Tracking

I've been tracking every morsel of food and every sip of water I have had since Sunday.  I weighed in this morning to see how I was doing.  I am down 2 pounds so far.  Happy doesn't even describe how I felt when I saw the scale.  Tracking does work.  I found myself watching more closely what I eat because I don't want to go over my points.  It's helping me from overeating and for that alone I will continue tracking.

Yes, it can be a tad tedious to track but if I have time to play Angry Birds or Words With Friends on my phone, I certainly have time to track my food.  I've also worked out 3 days this week so that has helped with my weight loss as well.  I have a 5k that I am participating in tomorrow and my plan is to work out the weekend.

I really want a 3 pound loss this week.  As Monday is my official weigh in day, it will also be 52nd week on WW.  It would be awesome to reach a 70 pound loss this Monday and I am 3 pounds away from it. I can't believe I've been doing this for a year.  I have tried other diets and I usually lasted a month if that.  I think that's what I like about WW.  It really isn't a diet.  It's more about portion control and making better choices.

If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen that I posted that I bought a heart monitor.  Today I returned it.  It was too distracting.  I kept checking it during my workout.  I also remembered why I don't like watches.  I just don't like something that is so heavy on my wrist.  To spend that money on something that I won't wear is just silly.

However, I do want to track my workouts.  I like seeing the data and it helps in challenging me.  I am thinking of getting a Fitbit.  I've seen some positive reviews and what I like about it is that it's not invasive. You dont' even know you have it on.  I know it doesn't track my heart rate but it's a fancy pedometer and it will tell me the calories burned.  But I just can't be dropping $100 on a gadget when I am on a limited income.  I decided to make it a reward.  If I can continue to track my food for  60 consecutive days then I will get be getting it for myself.

How's your week going?  Today I also discovered the yum factor that Larabars have.  I tried the chocolate chip brownie.  Nom!