January 16, 2010 - Day 13

My day -

For breakfast

1 serving of high-fiber, maple and brown sugar oatmeal (160 calories; 3 points)

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

For lunch

1 tuna and mayo sandwich with american cheese on multi-grain bread (230 calories; 3 points)

Water

For dinner

1 serving of stew + one dumpling (?? calories; ?? points)
* I'm at my in-laws, and since I didn't make it, I don't know what went in it. It was very good though!

Water

Snacks

1 fun-sized snickers bar (80 calories; 2 point)

Total Calories (roughly): 505 + y

Total WW Points: 10 + x

Exercise
Nothing. I drove up to see my in-laws and then proceeded to lounge around.

January 15, 2010 - Day 12

Oh, today was bad. Real bad. Take a look-sees:

For breakfast

1 english muffin w/reduced fat margarine (180 calories; 5 points)

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

So, it started off alright. But then, I stepped on the scale and noticed I wasn't losing any weight, so instead of getting re-affirmed to stick to my diet, I went the other way. Maybe it was all the rain today. Or maybe it was the incessant TV watching.

For lunch

1/2 pound of on-top-of the stove macaroni and cheese (900 calories; 18 points)

Water

Yeah, that wasn't a typos folks. One half frickin' pound of pasta! The only saving grace (and it's a small one for sure) is that is was the low-carb pasta.

I'm not real sure what happened. I mean, seriously. I was just going to eat 1 serving, and before you know it. Bam! It's all gone. I should not be allowed to eat this meal again without supervision. I love it too much! Ask my husband - I will eat it until I feel sick. That's not good, right?

And the best part? That I didn't even get off my lazy ass to go to the gym, because I was too busy watching a Friday Night Lights marathon. I did do 250 crunches on my ab-lounger. Big whoop.

The upside of eating so much food is that I wasn't really hungry for dinner. So, all I had was a bowl of cereal.

For dinner

1 serving of Cheerios in skim milk (140 calories; 2 points)


Total Calories (roughly): 1255

Total WW Points: 26 - although this is only over my 2 points for my day, I'm actually within my week's points, since I hadn't used a lot of my flex points. But seriously, 70% of the points came at lunch. Damn. I'm pretty sure that's not the way to lose weight, not to mention the lack of fruit, vegetables, and protein in my diet today. Double damn.

Oh, yeah, this was not the healthiest of days for sure.

January 14, 2010 - Day 11

For breakfast

1 english muffin w/reduced fat margarine (180 calories; 5 points)

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

For lunch

1 serving of chicken, broccoli, cheese pasta bake (400 calories; 7 points)

Water

For dinner

1 serving of Progresso light beef pot roast soup (80 calories; 1 point)
* I still don't like soup but once I thickened up the broth it wasn't bad. Riley absolutely loved it!

Water

Snacks

1 rice cake with peanut butter (130 calories; 2 points)

A handful of animal crackers (100 calories; 2 points)

Total Calories (roughly): 960

Total WW Points: 19

Exercise
Not much. I strolled (and I do mean strolled) with Riley around the neighborhood. Although, I did have to carry her around for about half of it, so that's like doing weight training right? She's around 30 pounds!

January 13, 2010 - Day 10

It occurred to me today that this was the first time that I've really dieted. I did have a brief stint back in the day where I actively attempted to lose weight, but that certainly wasn't what you would call a diet. So, I'm proud of myself for getting this far AND for doing it in a healthy way. :)

My day -

For breakfast

1 serving of high-fiber, maple and brown sugar oatmeal (160 calories; 3 points)

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

For lunch

1 tuna and mayo sandwich with american cheese on multi-grain bread (230 calories; 3 points)

1 tangerine (40 calories; 0 points)

Water

For dinner

1 serving of chicken, broccoli, cheese pasta bake (400 calories; 7 points)
* I think casseroles are awesome.

