Happy Thursday
Everyone!! It's time for another round of Non-Scale Victories Linkup with
Myself and KTJ @ ktjweighingin. Don't forget to link up your Non-Scale
Victories with us this week!!
I said last week that my non scale victory of last week was joining weight watchers.
And I think, you can really see a total scale victory in Monday's post.
I think that this
week's non scale victory would be my ability and desire to find
"healthy" alternatives to meals or activities that my friends and
family are eating whatever they want.
Last Friday-- my
sister's birthday was the first example during my first weight watchers week
that really showed this victory. We went out to dinner at Max and Erm'as-- my
family's Friday night hotspot. It's almost every Friday night that we go to Max
and Erma's. Going there, I didn't know what I wanted to get because I pretty
much always stick to my go to Buffalo chicken sandwich and fries. I never
really took the time to read the menu because I always knew what I wanted.
On Friday I decided
that I was going to stick to my WW plan and actual read the menu. I was
basically between two options: Fish and chicken. I chose the fish with green
beans and some potatoes. I was so happy with my meal and so glad I stuck to my
plan. And because it was my sisters birthday M&E gave her 6 cookies for the
whole table. I pulled my phone out immediately and looked up the nutrition for
my whole meal (to see if I would have points left over for the cookie) and to
see how much the cookie would cost me! I was so excited to see I could actually
have the cookie and have 3 points left over! WIN!
Saturday, we decided to get some frozen
yogurt. I was a little scared of how many points the yogurt would be but I was
relatively low on my points for the day so I figured I'd be okay. I got there
and it was only 3 points for a cup!! Score!! So I got my cup and then filled it
with the fresh fruit they have and I even had enough points to give myself 2
tablespoons of chocolate chips. If you didn't read my HILARIOUS story from this
yogurt run you NEED to read that (once my blogs fixed!).
The final example was on my birthday on Monday! My
coworkers have a tradition of always taking the birthday person to whatever
place they want. I decided that I wanted to go to basically a stir fry place
called BD's Mongolian Grill. Its basically a place where they give you a huge
bowl and you fill it with whatever protein and veges you want. Then you pick a
sauce and they grill the whole thing up for you. I was really excited to choose
this place because I control literally every single thing that goes into my
mouth. I can customize my bowl to whatever I want. Plus the one thing I REALLY
liked is that they have the ability to create your own Bowl online and you can
see the exact nutrition of everything you've put on your plate! I made a great
bowl and was totally pleased with my choice. Then they get you basically
whatever kind of dessert you want. Had I known about the amazingness of frozen
yogurt I totally would have asked them to take me out for that-- but this was
monday of last week when I had to pick what I wanted. Anyway, I asked for a
cookie cake. I figured this was basically the safest item to eat. I could have
one piece and be satisfied! I tracked everything the night before so I knew
exactly what I could have during the day.
Now its time to link up Ladies!!
Sounds like you did a GREAT job of making healthier choices. I am so proud of you!
ReplyDeleteI have actually been to a BD's before and thought it was a pretty neat place. It isn't around where I live though so I've only had it once. But I love that you control what goes into the dish.
Keep up the great work!