Monday, February 7th 2011
Another day, same diet... I want this to be a great week and how do I make that happen? Well, I planned our next 2 weeks of dinner meals and went to the store. I can tell you the best time to go to Costco and Walmart is during the Super Bowl, the stores were desserted yesterday! We are not avid sports fans in my house - oh, what am I saying... the ONLY sport we compete in is eating! I do have to say I keep tabs more than I used and a more than my hubby appreciates so all I will say is GO PACKERS!!!!
Today consisted of black coffee with fat free creamer for breakfast - not much of an appetite this morning and it is all I had time for. Lunch was one of my staples and definately a favorite for me. Weight Watchers cheese and reduced fat Wheat Thins as well as light salame. I also had an apple.
I made my slow cooker Chicken Tortilla soup for dinner - this is so comforting and filling. It doesn't help that it is one of my families favorite meals. Made cornbread with low fat buttermilk to lower the points and topped my soup with shredded cheese and fat free sour cream.
Movie night with my BFF tonight - what should we have for a treat?? Popcorn, of course! Added some Reese's Pieces, 1 serving (15 pieces!) was 5 points. Perfect ending to my day.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Day 14
Sunday, February 6th 2011
2nd weigh in.... I was so hoping to lose the remaining 4 lbs to get under this digit. Did I do it, no.
I lost a 2.5 lbs for a total of 7 lbs in 2 weeks.... this is still great! I need to remember that life happens and so do mistakes. Each day is a new one and a new chance to succeed or fail, we chose the path we take. I am excited for 7 lbs down and know that next week will be another loss.
I don't know how I manage to not eat in the am.... by 2, I am starving. This needs to change! We got home from church and had our weekly egg brunch. I decided to have 2 eggs today as I didn't eat earlier. I love poached eggs! This is something new for me and a good change for me.
By late afternoon, I wanted something sweet. Curse you, cravings!! My daughter was eating oreos and I thought to myself - how many points are those? Double stuf oreos are 4 points for 2 cookies and reduced fat are 4 points for 3 cookies (is it sad I have both in my house?)
I guess the question is, did I eat them? Nope! I found a recipe on weight watchers for a strawberry frosty.... hey! There is my sweet fix AND a serving of fruit for the same amount of points. Loved it!
I started planning our next 2 weeks of meals yesterday and finished it up today (what a chore!!!) so we decided to go grocery shopping during the Superbowl since we are not all that into sports at my house. The stores were deserted, it was so nice but that didn't meant the trip would be a short one. 3 hours and 2 whiney kids and one frazzled mama later, we were home.
We didn't eat till late so dinner consisted of baked potatoes topped with turkey chili, cheese and fat free sour cream. Yum and totally filling for 14 points.
Yep, late night craving again - settled for cereal. I am determined to stop this.... I will try to make this my last late night post!
2nd weigh in.... I was so hoping to lose the remaining 4 lbs to get under this digit. Did I do it, no.
I lost a 2.5 lbs for a total of 7 lbs in 2 weeks.... this is still great! I need to remember that life happens and so do mistakes. Each day is a new one and a new chance to succeed or fail, we chose the path we take. I am excited for 7 lbs down and know that next week will be another loss.
I don't know how I manage to not eat in the am.... by 2, I am starving. This needs to change! We got home from church and had our weekly egg brunch. I decided to have 2 eggs today as I didn't eat earlier. I love poached eggs! This is something new for me and a good change for me.
By late afternoon, I wanted something sweet. Curse you, cravings!! My daughter was eating oreos and I thought to myself - how many points are those? Double stuf oreos are 4 points for 2 cookies and reduced fat are 4 points for 3 cookies (is it sad I have both in my house?)
I guess the question is, did I eat them? Nope! I found a recipe on weight watchers for a strawberry frosty.... hey! There is my sweet fix AND a serving of fruit for the same amount of points. Loved it!
I started planning our next 2 weeks of meals yesterday and finished it up today (what a chore!!!) so we decided to go grocery shopping during the Superbowl since we are not all that into sports at my house. The stores were deserted, it was so nice but that didn't meant the trip would be a short one. 3 hours and 2 whiney kids and one frazzled mama later, we were home.
We didn't eat till late so dinner consisted of baked potatoes topped with turkey chili, cheese and fat free sour cream. Yum and totally filling for 14 points.
Yep, late night craving again - settled for cereal. I am determined to stop this.... I will try to make this my last late night post!
