Like the rest of you all already posted, this weekend wasn't too good as far as eating goes. I finished out Friday okay with only a few drinks to add to my points. Then Saturday during the day I did really well eating and even worked out, but then came the Girls Night out....Sunday was okay up until the few beers, some cheese, sausage, baked Tostitos, BBQ Sauce, etc. I didn't workout but I mowed the grass. I've gone way over my weekly points (didn't feel like trying to figure it out). However, Today I'm back on track so far.

Breakfast:
Egg substitutes
Lean diced ham
fat-free cheddar cheese
1 banana

Snack:
94% fat-free microwave popcorn

Lunch:
Small salad (from home) W/
Romaine lettuce
shredded carrots
cucumbers
fat-free mozzarella cheese
fat-free ranch dressing

about 2/3 cup strawberries
Fat-free, sugar-free chocolate pudding made w/ skim milk

Dinner:
1/2 of a leftover chicken breast (didn't eat the skin)
left over grilled veggies
leftover Party Potatoes (about 0.5 - 1 point)

Walked on treadmil-35 minutes

Decided to go back and actually somewhat figure my points for the weekend. I went over my weekly points so far by about 25-30 points! Ack!! It wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't already used 20 points before the weekend. (Which only means that I must have used about 100-150 points over when I was in Chicago!) Anyway....we'll just have to wait until Wednesday morning to see what the damage is....

Breakfast:
Egg substitutes
fat-free cheddar cheese
lean died ham
1 banana

Lunch:
Small salad tray from Schnucks w/
lettuce
shredded carrots
green onions
diced hard-boiled eggs
diced ham
fat-free ranch dressing
1 container Campbell's Soup at Hand -Classic Tomato

Snack:
1 packet of Chiquita Apple slices

Activity points

To answer Violet's question on the previous post... yes, they can be added up over the week, or at least that's the way it appears to me on my chart.

On the Core plan I have a 35 weekly point allowance, which can be used over the week or all at once, etc. When I add my activity to the planner, it adds the points to my remaining weekly balance. Yesterday (Wednesday), started with 35, used a point, but earned 2- so it said my balance was 36. Then today, I used 18 and earned 1 and it now says my remaining weekly points is 19.

Breakfast:
Egg substitutes
Fat-free cheddar cheese
lean diced ham
strawberries

Lunch:
Went to an all day seminar, so didn't have much choice (to an extent) but to eat what they served for lunch.
Sliced roast beef in BBQ sauce
1 fried chicken drumstick (didn't eat the skin)
1 roll
lettuce w/4 cucumber slices & about 1 tbsp of Italian dressing
1 slice Apple pie (okay, I had a choice on this one, but I couldn't resist and it was very good!) :o)

I wasn't sure of exactly what they made each thing with or what kind things were, so when I calculated the points using the food list I figured about a total of 18 points. That sucks....and because I changed my weigh in day on my planner to Wednesday, I lost my activity points that I earned on Monday & Tuesday. Oh well....

Dinner:
Grilled boneless-skinless chicken breast marinaded in a pre-made teriyaki/pineapple marinade (1 serving of marinade was 0 points)
Grilled fresh pineapple
green beans
baked potato w/ fat-free spray butter/margarine

Activity: 23 minutes on the treadmill- not as intense as usual (wasn't feeling real well, and had to talk myself out of skipping it all together...)

Diet Coke Plus

Have you seen the new Diet Coke Plus? I just saw it the other day at Target (maybe it's been around, but I didn't know that). It's Diet Coke with Vitamins and Minerals. I thought I'd try one, and it's not bad. It tastes a little bit different, but it's fine. Another way to get a few more of the required daily vitamins. :o)

The dreaded day.....

Weigh-in: 138 (not as bad as I thought...)

