Friday, March 30, 2012

I'm in "One"derland!!!

I know it has been an incredibly long time since I have posted a blog.  As you have probably gathered from the title, I am doing great.  I mentioned a little over a month ago that I started WW.  As well as I felt like I was doing before I started up WW again, I realized that even though I was eating all very healthy foods, I was not tracking how much I was eating and limiting my portions at dinner time.  I tell you, my biggest food struggle is dinner time.  Since I started tracking food and getting back in the groove of working out, my weight started to move again.  This week while on my spring break, I took a little more initiative to get workouts done.  The nice thing about having this week off has been that I have been able to de-stress a little bit.  It has been a fantastic week aside from the colder whether that I did not expect after last week.  I have also taken some time to check out another FREE program that I wanted to share with you.  sparkpeople.com   This website is fantastic!  It helps you to calculate nutrients as well as calories.  Very similar to the WW online program, only no points, just calories.  The things that I believe gives this program a boost is their calorie burn tracker and if you want, it will give you a meal plan and a strength training routine.  That is if that is important to you.  I also enjoy the social network, articles, and recipes that they have.  If you decide to check it out, look up KaraBeem.  That is my SparkPeople name.  It is fantastic to see how many calories, carbs, protein, fats, and many other nutrients, if you choose, and be able to track how much you are taking in.  They also list many menu items from different restaurants.  I'd love to hear your opinion about this website.  I have made a commitment to do WW for another 2 months, but I am planning to transfer over to this program once that commitment is up.  Thanks for continuing to read