Measure, Track and Move

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Before and After...

Wanted to share this before and after picture I made. Sometimes I look at the old Charlotte and see her struggling to live. I am so glad today she found a way out. It is there for anyone for the taking. Currently I am at 164, I have been stuck there for 2 weeks. As you get down to the end it can take a while to get the last bit off. For my age, height and weight my range is 124-155. I have chosen 155, and if my body chooses to go lower then it will. After reaching goal, I will be on maintenance for 6 weeks. Pretty much it is doing the same thing over and over again. You gain back a few of the points to help you maintain and no longer lose.After the 6 weeks are up you are officially a WW Lifetime member and as long as you keep your weight in the range you will no longer need to pay. I used the think maintaining would be easy. I am now learning it is just another edition of the same book. I read today in a pamphlet about plateaus on WW that we must accept the plateaus as the process. Wow, even me, I need to hear those words of wisdom. I will forever always be a WW member first, and a WW staff member second. I know without a doubt I will always have issues with food and abusing it. I do know that I am an answer, it is WW and I plan to still attend meetings weekly and weigh weekly. I've seen too many friends reach goal and quit and stop, like they think they can go back to what it was like before. I like to call that "research", when you leave WW and then return heavier to declare again and again that you did the "research" and have returned for the help. Good thing is it is always there. It's what I love about WW, its people helping people who have been there, done that and have learned a different lifestyle. Charlotte

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Track, Write or Scribble.............

Weight Watchers is a program based on what you weigh tells you how many daily points you get to use daily. Kind of like a bank, and you spend as the day goes on and also there is a set of weekly points if you want to use you can, if you don't you don't. Well, for me and for many people I eat something and forget that I ate it. The easiest way for me to is track it, or write it down. The first iten shown is a Points Plus Calculator, it helps in figuring out the points and it also has a function built in it where you can store your points daily you've used. ,

With today's electronic technology there is in this world more and more gadgets to help make weight loss easier to us. Many phones that allow applications have applications you can download for free or a fee to check the points of an item or store your daily points.

I prefer to use a food diary. It doesn't have to be a WW food diary. It can be one you make, or one you printed off in the internet. The conveniece of doing WW online has it set up where you can go online and record your daily points intake. They also give weekly food diaries out at the WW meetings and they are FREE.

I actually prefer this the most, it is a 3 month tracker, at meetings it is about $6. I like it because it is easy for me to keep up with . WW has a suggested list of daily foods and they are listed on the left hand column for you to check, along with documenting exercise. The book is full of recipes and daily quotes and saying.

The bottom line to this is you need to track, write or scribble what you eat, every little bite, lick, taste or sip. It all adds up and it holds you accountable. It also helps you see where you might improve or you might keep doing what you're doing. It doesn't matter how it's done, just as long as you do it ! It also is helpful if you ever needed to show it to a dietician or your WW lecturer.

Charlotte Weddle

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Today's weigh in

Lost 4 1/2 lbs. this week ! Only 14 lbs. to my goal ! Grand total lost ~ 232 1/2 lbs.

Charlotte Weddle

Tools of the trade

For me having a good scale, especially one that weighed me when I was heavier was a tool I needed and still use today. I only weigh twice a week, on Saturday am's at home before my WW weigh in. and then at the WW meeting. If I weigh myself more I lose track of my goal and that is to feel better and be healthy. Weighing weekly is also good for people who are doing online programs or doing an at home plan themselves. It does help keep me accountable. If my weight is continuing to increase then too much is going in.

My food scale is a valuable tool. Too many times I would eyeball an item of food and think it weighed a certain amount to find out my eyeballs are broken and it was alot more in size and calories. It can be a real simple one from Wal-mart of a fancy one like this one from WW. I actually bought this one today for myself as an anniversary gift.

Measuring cups and spoons are items I use daily. I keep a 1 tbsp. measuring spoon in my coffee creamer for easy access. I also measure all foods, even fruit. My idea of what 1 cup is is to different from the truth of what 1 cup really is. Funny how my eyeballs are broken.

Charlotte Weddle

Friday, January 6, 2012

Researching food plans.............

I know not everyone might be able to afford to lose weight and eat healthier using Weight Watchers. Remember learning growing up to follow the pyramid ? Well, they have changed it a little to this :

http://www.choosemyplate.gov/

If you go to this site, they explin it all and it is FREE ! You can actually sign up free and plug in your own data. Way cool ! I think it's a great site.

Though for me WW will always be #1, I want to encourage you to find a food plan that works for you. A food plan that omits any of the food groups isn't a sensible nutritious food plan. And NO, chocolate isn't a food group. Sweets are always considered in moderation, if you deprive yourself of little treats from time to time you might feel like you are dieing in your DIE-T.

I love foods that are already pre-measured, it was my ideas of what a serving really was that got me intro trouble before so paying a little extra for a pre-measured food is worth it at times or buying the big bag of whatever and measuring out into baggies one serving at a time while NOT hungry !

I am researching other plans too to be of help to you ! Feel free to facebook me or email me @ measuretrackandmove@gmail.com anytime with questions and/or comments.

Charlotte Weddle

My ever famous size 5x pants ~

Just wanted to show you the size 5x pants I started out in. No matter what size you are, you can do any program that benefits your health to help you to feel better.