This week was definitely an adjustment. It started off with me going 5-points over last Saturday. I definitely got it together the rest of the week, and didn't go over again. But by Tuesday and Wednesday, I was noticing a trend: I couldn't finish anything. I've been bringing frozen Weight Watchers meals to work to eat at lunch, and I can't finish them because I get full. I knew my stomach would shrink once I started watching my portions, but this is very weird to me.

On Thursday I went to a jewelry party a friend of mine was throwing, and I knew there would be some pretty high-calorie hors d'oeuvres there. So I ate pretty lightly throughout the day, to save my points so I could have a few of them. As I drove over, to try to make sure I wasn't too hungry when I got there, I had an apple. A fairly small apple. And I was *stuffed*. I can't even explain it, I was almost uncomfortably full. From an apple. What?

By Wednesday on, I was ending the day with a ton of points left, which I know isn't good, because I can't starve myself. But during the workday, I get distracted and forget to eat every couple of hours, which is what I have to do to get my points in since I can't eat very much at one sitting. It was not uncommon for me to get to lunchtime and have eaten only 3 or 4 points. So my challenge this week is to make sure I take the time to eat at regular intervals throughout my day. Also, I want to find a lunch with some good protein that I can eat that I can finish in one sitting, since most of my grazing throughout the day is on fruits & vegetables or yogurt or something like that.

I didn't make my workout goal this week, and it's entirely due to poor decisions on my part. I wanted to work out 3 days this week, so I chose Monday, Wednesday & Friday. I worked out Monday, but Wednesday morning I was so tired that I went back to bed, deciding to work out Thursday & Friday. Thursday I woke up to a sheet of ice in my parking lot, so that was off, and then Friday I mentally said screw it and kept hitting snooze until I had to get up to get ready for work. This week, I will take no excuses from me: three days to the gym, no matter what. So many people who've had success on Weight Watchers have told me that they wished they'd started exercising earlier, because they would have reached their goal sooner and I want to learn from that, and not make the same mistake. Okay, enough blabbing:

Week 3:
Current Weight: 247.0
10% Goal: 230.6
Change: -3.0 this week / -8.6 total
Total to Goal: 16.4

Inches lost since 11/18/06: 2.5