New start?!

Well, the new and improved weight watchers plan was launched this week - after 15 years of point values worked out using calories and sat fat they have changed the plan and called it ProPoints which uses protein, carbohydrates, fat and fibre to now calculate the points value of the food you are eating.  This new plan has been designed based on the way your body uses energy rather than the old fashioned way of calorie counting.  

There has been a lot of hype about the new plan on the ww forums/message boards which to be honest appeared to be mainly fear of change although there was also a lot of people who were really excited about the new plan and have seen it as a way of getting back on track.  The leaders of the meetings have been testing the new plan for the past couple of months and let their 'helpers' at the meetings in on the secrets of the new plan a few weeks ago so that they are able to help members once the plan was launched.  The feedback from these people has been amazing with the majority having decent losses in the first few weeks - my leader lost half a stone in a few weeks, weight which she has been struggling to loose since going on an all-inclusive holiday over a year ago.  This in itself is so positive and is making me really look forward to my meeting on Wednesday evening.

I have been a member of ww for almost 2 years, lost 2 stone in the first year but since then have been bouncing around the 12 stone mark and it has really started to get me down.  Silly as it may seem, I am looking forward to the new plan as it means I'm technically starting from scratch, won't know the points in my head so will have to calculate everything and therefore will track everything correctly (as my partner will verify I have been slack on the tracking for the past few months!).  Its strange because I didn't really like the idea of ww - however, signing up with some friends at work to the local ww meeting was fab, had the support i needed there all the time and we were all successful (albeit that I had so much more to loose than they did!).   I had tried slimming world a few years before and that had been good for me as I could eat things like pasta, etc which I love without having to point everything but it stopped working once I had lost just over a stone, I just couldn't loose any more after that.

Now then, I'm not usually the sort of person who writes blogs, or documents day to day stuff in this way - as a little girl I never wrote a diary.  However I have seen a few peoples blogs on this subject and I think it would be another useful tool in my quest to be a healthy weight!  To be honest I'm only doing this from a purely selfish point of view as I think this would be useful for me to look back on and see how I coped with   certain days/weeks/months and I don't expect anyone to read this - but if anyone does and it helps in anyway then that could be a bonus (I know from reading other peoples blogs that it is very comforting to know that other people are going through the same or similar things that you are and you are not alone).

So, next meeting is Wednesday evening, get all the information I need then along with my new calculator (which will be with me at all times for the first few weeks!  That's what handbags were made for right!).  First day of new plan will therefore be Thursday and only major event I have during the week is Masterchef Live on Friday with my mum, but that will be manageable due to the extra weekly points I get with the new plan - woop!