Learning to eat healthy is tricky!! I could eat only fruits and veggies, that's not hard, but once I started to eat all the other things again I'd be right back where I started. Today for lunch my hubby, Greg, wanted hot dogs, I thought they sounded good, but once I look them up on my WW app, I knew I couldn't eat one. The hot dog bun alone was 4 points, plus add the actual hot dog (3 points) and the chili (2) and the cheese (2), that comes out to ELEVEN points just for one chili dog!! I debated about just eating a salad, I had the stuff to make a great one, but I want to learn to eat the things I love, just in a different way. So I looked up how many points a turkey dog would be - score one for me a, 98% fat free turkey dog was ONE point!! And I ate it with no bun, minimal chili and a pinch of cheese and I was able to eat a hot dog for 3 points!
Greg and I went out for a date night on Saturday night (yay!), we love Mexican, so we chose Posados for dinner. Once again, I was worried that I wasn't going to be able to eat the things I love, so as we drove over there I looked over the WW app to see what would be the best thing to eat. I decided that I would be able to have a fajita or two and a few chips and salsa all for about 16 points! That may sound like a lot, but I decided I would splurge and use some of my 49 weekly allowance and give myself some slack. I also knew that we would be going to see a movie afterwards, so I wanted to save some of my points for that. All in all, I used 25 points for my date night.
Learning to eat healthy takes time and knowledge and I'm getting there, one step at a time. Portion control is also a big thing to watch for. Before I started this life change, I would have probably eaten a basket or two of chips, but this time I paced myself, watched how many I was eating and when we left I felt like I had satisfied my craving for chips and salsa, all without feeling stuffed and bloated!
~Kristie
ps - "The Help" is both a GREAT book and a good movie!!
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