Monday, February 4, 2013
New Beginnings
Today I take the final step to move from Atkins to Weight Watchers. With the help of Atkins I have lost 91 pounds since September 4 2012. Now to continue my journey with a healthier way of eating. I hope to post a few times a week and I want to go back through some old pictures to show the transformation. The top picture was me in Feb 2012, the middle picture was me in Sept 2012 and the last picture is me Jan 5 2013.
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Weight Watcher Healthy Guidelines
Weight Watcher Healthy Guidelines
- Fruits and Veggies 5 servings daily
½ cup per serving unless leafy then 1 cup
- Milk 3 servings daily
1 cup per serving
- Liquids 6 cups daily
- Healthy Oils 2 tsp daily
- Lean Protein 1-2 servings daily
Lean meat, skinless chicken, fish, beans
Soy products and lentils
- Whole Grains whenever possible
GF Grains: amaranth, arrowroot, buckwheat, corn (cornmeal, corn grits), fava, flaxseed, garbanzo bean (chickpea, besan, gram or channa), hominy, hominy grits, kasha (toasted buckwheat), millet, pure uncontaminated oats, quinoa, rice, sago, tapioca
GF flours: bean flours (garbanzo, fava, romano), pure buckwheat flour, buckwheat bran, cornstarch, cornmeal, corn bran, garfava flour (garbanzo + fava bean flours), mesquite flour, montina flour (made from Indian rice grass), nut flours and nut meals, pea flour, potato flour, potato starch, rice flour (white and brown), sorghum flour, soy (soya) flour, teff (or tef) flour
Breads and baked goods made with GF grains and free of other gluten-containing ingredients
Pastas made from rice, beans, corn, potato, quinoa, soy, wild rice and other GF grains
Cold cereals: puffed corn, amaranth, buckwheat, millet or rice, rice flakes and soy cereals
Hot cereals: hominy grits, soy grits, cream of buckwheat, cream of rice, puffed amaranth, rice flakes, quinoa flakes, soy flakes
Rice: brown, white, basmati, jasmine or wild rice
Grains: buckwheat, millet, amaranth, rice, corn, quinoa
Corn or rice tortillas