Wed & Thurs March 20 & 21

Wed
Breakfast
1 all bran chocolate chip muffin 2pts
banana 2pts

Snack
cucumber

Lunch
6 inch turkey subway no cheese 5pts
2pt bag chips

Snack
100 calorie oreo crisps bag 2pts

Dinner
Beef tips in mushrooms WW recipe 1 serving = 5.5 points
parmesan noodles 3pt serving
broccoli

Snack
(2) 100 calorie Chocolate hostess cupcakes 3pts
glass of 2% milk 3 pts

60 ounces of water

28 points total

Thurs

Breakfast
banana nut muffin (bought) 6pts

Snack
apple 1pt

Lunch

beef tips with mushroom WW recipe 1 serving 5.5 points
noodles 3pts
peas 1/2 cup = 1pt

Snack
Special K Strawberry Bar 2pts

Dinner
shrimp with diced tomatoes 2pts
whole wheat penne pasta 5pts
mozzarella cheese 2pts

Snack
100 calorie hostess cupcake 1 pt
1/2 glass of 2% milk 1.5 pts

Total Points 30

Tues. March 20th

Breakfast
all bran chocolate chip muffin 3pts

Snack
apple 1 pt

Lunch
6 inch subway ham with cheese 7pts
bag of light lays chips 1 pt

Snack
Slimfast peanut butter crunch bar 3pts

Dinner
6 inch subway turkey with cheese 7pts

Snack
100 calorie choc/chocolate hostess cupcakes 1pt
large glass of 2% milk 4pts

Fluids
60 ounces of water at work
1 pint at home

Total points is 25 and is incredibly low but believe me I went over on Monday and I used a great deal of my flex points over the weekend when I realized a medium Dairy queen blizzard is 18 pts.

18 PTS people...that's crazy.

I'd rather have 2 Dilly Bars for 11pts
I'd rather have a medium chocolate sundae for 6

There are so many other ways to spend my points better at Dairy Queen, which is my biggest downfall in the summer. It's a nice family outing for us and I can't go and NOT get something...but now I know better.

So even though my points were low yesterday over Monday and Tuesday they balanced out.

Wednesday starts a new week with my flex points.

Wed March 14th

Breakfast
1 cup Kashi Go Lean Cereal 2pts
skim milk 1 pt

Snack
Blueberry Special K Bar 2pts

Lunch
chicken 3pts
seasame chicken rice 3pts
green beans
mixed fruit cup 2pts

Snack
Pria Bar 2pts

Snack
cucumbers in vinegar

Dinner
beef in mushroom gravy WW reciped 1 1/2 serving 7.5 pts
4 smallish red potatoes 3pts


Snack
Slimfast Optima bar 3 pts

Fluids
60 oz of water
10 oz coffee
8 oz of 2 % milk 2 pts
1 can Cola Diet Rite

Target points 34
Total points 28.5

Tuesday March 13th

Breakfast
1 cup Kashi Go Lean Crunch Cereal 2 pts
4 oz of skim milk -1 pt

Snack
Chocolate Drizzle Special K Bar 2 pts

Lunch
6 inch roast beef subway w cheese but no oil 7pts
Baked Lays BBQ chips 2 pts
Fudge Shoppe 100 calorie snack pack 2pts

Snack
1 large apple 2pts

Dinner
boiled chicken recipe 3pts
sesame chicken rice 3 pts
green beans
(2) low fat dinner roll 4 pts BREAD IS MY WEAKNESS

Snack
4 reduced fat chips ahoy 4 pts
4 oz 2% milk 2pts

Fluids
60 oz of water
10 oz of coffee
8 oz of minute maid light (I think it's zero)

Target Points 34
Total Points 34

Monday March 12th

Breakfast
1 cup Kashi Go Lean Crunch cereal 2 pts
4 oz skim milk (split between cereal and coffee) 1 pt

Snack
Strawberry Special K bar 2pts

Lunch
whole wheat pasta alfredo with chicken and broccoli 7pts
mixed fruit snack cup 2pts
Kashi Honey Almond Bar 2pts

Snack
broccoli, tomato, cucumber, waterchestnut salad with vinegar and equal 1pt
low fat mozzarella string cheese stick 2pts

Dinner
4 slices Healthy Life Whole Wheat Bread 2 pts
2 servings of Turkey Pastrami lunch meat 4 pts
tomatoe
mustard
1 serving of Lays (formerly WOW) chips 1pt

Snack
4 reduced fat Oreos 4 pts
4 oz 2% milk 2 pts

Fluids
80 oz of water
10 oz of coffee
1 can Cola Diet Rite

Total 32 points
Target 34 points

Weekend Journal

I didn't committ it to memory but I did write it down as I went.

