Patience is really a virtue. 28 weeks or 7 months on weight watchers w/ boxing has really paid off. I have lost a total of 35 pounds. I am 4 lbs aways from the ultimate goal and I feel great! Still not used to the compliments but hell, much - way better than mistaken for being 7 months pregnant.I try to go to the gym atleast 4 times a week and still keep track of what I eat daily with my food journal. I am constantly challenged to go beyond my limits when its comes to my endurance, whereas before when I am almost out of breathe with running for just a minute, I am proud to say that it's really an achievement on my part, one who has never been inclined to any kind of sport, to be able to run 10 minutes straight. I dream of being a triathlete like my dad, but I try to be realistic, and take it a day at a time. I despise my nasty habit of smoking which I intend to quit anytime soon and I am hopeful that anytime soon I will actually learn how to swim. My usual routine at the gym is 30 minutes on the treadmill, 6 rounds in the boxing ring and then i lift weights. That's about it. Being enrolled at boxing for 7 months straight now, I am honestly getting bored most days. Although i still prefer boxing among any other form of exercise, I intend to maybe run, swim or go biking in the future.
My Food journal. For 7 months straight, I have kept with me a food journal where I keep track of what i eat daily. At the end of the day, before i go to bed, I write in it what I have been consuming for the whole day. From 21 points in weight watchers, I am now down to 18. The lowest possible points for women in this program. I try to religously go to the gym because if I dont, I wouldnt be able to add extra points for the day. 18 points is not a lot. With boxing I am able to add more or less 4 points to my daily allowance in points. I know it sounds a lot of work when I talk about points, the points system with food but trust me, when you're on weight watchers for a month, you would memorize most foods like the back of your hand.
In the end, the truth is, this really works. Since I started on WW, there is not a week that passed that I did not have alcohol. Me and the hubby, when we are not out drinking with friends, we have a bottle of beer or two at least once a week. I have given up sugar for the whole 6 months on WW and it was only about 2 weeks ago when I started eating desserts again. I still avoid the fatty and fried stuff but lately, I have been treating myself to a slice or 2 or pizza.
I am almost there, 4 lbs to the 108th. I have never been this thin since the 90's. I intend to lose up to 107lbs, so I can eat it all back upto the 112th lb, my ideal weight. Whats my secret? PATIENCE, DISCIPLINE and CONTROL.
When hungry, tempted and depressed, my mentality is : NATIKMAN KO NA YAN ALAM KO NA LASA NIYAN! hahahahah.
I will post here soon my great finds of weigh watcher friendly items. But in the meantime here are my favorite WW items:
1. 94% fat free popcorn ( jolly) -1pt per BAG. Yes the whole bag so don't share!
2. Beef pho of phoa, 1 regular serving (with just the flank) roughly 6-7 pts per bowl
3. Swiss miss diet 0. Yes 0 siya.
4. Pure foods corned beef with chilli garlic (the spicy variant) with 1/2 cabbage: 1 fat can 4.5 pts. Believe me 1/2 c of this is enough to keep you stuffed.
5. Starbucks tall iced latte with non fat milk and 2 splendas (my ate thinks 3 is better, but it's way too sweet) = 2 pts.
6. Nestle fat free, sugar free ice cream 1 cup 2 points (sold at all mercury grocery type branches)
7. One one biscuit spicy flavor one pack 1pt
8. Corn on the cob 1 pt
9. Mcdo cheeseburger 7 pts
10. Lucky me sotanghon lite small wet cup = 2 pts. :)
My favorite low point Filipino dishes home cooked of course:
1. Chicken pochero with 2 drumsticks , 1/2 c sauce and tons of veggies 4 pts
2. Adobo Pusit 1 c 3pts
3. Sinigang or steamed shrimp 1 c 2-3 pts
4. Adobo chicken drumsticks 2 pcs - 2 pts
5. Chicken tinola 1 c - 3-4 pts
6. Pork ribs Sinigang, 1c soup, load of veggies 2 pcs ribs- 4 pts
7. Bangus inihaw 1 c 4 pts
8. Inihaw liempo one piece without fat 4 pts
9. Fish tausi 1 c 4 pts
10. Sinampalukang Manok 1 c 4 pts
I will try to post more great finds for WW friendly items soon! :)