Breakfast:
Egg substitutes
fat-free cheddar cheese
1 slice cantaloupe
6 strawberries

Snack:
94% fat-free microwave popcorn

Lunch:
Salad (from home) w/
shredded carrots
lean diced ham
fat-free mozzarella cheese
fat-free ranch dressing

1 banana
fat-free, sugar-free chocolate fudge pudding made w/ skim milk

Dinner:
repeat of last night (needed something quick for Amanda & I before class and she missed out on it last night when I made it since she stayed for dinner at Mike's dad's)

Snack:
Skinny Cow Fudge bar (1 point)

Activity: treadmill for 30 minutes

So, I was curious tonight to see how much my hubby weighed....I made him get on the scale...he weighs more than he thought he did...he's been saying for years that he weighs about 135, but he actually weighs 142.2! For the very first time in 17 years, I have weigh less than him! That makes me very happy!!! :o) It's like a hit a milestone....great feeling!

Breakfast:
Egg substitutes
Lean diced ham
Fat-free cheddar cheese
1 slice of cantaloupe
about 5 or 6 strawberries

Lunch:
(I actually made a salad from home, rather than going to Schnucks today)
Romaine lettuce
shredded carrots
fat-free mozzarella cheese
1 grilled chicken breast (left-over from Sunday)- diced
Fat-free ranch dressing
Campbell's Classic Tomato Soup-at Hand

Snack:
1 banana

Dinner:
1 cup whole wheat pasta
Scallops and shrimp sauteed in chicken broth, fat-free margarine, fresh garlic & parsley

Snack:
Fat-free, sugar-free Chocolate Fudge pudding made w/ skim milk

Activity: Treadmill for 43 minutes

Scared to weigh in after last week, but I want to change my weigh in day, also. So, I am going to change it to Wednesday and I'll weigh then. I'll just have to deal with the outcome at that time and hope that I lost a little bit of what I am sure I gained.

Breakfast:
Back to the usual-
Egg substitutes
Little bit of diced ham
Fat-free cheddar cheese
1 slice of cantaloupe

Snack:
94% fat-free microwave popcorn

Lunch:
Large salad tray from Schnucks w/
Lettuce & mixed greens
green onions
diced hard boiled egg
shredded carrots
diced turkey
fat-free ranch dressing

Snack:
1 banana
2 small pieces of chocolate (I'll have to look into the point value)- not sure what got into me....Monday.... I guess.... :o)

Dinner:
Lean center loin pork chop (boneless)
Med. baked potato w/ fat-free spray butter/margarine
Corn on the cob w/ fat-free spray butter/margarine

Activity: walked on treadmill- 2 pts earned

Trying to be positive..

Okay, I am tired of telling you all the bad things that I've been eating all week, so I'm going to try to make this post a little more "positive". :o)

Spent 5 hours at the mall today. Really nice mall, with lots of neat stores. I did stay out of the more expensive stores as much as I would have liked to find something in those stores. I was also felt weird trying to go in the young/hip stores. Anyway, I managed not to grow out of the clothes that I brought with me and the clothes that I tried on in the size I have been buying lately fit as well. I am having a hard time trying not to buy too much at one time and only buy what I need to get by for now, since I plan on going down another size at least before Mexico. I did find a swim suit for Mexico at the Target up here the other day. It's a tankini and has regular bottoms, rather than a skirt. It didn't look too bad. :o) I bought it since it was already on clearance (can you believe it?) and I was afraid I wouldn't find the right size when I got back home. The bottoms are a bit snug, but they WILL fit by the end of June. :o) I figured the top would still be okay.

I have also found that in most stores I can buy a Large top (used to buy an XL), but in some the Large is too big, but when I try a medium on, then it's just too small. So, it's just weird that there is so much difference between the two sizes. I am also having a difficulty with some of the tops in fashion now- the ones that are more like the baby doll style or something. They fit, but to me when I look in the mirror, I look like I am wearing a maternity top. When loosing weight, the last thing I want to do is look pregnant. Anyway, I managed to find some things, mostly tops that I can wear to work (some can be worn out as well). I did find quite a few things in a store called H&M (had never heard of it, do we have this store at home?), however I didn't buy too many things. That store is very reasonable priced, which is a big plus.

At the Victoria's Secret up here, the store had a large selection of their "PINK" items in the store and I really wanted a pair of "PINK" yoga pants (don't know why, but I do), but they were too long. :o( (The yoga pants were way cheaper than the sweat pants...Hubby would have killed me if I had bought the $68 pair of sweatpants that I liked...didn't bother to try them on..) Anyway, I really enjoy shopping for a different size than before and trying on things that I would never have dared to try on before. :o) Can't wait to shop for a new size.....