I used 20 flex points on Saturday for pizza and a few beers.

Sunday I may have used about 4 more worth for hashbrowns when we went out to breakfast but I ordered a 3 egg white omelet with tomatoes and spinach...so I know I still did well for the day.

Thurs- March 8th

Breakfast

1 cup Kashi Go Lean Cereal 3 pts
4 oz of skim 1 pts

Snack
mixed fruit cup 2 pts

Lunch
Michelina's Lean Frozen Turkey and Veggie Dinner 2 pts
green beans -Zero
lowfat mozzarella stick 2 pts
Honey Almond Flax Kashi Bar 2 pts

Snack
100 Calorie Chips Ahoy Snack Bag 2 pts

Dinner
1 cup whole wheat spaghetti pasta 5pts
1 serving of imitation crab meat 2 pts
1/4 cup of peas
Butter 2 pts

Snack
3 reduced fat chips ahoy cookies 3pts
4 oz of 2% milk 2pts

Fluids
70 oz of water
1 can Coke Diet Rite

Total Points 28

Wed- March 7th

Breakfast
(2) WW recipe Bran/chocolate chip muffins 4 pts

Snack
Honey Almond Flax Kashi Granola Bar 2 pts

Lunch
1 serving WW tuna pasta recipe with added point veggies 5pts
1 low fat whole wheat breadsticks 3 pts
mixed fruit cup 2 pts

Snack
100 calorie snack pack Oreo Crisps 2 pts

Dinner
1 serving chicken and stuffing WW recipe 7 pts
3/4 cup broccoli ZERO

Snacks (Don't ask my why I was so hungry)
4 Reduced Fat Chocolate Chip Cookies 4pts
4 oz 2% milk 2 pts
almost a whole bag of this generic popcorn and I'm unsure if this is 3 or 4 points but I'll say 4 just for safe measure

Fluids
70 oz of water
approximately 1 pt of skim milk in 10 oz of coffee
2 cans Coke Diet Rite

Total 36 pts so -2 pts and 2 flex points used

Total flex points left for this week is 33

10 days WHAT? Blowing the dust of this blog!

Yeah, yeah..since February was a waste of weight loss month.

I'm back on it and I started on Monday but honestly don't remember what I ate or anything so I'll just start at Tuesday. I've realized my biggest hurdle is going to be finding the time to exercise.

Tuesday March 6th Target = 34 WW points

Breakfast
2 WW Bran/Chocolate chip muffins 4 pts

Snack
Peanut Butter Kashi Granola Bar 2 pts

Lunch
one serving potato and pork chops in mustard sauce WW recipe 5 points
3/4 cup of broccoli ZERO
100 Calorie Snack bag of Oreo Crisps 2 pts

Snack
1 mixed fruit cup 2 pts

Dinner
two servings of pasta with tuna WW recipe with added "point" veggies 9 pts
low fat Whole wheat breadstick 3pts

Snack
4 oz of 2% milk 2 pts
4 reduced fat oreo cookies 4 pts

Fluids-
50 oz of water
approx. 1 pt of skim milk in 10 oz of coffee 1pt
1 can Coke Diet Rite

Total for the day
34 points

This will be my last post for about 10 days

I'm taking a Vacation Hiatus.

I will not count points.

I will not write anything down.

If I'm lucky I will remember to try and drink 64 oz of water a day.

I'm going to Walt Disney World and it's the first real vacation I've had since my honeymoon over 3years ago, I intend to enjoy myself.

I will be back on 2/6/07 with my food journal starting 2/5/07.

