Trying to get a head start on the new plan!

I decided that, as I weigh in on a Saturday and start my new week then, and in the full knowledge that Saturday and Sunday's tracker would be converted over to the new plan upon launch of the changeover at 12:01 am tonight, I may as well try and abide by what I already know of the new plan and its concepts.

I've eaten lots of fruit and veggies (some will still have a ProPoints value, eg. a quarter of an avocado, sweetcorn, haricot beans.) Some will be free. I ate plenty of wholegrain bread rolls yesterday; the OH is not too well so I had two seeded wholemeal rolls for lunch with some sliced roast chicken, a quarter of an avocado and a sliced tomato, followed by a Quark with a teaspoon of cocoa powder and an orange.

For dinner, I had another two rolls with a tin of tuna mixed with a tablespoon of light mayonnaise, vinegar, celery salt and cayenne pepper. I had an apple and some pineapple after that. I snacked later on some Ritz snack mix and then a WW Smart Ones double chocolate cake dessert (1.5 and 3 points respectively on the current plan.)

I finished the day at 1.5 points under. 1.5 of those consumed points were fruit, so I reckon that in that case, I was technically 3 points under for the day. How this will translate I do not know. It may be that I will find I went over my points, depending on how the points values work out on changeover.

Today, so far I've had two bowls of soup (can of Campbell's 98% fat free chicken soup, 200 g haricot beans, can of sweetcorn, shredded carrot and cabbage, leek, onion and celeriac.) And an orange. I also had a coffee with some cocoa powder.

I have fifteen points left for the day, but I pointed the whole pan of soup which I may or may not eat in full; I will adjust the points accordingly if I do not.

I really don't know what dinner will be tonight. With the OH still feeling not too well, it's likely he won't really feel like food. I can usually tempt him with my spaghetti carbonara, so maybe I will try that. The bacon pieces are pretty lean, and I think leaner bacon will be reasonably low in ProPoints. It's mainly a high protein sauce, with the bacon, cheese and egg. The pasta I am not so clear about....

I really just want the new plan to start! I have a feeling that I may have been eating in quite a similar way some of the time to how the new plan will operate, so it might be that I don't see very much difference to my weight loss at all. It is exciting to read of the great losses some leaders and helpers and triallers of the new plan have had, though. I've seen people talk about losing 5 lbs, 7 lbs and one lady who had a sneak peek and reckons to have lost 12 lbs since last Tuesday! Some of these losses have been from people who are at goal already, too. That does seem very encouraging.

I would not be at all dismayed to weigh in this Saturday and find I weigh 16 stone 4.5 pounds, I can tell you!

I will be weighing in very early as I have an exam starting at 8.30 am and will be heading for Schwetzingen around 8 am so as to be in class in good time. I won't be able to eat a thing through nerves, and I probably won't drink much either although I will take a bottle of water in with me. I will weigh myself again when I get home around 2ish or so and see what the scales say then.

Let's just say I am very excited and very hopeful that I will have a couple or three really good weeks in the run up to the first wedding. I'd love to be within four stone of goal for February 19 next year when we have the second ceremony, too. If the new plan can help get me there, fantastic!

I'd like to wish you all good luck with the new plan. It is a shame it hasn't been launched this Sunday; I quite agree that it is inconvenient launching on a Monday morning when we're all going to be busy with work or family or (in my case) revision. But we just have to make the best of what we've been given, so...onwards and downwards, my lovelies!