@JustaMom @bjkmom Thanks for the advice. I do calculate points for any recipes/meals I make as I prepare them. I was already using recipes from Skinnytaste for many of our dinners, so the main change there is smaller portions and choosing the less cheesy recipes (she uses a lot of cheese!). Sometimes I even calculate the SP myself in the recipe builder to check her point values.
I don’t believe I’m eating too much fruit; in fact, before WW I had a banana every morning and now, even though they’re 0 points, i have them rarely because I know they’re very high in sugar and calories. I eat an apple or clementine most days, some days I have berries at breakfast.
I try to not eat too many carbs. Yesterday was not great for carbs because I had a sandwich at lunch and rice at dinner (still within points though). I’m not sure how to shake things up. Maybe more salads? I’m not a huge salad fan. I do love veggies, raw as snacks sometimes with hummus, and steamed or roasted with dinner. Or I’ll throw some leftover veg into scrambled eggs. My omelets always fail, lol.
The restaurant meals aren’t too frequent, but we do eat out maybe twice on weekends. They’re not chain restaurants so I can’t count calories exactly, but I order carefully and and eat less than what they serve (mostly. Saturday night I was starving and had the whole plate, but it was salmon and grilled vegetables). I’ll order salads with grilled chicken, dressing on the side. Or fish with veggies and rice but eat very little if the rice. I pretend the bread basket isn’t there (as my THIN husband chows down, grrrrr!). I’m actually finding it quite easy to resist temptation. I don’t know if giving up the restaurant meals is an option for me. I do all the cooking, all the time, so on the weekends I really like to take a break. Plus my husband and I enjoy going out on weekends, either by ourselves or with another couple.
I have a treadmill at home and I try to do 30 minutes 3-5 days a week. When I can have company, there’s a great 1.5 hour walk I do with plenty of hills in my neighborhood. Unfortunately I live in the suburbs so I have to drive to everything, plus I’m a therapist so I sit at work all day.
It’s so frustrating because my history with any type of weight loss attempt mirrors this: i lose a few pounds, get excited, and then NOTHING. WW worked for me 20 years ago but I was only 28 years old at the time. I do hope the weight will start to come off again if I stick to this. It’s not terribly hard to stick to, most days. I hope I don’t become the one person this doesn’t work for!