You know You're a Weight Watcher member when...
. You accidentally swallow toothpaste and wonder how many POINTS it had in it.
· You stand in the aisles at the grocery store with your WW PointsFinder figuring POINTS before you buy.
· You feel your collar bone/ribs/hip bones and think you need to call 911 because something must be broken.
· Everyone at your lunch table is asking you to figure the POINTS on their lunch.
· You threaten to put your cat on WW.
· You figure the POINTS on cough syrup.
. Your child says there are too many POINTS in something s/he doesn't want to eat!
· You don't want to share ANY of your food with anyone because
you've measured it and know exactly how many POINTS are in it.
· You know where every public restroom is wherever you go . . . you need it after drinking all that water!
· You realize "gram" is a four letter word.
· You weigh yourself before and after the bathroom just to see how much of a difference it makes.
· You don't mind "seeing stars."
· You ask your WW leader to bring in a curtain so you can weigh-in naked.
· Your child gets an "A" in English for turning your journal in as a book report.
· You convince the grocery store owner to organize the food aisles according to POINTS values.
· You hang your 5 pound book markers from your car antenna.
· You replace your college diploma with your 50 lb. magnet (now which one is actually tougher to achieve?).
· You Calculate Activity points for Sex!
· You not only weigh food on your food scale, but your clothes, keys, HAIR, socks, etc
· People at work know when your weigh in day is because you have the same outfit on that day EVERY WEEK
· you call your family to the dinner table and instead of "what's
for dinner?" they ask "how many points are we having for dinner?"
· you take a bite and then spit it out because you realize it wasn't worth the points!
· you mark all the food boxes in the house with points per serving
· you carry your journal with you wherever you go
· you take Molly McCheese with you to the restaurant so you don't waste your points on butter
· you ask your family to hide the cookies and chips so you won't be tempted
· Kashi becomes your favorite snack food
· "On The Side" become the 3 most uttered words in your vocabulary
· you start parking in the back of the parking lot for the extra exercise
· you start wondering why restaurant servings of any meal are large enough to feed 3 grown me
· you start wondering how many points are in bubble gum
· you look down at the backs of your hands and get freaked out by how skinny they look
· you weigh every pair of shoes you own
· you spend 10 minutes in Staples looking for the prettiest paperclips for your paperclip chain
· you want to drive to Ben & Jerry's individual houses and drown them in a vat of Chunky Monkey
· you take up knitting/crocheting/tatting/rughooking/paintbynumbers to keep your mind off food
· the thought of having a bran muffin for breakfst gets you so excited you can't fall asleep.
· you dance a little jig in front of the frozen foods case in the grocery store because you finally found Skinny Cows!
· You stop licking postage stamps when you realize they are 1 tenth of a calorie each.
· know in advance, by heart, what you can eat at each and every resturaunt that DH may want to go to.
· instead of carrying an armful of things thru the house, you
intentionally made several trips to get in that extra 20 steps of
walking.
· you smile and gaze adoringly at the produce aisle.
· your junk drawer at work has been revamped to include Milky Way
Lites, LF granola bars, FF Pringles and lite peach cups instead of
Cheetos and snickers bars.
· you take a big black permanent marker and not only mark the
points but also write your name and "DO NOT TOUCH OR ELSE".
· everywhere you go, you take along two 'purses'. Your regular
purse, and your Weight Watcher's Black Bag, with the point guides,
Slider, and all other 'stuff' in there!
· you dont wear any makeup to get weighed in , fearing it will weigh too much
· you see really overweight people and want to tell them they can do something to change their lives!
· You hold up your snacks next to your kids' and warn them that eating the wrong ones will result in their demise.
· the jeans that you would have never dared to put in the dryer
for fear that they would not make it back over your hips... are in there
right now, as you hope to shrink them enough that they won't fall
straight off!
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Monday, April 21, 2014
How to Cut Sugar
Like most nutritional news that actually has
research to back it up, the latest news on sugar is probably something
don’t want to hear: it’s really, really bad for you. A new Katie Couric-produced and narrated documentary called “Fed Up“
(up for release May 9) analyzes the sweeping obesity epidemic in
America and comes up with a rather unfortunate conclusion: it’s sugar,
not fat, that’s making everyone so unhealthy.
MORE: Need To Lose 6 Pounds by Tonight?
Another startling finding: The disastrous effects of sugar on human
health aren’t only limited to those who are obese. Of people who are
suffering from diet-related diseases, only 30% of them are technically
obese; the remaining 70% are people who seem slim, fit, and healthy, but
are battling the same devastating illnesses as those who are obese. The
culprit: sugar.
In the spirit of trying to cut down on sugar—while the challenge to
suppress our love for things like cupcakes, cookies, and even things
that secretly pack loads of sugar like ketchup and other condiments is
already tough enough—we’ve come up with five easy ways to cut down on
the substance without completely abolishing it (along with all joy) from
your life. Read on!
1. Halve the amount of sugar in your coffee or tea each morning.
If you normally take your cup of coffee or tea with 2 teaspoons (or pumps, in Starbucks lingo) of sugar, try it with just one. If you normally take one, try it with one half. And if you’re really feeling daring, cut it out completely; you might be able to get used to the sugar-free taste more quickly than you’d think.