Day 13
Saturday, February 5th 2011
Busy day.... had to be somewhere by 9am and then had a Lia Sophia Party at my house at 11am. Grabbe a bagel thin with my sweet almond orange cream cheese as I walked out the door.
Lunch was a serving of cantalope at the party (no dip for me, way to go!) and leftover alfredo as soon as the house cleared out.
Tried a new recipe for dinner - Citrus garlic pork with roasted herb potato wedges and broccoli.
The pork was not my favorite, it had a strong grapefruit flavor and was overcooked (that was my fault) The potatoes were okay but reminded me of a Christmas tree and that made for hard eating.... don't think I am a huge fan of rosemary. Oh well, you live you learn I guess.
Ended up having a bowl of cereal after dinner - it tasted so good! 5 points and I didn't go over but this made me a little fearful for my weigh in tomorrow.... we will see.
Busy day.... had to be somewhere by 9am and then had a Lia Sophia Party at my house at 11am. Grabbe a bagel thin with my sweet almond orange cream cheese as I walked out the door.
Lunch was a serving of cantalope at the party (no dip for me, way to go!) and leftover alfredo as soon as the house cleared out.
Tried a new recipe for dinner - Citrus garlic pork with roasted herb potato wedges and broccoli.
The pork was not my favorite, it had a strong grapefruit flavor and was overcooked (that was my fault) The potatoes were okay but reminded me of a Christmas tree and that made for hard eating.... don't think I am a huge fan of rosemary. Oh well, you live you learn I guess.
Ended up having a bowl of cereal after dinner - it tasted so good! 5 points and I didn't go over but this made me a little fearful for my weigh in tomorrow.... we will see.
Day 12
Friday, February 4th, 2011
The weekend!! Started the day with my oatmeal/toast/milk breakfast and got ready for another day of organizing and cleaning....
Leftover baked beef ziti for lunch - did I mention how great my hubby is for putting leftovers in cup sized portions for me. Perfect!
By dinnertime I was at 14 points and had quite a few left. I was feeling strained from the week of cleaning and organizing and after almost 2 weeks of dieting I was feeling kinda blah. My hubby also told me that his work was requiring a 50 hour (but to expect 60) work weeks for the next 2 weeks so I was not in the mood to cook knowing the next 2 weeks it would just be me preparing meals.
We had Burger King - yep, I caved. I didn't do too bad tho. I had a Whopper Jr (with cheese) and a small fry. This was a total of 19 points and I didn't go over for the day but about an hour after eating I was still craving something. I don't think I will do this again as I had some chocolate (4 points) and still wanted more! I decided to eat some fruit as I hadn't had much veggies/fruit today so I had an apple. I went over my points but had my weekly allowance but it didn't make me feel too great about myself. Oh well, new day tomorrow.
The weekend!! Started the day with my oatmeal/toast/milk breakfast and got ready for another day of organizing and cleaning....
Leftover baked beef ziti for lunch - did I mention how great my hubby is for putting leftovers in cup sized portions for me. Perfect!
By dinnertime I was at 14 points and had quite a few left. I was feeling strained from the week of cleaning and organizing and after almost 2 weeks of dieting I was feeling kinda blah. My hubby also told me that his work was requiring a 50 hour (but to expect 60) work weeks for the next 2 weeks so I was not in the mood to cook knowing the next 2 weeks it would just be me preparing meals.
We had Burger King - yep, I caved. I didn't do too bad tho. I had a Whopper Jr (with cheese) and a small fry. This was a total of 19 points and I didn't go over for the day but about an hour after eating I was still craving something. I don't think I will do this again as I had some chocolate (4 points) and still wanted more! I decided to eat some fruit as I hadn't had much veggies/fruit today so I had an apple. I went over my points but had my weekly allowance but it didn't make me feel too great about myself. Oh well, new day tomorrow.
Day 11
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Woke up today not feeling wonderful and a lovely fever blister on my lip.... ugh! The last thing I wanted to do was bite anything.... Oatmeal it is! By the way, the lower sugar instant oatmeal is lower points then the high fiber. When I was getting breakfast ready, I grabbed 2 packets of the apples n cinnamon thinking that is what I usually have. Added the points and it was 3 points per packet, hmmm, I made one. 2 pieces of delightful whole wheat toast with I can't believe it's not butter and 1/2 a cup of milk. I was full and it was 7 points.
