Howdy folks. From time to time I mention local Ann Arbor Food start-ups and here is one of them.
One of the folks starting this business used to see next to me at the Westside Farmers market. He is a good guy and I am looking forward to checking out his business.
But he needs our help. Please support his kickstarter.com fundraising campaign.
CB
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OK. I have not posted for a week.
So what is going on with my weight loss?
Last weeks weigh-in resulted in Plus 2.4 pounds and I did not weigh-in this week because of tornado warnings at the time of my meeting. (true story)
I have been doing a lot of soul searching about my weight loss and Weight Watchers and I am not sure WW it is a good fit.
And that is not just because I have not had big results.
I get little from the meetings themselves and I don’t feel the program provides any added motivation, or accountability.
I feel good on weight loss weeks.
But on weight gain weeks, I get the added bonus of “motivational public shaming” which does very little for me.
It is indirect, but do get looks from the person who weighs me in and they do announce the people who lose weight at meetings, so it is a last chair left when the music stop situation if you gained weight.
“Guess who I did not call this week.”
I can weigh myself once a week at the gym in private thank you very much.
As for the system, I found it to be cumbersome with looking up and writing down everything I eat with a lot of mostly guessing the “Points” for someone like myself who does not eat at chains or packaged foods.
I guess it works for accountant types like a guy who I take a class with you teaches physics at U of M, but it really does not fit my personality.
The whole point is to eat healthy and to exercise and to avoid the junk food, but even the junk food with WW is on the program if you can justify it with the point system.
You can use up all your points for the day on peanut M & M’s and Ben and Jerry’s if you want. How healthy is that?
So WW does little for me to break from junk food, which I feel is a major block towards my weight loss.
And WW does not come out and say it directly, but the program is really, really about what they call the power foods. These are whole grains, lean meats and fish, fruits and veggies, low fat dairy, beans, nuts and seeds and small amounts of healthy fats.
If you eat mostly these foods you do not have to write anything down. They pretty much say as much in the meetings.
But, WW knows most will not eat the “power foods,” so they have everyone factor points and track everything and weigh-in each week.
The “power foods,” for me are basically a throw back to my vegetarian/macrobiotic days with the occasional meat dish thrown in.
That is fine by me.
I used to eat healthy. I know how to cook and I actually like fruits and vegetables.
So where does this leave me with WW?
Their system of trackers and points and meetings and including junk food and weigh-ins provides little help in my opinion.
And my weigh-in results show that.
That is my take on it.
This is not to say I will not eat healthy and work towards my weight loss.
I just don’t feel WW system offers any real help to me in the process.
Weigh-in (Plus .4)
I feel I need to do more and that I am staying about the same.
This week is about getting to the gym and moving my body.
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