Wed. Jan. 24th

Breakfast
1 4pt WW Banana Chocolate Muffin
1/2 of an orange 1 pt

Snack
1/2 of an orange 1 pt
100 calorie Wheat Thins Snack Pack 2pts

Lunch
Salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, cut up low fat string cheese (1pt), (2 pts) worth of tuna mixed in and(2pts) worth of low fat ranch dressing.

Fat Free vanilla pudding 2pts

Snack
Cucumber slices with cottage cheese on top (2pts)

Dinner
Tiliapia (4pts)
brown rice (2pts)
a whole lotta broccoli

Snack
4 reduced fat Chips Ahoy cookies (4pts)

Fluids
50 oz of water at work
28 oz of water at home
8 oz of skim milk (2pts)

29 pts...I'm missing the mark here.

Tues. Jan 23rd

hmmmmm...seems to me that I forgot to post yesterday....

I did write it down..but on a post it and it seems to have fallen somewhere around my desk and I have no idea now.

I know I ate bad for dinner because I had to take Kyle to Hooters for a treat from his football coach and I ran to shop while he did that and I ate on the fly.

I know that I had my minimum 60 oz of water for the day.

But that's about all I can remember.

Monday. Jan. 22nd

Breakfast
1 4pt Banana Chocolate WW recipe Muffin
1 fruit cup 1 pt

Snack
1 cup cottage cheese 2 pts
1 tomato

Lunch
6 inch turkey/ham subway with cheese no oil 7 pts
1 pt bag of Lite Lays Chips

Snack
100 calorie Nutter Butter granola bar 2pts

Dinner
Chicken with broccoli oriental "chop suey" type concoction
Chicken approx. 3 pts
Marinade approx. 1 pt
Chow Mein noodles - 4 pts

Snack
1 large apple 2pts
2 tbsp reduced fat peanut butter -2pts

Fluids
10 oz of black coffee with 4 packets of equal
2 oz of skim milk 1 pt
50 oz of water at work
20 oz of water at home
1 can regular Diet Rite
8 oz of skim milk after dinner 2 pts

32 pts

Weekend of Jan. 20th & 21st

Bottom line, I was awful.

I ate "from a box", didn't keep track, didn't measure anything and ate out twice.

I had just too much going on preparing to leave town..and was not prepared.

I did drink my water both days, which is good.

::climbing back on the wagon right now::

Friday Jan. 19th

Breakfast
2pt Natural Oven Bagel
1 pt low fat cream cheese
1 pt strawberry jelly

Snacks
100 calorie Fudge Striped Cookies 2pts
1 cup raw serated cut carrots
1 tomato

Lunch
3pts whole wheat pasta
1 roma tomato
2 pts mozzarella cheese

Snack
2pt banana

Dinner
4 pts Crunchy Ranch Chicken (WW recipe from my sister)
brocolli, califlower mix
2 pts of long grain rice

Snack
100 calorie snack pack of Fudge striped cookies 2pts

Fluids
10 oz of black coffee with 4 packets of Equal
50 oz of water at work
20 oz of water at home
8 oz of skim milk - 2pts
1 can Cola Diet Rite

Only 23 points....HOW am I supposed to eat 34 in a day....without shoving a ton of "not good for me food" in my mouth? More dairy right?

Thurs. Jan. 18th

Breakfast
1 1/2 cups of generic honey nut cheerios 3 pts
2 oz of skim milk 1 pt

Snack
1 large banana - 2pts

Lunch
Did I mention I had a hell day and didn't eat anything? YEP..

Snack
100 calorie snack pack of cheez its - 2 pts

Dinner
large salad with vinegar and splenda dressing, tomatoes and cucumbers - zero points
4 square slices of take out pizza- who knows??

Snack
Vanilla Skinny cow- 2pts

Fluids
10 oz of black coffee with equal
2 oz of skim milk 1 pt
50 oz of water at work
10 oz of water at home
1 Can Orange Diet Rite

Who knows..even if my pizza was 20 pts I'm still only at 31 for the day.

