A Product You Should Look For

If I order a sandwich out...I like a crusty hard roll.  I don't want it on bread or a hamburger roll.  I want a sub.

I always look for the little club rolls at stores.  They use to be so easy to find and now seem non-existent.  Sometimes I will buy the large sub/steak rolls and cut them in half and just use half.  Another option is to pick your roll and pull out the bread on the inside to get the roll to the weight you want in order to have the points you want.  I always consider that sub rolls should be 3-4 pts.

I was in Walmart and found these in the bakery section (not the bread aisle):

Crusty like I like and only 3 WW points!! (I've included the nutrition label so you can check what they are on your plan, if you do another).  They actually weren't very expensive either!  However, I will advise that you should freeze them and take out as you need them - they'll mold fast otherwise.

I'll add 1-1/2 oz. Virginia Ham and a half a slice of Sargento's Thin Sliced Swiss and 1/2 a tbsp of light mayo for a total of 6 points!  

I'll have this sandwich along with a mini cucumber and soup or fruit.  This bread makes you feel like you're cheating, lol!

I've seen others post about these rolls and someone mentioned they make french bread pizza with them!  We have a local sub shop that makes awesome steamers (you may know them as sloppy joe's); I prefer them on a mini sub roll rather than the hamburger roll but don't like the upcharge to a sub price (even though the mini sub uses no more steamer than the regular).  Next time I know that we're going there, I'll just order the regular and switch it to one of these when I'm back in the office!

Water

My water goal is six 8 ounce servings a day.  Why 6?  When I started WW back in 2010 one of the healthy guidelines was to have 6 servings of a liquid a day.  "Six" servings of a "liquid".  I don't know why "six" was the chosen number but back then, WW allowed you to count any liquid towards that goal.  Liquid?  It could be water, soup broth, milk, coffee, tea, soda...etc...  The only catch was some of those liquids may come with a point value, so you would have to count that!  Anyway, I've stuck with the six servings but all mine are plain old water - I've never had an issue drinking water, though I know a lot do.  

A serving is 8 ounces (1 cup).  I have an old tupperware cup that I've measured 8 ounces to.  I fill to that line and drink it.  Once you see what 8 ounces looks like.....you'll realize it isn't that much. 

That ridge on the cup is the 8 oz. line.

I know that many fill those HUGE cups with the whole days water in it - if that works for you, go for it.  For me though, those huge cups are way too overwhelming, I'll stick to the little servings sizes.  Once I have my six servings in, I drink whatever I want!   And that's something to work towards.....drink water, then whatever you want!  It's like a little prize at the end.  In case you're wondering; yes, I do have coffee in the morning, I drink that along with my water.

Moving Forward

I've been tracking, weighing and walking; however, it's only 3 days in! 

I did have a mishap yesterday on the walking pad.  You do have to watch your stride length on the walking pad as you don't want your heels to hit the back.  That happened to me yesterday and I fell off the walking pad.  Fortunately, I wasn't hurt, oh I have aches and a little pain, but nothing broke or sprained or bruised; well maybe my ego; hubby was proud that I got back up and finished the walk on the pad!

Today though I braved the cold (no wind today) and did my walk outside.  I do prefer outside walks as I can do them faster than on the walking pad.  I'm so looking forward to Spring.

I will get back on the pad though!  Just will be a little bit more careful.

Weight Loss Tip

The Shapa Scale

You'll hear me mention the Shapa scale.  The Shapa scale is a numberless scale - it gives you a color rather than a weight number.  It can be very helpful if your are someone obsessed with the scale.

I bought mine some time ago at the suggestion of Jean-Luc & Nick.  I didn't really use it; but when Kickstart started last year, I decided to dust it off, put in a new battery and sign-up again for a membership.  Note: yes there is a monthly, yearly or lifetime membership involved with this scale and its app.  Last year, I went with the yearly to see if I really would use it, and I did!  This year I renewed at the Lifetime rate only because they had a really good sale price for the holidays for newbies.....but I asked and they gave me that price as well!

Shapa:

How Shapa works:  open the app and step on the scale.  It's that easy.  It will give you a color indicating how you are doing weight loss wise:

BLUE - this is what you aim for; Blue is the best!

TEAL - this is good too; it means you're losing.

GREEN - this means you're maintaining.  If that's your goal, then that is great!

LIGHT GRAY - with this one, you may want to step back and get back on track.

DARK GRAY - this is the bottom one, but don't despair...you can move back up those colors!

I've been in all those colors.  Weight Loss is an up and down progress.

I noticed that Shapa offers other options these days including a food plan (all at costs) but I only use the scale.  I use my Shapa daily.

Mile One of Thirty-One

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

And Mile #1 is complete:

Since I'm off work until Monday, I like to get the walks in as early as possible.  I much prefer walking outside, however, it is freezing out there today!!

This morning I had a 4 pt breakfast - 2 slice of light bread with 1 tbsp vegetable spread, 2 scrambled eggs, 3 oz hashbrowns and coffee.

Though "officially" I'm not starting until tomorrow diet wise, it never hurts to watch what you're eating!

Have a good day!

It's That Time Again!!

It's that time to challenge myself to walking!  The goal is to walk 31 miles in the month of January.  That's one mile a day.  If you're new to walking; you can split it up into several walks a day to equal one mile.  Of course, there are many out there that can do more than that; but this isn't a contest, you don't have to do all 31 miles in a day.  Just remember: your regular steps in a day don't count; this needs to be an additional walk to those!

Can't do 1 mile a day; make it 1/2 a mile or a 1/4 mile a day; or just to get out and take a short walk.  Do what you can do and then you can increase it in February if you choose.

Get out there and walk!

Bad weather days?  Yeah, it happens.  I used to go out and walk anyways.  I had to or I'd lose my motivation - freezing temps, rain, snow, etc...  I was out there.  These days I take my bad day walks indoors with a walking pad:

I bought it 2 years ago from Deer Run.  This is a very basic one but they do have one with handles to hold onto and much bigger treadmill type ones.  The type I have is normally on sale for $159.00.  I do recommend it!