March 3, 2010 - Day 59

Wow, for some reason I was really hungry today. Nothing seemed to satisfy me, and I just kept wanting to eat. Hmph. :/

For breakfast

1 cup of coffee w/vanilla creamer (70 calories; 2 points)

3/4 multi-grain english muffin (110 calories; 2 points)

1 Kashi trail mix bar (140 calories; 2 points)

For lunch

Water

Leftover penne w/peppers and sausage (250 calories; 5 points)
* I have to say that I love this meal more every time I eat it. So yummy!

For dinner

Water

Pasta w/marinara sauce, meatballs, peppers, and zucchini (500 calories; 9 points)
* This is a guess. I think it might be a little bit of an overestimate, but I'd rather go over in my estimates

Cabbage + 2 tsps of ceasar dressing (50 calories; 1 point)

Snacks

Diet hot chocolate (25 calories; 0 points)

1 bowl of cheerios in skim milk (140 calories; 3 points)

1 piece of dark chocolate (57 calories; 1 point)

So for today it's roughly:

Total Calories: 1342 - Wow, I sure ate a lot today. Like I said above, I was just so hungry today, and I'm not sure why.

Total WW Points: 25

Total flex points left for week: 31 of 35

Days left in flex points week (after today) : 5

Exercise

150 ab crunches

No Zumba today. :( I think this week is going to be bad (i.e. a few pounds will be added on to my weight instead of being subtracted). I'm off to a conference tomorrow until Sunday. And I'm pretty sure it's going to be difficult to eat low calories/low fat food. Oh well. At least there's a fitness room at the resort I'm going to, so that's something at least. :)

February 26, 2010 - Day 54

So, I was originally going to share with you the news that I ate egg yolks today for the first time in forever. Which is really exciting, because I've missed eggs! Stupid egg intolerance due to my over-indulgence while pregnant and nursing Riley. Seriously, I ate eggs every day for abut 5 months. Now while I didn't eat the egg whites (which is where I suspect I have most of my stomach problems), I was super excited that the egg yolks seemed to agree with me.

But, the bigger news is that today I went shopping and, get this, bought a pair of 6 jeans! Yep, you read it correctly! Size 6 jeans!!!!! Granted, I'm sporting a little bit of a muffin top, but they look awesome on me. I also bought a pair of size 8 jeans that went on super comfortably and also look fabulous. Rounding out the purchase with 2 new tops, and I feel awesome! What a way to keep me motivated to do more!

For breakfast

3/4 of a multi-grain english muffin w/margarine (120 calories; 2 points)

1/2 cup of coffee w/vanilla creamer (35 calories; 1 point)

For lunch

1 peanut butter and jelly on multi-grain bread (215 calories; 4 points)

Water

For dinner

1 ground turkey enchilada (345 calories; 7 points)

Water

Snacks

2 scrambled egg yolks (108 calories; 3 points)

1 piece of dark chocolate (50 calories; 1 point)

1/2 cup of coffee w/vanilla creamer (35 calories; 1 point)

1 oatmeal/dark chocolate cookie (100 calories; 2 points)

So for today it's roughly:

Total Calories: 908

Total WW Points: 21

Total flex points left for week: 26.5 of 35

Days left in flex points week (after today) : 3

Exercise

Zumba!

100 ab crunches

February 22, 2010 - Day 50

So, I did it! I signed up for a month by month membership at YMCA. Now I can take all the Zumba/fitness courses I like. This is in addition to to the once per week yoga/pilates class I'm going to start taking at the University starting this Saturday. Phew! I better be in shape come the summer, that's all I gotta say.

For breakfast

High fiber oatmeal (160 calories; 3 points)

1/2 cup of coffee w/vanilla creamer (35 calories; 1 point)

For lunch

Ham and cheddar cheese on multi-grain bread (w/dijon mustard) (220 calories; 4 points)

A little more than half of WW Strawberry yogurt (60 calories; 1 point)
* This was much better than the other WW yogurt I had.

