I have a huge sweet tooth. Any time I have tried to lose weight, the sweet tooth gets in the way. BUT! The points people make cookies! Pretty darn good chocolate chip cookies. They’re no yummy homemade ones but when the alternative is no cookies, they are damn good! I have one everyday when I get home from work. It takes the edge of the hunger before dinner AND helps with the sweet tooth and makes it much easier to deal with the whole lifestyle change. They are nice and individually packaged so there is not as much will power needed. I would be lost if I had a open bag of Oreos but I can handle to individually wrapped stuff. (ok, ok, sometimes I have two cookies. shhhh….)

So there have been some hits and misses with the lifestyle change:

Hits!

1. My jeans are loose when I put them on right out of the dyer

2. I bought a bathing suit. The first one I have bought in about 8 or 9 years. Now I have to figure out where to wear it! This is really a BIG deal for me.

 

Misses

1. I still eat WAY too many carbs.

2. Unless it’s a green bean, most veggies are still not my friend. I did try raw carrots again. Not a good thing.

3. I eat no healthy oils. Intentionally.

4. Keeping up with the meal planning is harder than you think. I didn’t do it at all this week and it’s come back to haunt me. It takes a lot of effort. blah.

 

Weight-in day is tomorrow. I have my fingers crossed.