Still eating.... (bad stuff)

Well, I'm still here and eating bad things....but, we're having fun.

Monday night:
Ate at a Italian place called Coco Pazzo (expensive and not our style, but we didn't know that before we went in- we felt very much out of place in our jeans and couldn't tell what half the things on the menu were.)
I had some sort of pasta with a spicy red sauce and octopus, and some bread. It was good though.

Tuesday (if I can remember):

Breakfast-
1 banana
1/2 bagel w/ cream cheese
1/2 of a strawberry yogurt (wasn't low fat)

Lunch-
Baked salmon with some sort of sauce. I twas good, but I don't know what it was.
Some weird looking noodles or something. (they were clear like, never seen them before)

Snack:
The conference had a cocktail reception- had 2 crab cakes, 2 lamb quesadilla things and a few beers.

Dinner-
We had appetizers and drinks at Rock Bottom Brewery. So I had some nachos, chicken quesidillas (sp?), tacquito things (sp?), & an onion ring.

Wednesday:
No breakfast

Lunch-
A ham and cheese sub from some deli

Dinner-
Ate at Stonewood Ale House- had BBQ grilled chicken, salad and some fries. Had a few drinks.

We did a bit of walking through out the city on Monday & Tuesday night.

Sunday will be nice to get back to my regular food. :o) I feel like I've gained 10 ponds, but I am sure it's all in my head just thinking about all the points that I've eaten. I've probably used the next 3 weeks of points. LOL!

Saturday night we went out to eat with Heather & Ross. We ate at a bar not too far from their house that has really good Chicago style pizza. Had 2 pieces, which felt like I was eating about 50 points, and a few cocktails.

Sunday on the drive to Chicago, I munched on apple slices and a few pieces of beef jerky nuggets. Then for lunch, I made Mike find a Subway and we had sandwiches. So that wasn't too bad so far. Then for the evening, I had 2 beers and we ate at Houlahan's (right right next door to the hotel- we didn't feel like venturing out). I had a small salad and nachos (which were loaded).

Today, I had scrambles eggs, fruit and 1/2 of a bagel w/ cream cheese. Then at lunch they served a buffet with chicken Cesar salad and pizza.

We did a lot of walking yesterday afternoon and this hotel is huge, so I've been walking alot to get from place to place and then back & forth to the room between sessions. So hopefully the walking will help a little bit.

I think we are going to venture out tonight and eat somewhere different. Mike has a friend that lives up here that he used to work with. They are out & about this afternoon and we may go out the guy & his wife this evening. But I'm just not going to stress too much about eating bad this week and just enjoy myself (without going too overboard though).

Breakfast:
Egg substitutes
lean diced ham
fat-free cheddar cheese
1 banana
Crystal Light Strawberry-orange-banana

Activity:
Walked on the treadmill - 2 points

Since I will not be able to weigh-in on Monday and we'll be leaving really early tomorrow, I decided to to my weigh-in this morning.......I didn't do too bad after all......136! I wasn't even naked..LOL! (And I weighed 5 times to make sure it was right and each time it said the same thing.)
I wanted to tell you all about the potatoes I had last night. I like them because they are quick. Great for the nights when you don't have a whole lot of time. Anyway, they are in the freezer section with the other potato items. They are by Alexia and called Oven Fries. Made with Olive oil, Rosemary and Garlic (& happen to be Gluten free if you care).

Ingredients:
Russet potatoes, olive oil, sunflower oil and/or canola oil and/or safflower oil, sea salt, Extra virgin olive oil, Dextrose, Garlic powder, Rosemary, Black pepper, Marjoram, Thyme, Natural Rosemary flavor.





So anyway, they are great...

So starting tonight, will be really bad....we are going out to eat and then tomorrow we are leaving for Chicago and will be eating out all week. Mike will have his laptop with him, so I'll try to post here & there to keep you up to date on the damage that I am doing. LOL!

