Two weeks... slow start but learning.

It's been a little over two weeks since I started our Chairman's Health Challenge at work. And while it's been a slow start, I feel like I've learned some things already that will help me on my journey.

Some things I've done well:

1. I'm doing a good job of keeping up with tracking my food. Weight Watchers makes this easy, of course, with their online tools and mobile apps. And it's easy to see where I could save my points.
2. I've made some good choices, particularly at breakfast and lunchtime during the week.
3. I'm doing a better job of bringing my lunch to work. Not every day, but moreso than before. Which reminds me, it's the end of the month, so I need to rescue my salad dressing from the refrigerator before it gets tossed.
4. I did a Zumba routine this week and had a blast.

Some things I could do better:

1. I made a few bad breakfast choices, particularly on Sunday morning when we leave the house extremely early and generally have to eat on the go. I could certainly do better with some fat-free Greek yogurt or other portable non-restaurant foods.
2. Snacking less. Snacking at my desk during the day is a killer.
3. Weekends in general. It's too easy to just splurge on the weekend, and those points really add up. Two weekends ago I used all my extra weekly points in just two days.
4. Get moving more. Find some time to walk, either early in the mornings, at lunchtime, or after work. And of course, more Zumba!

At the end of week two, I'm down a pound. But hey, every pound counts.

The good news is I have things I can deliberately improve upon for next week. And tomorrow I plan to take the bike out and burn some calories on one of the local, flat trails.

Onward and upward!

P.S. I forgot to say thank you so much for all your encouraging notes!