thing that worried me is that I felt bloated.  I felt like I was retaining water.  I decided that I knew how well I did and that I should lose weight but if I didn't lose much I would know that it was just water retention.  I was thrilled to see my hard work pay off.  I lost 2.2 pounds.  It was well worth it.

Corinna

"Be careful that you do not entertain a mean thought, thinking, 'The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,' and therefore view your needy neighbor with hostility and give nothing; your neighbor might cry to the Lord against you, and you would incur guilt. Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so, for on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake. Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I therefore command you, 'Open your hand tot the poor and needy neighbor in your land.'" -Deuteronomy 15:9-11