First week continues

Two more days down, and very different days they were, foodwise. Tuesday was a bit of a hollow day, I was just hungry all day and nothing seemed to fill me up. I didn't think I was doing too badly in terms of what I was eating, but it just wasn't enough and I was still hungry after all my daily points. I guess that's the point of the weekly propoints, and I used 6 of them.

I had pasta for lunch and was rather shocked that 100g (uncooked) of penne was 10 propoints. The sauce was a small tin of tuna in spring water with tomato and veg so not too "expensive" in terms of points and it boosted my veg intake for the day.

Dinner was oven cooked battered fish, surprisingly low in propoints, with salad. I splurged on some mayo to go with it.

I was so hungry though that I felt really down about it and was thinking I was going to struggle.

Today was better, I had scrambled eggs for lunch and that filled me up more so I wasn't as hungry. Tea was a bit of a scrounge and was fish fingers and oven chips with sweetcorn, but again, not as high in propoints as I thought it might be. I was left with enough points at the end of the day to have sticky toffee pudding and a small scoop of ice cream without using any more of my weekly points.

I'll be very interested to see whether I lose weight this week. I can't exercise yet as I'm still recovering from the surgery (and driving today just about did me in). I imagine if I was moving a lot more as well it would be more effective. I don't feel like I'm eating any differently, although I have made a bit of a fruit and veg effort (not so much today) so that's got to be a good thing anyway.

At the end of day 4 I'm feeling good although I need to go shopping so that there are plenty of healthy and filling foods in the house!

Day 2 - So far so good

At the end of play today I've eaten my 46 points plus 3 weekly points. I had a load of salad with my tea and even had an apple and grapes during the day, increasing my normal fruit intake by two. I'm not feeling deprived, I had a glass of coke with dinner and had a chocolate bar earlier as well.

Let's see if I resist the ice cream or dig further into my weekly points.

I've been exploring the site and have found some recipes that sound good so I'm looking forward to trying those. Now I just need a decent set of scales before weigh in next week (or should I use the pay scales in Boots?).

So today's food:
Toast and jam
1 apple

Salami and tomato quesadilla
Bunch of grapes

Lamb kebab/beef burger
Salad
Bread
Homemade dressing

Bliss bar
Twix finger
Coke

Doesn't look like a diet, does it?

...nothing as of yet

So if you read my other blog, you'll know that I had my gall bladder out this week. I have been told that people often find they gain weight after this, and quite frankly I can't afford to do that. In order to do something about it, I've joined Weight Watchers online. I've done WW before, but this new ProPoints plan is very different to previous plans I've done, so it's going to take some getting used to.

I've decided for the first day or so that I'll eat as normal and track what I eat to get used to the new points system and see how badly I'm doing. Today I've eaten all my daily points and 9 of my weekly points. Good thing I don't have anything big planned this week!

If you're following the new plan I'd love to hear how you're doing. What do you find easy/hard about it? Any pitfalls for me to watch out for? Leave a comment and let me know.