Wed. Jan. 17th

Breakfast
1 1/2 cup of generic honey nut cheerios 3pts
2 oz of skim milk 1/2 pt

Snack
100 calorie Nutter Butter granola bar 2pts

Lunch
mixed salad greens, crinkle raw carrots (less than a cup), tomatoes
1 Tbsp of cheddar cheese (less than a point) but we'll say 1pt for good measure
2 Tbsp of low fat Honey Mustard dressing - 1 pt
2 imitation crab meat sticks - 2pts

Snack
1 pt apple

Dinner
1 1/2 cups of whole wheat spaghetti pasta -6 pts
chopped tomatoes, couple of ICBINB spray
1 Tbsp of Powered Parmesan Cheese - 1pt (I think)
1 slice of garlic bread - 4pts (this feels like such a waste of points but it was soooo good)

Snack
100 calorie Fudge Striped cookies- 2 pts
4 oz of Skim milk 1 pt

Fluids
10 oz of black coffee with 2 oz of skim milk 1/2 pt
50 oz of water at work
20 oz of water at home
1 Can Orange Diet Rite


I'm at 25 pts.

Maybe I'm just not eating enough really.

Tues. January 16th

Breakfast
2pt Natural Oven Bagel- Butter Spray
1 pt apple

Snack
1/2 cup of cottage cheese 2 pts
tomato

Lunch
medium sized salad
3 pts of chicken breast
1 pt worth of cheddar cheese
2 pts worth of low fat honey mustard dressing
1 pt slice of bread
1 pt fruit cup

Snack
100 calorie Nutter Butter Granola bar 2pts

Dinner
3pts Chicken, black bean, corn salsa (taco insides) from a WW cookbook
poured over 2 pts worth of Lipton Spanish rice (about 1/4 cup)
1 pt "taco cheese"
mixed with romaine lettuce
2 pts of reduced fat tortilla chips crushed up
1 pt sour cream

Snack
100 calorie snack pack of Fudge Striped cookies 2pts

Fluids
10 oz of black coffee
2 oz of skim milk 1 pt
60 oz of water at work
10 oz of water at home
2 cans of orange Diet Rite
2 oz of skim milk (with my cookies) 1 pt

Again...right around 28 pts when my target is to hit 34.

Maybe I should have had more "dinner" or another dairy serving?

Monday Jan. 15th

Breakfast
1 2pt Natural Oven Bagel
2 pt apple

Snack
1 string cheese -2pts

Lunch
6 inch turkey & Ham w/cheese subway (no oil) 7 pts
bag of baked lays 2pts

Snacks
fruit cup 1 pt
1 tomato

Dinner
Boca burger -3pts ( I think)
hamburger bun (2pts)
salad with minimal dressing (maybe 2 pts)

Snack
Skinny cow Ice Cream -2 pts

Fluids
1 Diet Rite
50 oz of water
maybe 10-12 oz of black coffee
8 oz of skim milk 2pts


28 points..so I'm still coming in under 34...

The Weekend

Well I'll just say this, I was not a good sport about it this weekend.

I wasn't feeling well, I had very little energy and very little care towards what I put in my mouth.

Friday I did ok.

1 cup generic honey nut cheerios 2 pts
milk 1 pt

fruit cup 1 pt

Skipped lunch- Did I mention I skipped lunch? It was awful.

apple - 1 pt

I had a gyro for a fattening greek place....but I skipped fries. I was just in absolutely no mood to cook..and we were so low on groceries..so there it is.

Plus 2 Diet Rites
and 60 ounces of water

Sat- I started off better.

A 2 pt Natural Oven Bagel with "I can't believe it's not butter spray".
Banana 2 pts

Can of Progresso soup
handful of oyster crackers

Dinner? Leftover boxed Encore Salisbury Steak, Lipton Tomato pesto noodles and green beans

Small bowl of Rainbow sherbert- ( I said I wasn't good..didn't I? but my throat was KILLING me and I needed something cold.

The killer of the day 40 oz of Gatorade. I just needed to stay hydrated.

