First week of Weight Watchers done.. some interesting discoveries..

Get pretzel sticks instead and save points!

Well, besides the coffee post which I thought was really helpful for Weight Watchers fans, during our first week of Weight Watchers, I also made some really interesting discoveries thanks to my little calculator for my Blackberry which is extremely helpful (especially at the grocery store yesterday).

I hate to admit it, but myself and Liz indulged in a Blizzard yesterday.. likely THE WORST frozen treat ever consumed by man… but OH MY GOD it was good. Want to know the scary facts behind mine? Well, my favorite Blizzard treat is the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Blizzard, and it is sporting a whopping 44 grams of fat.. and a huge 14 points on the Weight Watchers scale (this is for a medium). Thankfully, I have 32 to spend a day and I had a big dinner of 3 corn on the cobs which ended up only 5 points… truthfully I was well under (by at the end of the day thanks to a much needed sleep in till about 11 AM.

Another great discovery we made yesterday at the Superstore was that of my old elementary-school-favorite cheese and crackers are 2 or 3 points a package.. however if you get the pretzel stick ones.. it’s only 1 point! Needless to say I bought 3 5-packs

Let’s see what else, there were some rice cakes which Liz bought which were 0 points (and 0 flavor to go with it), rice krispy squares are generally about 2 points each, oh, and my favorite Kraft Dinner is not exactly ‘healthy’.. I figured it out to be about 9-11 points for 1/2 a box! (I used to be able to eat the whole box!)

So, we do have to go in and get ‘officially’ weighed tomorrow.. but after a week, I can safely say I’m down about 3-4 lbs, and I believe Liz is almost down 6! Incredible.. the best part about it now, is that it’s starting to feel second nature.. it’s really quite easy to do after you get used to it.