Weight Watchers Freestyle Weekly Update

Well I am ashamed to admit I have missed the last two Weight Watchers meetings. I know, I know. Shame on me!

I would like to say I have a good reason, but you can be the judge. The first week I missed I woke up not feeling all the great. I ended up taking it easy all day just to wake up on Sunday feeling like I had been hit by a truck. All I did Sunday was take medicine and sleep – I would nap for 4 hours, wake up to take a dose of medicine, fall back asleep for another 4 hours and repeat. All I had to eat was half of a chicken tender – like two bites!

On Monday I crawled my way to the doctor to find out I had Strep. I was then quarantined for three days and couldn’t return to work until Thursday (doctor’s orders). I was also given some nice antibiotics to help. My parents ended up keeping our son for a few days just so I wouldn’t be around him (which worked great because he did not get Strep).

I started feeling like myself again on Wednesday and finally went back to work on Thursday.

My last meeting (a week after getting sick) was a weekend we had plan to go camping for months – we were going with friends and my in-laws, so we didn’t want to miss. We ended up getting everything together last minute and headed out for a fun weekend. We camped, we grilled good food, we laughed and we did an all day float (our son’s first time). After we got back from floating our son’s allergies were going crazy and of course, I forgot his allergy medicines at home since we packed in a hurry (#momoftheyear). I did run to the store to grab more medicine, but the damage was already done and by Monday of this past week he had a fever and runny nose.

Luckily it was just a cold and was fine within a few days.

You’re probably thinking, “Meredith I’m glad you’re better and had fun camping, but what does this have to do with Weight Watchers?”

Nothing. It’s just my way of explaining and justifying (mainly to myself) why I missed the last two meetings. However, I do plan on making it to this week’s meeting (tomorrow) so that I can see how I’ve done. I’ve been weighing myself at home and I’ve been doing pretty good with what I’m eating. Being sick really ruined my appetite and kind of supercharged me into not eating crap while I was sick.

This past week I’ve been sticking with my water goal of drinking more (lots more). I’ve been tracking what I eat and being mindful of whether or not I’m really hungry. I’ve also splurged a little – Monday when I went to the doctor was my birthday. The office threw me a luncheon when I returned on Thursday with my favorite cookies, which are impossible for me to turn down.

This next week my goals are simple: