I went to the weight watchers meeting yesterday
Things I liked
The discussion was on bbqs, and there were few good suggestions like grilling pineapple and melon and making mint dressing for it
They assigned me the point system, which allows 30 points per day plus 35 for the week. Fresh fruit is 0, but fruit in juice smoothies have count - so I probably will eat my fruit and not drink it which is good. Another thing is I had Starbucks iced tea lemonade before the meeting. In calorie only sense, it has only 158 caloires but as it has nothing but sugar it has massive 9 points! Compared to almonds - 170 calories worth at 5 points. Starbucks drink provide no nutrition or satiety. While most of what I eat is fairly healthy if I splash out on 9 points item I prefer glass of good sparkling wine and not iced tea lemonade! So it makes me rethink my not so good choices.
You can have unlimited fruit and veggies, meaning it is not likely you will be walking around starving
Calorie wise I end up about 1830 and 32 points, which is very much in line with slow weight loss
The scale is down 3 lbs this week, meaning that the vacation water gain is going finally. Last week I only managed to eat within my calories 1 day, and yesterday. Yesterday was the only day I had little deficit, so having to think about points made me refocus little
The leader was chatty and easy to listen to, but she is only substitute there will be different next week
What I didn't like
She was pushing some very low cal but heavily processed products like salad dressings (not ww, other brands) but not too much and I kind of knew this will be the case so I didn't pay too much attention to it.
When she weight me she said - now lets see the bad news before I stepped on the scale! Lol, I am healthy female, bmi 22 - does she really need to say this! Obviously I have some concerns if I turned up there I have some concerns but it's hardly bad news. There isn't need to play on people insecurities or dramatize it in my opinion. She was larger than me
. Maybe it's just a habit she have
Will I continue doing it
Smart points count - yes for awhile, as long as I feel I am learning things as I did yesterday.
Weekly meeting - yes, I should be able to reach my goal in about 6 weeks to 10 weeks. I believe once you stay at your goal the meetings are free, and it will keep me motivated. I enjoyed the discussion too.
Calorie counting is easier for me, but this is different angle and I am looking forward getting to know little more about it. The fact that is not as automatic makes me pay little more attention which feels good right now