Weigh-In: Week 4 & All About Smart Points!

I'm 4 weeks in and still feeling good about it!  Not having trouble resisting temptation but I do find myself feeling hungry a lot.  Not a sensation I felt often with my previous eating habits.  :(  I have had no trouble staying within my points limits and haven't yet touched the "weekly points" that WW gives you.

For those not familiar with Weight Watchers, they just began a new program "Beyond the Scale" and switched to a new system based on Smart Points.  The Smart Points you get to eat daily are calculated on your age, weight, height and activity level.  Then every time you eat something you keep track of it's points value and just have to stay within your points.  You also get additional weekly points to use if you happen to go over occasionally or to have a special treat or meal each week.  The points value of a food is based on calories, saturated fat, protein and sugar.  The point value of a food starts with the calories but then if it is high in protein the value goes down and if it is high in saturated fats or sugars the value goes up.  You can eat anything you like but the points values of foods encourages you to eat the healthy foods.  Most fruits and vegetables are zero points to encourage you to choose them.  It sounds complicated but it really is simple.  If you are eating a prepackaged item or anything with a barcode you just use your smart phone to track it by opening your WW app and scanning the barcode.  The food will pop up and you just adjust the serving size to however much you ate and it will add the points for you.  If you are making a recipe you can put the ingredients into the WW recipe calculator and it will tell you how many points it is per serving.  Easy peasy!  I track everything on my phone or my mac book (it's all linked) and it's really simple!

Ok, so back to the weigh-in...

This week's loss:  -2.4  
Total Loss to Date: -16.8

Of course I wanted more but I am going to consider any week with a 2+ pound loss a success.  At 2 pounds a week I would be down 104 pounds at the end of the year.  I'm headed in the right direction...

Oh and I got my THIRD 5 pound sticker!!  Only 17 more and I will have lost 100 pounds! :)