Thinking about ditching the crutch

When I first lost 30 pounds, I didn't use Weight Watchers. I used a free calorie counter online. And I'm frankly thinking that I shouldn't be spending all this money each month for something that I only use to log points. I could easily switch over to putting all my food on here, or maybe on PeerTrainer again.

What do you think, Internet? Or do you think I'll go crazy without WW?

Like my mom says, sometimes you have to get rid of something before you find out that you really need it. I just cancelled it. We'll see how things go...

Only two more hours until I'm off to kickboxing class. There's a Wednesday night bootcamp class I'm tempted to try, but I think that 3 days in a row of such high intensity stuff might be too much for me.

Long weekend, yay!

If you're going to eat chocolate, have the kind you'd take home to meet your
parents. ~ Victoria Moran

I started reading Victoria Moran's Fit from Within: 101 Simple Secrets to Change Your Body and Your Life--Starting Today and Lasting Forever. I really like Lesson #6: "Focus on Living a Quality Life." She suggests making your life richer through simple things, including eating quality food. I think it's a positive sign that I'm craving more veggies and whole grains lately; the food on Kath Eats Real Food and Green Lite Bites is inspiring me! I can't wait to try roasting a spaghetti squash.

Yesterday I went off plan to have dinner with a friend. I did make a point to do about an hour of cardio (elliptical, a little jogging and some walking). After we walked around, shopping, we were starving and ended up eating hamburgers. We did share some French fries rather than each having an entire order, and I did not have any alcohol. (I haven't had any alcohol or coffee for over a week now.)

This morning's weigh-in was 154.0 lbs. It was a very late weigh-in this morning. I slept in incredibly late (10:30am!!) for no particular reason. I ended up eating lunch rather than breakfast (leftover shrimp & gnocchi) and had roasted butternut squash, a tuna steak (from a pre-prepared package) and a scoop of the roommate's couscous for dinner. I've been snacking on clementines all day, too.

I've been toying with the idea of switching to the Core plan on Weight Watchers, but I'm so fond of many of my recipes that the idea seems daunting. I am going to try to increase the number of core foods that I eat in the hopes that it will be the best of both worlds.

The Call, she was too strong

I joined WeightWatchers online. After my sudden, shocking weight gain (153 pounds? From WHERE?) I felt the need to try something new. Thanks to WW, I have a completely new appreciation for vegetables. Either you eat them on the WW plan, or your stomach threatens to jump out of your body and beat you to death for not eating.

Things are going well despite the unholy stress spiral that is finals. I've finished two and I have one left, one that promises to bring me Glorious Death in the Trojan style (go watch 300 if you don't know what that is).

But I weighed myself this morning and I'm down to 146.8. That's the miracle that comes from working out to fend off stress while trying to save your weekly points for a weekend bender.