Breakfast:
Egg substitutes
little bit of lean diced ham
fat-free cheddar cheese
1 cup watermelon

3 "chocolate coffees"

Lunch:
Large salad tray from Schnucks w/
lettuce
diced hard-boiled eggs
shredded carrots
cauliflower
green onions
fat-free ranch dressing

1 banana
fat-free, sugar-free chocolate pudding made w/ skim milk

Dinner:
grilled hamburger patty (90% lean) probably a few points since it wasn't 95%
fat free cheese slice
potato wedges baked in oven- with seasons, olive oil, canola oil

2 Miller Lites (4 points)
1 Shreck made w/ sugar-free Red Bull (2 points for the UV)

Activity: None

Breakfast:

My usual....
egg substitutes
little bit of lean ham
fat-free cheddar cheese
1 banana

3 "chocolate coffees"

Snack:
Mini bag 94% fat-free microwave popcorn

Lunch:
Small salad tray from Schnucks w/
lettuce
shredded carrots
green onions
a little bit of turkey
diced hard-boiled egg
fat-free ranch dressing

fat-free, sugar-free chocolate pudding made w/ skim milk

Dinner:
Whole wheat pasta topped w/
(pre-cooked) shrimp sauteed in fat-free margarine & fresh garlic

Activity:
31 minutes (fast walking) on the treadmill (2 points is what I am counting)

Crustless Strawberry Pie

4 cups sliced strawberries
1 small box Sugar-Free Cook & Serve (not instant) vanilla pudding
1 small box Sugar-Free Strawberry flavored gelatin
2 cups water

Spray an 8" or 9" pie plate with Pam. Scatter strawberries evenly across the bottom. Cook vanilla pudding according to directions, BUT use water instead of milk. Add dry gelatin to pudding mixture and stir until dissolved. Allow to cool 5 minutes, then pour over strawberries. Chill 4 hours. Top with Cool Whip Free if desired.

:o)

Found this recipe on this site that my sister shared with me.

Heather's Recipe Site
http://www.freewebs.com/hwc1973/index.htm

Started off to be a good day (as far as eating goes).....

Breakfast:
(my usual)
egg substitutes
little bit of lean diced ham
fat-free cheddar cheese
& a banana

Lunch:
Not so good. We traveled down to Bloomfield (about 3 hrs from here) for my Grandpa's funeral and after the service we all went to some restaurant (a fish place) and had their buffet. I would have preferred to look at the menu to see if they had something else, but the buffet was what was easier and quicker to buy for the amount of people that we had. Anyway, the meat choices were all FRIED.... enough said about the lunch...don't even know how many points, but my guess would be around 30 points, so we'll just say I've used the rest for the week. (even though I am not even close to being done....)

Dinner:
None- wasn't hungry

Snack:
Last piece of the Crustless Strawberry Pie w/ Cool Whip Free

The Crustless Strawberry Pie is a core recipe (is also 0 points) that I found and it's not too bad. It's more like Strawberries in a creamy jello, just a little something different that eating plain strawberries. I'll share the recipe later.

Activity:
Walked for almost the entire episode of American Idol (47 minutes!) and burned 450 calories and walked 2.85 miles! (I was hoping to make up for the really bad lunch...) I don't agree with the WW activity point calculator. If I leisure walk, brisk walk or treadmill walk I earn the same amount of points. I wasn't walking leisurely- I was walking fast, using the arm things, sweating my ass off...so I am giving myself 4 points instead. (Not that it matters, I'll be going way over my points by the end of the week anyway...)

Decided to walk again last night for a little bit, earned 1 activity point.

Also found a new favorite drink to help "liven" up my water intake- Crystal Light Strawberry-Orange-Banana. It's the kind that you make the whole pitcher and it's core (plus it's 0 points as well). Good stuff.

