I cleared another hurdle in my Weight Watchers journey this week and it’s a biggie, because this is where my waistline affects my wallet. After six weeks of staying on goal, I finally achieved “Lifetime” status, which means I no longer have to pay for all the benefits of the Weight Watchers program. Yes, you read that right! I can attend weekly meetings and access the awesome phone app for the rest of my life at zero cost to me!
Tag: healthy eating
Chapter 6: Gooooooooooooal!
It took almost seven full months, but I finally reached my Weight Watchers official goal weight! Yay! Sure, I wished it had been a shorter journey; but let me tell you, summer has been a little tougher than I first imagined. With multiple vacations, VBS preparations and a general summertime mentality I have found it much more difficult to meal plan, eat right and stay the course. There has been a lot of ups and downs on the scale, but I think my secret weapon was perseverance. Even when I fell off the wagon food truck, I picked up my sad little self, wiped off the road rash, jumped back on the Freestyle plan and went scurrying back to my awesome Tuesday night support group.
Speaking of support, I have oodles of it and I believe this has made a huge difference in my weight loss journey. My husband has been one of my biggest cheerleaders since the day I joined and my mom loves (or at least she acts like it) to get my Tuesday night post-meeting phones calls with my latest stats. My sister even joined Weight Watchers a few months ago, and we exchange new WW friendly foods, recipes and struggles.
Other than my immediate family, I have one tremendous support system that is a big part of the Weight Watchers philosophy– the friendly folks at my weekly meeting and weigh-in. I usually see several familiar faces at my Tuesday night meetings and our leader has been awesome. There is no shortage of support, useful tips, food exchange ideas and camaraderie at these events. If you are absent, they will notice. If you are discouraged, they will listen. If you hit a milestone, they will celebrate. You, and I, are not alone!
So yes, I reached a huge milestone this week and guess what, one of the familiar faces at my Tuesday meeting asked to film my weigh-in because she knew I was getting close to my goal. I am so glad she hit the record button, because this was a big moment and now I can relive this exciting experience from the other side of the scale. Of course if I had known, I would have added some makeup and dressed differently, but this works too. *grin*
So after seven months, reaching my goal and feeling good, here is my thought on the Weight Watchers Freestyle program: If you use it, you will lose it.
STARTING WEIGHT: 168.2
JANUARY 2018 : -8.6
FEBRUARY 2018: -5.8
MARCH 2018: -6.0
APRIL 2018: -2.6
MAY 2018: -4.6
JUNE 2018: -2
JULY 2018: -4.4
CURRENT WEIGHT: 134.2
Mother’s Day Breakfast Casserole Full of Weight Watchers Love
It’s a beautiful spring day here at The Three-Acre Wood, and I’ve been spending all of it with my sick little boy who is missing out on field day at school. The poor thing came home with Strep yesterday and now he’s stuck at home with his mama instead of his friends. I venture to say it hasn’t been all bad. We did play a game of Scrabble Jr., he watched Captain Underpants and we just polished off banana popsicles on the back deck. What more can we ask for?
I know I promised you a breakfast casserole recipe earlier this week, so I finally squirreled away long enough to pass it along while my son plays math games on the iPad. I’m sure I only have a few minutes before I’m summoned by the young one, so I will try to make this as quick as possible.
My husband found this Weight Watchers loving recipe online and prepared it for Mother’s Day (he’s kind of mushy and thoughtful like that), but he made several adjustments according to the ingredients he found in the house (also a good trait. . . most of the time). I’m going to share the version he created because it was really good, but you can also find the original at Slap Dash Mom. The Slap Dash Mom registers her recipe at one Smartpoint for a quarter of the dish while my husband’s version came in at three, but it all depends on the type of turkey sausage you use. This really is a very tasty breakfast casserole, so I hope you will give it a try (even if you aren’t watching your weight).
Turkey Sausage Breakfast Casserole - 3 WW Smartpoints
2018-05-18 16:21:31
Serves 4
A delicious breakfast casserole that registers 3 Weight Watchers Smartpoints per serving.
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
35 min
Total Time
55 min
Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- 1/4 c fat-free cheddar cheese
- 1 c cooked fresh turkey sausage
- 1/3 c uncooked onion
- 1/2 c sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1/4 c chopped fresh cilantro
- 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
- 1/4 tsp garlic salt
- 1 or 2 pinches of red pepper flakes
- Aldi brand spray olive oil (zero Smartpoints)
Instructions
- Scramble the eggs in a bowl.
- Add all other ingredients to eggs and stir together.
- Spray an 8x8 casserole dish with olive oil.
- Pour mixture into dish.
- Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for approximately 35 minutes (until eggs are done).
- Serve warm.
Notes
- You can prep this dish the night before and store covered in the refrigerator, but if you use a glass casserole dish be sure to warm it with the oven or it might crack during baking.
Adapted from Slap Dash Mom
Adapted from Slap Dash Mom
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