Sun- 2pt Natural Oven Bagel with butter spray
1 pt fruit cup

Lunch- 2 small square slices of Freschetta Pizza (since this was all my dear husband was capable of getting together while I died a slow death on the couch)

Dinner- Lettuce, tomato, carrot slices (maybe 1 pt) 2 pts worth of imitation crab meat and 2 pts of honey mustard salad dressing.

2 Diet Rite
Approximately 40 oz of water
2 cups of coffee with probably 4 oz of milk.

NOT good for the weekend..but not as bad as I could have been.

So there's my accountability.

THURSDAY JAN 11th

BREAKFAST
1 cup of generic honey nut cheerios 2pts
4 oz of skim milk 1 pt

SNACK
apple 1 pt

LUNCH
Subway turkey sandwich no cheese no oil (is that still 5pts)
bag of Lays Light chips 1 pt

SNACK
100 calorie Oreo Granola bar 2pts

Now when my husband gets sick..all rationality goes out the window. I was prepared to go home from my son's basketball game and make tilapia with rice and veggies. Instead I got asked to run to the store for soup, Gatorade, tissue and more Tylenol Sore Throat. So while shopping through and realizing that it would 8pm before I could eat...I bought lunch meat, cheese and croissants from the bakery.

Dinner
turkey and cheese on croissant with light mayo (honestly have no idea)
1/2 bag of fattening popcorn (again have no idea)

Fluids
1 12 oz black coffee with 2 oz skim milk and 4 packets of Equal
1 can Diet Rite
Approx. 66 oz of water

Considering I found out that the NEW WW program allows me 34 points a day plus 35 flex points a week...I think I'm either really close or under 34 for the day.

Wednesday Jan. 10th

Now it's been 2 years since I went to a WW meeting and I need to get out my books..but I know a few things by heart and I have a new point slider to help with things with labels.

Breakfast

1 cup generic honey nut cheerios - 2 pts
4 oz skim milk- 2 pts (I think) I really need to get my books out.

Snack
100 calorie Nutter Butter Granola Bar - 2 pts

Lunch
Chicken Breast Salad made at a Salad Bar type place

cut up Chicken breast approx. 2 pts maybe 3

lettuce zero
All my toppings were 1/4 to 1/2 cup servings

tomatoes (are these still zero?)
cucumbers zero
red pepper ??
black olives (tablespoon maybe) 1pt?
cheddar cheese (tablespoon maybe) 1pt?

low fat ranch dressing 2 tablespoons 1 or 2pts?

1/2 wheat pita 2 pts?

Dinner (this is bad but we're trying to get rid of all of our BAD or what I call Boxed Food)

1 Salisbury Steak Patty - 5 pts (how shit...and I was hungry when dinner was over)
1/4 cup of Lipton Tomato Pesto Noodles 3 pts
green beans zero
1 Pillsbury biscuit 3 pts

1 fruit cup 1 pt

Daily Fluid Intake
1 can Diet Rite -zero
60 ounces of water


So that's 27 pts and I was starving. I think I get 31 pts but I'm again not sure.

Either way...I'm getting better...and planning meals in my head for future reference.

This weekend I'm going to be baking WW muffins at home but at least I started it.

I did the journal for Wed.

In the Beginning---God created Woman

Woman spent the rest of her life fighting to stay thin...

Myself included.

My Mom often tells the story of how I was 32 inches and 32 lbs by my 1st b-day...mostly because as a young Mother of 18 and 9 states away from home she couldn't figure out how to get me to sleep through the night so she started putting rice cereal in my bottle at 4 weeks.

To this day I fight the battle with food.

I haven't exactly gotten the whole package together yet.

I need exercise, better food intake, smaller portions, food journal and excessive water intake to see any type of results in my body.

In 2002-2003 I lost 45 lbs for my wedding. I kept it off a while..and then since 2004 and my pregnancy I've let it go. I've kept all the baby weight and then some.

2007 my goal is to lose 80-100 lbs.

My first small goal is 25 lbs by June 1st for my son's 8th grade graduation.

If I can do that...I can lose 50 by the holidays.

Anyway, every Wednesday with the other group of ladies doing Weight Loss Wednesdays I intend to post my weight loss.

However, daily I will update this journal as my "food and activity journal".

Wish me luck....