Breakfast:
(the usual)
egg substitute
little bit of lean diced ham
fat-free cheddar cheese
and a banana

Lunch/Snack:
(no time for a real lunch since I had to leave work early to go to the visitation for my Grandpa)
Orville Redenbacher Mini Bag -Smart pop-94% fat-free microwave popcorn
Sugar-free, fat-free chocolate pudding made w/ skim milk

Dinner:
(No real dinner)
Small slice of sandwich ring (that was from Sam's)- I have no idea how many points or what exactly was on it...I was hungry and it was either that, cookies or chips....so I'm going with 4 points since it was small

Snack when I got home:
some imitation lobster meat
1 banana

No activity

Last week, I gave my starting weight 144 because I thought the scale was a bit off- the scale read 142.8, so I rounded up a little. Anyway, I decided that I will just go with what the scale says each week (whether it's off or not) so I don't have to try to estimate, it will be easier in the long run. Anyway, today...141.8, down 1 pound- better than nothing and better than I thought after this past weekend. :o)

Breakfast:
1 cup egg substitutes
fat-free cheddar cheese
diced lean ham (about 1/8 cup)
1 banana

Snack:
Fat-free, sugar-free chocolate fudge pudding made with skim milk

Lunch:
Left-over ham from yesterday...not sure what kind of ham exactly it was, so I'm just going with 3 points on that
Left-over green bean casserole (1.5 points because there were the fried onions in it, but I used the 98% fat-free cream of mushroom soup and skim milk when making)
Left-over Crustless Strawberry Pie (0 pts.) w/ Cool-Whip Free (0 pts.)

Didn't really want to start using points, but I figured that the leftovers needed to go... :o)

Walked- earned 3 activity points

Dinner:
Grilled chicken marinated in fat-free Italian dressing
Mixed veggies- squash, zucchini, fresh green beans, onions & snow peas
1 baked potato w/ fat-free butter/margarine

Ended the week/weekend not doing so well. I did earn 3 activity points yesterday though, which might have helped a wee bit. Not looking forward to tomorrow's "weigh-in". I'm not going to list my menu from the today or yesterday, because I don't even know how much to calculate. We ate twice today for Easter- once at my sister's and then at Mike's Dad's. Didn't do too bad over at my sister's as most of the things were core or only worth a few points. Mike's dad's was a different story.....can't pass up the homemade macaroni -which, of course, wasn't made with whole wheat pasta, fat-free cheese or anything...it was all full-fledged "fattening"... but I didn't go back for seconds :o) And I wanted to try her corn pudding :o) I would like to walk tonight, but I am feeling just too stuffed right now, so I'll have to wait a bit and see how I feel before I go to bed. Anyway, we'll see what kind of "damage" was done in the morning.

This week I have to be really, really good because the following week we'll be spending an entire week in Chicago- eating out..... I'll try to make some wise food choices and try not to go overboard. Luckily both hotels that we'll be at have fitness rooms, so we'll see if I can squeeze in a few times on the treadmill while I am away.

Yesterday started out as a typical day- same breakfast & snack. At lunch I really wanted a sandwich from Subway, rather than a salad from Schnucks. So I ended up with the Roast Beef on wheat, no cheese, w/ lettuce, black olives, pickles and honey mustard. (5 pts.)

Then for dinner we were in a hurry, so we had McDonald's. I ordered 2 of the Grilled Chicken Ranch Snack packs (12 pts. total), then had 4 Miller Lites (8 pts. total). I ended up using 25 points yesterday! No activity.

I now have 2.5 points to use the rest of the weekend. I'll probably go over by about 10-15 points, however I am going to try to earn a couple activity points this morning, so that will help a little bit. :o)

I'll let you know how the rest of the weekend turns out and then Monday is my "weigh-in" day, so we'll see if any progress was made.

Breakfast:
Today I didn't have time to cook and eat, so I decided that I'd try the WW cereal that I bought for those days like today. One word- GROSS! But I manged to eat most of it since I didn't have time for anything else. Usually, I try to keep the WW Blueberry muffins on hand for these days, but didn't have any. So today at lunch time, I bought the WW English Muffins- thought I would give them a try next time I can't cook. :o)
3/4 cup WW Vanilla Wheat Puffs
w/ skim milk
1 banana

3 chocolate coffees

Snack: 94% fat-free microwave popcorn- mini bag

Lunch:
small salad tray from Schnucks
w/ carrots, green onions, turkey chunks, diced hard-boiled eggs, about 1 tbsp. of mozzarella cheese (forgot mine) and fat-free ranch dressing (1pt. for the cheese)
1 Campbell's Soup at Hand- Classic tomato

Dinner:
Salad w/ cucumbers, fat free shredded cheddar cheese, 1/3 grilled chicken breast cut into bite size pieces, fat-free ranch dressing

3 Miller Lites- (6 pts.)

Used 7 pts....now have 27.5 points left for the weekend
No activity today.

