IT WORKS! Weight Watchers & Menu Planning, Part II

So I weighed in this morning...and I'm down.  How much down?  6.8 pounds.

But wait - it's really only .8 lbs

Why?  To answer that I need to explain something.  Remember my post about our family's Thanksgiving?  Well, due to me eating enough food to feed a small third-world country, a party Friday night, my high-school reunion Saturday night and an "I've already blown this weekend so I might as well go for the beer, nachos and onion rings while I watch football" Sunday, I managed to pack on 6 pounds in a 4-day weekend (according to my Tuesday weigh-in).  Last week, I did a "Skip the Scale" week (you go to the meeting, pay, but don't get your weight recorded).  I knew I was still up and just didn't want that circled number in my card for 2 weeks in a row.

I weighed in this morning...I lost all of the 6lbs plus another .8lbs.

So why did it work for me this week?  Could it work for you?

I guess it depends on the person.  I'm a list-maker...that's why I like FlyLady so much.  For me, there is something very comforting when I wake up in the morning, go down to make my coffee, open my Control Journal and know exactly what I have to get done that day, be it cleaning/housework stuff, playgroup, CCD, Weight Watchers meeting, Home & School Assoc. or MOMS Club committment. 

Now I don't have to think "what am I going to have for breakfast?  How can I figure out my points for the day so that I can still work in my 4:00pm chocolate craving? "   It's all right there, planned out for me.  I have planned a menu of healthy and high-density foods (AKA - ones that will keep me feeling full for a few hours) AND chocolate covered pretzels.

It's kinda cool!  If I can keep this up, I can finally get rid of those last 11 pounds and hit Goal & Lifetime Membership!