Water

For dinner

4 bean chili with low-carb pasta and spinach (350 calories; 6 points)
* My first chili. Wow, with this diet I sure am making a lot of firsts! I made this in the crockpot, and man, did my kitchen smell great all day. To make the chili a little heartier and healthier, I decided at the last minute to add in some pasta and spinach. A really, really nice addition. All 3 of us really liked this a lot!

Water

Snacks

A piece of dark chocolate (57 calories; 1 point)

Chamomile tea (0 calories; 0 points)

Skinny cow low-fat fudge bar (100 calories; 1 point)

So for today it's roughly:

Total Calories: 952

Total WW Points: 17

Total flex points left at the end of the week: 30 of 35

Exercise

Zumba class!

100 ab crunches

February 14, 2010 - Day 42

Happy Valentine's Day! This morning I decided to make crepes for the family. Cam loves them, and ever since I've known him, he's wanted to make them. So I figured this would be a nice surprise and something we could all do as a family. It was fun! Riley loved helping, saying over and over again, "Help Mommy! Help Mommy!" and helped add the ingredients and whisk them all together. I manned the grill, and Cam experimented with different fillings. My favorite was honey and cinnamon; Cam liked them with butter and syrup; and Riley liked hers with honey. These were also super easy to make. Gotta love stuff like that! :)

On another note, my weight is now at 138.5 pounds. While that number represents a slower weight loss rate than previous weeks, it's still a loss of weight. So, woo-hoo there! I'm closing in on having lost more weight versus the amount I want to lose. That's my immediate goal for now. Then it's on to fitting into the size 8 jeans I bought at Goodwill today. I tried them on and I can get in them and close them, although not in a super comfy way. But I'm thrilled I could get them on b/c that hasn't happened in a long time!

For breakfast

3 crepes with cinnamon and honey (400 calories; 8 points)

1/2 cup of coffee w/vanilla creamer (35 calories; 1 point)

For lunch

1 ham and cheddar sandwich on multi-grain bread w/dijon mustard (160 calories; 2 points)

1 clementine (40 calories; 0 points)

Water

For dinner
Continuing leftover weekend, I decided to have:

A half piece of turkey meatloaf (100 calories; 2 points)

1/2 of a cauliflower fritter (60 calories; 1 point)

Water

Snacks

1 square of dark chocolate (57 calories; 1 point)

Diet hot chocolate (25 calories; 0 points)

So for today it's roughly:

Total Calories: 877

Total WW Points: 15

Total flex points left for week: 31

Days left in flex points week (after today) : 1

Exercise

A little tennis with Cam and Riley (until Riley decided she had enough of chasing balls, and wanted to go down the slides in the play area)

About 45 minutes on an elliptical machine

100 ab crunches

February 10, 2010 - Day 38

Today was a bad snack day. Tomorrow it's the gym.

So I was going to make stir-fry tonight but came across this recipe for reduced-fat mac and cheese w/broccoli. Since I wanted to use up the broccoli from yesterday, I thought why not? Plus it was a new mac and cheese recipe which is always good news! It was pretty good too - I needed to add some cayenne pepper to it to give it a little more kick but I didn't have any. So, on the grocery list for the weekend is cayenne pepper and on tap for tomorrow's dinner is stir-fry.

For breakfast

1 strawberry fruit and grain cereal bar (130 calories; 2 points)

1 clementine (40 calories; 0 points)

1/2 cup of coffee w/vanilla creamer (35 calories; 1 point)

For lunch

1 tuna sandwich on multi-grain bread w/fat-free mayo and cheddar cheese (185 calories; 3 points)

Water

For dinner

1 serving of reduced-fat mac & cheese w/broccoli (300 calories; 6 points)

Water

Snacks

1 square of dark chocolate (57 calories; 1 point)

A handful of mixed nuts (100 calories; 2 points)

1 cafe mocha w/skim milk (175 calories; 3 points)

1 high fiber banana nut muffin (170 calories; 3 points)

So for today it's roughly:

Total Calories: 1192

Total WW Points: 21

Total flex points left for week: 33

Days left in flex points week (after today) : 5

Exercise

A little over 30 minutes on an elliptical machine

100 ab crunches