Another day...

By the end of the week, you'll all see that I am very repetitive in what I eat.... :o)

Anyway, I earned 1 activity point last night and I finally tried the Blue Bunny Health Smart- Fat free, Sugar Free fudge bar (I actually had the vanilla & fudge bar). It was pretty good, but the Skinny Cows are better. But hey, for 0 points it was worth it. :o)


TODAY-
Breakfast:

(the usual)
1/2 cup egg-substitute
fat-free shredded cheddar cheese
1 banana

3 -"chocolate coffees"

Snack:
1 mini bag Orville Redenbacher Smart Pop 94% fat free popcorn

Lunch:
(leftovers from the night before)
Whole wheat pasta
lean ground beef
Light Ragu Tomato & Basil pasta sauce (1pt.)
fat-free, sugar-free chocolate fudge pudding made with skim milk

Dinner:
(It was "GIY Night" at our house- Get it yourself night- everyone finds their own thing to eat...I'm not cooking...)
1/2 can of Campbell's Healthy Request Tomato soup made with skim milk
med. salad w/ fat-free shredded cheddar cheese, carrots, cucumbers and fat-free ranch dressing

Snack:
1 Blue Bunny Health Smart-fat free, sugar-free fudge bar (0 pts.)

Earned 1 activity point tonight. :o)

Between the points used and the points earned, I have 34.5 points left to use the rest of the week and the weekend. Not bad, however I am sure that I will use way more that the 34.5 points over the weekend, but we'll see. Easter Sunday isn't going to help...we are going to 2 different dinners, however one of them is at my sister's who will make sure that we have some core items on the menu. :o) At the other dinner (at Mike's dad's), there is no such thing as reduced fat anything in the cooking over there. LOL!

Oh, two of you mentioned that you were thinking of the Core plan, but thought it might be too restrictive....my sister switches plans from time to time. For example, when she is going to be traveling, eating out alot, etc. she switches to the Flex plan for a few weeks because it's easier for her to just figure points instead of being stuck with only core foods. Then she'll switch back to core and switch again when needed. Just a thought..... hope to see you all this weekend!

Today's menu-

Breakfast:
1/2 cup egg-substitute
fat-free shredded cheddar cheese
1 banana

3 "chocolate-coffees"

Snack:
1 mini bag Orville Redenbacher's Smart Pop 94% fat-free popcorn

Lunch:
small salad tray from Schnucks w/
iceberg lettuce
shredded carrots
diced hard-boiled eggs
cauliflower
green onions
fat-free mozzarella cheese
fat-free ranch dressing
Fat-free, sugar-free chocolate fudge pudding made w/ skim milk

Dinner:
1 1/2 cups whole wheat pasta
about 1/4-1/3 cup lean ground beef
1/2 cup (or less) Light Ragu Tomato & Basil sauce (1 pt.)
1/2 bun (Wonder whole grain white) (1.5 pts.)- that's what I had to make garlic bread
with :o)
1 tsp (or less) fat-free spreadable margarine
fat-free shredded mozzarella cheese

Last night I did earn 1 activity point for walking. Didn't try the new fudge bar yet, maybe tonight after I walk.

Some Diet coke, some water and 1 Crystal Light Sunrise-On the Go- Classic Orange added to my bottle water. 0 points (I like the Crystal Light stuff- makes the water not so boring...)


Used 2.5 points from my weekly allowance

Here's a helpful website-

http://www.dietfacts.com/

It has an expanded list of restaurants (more than what they have on WW) and different brands of food. It gives the nutritional facts of each item listed and then also gives you the "unofficial points" which is pretty accurate point value for the WW plan.

