Category — Weight Watchers

A few days ago, I chose to wear some spandex yoga pants around the house for the day.  I wasn’t going anywhere, and they were really comfortable.  When I’m at home, comfort is of utmost importance.

The first hour I had the pants on, I thought to myself, “This is great motivation to get in shape.  I  need a reminder to start Weight Watchers, and this is doing it for me.”  These were my thoughts for the first hour or two that I wore the pants, every time I passed a mirror.  Motivation is a good thing, so I kept them on.  I even began writing a blog post in my head entitled, “The Beauty of Spandex”.

Later that day, I found myself to be in a really foul mood, and I wasn’t sure why.  Jared wanted to know why, too, so we started talking about it.  It didn’t take me long to realize that it was the freaking pants.  They were making me feel like crap about myself.  I  had gone from feeling motivated to do something about my flab to absolutely despising the fact that I looked horrible in the pants.  The blog post in my head quickly changed to “The Horror of Spandex”.

It’s great to be motivated every now and then, and the spandex did it for a brief period of time.  However, I’m not sure the beauty of being motivated outweighed the horror I felt every time I passed a mirror.

Plans for next week:  Hit the YMCA for some cardio pilates and swimming.  Oh, and Weight Watchers will once again be entering my life!

I may even start blogging over here again.

As I’ve mentioned before, I do Weight Watchers and I’m a lifetime member.  I got way off track over this past year and ended up going over my goal weight.  So, for the past month or so, I’ve been counting my points again.  Today, I came home from the “Y” starving, and wanted to find something quick.  So, I cut a pita in half (only using half) and spread hummus (homemade) on the inside.  Then, I stuffed it with yellow pepper and 4 bite-size pieces of sesame chicken (leftovers from last night) and topped it off with a little mozzarella cheese.  I stuck it in the microwave for 10 seconds to melt the cheese and that was it.  It was so good and listen to how many points total…………..5!(and I probably over-estimated)  I’m finding that I love the challenge of looking for as much food as I can eat for the lowest points.  If I choose things that have high points, I’m going to be hungrier because I can’t eat as much.  But, if I choose foods that are low in points and high in fiber, I am satisfied most days.