I didn't have much time for lunch - my cleaning spree continues so I had a serving of reduced fat wheat thins (16 crackers!!) and a wedge of laughing cow light spreadable cheese. This is a great snack, throw in an apple and I am completely satisfied for only 4 points.
Dinner consisted of my favorite new found pasta - Alfredo made with cauliflower - Yumm! I decided it was time to treat us to a dessert tonight. I found a fun recipe on Weight watchers for Strawberry Shortcake Kabobs. I made 4 of them at 4 points each. I cut strawberries in half and alternated those and cut up store bought shortcake (I used the mini cups found in the produce section) I cut them up into 6 pieces each and then drizzled with chocolate. This was a 1/2 cup of semi sweet choco chips melted with 1 Tbsp of butter. It was a yummy treat that my whole family loved.
Woke up today not feeling wonderful and a lovely fever blister on my lip.... ugh! The last thing I wanted to do was bite anything.... Oatmeal it is! By the way, the lower sugar instant oatmeal is lower points then the high fiber. When I was getting breakfast ready, I grabbed 2 packets of the apples n cinnamon thinking that is what I usually have. Added the points and it was 3 points per packet, hmmm, I made one. 2 pieces of delightful whole wheat toast with I can't believe it's not butter and 1/2 a cup of milk. I was full and it was 7 points.
I didn't have much time for lunch - my cleaning spree continues so I had a serving of reduced fat wheat thins (16 crackers!!) and a wedge of laughing cow light spreadable cheese. This is a great snack, throw in an apple and I am completely satisfied for only 4 points.
Dinner consisted of my favorite new found pasta - Alfredo made with cauliflower - Yumm! I decided it was time to treat us to a dessert tonight. I found a fun recipe on Weight watchers for Strawberry Shortcake Kabobs. I made 4 of them at 4 points each. I cut strawberries in half and alternated those and cut up store bought shortcake (I used the mini cups found in the produce section) I cut them up into 6 pieces each and then drizzled with chocolate. This was a 1/2 cup of semi sweet choco chips melted with 1 Tbsp of butter. It was a yummy treat that my whole family loved.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Day 10
Wednesday, February 2nd 2011
Love me some bagel thins :-) I made a sweet almond orange cream cheese spread. Oh Heaven! It was 6 points for the bagel and spread.
Here is the recipe -
Sweet almond orange cream cheese spread
1 - 100% whole wheat bagel thin bagel
1/4 cup toasted whole almonds, chopped
1/2 cup golden raisins (I used craisins)
1/4 cup honey
8 oz reduced fat cream cheese
1 teaspoon orange zest
a pinch of salt (our almonds were salted so we omitted this ingredient)
Preheat oven to 400. Cook almonds ofr 5-7 minutes on a cookie sheet until they are fragrant. Remove and let cool to the touch. In a food processor add the cream cheese, raisins, orange zest and honey. Pulse to combine and scrap down sides if needed. Add almonds and pulse to combine into cream cheese mixture. Toast bagel thins and spread with 2 Tablespoons of spread.
There it is - so good and filling... I just have to be sure to not eat every morning.
I had leftover ziti for lunch - my hubby is so sweet, he made sure that there were 2 -1 cup servings in there for me. Love the support. I had some fresh pineapple as well and again, LOVE that I can have fruit whenever and I don't have to worry about the points.
Dinner consisted of an amazing new recipe as well - probably one of my top 5.
Baked creamy chicken taquitos. I found this recipe on a friend's blog site - she was a big inspiration for me. She started weight watchers about 2 weeks before and has been so positive and cute about it and also put her success and recipes on a blog.
Her blog is www.thepaysonolsens.blogspot.com The recipe for the taquitos and others are on there.... I did notice that the recipe called for cheese (besides the cream cheese) but it didn't have an amount. I added 1/3 cup of shredded mexican low fat cheese in there and it was 2 points for 12 servings. I also noticed that I liked the corn tortillas much more than the flour - man, that is insane!
Had points left and I let myself have a rocky road brownie - heaven on a plate, even with the tiny portion and to be honest, it was just enough.
Love me some bagel thins :-) I made a sweet almond orange cream cheese spread. Oh Heaven! It was 6 points for the bagel and spread.
