Weekend Away Challenge

Going into week 2, I already saw a challenge ahead of me. Andy and I planned to go to Marco Island Florida for the weekend to visit a friend. This meant not being in my 'comfort zone' of my carefully planned out fridge. So I started by thinking ahead for the couple of days of eating out. The great thing about Weight Watchers is you can eat out, you just have to make choices carefully.  I tried a new breakfast this week. It was made of pumpkin puree, Weight Watchers creamy chocolate shake mix, almond milk and coffee. It tasted like fall in a glass!

Pumpkin Smoothie!

I always forget how difficult it is to choose foods when eating out on a trip. I love that Simple Start tells you what to eat, it made it a lot easier. On our trip to Marco Island, I made sure to order power foods, like eggs with veggies, salmon and veggies or shrimp. The simple start makes it easier to find food on a menu. On the way home we stopped at Costco to get some produce for the week. When we got home I cut up peppers and carrots for lunches and snacks later in the week. I also found a recipe for a pumpkin pudding (2 PP) that I decided to make. Returning home and to work Monday was great. I focused on keeping to my simple start power foods and got in a great workout Monday after work (Step plus Abs), then repeated the focus on simple start foods on Tuesday and Wednesday. The moment of truth came on Wednesday's Weight Watchers meeting. I was nervous because of the weekend away, but believed I had stayed with the power foods well enough to not reverse the great work I had put in the week before and even lose a little more weight.

Wednesday's weigh in came and I was pleased! Weekend away and I still lost. Down another 0.2 pounds which brings the total weight loss to 2.0 pounds. Ready to conquer a new week!