Saturday's Reset Success

It's Weigh-In Day. I had eaten into my Weekly Smartpoints and PAST them...ended my week -9 smartpoints. I was prepared for a gain because I just FELT heavier, and I was bummed that I ate into the negatives. I really worked on that this past week, and I still tipped over! So even though I was expecting a gain, I probably gained EVEN MORE because of my -9 smartpoints. (See? The mental struggle never stops!)

Saturday morning comes around and it's time to face the scale and see that expected gain. 

Last Weeks Weigh In: 135.0 (GOAL!)

Today's Weigh In: 134.8

Total LOSS: -0.2

WHAT?! WHAT?! WHAT?! I was SHOCKED. I couldn't BELIEVE it. I stepped off the scale and almost cried. There I was talking all negative, blowing my effort to try something new, not really believing in it, but trusting it...and the plan STILL pulled through.

How many times do we do that to ourselves with WW? Trust the plan...trust your leaders...trust, trust, trust.

I had packed my lunch the night before because I just know that my Saturday mornings are a little rushed to get out the door and get to work. So, when I packed I plugged in my Saturday's points. I knew what I was going to eat on Saturday the night before, no thinking needed for a busy day. I wanted to see how it would help my reset day and it helped me stay SO MUCH MORE within my smartpoints! I ended the day +8 Weekly Smartpoints!! I felt satisfied and had some to spare!

Fast forward to after weigh in. I happily enjoyed a night-before-prepped Cinnamon Apple Muesli (8sp) for breakfast. I really think that is my new favorite breakfast. Simple to prep the night before, and even easier to eat!

In my lunchbox to eat at work I packed 1 bag of carrots (0sp) and a Mint Chocolate Chunk Quest Bar (so yummy!) for 5sp to eat for my second meal, and 1 bag of celery to eat with my PB2 and Banana sandwich (4sp) for my 3rd meal.

PB2 and Banana Sandwich (4sp)

2 T dry PB2 with Rich Chocolate

1 T water to mix with PB2

1 sliced banana

1 Papa's Organic Thinwich Sandwich

For my 4th meal, my husband REALLY wanted a burrito. It's his reset day too, but I wanted to share a burrito with him because I had made some Clean Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough (recipe to come in the future!) to eat on my reset day, and that sucker was 21 smartpoints to eat with my weeklies. After some conversation, I found that the cookie dough could be broken up and eaten on different days...equalling a meal and way less smartpoints to consume in one sitting. So, I settled for 1/3 of my Clean Protein Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough for 7 smartpoints and went to my husband's favorite fast food Mexican restaurant. 

A burrito sounded DELICIOUS...but, I didn't really want to spend all those points! I REALLY wanted my chocolate chip cookie dough! So, I discovered the goodness of Costa Vida's Baja Bowls. Everything that a burrito contains, without the tortilla. I tracked it as if I was at Cafe Rio, and had a DELICIOUS...oh my gosh, so good, lunch for 15 smartpoints. I got everything...black beans, rice, cheddar cheese, grilled chicken, guacamole, pico, lettuce, AND the sauce. And I'm telling you..I WILL be getting that baby again!

After meal #4, we decide to go visit my in-laws and have a good talk about life and what's been going on with everyone. My sister-in-law was there with her little boy and so Little Man and Flintstone got to play and have a good time while we all caught up and visited. The evening started getting later and my 5th meal was coming just around the corner. My in-laws mentioned that they wanted to go see a show earlier, and I told my husband if he changed Little Man's stinky diaper...we'd go too.

So we went and saw Race, the story about Jesse Owens. It was AMAZING! But I didn't go to the theater empty handed. I DID go hungry, but I planned exactly what I was going to do. Little Man needed to eat and so my mother-in-law suggested a corn dog. A corn dog sounded great for Little Man, and honestly, it sounded great to me too! I looked up a corn dog, and it was a good 6 smartpoints. I tracked it and I enjoyed that sucker, nice and slowly, after we sat down to watch the show.

Rewind to before we even got to the theater. My house is in between my in-laws and the movie theater,. So, I asked my husband if we could swing by the house to get Little Man some pajamas, our movie mugs, and snacks for me. I didn't want to waste my points on popcorn. I know myself, and if I didn't have something, I would dip into my husband's bucket and have no idea how to track it all. So I grabbed a pre-portioned bag of pretzel rods (1oz for 3 sp), 6 little balls that were already pre-portioned of Brookside Dark Chocolate Acai and Blueberry Snacks for 3 smartpoints, 1 pre-portioned bag of sugar snap peas (0sp), 1 pre-portioned bag of celery (0sp), and a pre-portioned bag of Cracker Jack'D Hearty Mix Peanut Butter and Chocolate Flavored Snack Mix (1oz for 6 smartpoints). 

I ate everything EXCEPT the celery.

And I enjoyed the movie...and still ended my day with 8 smartpoints to spare.

I felt SO HAPPY and SO successful at the theater by eating things that I WANTED...not eating things because they were there and it's just tradition to eat ________ at the theater.

Saturday's Reset Day was a TOTAL SUCCESS and a great kickstart to my brand new week.

You can do it too! All it takes is a little effort to get tracking, planning, measuring, and weighing to be apart of your lifestyle. Once you do...it will 

Change. 

Your.

Life.

I promise you it will, because it has mine!

Keep up all the hard work,

Camille