ladyBOT’s Weight Watchen Blog

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After traveling to every best buy, gamestop, circuit city, walmart, target (etc) in town, I finally found a Wii Fit board.  By found, I mean waited in line outside of Toys R Us before opening when they got a shipment in.  This is how I plan to up my weight loss game.  Up until now, I have only changed my diet habits.  I have been pretty lazy in general when it comes to exercising.  If you haven’t heard of the Wii Fit yet, I recommend checking it out.  It is a video game for the Nintendo Wii.  It comes with a Wii Fit balance board and game.  I love it!  The game tracks everything for you.  When you log in to your account, there is a calendar showing you all the days you have worked out.  You can test your weight and BMI everyday and it automatically puts your progress into an easy to read chart.  The training exercises are in four categories: Yoga, Strength Training, Aerobics, and Games.  The games use the board to track your center of balance and to interact between your movements and what you are seeing on screen.  It is a lot harder than it seems!  The strength training includes ab workouts, pushups, lunges, and more.  Not only are they a great workout, they are a lot of fun.  The strength training and yoga has a personal training who teaches you the moves and you can follow along with their lead.  The game logs in your minutes of activity and awards you new moves or higher repetitions as your get better.  I suggest this program, it is a fun and easy way to get daily exercise.  It costs $90, and is hard to find (call before you look, trust me).

My current goal is to dedicate AT LEAST 30 minutes a day to the Wii Fit.  I also intend on exercising more beyond the wii fit.  I will keep you posted.  Wish me luck!

Also check out this Wii Fit player’s success story:

http://www.4colorrebellion.com/archives/2008/04/02/the-great-experiment-wii-fit-%E2%80%93-final-report-or-how-i-lost-10-pounds-in-7-weeks-by-playing-video-games/

Most of us work the Mon-Friday 8-5 type schedule. I have used this routine to benefit my weight watching efforts. After internet studying, studying, studying, I have found ways to help stay satisfied through the day. One of the most valuable things I have learned is that protein and fiber and a must in not feeling starving. Also, most sites and books suggest eating every 2-3 hours. Now, in my normal life, this is pretty impossible. When it comes to being at the office, it is COMPLETELY do-able and EASY! Think about it, we are always in front of a clock (if not staring at it all day). Most of people use some sort of planner like Microsoft Outlook. I have begun planning my “meals” during work into small snacks. Lately I have been consuming only 5 points while at work then I have 15 points left for the evening! This is when I am very disciplined! If you keep each snack/meal to 1-2 points during the day, it helps a lot. For me, being at home or with friends is the hardest time to stay on track, so why not give yourself the most points for that part of the day? Here is an example of my day:

7:30 am - Non Fat Latte (2 pts) - The protein in the milk holds me over until its time for a breakfast snack.

9-10 am - Low Fat String Cheese, Apple (2 pts) Protein in the cheese and fiber from the apple.

12:00 pm - Boca Veggie Patty & 1 Cup Progresso O point soup (1 pt) Once again, protein and fiber

2:00 pm - Peanut Butter Granola Bar (2 points)

When I get off of work I will have another 1-2 point snack with fiber & protein (yogurt, applesauce, etc.) This will hold me over until dinnertime.

Now you have a good amount of points left for dinner! I know it sounds crazy to have such small portions for lunch, but when you are eating so often, you are never hungry. Also, its easy to stay on schedule because you can easily pay attention to the time. Also, bagging your lunch will save you a lot of money. (Those lunch time restaurants add up, fast)

I would just like to say, I realize that I my weight loss goals are much smaller than many here.  I still relate to feeling insecure, unhealthy, and unsatisfied with my body.  I am just under 5′2″.  In the last couple of year my unhealthy habits have started to take over.  A couple of months ago, when I stopped being able to button EVERY pair of pants (one by one, they all stopped fitting), it was evident that I was going down the wrong road.  I had gained 15 pounds in about a year and I felt sluggish, depressed, and fat.  My parents have both been successful with weight watchers so I chose to follow in their steps.  I am going to start posting my weekly weigh-ins.  Enjoy. 

Date - Weight

03/30/08 - 128

04/06/08 - 127

04/13/08 - 126

04/20/08 - 125

04/27/08 - 124

05/04/08 - 124

05/11/08 - 122

05/18/08 - 124

Egg Scrambles

Since the egg is 2 points, you can either use 3 egg whites (0 pts), 1 egg, 2 whites (2 pts), or 1 egg (half the yolk), 2 whites (1 pt).

From there I chop up and throw in whatever veggies I have on hand.  (Onions, bellpepper, frozen veggies, spinach).  (0pts)

If you have a point to spare chop up and add 1 point worth of turkey hot dog, lunch meat, bacon, chicken, etc.

 This is an EXCELLENT treat for only 0-3 points!  Oh, and eat it with a little hot sauce (YUMMY).

Help!  I need motivation to lose those last 10 pounds!!!