13th December 2015
Just because something good ends, doesn't mean something
better won't begin.
The end of ProPoints, the start of SmartPoints, I'm excited
for change I really am and I know there will be members who might scared or
angry because that's the effect change has on us, but once we get to the
acceptance stage and try it, you'll be surprised at how it does work. As difficult as it is to do, we need to draw a
line and start afresh, don't compare the two systems but put all your energy
into getting to grips with the new.
I shall be doing this from today, I followed it for a couple
of weeks in October and lost 5.5lb, but I honestly couldn't focus on the two at
the same time, talking one in meetings and another at home, I just have too
much going on in my head already, so now my crazy, busy week is done, I can focus
on myself and following SP's I'd like to lose a couple of pounds before
Christmas, so this week 100%, starting today.
I'm going to cook a chicken dinner too, because let's be
honest a healthy meal is a healthy meal, whatever system you're on!
One thing I personally like about the new system is it's
given me more dailies and less weeklies, that way I can enjoy a glass of wine
every night if I want to without stressing about having enough points left to
cover it, and at the weekend I'll have more dailies too so my total still add
up quite well when they're added to the weeklies.
Yes I love it, the whole holistic approach, the fact that it
is doing its best to veer us towards making healthier choices, and I know there
is just no substitute for chocolate but you can eat less of it or whatever is
your treat of choice. Also the more you
start to look at the sugar in your other foods, because that's where it's truly
hidden, in the jars of sauces and ready meals, (we all know sugar is in chocolate
and cake we expect it there!) the more your sugar cravings will drop because at
the moment manufacturers are drip feeding up fixes throughout the day and
that's why you're constantly craving!
Here's just one example, two comparable chow mein stir fry
sauce mixes,
the Co-op one has 3 smart points in it and the Blue Dragon one has
6sp, why? Because when you compare the sugar
content, there's 3 times more sugar in the Blue Dragon one, it's just not
needed! And the supermarkets are full of
more examples like this that are making our nation OBESE! It has to stop, something has to change or
we're all heading for early deaths and so are our children.
Harsh but true, so if you're fearing change it's okay to,
just give it a go because I know when we switched from the old Points system to
ProPoints I was devastated that my booze had almost doubled, but it did make me
realise I was drinking too much wine and I cut down, now it's time for those
who spend way too much of their allowance on junk food to honestly ask
themselves if it needs to change.
And if you pay more attention to the packets of food that
you're buying, the processed stuff, you will still have the Smart Points left
to enjoy a bag of crisps or a bar of chocolate, don't feel you have to give it
up completely because you don't. French
fries, snaps, they're both still 2sp, a 2 finger kit kat is 5sp, a chomp is 3sp,
personally if I ever fancy a bit of chocolate, I'll be having something I
really enjoy and using the SmartPoints, I likes me a Daim bar at 8sp.
It's going to make you think more about what you spend your
budget on for sure! But it'll be worth
it when you see those numbers on the scales going down, here's to a lot of
smiley faces next week I reckon.
Enjoy your Sunday BeYOUtiful, I shall mostly be spending
mine sorting through Helping Handbags ready for them to be collected.
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