March Overview

March began with my septoplasty- surgery to fix my completely deviated septum.  I have had severe sinus and allergy issues ever since high school.  And after a decade of being plagued by them, I finally decided to do something about it- again going along with this year's theme of getting my health issues on track. 

The surgery was not too bad, the pain pills were good.  And being required to take a week off from work was a definite plus.  I recovered pretty quickly all things considered and got to use my required week off as a little staycation.  I went to the zoo with a friend and her daughter.  I wandered all over the Botanic Gardens and made it to the Tulip Festival at an art gallery.  All this walking really added up in terms of Activity Points.

That was the week I began to really see the value of upping my activity while staying within my daily points. I lost 4 pounds that week while doing that.  I mean, I know it seems obvious and I definitely understood the concept before this, but it was good for me to see it actually happening for me. This was the week that I really started taking my exercise seriously again and increased my weekly activity, which was good since I needed to start my prep for my big trip to Europe in May- more on that later.

I also started planning ahead more with my Weekly Points (Weight Watchers gives everyone extra points each week in case you have a big function or something).  St. Patrick's Day was in March and being an Irish Catholic, I knew I would be out drinking to celebrate.  And drinks are SO MANY POINTS.  So the week before St. Patty's Day, I hoarded those weekly points like a miser hoards his money.  And what was awesome was that I didn't even use the half of them.  I hadn't been drinking too much since the start of the year since drink are so many damn points and by St. Patty's Day my tolerance was down enough that I only needed a few drinks to be good for the night :)

And, this was the month I began looking into Weight Watchers recipes.  It had been awhile since I had taken the time to cook really anything.  Finally, I was ready to start not only cooking for myself again, but to begin making healthy foods for myself.  Thank God.  In the words of one of my mom's friends, fail to plan, then plan to fail.  Prepping a large dish that I could section off and eat for the week is one of the best things I'm learning to do for myself and my weight loss. 

Ok, so lots learned in March, woot!