But I'm Not Hungry.... WHAT!!!

First of all, let me tell you that it's been a little stressful the last few days.  I've been having a hard time with some business issues and what's my favorite way to beat down that stress meter?  RUN!  Yep.  You know it.  I normally don't run on Fridays.  Friday is my day to clear up my desk, run my errands, shopping, banking, etc.  But the stress meter was up way too high.  So I said you know, what's the big deal if I don't get to the grocery shopping today.  I can do that tomorrow.  I NEED to run.  So off I went to the gym.

And what a great run I had.  5.25 miles total at 6:1 intervals (6 minutes running: 1 minute walking), and quite a few of those intervals, I would bump up the speed every minute.  A few times, I found myself running....get this.....6.1 miles an hour!  That's a big victory for me.  Felt great too, and all that stress was gone.  Wish I had taken a picture of my face when I was done.  Dark red to purple (the Irish in me)!  Burned some calories on that workout.

After the workout and a nice shower, hubby and I decided we needed to destress a little more and go to lunch.  So we headed to Ruby Tuesdays, salad bar only.  Well, hubby had the white bean chicken chili and salad bar, but I knew I'd be okay with just the salad bar.  And I stayed away from all the not-so-good-when-you're-trying-to-eat-healthy choices and still had a great lunch.  After my salad, I went back for a plate of grapes, because fruit is free on the new program! 

And I took my own advice today.  Like I said, really rough couple of days.  So I treated myself to these:

Pretty, aren't they?  And the  beautiful Lenox vase was a Christmas present from my sister-in-law.  I think that vase is going to get used a lot!
So anyway, on to my topic of the day..."But I'm not Hungry".  I have been following WW for a few years now, at goal for a year and a half, but still, by mid-afternoon, I was always feeling hungry and watching the clock to see when it's time to eat dinner.  Same with morning actually.  By mid-morning, I'm watching the clock to see when it will be lunchtime.    But low and behold, with the new PointsPlus program, I AM NOT HUNGRY.  Seriously, I'm just not hungry.  Really?  Yep, it's true.  I grab a piece of fruit mid-morning or mid-afternoon (because it's free), and I'm good until dinner. 

So from where I stand, this program rocks!  Tomorrow is my weekly weigh-in and meeting.  We'll see how well I did.  I actually didn't use that many of my weekly points and burned at least twice that in activity points.  So I don't know how all that will work out with the number on the scale, but I can tell you that my clothes are fitting so much better now.  I'm definitely feeling better than I did a few weeks ago upon returning from "Christmas vacation".

So catch you all on the flip side, after weigh-in.  Hope you all have an enjoyable weekend.