Here is the recipe -
Sweet almond orange cream cheese spread
1 - 100% whole wheat bagel thin bagel
1/4 cup toasted whole almonds, chopped
1/2 cup golden raisins (I used craisins)
1/4 cup honey
8 oz reduced fat cream cheese
1 teaspoon orange zest
a pinch of salt (our almonds were salted so we omitted this ingredient)
Preheat oven to 400. Cook almonds ofr 5-7 minutes on a cookie sheet until they are fragrant. Remove and let cool to the touch. In a food processor add the cream cheese, raisins, orange zest and honey. Pulse to combine and scrap down sides if needed. Add almonds and pulse to combine into cream cheese mixture. Toast bagel thins and spread with 2 Tablespoons of spread.
There it is - so good and filling... I just have to be sure to not eat every morning.
I had leftover ziti for lunch - my hubby is so sweet, he made sure that there were 2 -1 cup servings in there for me. Love the support. I had some fresh pineapple as well and again, LOVE that I can have fruit whenever and I don't have to worry about the points.
Dinner consisted of an amazing new recipe as well - probably one of my top 5.
Baked creamy chicken taquitos. I found this recipe on a friend's blog site - she was a big inspiration for me. She started weight watchers about 2 weeks before and has been so positive and cute about it and also put her success and recipes on a blog.
Her blog is www.thepaysonolsens.blogspot.com The recipe for the taquitos and others are on there.... I did notice that the recipe called for cheese (besides the cream cheese) but it didn't have an amount. I added 1/3 cup of shredded mexican low fat cheese in there and it was 2 points for 12 servings. I also noticed that I liked the corn tortillas much more than the flour - man, that is insane!
Had points left and I let myself have a rocky road brownie - heaven on a plate, even with the tiny portion and to be honest, it was just enough.
Day 9
Tuesday, February 1st 2011
I can't believe it's February already! I LOVE February!!! It is my favorite month - my birthday, valentine's, and president's day (Joe home from work!)
This is also a very big eating month - all of those days are the perfect for eating. I am determined to get through this month without eating my way through it and fully enjoying turning another year older and hopefully another digit smaller. I am going to DO this!
I found a new found favorite breakfast food - Thomas bagel thins... they are so yummy! I love that I can have a bagel and it isn't a million points. I had this with peanut butter (gotta have the real stuff - so worth every point) and a banana with a 1/2 glass of milk.
We made a remade version of one of our household favorites - baked ziti. When we made this on a normal, non diet day it was full of ground beef, tons of tomatoes, seasonings, and a TON of mozzerella. The newer, lighter version consisted of the same ingredients except we used less meat, and less cheese. It still tasted amazing! The crazy part is when I picked up my 1 cup measuring cup and saw how small that serving was, I thought there was no way I would be full. I put that cup on my plate along with a salad topped with fat free italian dressing and sat down. I was FULL after that! I was so surprised.... I used to eat 2 or 3 times that amount in one sitting.
By the time evening hit, I still had quite a few points left. I was thinking hey, I can have a real bowl of ice cream and even make it a DOUBLE portion. LOL that freezer was calling my name! I fought my way to healthy snack - reduce fat crackers, light babybel wedge, and light salami. Protein is my friend and was so much better than what I had in mind.
I can't believe it's February already! I LOVE February!!! It is my favorite month - my birthday, valentine's, and president's day (Joe home from work!)
This is also a very big eating month - all of those days are the perfect for eating. I am determined to get through this month without eating my way through it and fully enjoying turning another year older and hopefully another digit smaller. I am going to DO this!
I found a new found favorite breakfast food - Thomas bagel thins... they are so yummy! I love that I can have a bagel and it isn't a million points. I had this with peanut butter (gotta have the real stuff - so worth every point) and a banana with a 1/2 glass of milk.
We made a remade version of one of our household favorites - baked ziti. When we made this on a normal, non diet day it was full of ground beef, tons of tomatoes, seasonings, and a TON of mozzerella. The newer, lighter version consisted of the same ingredients except we used less meat, and less cheese. It still tasted amazing! The crazy part is when I picked up my 1 cup measuring cup and saw how small that serving was, I thought there was no way I would be full. I put that cup on my plate along with a salad topped with fat free italian dressing and sat down. I was FULL after that! I was so surprised.... I used to eat 2 or 3 times that amount in one sitting.
By the time evening hit, I still had quite a few points left. I was thinking hey, I can have a real bowl of ice cream and even make it a DOUBLE portion. LOL that freezer was calling my name! I fought my way to healthy snack - reduce fat crackers, light babybel wedge, and light salami. Protein is my friend and was so much better than what I had in mind.
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