The most remarkable thing about Thursday was that while I stayed on program and within my points, I walked 1 3/4 miles at Allie's soccer practice. For 3 years now at the twice weekly practices I have done nothing other than sit and chat with the parents and indulge in snacking. I have even watched some of the skinny minny Moms walk and one or two of the Dads jog around the track. But nope, I have never ever moved my tush other than to maybe get out of they way of a flying soccer ball.
This Thursday I texted one of my mommy soccer friends before practice and asked her if she wanted to walk and she immediately said yes. I couldn't decide if I was happy or now dreading my precious chat time. . .Well, we walked 7 times around the track and while it took 50 minutes, I felt so good and enjoyed some great chat time too!!! Speaking of taking 50 minutes, when I logged onto the WW website to input my activity points, there were lots and lots of choices under walking. Race walking? No. Speed Walking/? clearly no at 50 minutes. High Impact Walking? I think not. Finally after scrolling through lots of different walking options I chose the most appropriate one - walking at less than 3 miles per hour. Well, better than nothing, right?
On Friday I knew my challenge would be taking Allie to concert that evening and what i would do for dinner. I decided to have a snack before going, dinner seemed too early at 5pm. I figured there would be SOMETHING I could have at the arena. I opted for a 5 point snack before leaving - popcorn and yogurt. That brought me to 11 points. While there were a plethora of high point options, there were very few, if any, low point options. I finally stumbled on a Samurai Sam's and had their chicken terr & veggie bowl with no rice. My best guestimation was that it was about 5 ounces of chicken and so I said it was 6 points - the veggies were vile, so I didn't touch them. Well, I ate this at 6:30 and by 9:30 I was starving and the concert was far from being over. I thought I had my fill of popcorn during the afternoon and i really needed something with protein. I dug in my purse and was thrilled to discover a hidden and smushed zone bar - but 5 glorious protein points calling me! And there were my 11 points for the day!!
We ended up getting home around midnight and while I was exhausted, i was sooooooooooo hungry again! Too hungry to even go to bed. So, I used 2 points of my Weekly Points Allowance (I still have 40 left) and had a 1 point piece of fiber bread with 1 point worth of Turkey on it. I then promptly got ready for bed.
Lessons to be learned - the one time you are at a place with no fruits and veggies and low point options is NOT a good time to forget to leave the sliced apples and snap peas you always travel with in your purse.
Hooray for walking! Go you!
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