MORE: YIKES! 10 ‘Healthy’ Foods That Can Make You Fat
2. Replace soda with seltzer and a splash of fresh juice.
If you’re a fan of full-sugar soda, instead of reaching for Diet Coke (as much as we love it too, it has negative, chemical-filled health effects of its own), make your own soda by mixing seltzer water with fresh juice. You can either squeeze your own juice–we’re a huge fan of abundant amounts of lemon and lime in our seltzer–or you can buy fruit juice from the grocery store. Just be sure to reach for labels that say 100% juice.
3. Toss the ice cream.
Here’s the toughest suggestion we’ve got: Toss the ice cream. Many brands are filled with added sugar, often packing in 14 grams in a half- cup serving. Simply have to have that ice-cold dessert? In this day and age, plenty of supermarkets and specialty stores offer a variety of sugar-free (or low-sugar) frozen treats, which still pack in a hefty amount of calories, so make it an occasional splurge.
4. Keep a little bowl in your cabinet and use it to measure your desserts.
If you’re treating yourself, it’s key to pay attention to portion control. Buy a miniature bowl specifically designated as your “treat” bowl, and make sure your splurges fit inside. These miniature latte bowls from Anthropologie are adorable, and they hold no more than 3 o.z., which is roughly the size of your palm.
5. When cooking, replace sugar with applesauce or pureed prunes instead.
If you’re a baker, or even if you’re home-cooking something like spaghetti sauce, you’ll notice that many recipes call for an abundance of sugar. Try using sugar-free applesauce or pureed prunes instead; you probably won’t even notice a difference in taste, and both ingredients offer up much healthier sugars than classic granulated white sugar.
MORE: Need To Lose 6 Pounds by Tonight?
Another startling finding: The disastrous effects of sugar on human
health aren’t only limited to those who are obese. Of people who are
suffering from diet-related diseases, only 30% of them are technically
obese; the remaining 70% are people who seem slim, fit, and healthy, but
are battling the same devastating illnesses as those who are obese. The
culprit: sugar.
Photo: Getty Images
1. Halve the amount of sugar in your coffee or tea each morning.
If you normally take your cup of coffee or tea with 2 teaspoons (or pumps, in Starbucks lingo) of sugar, try it with just one. If you normally take one, try it with one half. And if you’re really feeling daring, cut it out completely; you might be able to get used to the sugar-free taste more quickly than you’d think.
MORE: YIKES! 10 ‘Healthy’ Foods That Can Make You Fat
2. Replace soda with seltzer and a splash of fresh juice.
If you’re a fan of full-sugar soda, instead of reaching for Diet Coke (as much as we love it too, it has negative, chemical-filled health effects of its own), make your own soda by mixing seltzer water with fresh juice. You can either squeeze your own juice–we’re a huge fan of abundant amounts of lemon and lime in our seltzer–or you can buy fruit juice from the grocery store. Just be sure to reach for labels that say 100% juice.
3. Toss the ice cream.
Here’s the toughest suggestion we’ve got: Toss the ice cream. Many brands are filled with added sugar, often packing in 14 grams in a half- cup serving. Simply have to have that ice-cold dessert? In this day and age, plenty of supermarkets and specialty stores offer a variety of sugar-free (or low-sugar) frozen treats, which still pack in a hefty amount of calories, so make it an occasional splurge.
4. Keep a little bowl in your cabinet and use it to measure your desserts.
If you’re treating yourself, it’s key to pay attention to portion control. Buy a miniature bowl specifically designated as your “treat” bowl, and make sure your splurges fit inside. These miniature latte bowls from Anthropologie are adorable, and they hold no more than 3 o.z., which is roughly the size of your palm.
5. When cooking, replace sugar with applesauce or pureed prunes instead.
If you’re a baker, or even if you’re home-cooking something like spaghetti sauce, you’ll notice that many recipes call for an abundance of sugar. Try using sugar-free applesauce or pureed prunes instead; you probably won’t even notice a difference in taste, and both ingredients offer up much healthier sugars than classic granulated white sugar.
Read more: http://www.stylecaster.com/no-sugar-diet/#ixzz2zWkVvwB4
New Day
It is a beautiful Monday. Another day to stay clean from all evil substances! I am a member of SoberRecovery online and went back on today after a long hiatus. I need support of others. Especially today when Easter candy goes 50% off. I will be strong today and call on my Higher Power for help.
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Where to Begin
I wanted to start this blog as ta help to anyone who may be a sugar addict like me and is wanting to change. I am a sugar addict of the large variety. Not weight wise but I am over my ideal weight. More like a serious sugar addict who could not stop. I am here to say that one can quit or cut back if you want to. I know that I could not do this alone so any help is desirable. You would be helping me.
I am on a quest for health by doing it one day at a time. Much like drug abuse or alcoholism. I have been sober now since Sept. 6, 2009. So I am giving it my all. I hope that there are those like me that we can support each other.
I am on a quest for health by doing it one day at a time. Much like drug abuse or alcoholism. I have been sober now since Sept. 6, 2009. So I am giving it my all. I hope that there are those like me that we can support each other.
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