January 8, 2010 - Day 5

So, today was a MUCH better day than yesterday. One reason that it was easier is that my husband has decided to count the calories with me as well as track Weight Watchers (WW) points. I've looked into the points, and I think I like them b/c they take into account the fat you are intaking as well as the fiber. I mean, I can consume under my daily allotted calories for the day but if all of those calories are made up of fat and thus I am at like 300% of my daily fat intake, that's not good.

I also like the points because then I don't feel bad about having 2 pieces of amazingly delicious pizza like I did tonight. :D Just like I realized yesterday, moderation, moderation, moderation.

Looking up my points I should be at like 19, BUT you get an extra 35 points a week. So, to account for those, I decided to make my daily max points be 19 + 5. I wrote it like that because the 5 is the extra points shared over a week. By doing it this way I won't feel bad if I go over my 19; it'll make me feel like I have some control over my diet which I need. If I go over my 19 but under my 5, I can add it to the next day if I wish. So that makes me feel good, although I'm going to want to keep it under the 24 each day if possible.

Here's my day:

For breakfast

1 bowl of shredded wheat in skim milk (210 calories; 3 points)
* This wasn't good, but I'll probably eat it again

1/2 cup of coffee w/vanilla creamer (20 calories; 1/2 point)
* I'm not sure there are actually 1/2 points, but since 1 cup of coffee is 1 point, I decided to make a half-cup be a 1/2 point.

For lunch

1 bbq beef burrito (290 calories; 6 points)

Water

For dinner

2 servings of Papa Murphy's Chicken, Bacon, Artichoke De-Lite pizza (450 calories; 10 points)
* This pizza is fantastic! This is up there as one my favorite pizzas. Who would of guessed, especially considering it has both artichokes and spinach on it.

Water

Snacks

1/2 cup of coffee (20 calories; 1/2 point)

1 serving of Smarties (50 calories; 1 point)
* Not the sugar candy - I hate those. These are the Canadian candies that are like (& better-tasting, IMO) than M & Ms

1 rice cake with peanut butter (130 calories; 2 points)
* This is an AWESOME snack! So tasty! I just have to make sure that I'm super careful because of Cam.

Total Calories (roughly): 1170!!! An awesome day calorie-wise! And I'm not hungry.

Total WW Points: 23. So, my fat to calorie to fiber ratio wasn't the greatest apparently. But, I'm still under my target! Woo-hoo!

Exercise
Nada. Zilch. Zero. I was going to do my ab-crunches and then didn't. All in all, a really lazy day exercise-wise as I just watched episodes of Friday Night Lights all day. I feel like I deserve it though after that marathon semester of teaching and then grading for weeks on end!

January 7, 2010 - Day 4

Today was a baddddd day, emotionally speaking. I had just decided that I couldn't take it any more, since I had been feeling hungry since I started this stupid diet! AACCK! I figured I was doing something wrong, because certainly I shouldn't feel hungry 24/7! So I did some research (even looking into the Weight Watcher Points that my aunt told me about), and I got so frustrated! There was too much to take into consideration. So I pretty much said "F*&@ it!" to the whole thing and ate 2 servings of mac and cheese.

But then I got thinking that perhaps that is what I needed. I need to be able to enjoy my comfort foods every once in a while. As long as I balance out the rest of the day, things like my mac and cheese would be fine. And, as you'll see below, it was fine. :) Moderation is the key!

After my daughter woke up from her nap, we took a family trip to the local grocery store and bought more healthy, but still yummy, food. I even bought some of the "Smart Ones" frozen meals by Weight Watchers (they were on sale) just so I could eat a relatively healthy option in a pinch.

So, here's my break down:

For breakfast

1 bowl of Cheerios in 1% milk

1/4 cup of coffee w/vanilla creamer (30 calories)

For lunch

2 servings of Stouffer's Macaroni and Cheese

Water

For dinner

2 servings of fajita mixture
* I put shredded cheese and soy sourcream on top; 1 had a low-carb tortilla

Water

Snacks

1 cup of 1% milk

1 serving of animal crackers

1/2 cup of coffee w/vanilla creamer (30 calories)

1 rice cake with peanut butter (130 calories)

Total Calories (roughly): At some point I calculated all of the of the calories, with the help of my husband. However, I forgot to write down the numbers that I collected, so I can't put them here. However, I do remember that it was roughly 1580. So even though it was a hard day emotionally, it turned out that it was a good day calorie-wise. :) And even with my mac and cheese binge, I still think I made it under the daily recommendation of fat intake. Finally, and most importantly, I don't have that starving sensation! Yay!!

Exercise
Nothing really. But I did do my standard 100 ab-crunches on my ab lounger. :)