Girl Scout Cookies and Weight Watchers

I am living proof that it IS, in fact, possible to avoid gaining weight during Girl Scout Cookie season. To go even further, it is possible to LOSE weight during Girl Scout Cookie season.

If you have read this blog for more than this post or have seen my facebook updates, you know that I joined Weight Watchers at the end of January. Along with being VERY AWARE of what and how much I eat, I have added working out to my daily routine. EVERY DAY! Yes, even on Saturday and Sunday. Now don't get me wrong, if I need a day off, I allow myself that, but just one! No two days off in a row or in the same week. At least that is the goal! And so far, I have met that goal. In going every day, I have to be there for at LEAST 30 minutes, but the goal is 60 minutes or longer. As with taking a day off, the 30 minute work out is considered a slacker day and those days are also VERY limited!

In 4 weeks, I have lost 10.2 pounds! 10.2 pounds!!!

In 4 weeks, I have also built up such endurance, strength, and sustainability for working out.

In 4 weeks, Girl Scout Cookie sales have began and continued.

I lost 10.2 pounds in the midst of Girl Scout Cookie Season! Yes, you read that right.

Now let me be honest, before joining Weight Watchers, I could eat a whole sleeve of Thin Mints without blinking an eye. I would sit at work with a sleeve of the short bread cookies and demolish them in just minutes. Needless to say, that isn't the case anymore.

Have you ever looked at the Nutrition Facts of Thin Mints? Have you ever looked at the Suggested Serving Size? Have you ever thought that those facts are there for a reason? Before joining Weight Watchers, I hadn't. I never cared! The suggested serving size for Thin Mints is 4 cookies. FOUR COOKIES! Now, when I read that, I thought the Nutrition Facts people were out of their mind... they aren't. Four cookies is TOTALLY satisfying! I promise. Try it!

Maybe if we all stick to the serving size we can all avoid the Girl Scout Cookie 15.