journaling your way to a thin, new you!
A big part of the Weight Watcher's FLEX Points plan is journaling. If you are not dedicated about keeping your journal, it's probably not going to work well for you. It may work, but it will work a whole lot better if you journal!
If you don't want to journal, try the CORE plan where you can eat as much as you want (w/i reason) of only a select list of foods. I like the FLEX plan because I can literally eat anything I want.
I have a friend who refuses to journal properly. She writes things down, but just on scraps of paper. It's unlikely that she is going to be able to look back at last week when she had ... and see how many points it was, because that scrap of paper is who knows where. So, she's got to re-figure the points for just about everything she eats.
I am a dedicated journaler -- hence the blog...
I keep up with how much I eat (the points), how much I exercise, my weight, how much water I drink, fruits/vegetable I consume, how many servings of milk I have per day, etc., etc., etc. And it's all in a nice, neat, weekly journal system that Weight Watchers give you for FREE (one of the few things you get from them for free) called the "QuickTrak System." Now, they have some you can buy that are spiral bound, etc. but I like these free one basically because they are small, they fit well in my purse, and, best of all, they're FREE!
TIP: I don't always write what I "ate", usually, I write what I am going to eat. That way, I can plan my day and know I am going to get exactly 22 (or whatever) points.
If you are struggling with your weight, let me encourage you to journal your way to a thin, new you! And don't be embarrassed about measuring your portions, carrying your lunch to work or even a bottle of your favorite dressing to a restaurant.
If you don't want to journal, try the CORE plan where you can eat as much as you want (w/i reason) of only a select list of foods. I like the FLEX plan because I can literally eat anything I want.
I have a friend who refuses to journal properly. She writes things down, but just on scraps of paper. It's unlikely that she is going to be able to look back at last week when she had ... and see how many points it was, because that scrap of paper is who knows where. So, she's got to re-figure the points for just about everything she eats.
I am a dedicated journaler -- hence the blog...
I keep up with how much I eat (the points), how much I exercise, my weight, how much water I drink, fruits/vegetable I consume, how many servings of milk I have per day, etc., etc., etc. And it's all in a nice, neat, weekly journal system that Weight Watchers give you for FREE (one of the few things you get from them for free) called the "QuickTrak System." Now, they have some you can buy that are spiral bound, etc. but I like these free one basically because they are small, they fit well in my purse, and, best of all, they're FREE!
TIP: I don't always write what I "ate", usually, I write what I am going to eat. That way, I can plan my day and know I am going to get exactly 22 (or whatever) points.
If you are struggling with your weight, let me encourage you to journal your way to a thin, new you! And don't be embarrassed about measuring your portions, carrying your lunch to work or even a bottle of your favorite dressing to a restaurant.
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