Day 1 is in the books!

Day 1 of this new or restarted journey is done and we're into day 2.  So how did it go?

Not too bad.  I wrote down everything that I ate.  I never think to write down what I drink because that's almost always iced tea with Splenda and water.  And that is all I had, so no WW points involved.  I'm not going to bore you with all the details about what I ate, but I know I made some good choices and there was a good amount of fruit...but not nearly enough vegetables.

As for being active, I accomplished that.  I walked at lunch as I usually do and then after work, I took a walk up to the apartment office to drop off our rent check.  This might not sound like much, but since the office is at a different complex which is about a mile away, it was a good walk.  So for the first time in I don't know how long, my Weight Watchers ActiveLink exceeded 100%.  Would you look at that, 116% to be exact and that was 9 activity points earned.

I know that I should, but I don't really track points.  I know, you're wondering how I can be on Weight Watchers and not track the points.  The truth is, it's hard for me.  For instance, yesterday, we had a lunch meeting.  Lunch was brought in and because it's a little local restaurant, they don't actually have a nutrition fact sheet that I can reference, so I couldn't really figure out the points.  I know, I should probably try to estimate based on what was in the sandwich, but I didn't.  Baby steps!  I'm just proud of the fact that I wrote it all down.  Maybe next week I'll actually track the points for everything.  We shall see!  No promises yet.  Let me get through the weekend first.

Today could be a challenge!  It's Friday and at my office, they always bring breakfast in.  So this is the day that I tend to really jump off the wagon...but I keep it in my sights.  Breakfast is bagels, fruit and pastry from Panera.  I'll have a bagel with spread and fruit.  Then we have our company summer outing at the Museum of Science with a catered lunch.  All I know is that it's a BBQ themed lunch, so we'll see what they have.  Keep your fingers crossed that I can control myself and make good choices.

And then we have dinner!  That should be a real challenge too because I'm going to be at Gillette Stadium for a special Patriots practice and we all know that stadium/ballpark foods are not exactly Weight Watchers friendly.  And because this is a smaller event, they won't have all the stands open anyway, so it may really limit my choices.  And no, I can't bring food in.

I guess this will be a good day to see how I handle some real challenges!