think like a thin person

The title is from the book I just started reading called The Beck Diet Solution: Train your brain to think like a thin person.  This book was suggested by someone on the Weight Watchers message boards.  Last week was a struggle for me, so I went to the Weight Watchers community for help.  It is about using Cognitive Therapy to help lose the weight and keep it off.  One of the first things that was mentioned was creating a meal plan, which is exactly what I did yesterday.  I guess I was already trying to think like a thin person.

I never realized how exhausting cooking and planning can be.  I spent hours doing research on recipes trying to find stuff I would eat and wouldn't kill me in points.  Most of the difficulty came from some recipes not having the nutritional info, which prevented me from calculating the points.  Once I picked my meals then I had to do the lay out for the week.  After that I had to make the grocery list and cook everything.  I cooked for about 5hrs last night.  What a pain that was!  I forgot what it was like to be on my feet for that long.  My body was achy all over and I fell asleep around 9pm.  I still have a few more things to cook, but they should be fairly easy.  Below are pictures of some of the things I made yesterday.

                                                            Nut and Fruit Breakfast Bites

                                                          Cinnamon Pecan Coffee Cake

                                                         Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork

                                                           Vanishing Oatmeal Cookies

So far things are going well, but I have my moments.  My body is rebelling I think and misses the junk.  A few hungry moments won't kill me though.  I am really trying to focus on the Weight Watchers good health guidelines. That means I am drinking lots of water.  Ugh!

Good Health Guidelines
1.  Eat 5 servings of gruit and vegatables each day
2.  Choose whole grain foods whenever possible
3.  Consume 2 servings of low fat or fat free milk products
4.  Have 2 teaspoons of healthy oils
5.  Eat 1 or 2 servings of proteins
6.  Limit added sugar and alcohol
7. Drink at least 6 8oz glasses of water a day
8.  Take a multivitamin a day

I am really trying to stick to a meal plan and eat only what's on the plan until Easter.  Of course I had to make sure I allowed myself pizza at least once during my planned meals.  Friday Night Pizza!!!!  It was hard finding healthy pizza's too.  Thanks you Newman's Own and California Pizza Kitchen!!!  There were a few other options, but I had coupons for them and Weight Watchers had already calculated the points.  The less thinking I have to do to think like a thin person, the better.