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So on Saturday (3-31-07) I was cleaning up in my room, trying to get somethings organized, etc. and I ran across a bag in my closet. In the bag was top that I had bought last year. Didn't try it on when I bought it, it just looked like it should fit and it was on clearance for $4.00. Well, it didn't fit (much too tight) and for $4 bucks I wasn't taking it back cause some day I might fit into it. Anyway, I tried it on Saturday and it fit! The receipt was still in the bag, so I looked to see what date was on it....3-31-06. It was exactly 1 year since I bought it! Thought that was too funny. :o)

Breakfast:

1/2 cup Better'n'eggs (egg substitute- I just like them....)
some Fat-free shredded Cheddar cheese (didn't measure)
some lean diced/cubed ham (didn't measure)
1 banana
(FYI- this is pretty much my daily breakfast, but vary the fruit a bit sometimes)

Once I get to work- I have chocolate-coffee (1/2 coffee with 1/2 hot chocolate made from no-sugar added hot chocolate mix)- I usually have 2 or three. :o) Today I had 3.

Mid-morning snack:
1 apple (love the Chiquita snack packs!)

Lunch: (thank goodness for having a Schnucks near my work- it's great for those days when I didn't get to pack my lunch or didn't have anything to pack)

large tray from Schnucks salad bar with:
iceberg & romaine lettuce
shredded carrots
green onions
diced hard-boiled eggs
imitation crab meat
Fat-free shredded mozzarella cheese (brought my own from home)
Fat-free ranch salad dressing (from home)
1/3 cup serving of Chocolate Fudge pudding (instant- fat-free, sugar-free made
with skim milk- prepared at home....love this stuff & it helps me get my dairy)

Dinner:
1 grilled boneless, skinless chicken breast
1 baked potato w/fat-free spray margarine
veggies- snow peas, broccoli, squash & zucchini (cooked/stir-fried in a pan with a little bit of
of seasoning and some light olive-oil)

I bought the Blue Bunny- Health Smart fat-free, sugar free fudge bars today since they are 0 points. I may have one later. If so, I'll let you know if they are as good as the Skinny Cows. :o)

Somewhere in all of that, I've had about 4 Diet Cokes and some water. I don't do well drinking my required amount of water, but I'll work on it.

No additional points used today. :o)
Activity- None yet, but I am getting ready to walk on the treadmill before I get ready for bed (no time to do it in the mornings).

Well, here I am. Wasn't sure what to call my blog, so if you can think of something better let me know. :o) I actually started following the WW Core plan (for the most part) last fall on my own. My sister got me started with her books. (She joined January 2006 and has lost 70+ pounds!) It's been a slow process, but it's working for me. I don't want to feel restricted or feel like I am on a diet, so I call it healthier eating and trying to change my lifestyle in the way that I eat so that I can do this easily for the rest of my years. I don't really know what I exact "starting" weight was, I didn't weigh for several weeks after I started. I just wanted to see that clothes were getting looser. :o) I do recall weighing about 170 last summer. I've been weighing periodically now, so I'll try to do my weekly weigh in with you all. The last few months haven't been very productive as far as weight loss, just too many things going on, but I did manage to maintain without gaining. I also walk on my treadmill about an average 4-5 times a week.

My main goal is to try to do really well during the week, so that on the weekends I don't have to stress about eating the right or wrong things, enjoy a few beers, etc. I don't do well with counting the points, which is why I chose the Core plan. So, if I post a menu or recipe, it's most likely going to be calculated as core + whatever extra points there may be. So if you are following the Flex point (or whatever they call it) plan, then you'll have to fugure it out on your own. :o)

So today, I decided that I would actually quit being a cheap-ass and actually join WW Online (with everyone else) so I could get the online tools. So we'll see how that goes.

I can't promise that I will post every day, but I do believe that I'll keep up with this blog better than my regular one (on my other blog, I just don't have things to say...) Anyway.....

Today's weight= 144 (scale read 142.8, but I think it's off about a pound so we'll say 144). I haven't decided on my goal weight yet, but I am thinking that I'd need to loose another 20-25 pounds (remember, I'm not a tall person). I think I'll know what it is once I reach it. Chow for now....I'll try to post my menu later....