Water

Snacks

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

1 package of mini delights, 90 calorie pack (90 calories; 1 point)

1 rice cake with peanut butter (130 calories; 2 points)

Total Calories (roughly): 1120

Total WW Points: 18

Exercise

30 minutes on the elliptical machine

100 crunches on the ab-lounger

January 12, 2010 - Day 9

Another good day. I hope this continues! I really do think that this blog is part of the reason for my success. I know that each night I have to account for everything I eat so I can put it down here. It's crazy, as I realize that only 1 or 2 people are reading it, but if it works, it works.

My day -

For breakfast

1/2 of an english muffin w/reduced-fat margarine (100 calories; 3 points)
* I would have had the whole thing but Riley wanted the other half. And I'm a good mommmy. :)

1 serving of Total w/skim milk (140 calories; 2 points)
* This was actually good!

1/2 cup of coffee w/vanilla creamer (35 calories; 1 point)
* I upped the calories and points for my 1/2 cup because I realized that I had been putting more creamer in then I thought. Good thing I went out and got the fat-free kind. Not that it'll be completely better...

For lunch

1 Lean Cuisine Macaroni and Cheese (200 calories; 3 points)
* Not as good as the real stuff, duh! :)

Water

For dinner

1 fillet of breaded, parmesan dover sole (240 calories; 5 points)
* OMG! Was this good! I'm always on the hunt for good fish recipes, because I never can seem to make it that well. I found a recipe online and it's super easy; bread the fish w/the cheese and breadcrumbs (+ pepper and lemon zest if you wish) and put under broiler for 3-5 minutes per side depending on thickness. Awesome! Riley gobbled her initial portion right up and kept asking for more and more!

1 serving of mint peas (100 calories; 2 points)
* A big hit also with both Riley and me!

Water

Snacks

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

Bites of Riley's lunch and a cut-up pear (???; 3 points (?))

Mini Delight Chocolately Mint 90 Calorie Pack (90 calories; 1 point)

Total Calories (roughly): 1100 (I have no idea; it was 990 w/o factoring my bits of Riley's food, so I added on another 110. Seemed reasonable to me.)

Total WW Points: 21

Exercise
Nothing. Riley wouldn't leave me alone for more than 5 seconds, so going off and doing any type of exercise thing was not going to happen. I would have taken her for a walk around the neighborhood, but it was raining out all day. Yuck. :(

January 11, 2010 - Day 8

Happy birthday mom! For your birthday I decided to go to the gym! Just kidding. :) Not on the gym part, because I did go there. Turns out that I have a free membership to the university gym. Woo-hoo!

I also stepped on the scale this morning right after I woke up and it was 144.5 (-3.5 pounds off of my starting weight). Weighing myself after my delicious dinner, I see that the scale reads 146.5 (-1.5). So, my real weight is somewhere in there! Yay! I'm doing it! I'm losing weight!

Regardless, I gotta say that after a week into this New Year's resolution, I do feel better - both about myself and with myself (if that makes any sense). I have a little more energy, feel like I fit my clothes better, and just really think this is good for me (both physically and emotionally). So, I'm motivated to go on!

My day -

For breakfast

1 english muffin w/a little butter (210 calories; 5 points)
* I shouldn't have used the real butter on this.

1 orange (well not an orange, but like a tangerine small thing) (25 calories; 1 point)

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

For lunch

1 chicken sandwich with fat-free mayo and romaine lettuce on multi-grain bread (235; 4 points)

Water

For dinner

2 servings of Shepard's pie (450 points; 11 points)
* I absolutely love this dinner, which is why I had that second helping. Shouldn't have, I know. I think it'll be healthier when I get reduced-fat ground beef, which is where a lot of the points came from (well, that and the real butter I used for the instant potatoes).

Water

Snacks

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

1 rice cake with peanut butter (130 calories; 2 points)

Total Calories (roughly): 1130

Total WW Points: 23

Exercise

35 minutes on an elliptical machine
* This was the equivalent to about 2.7 miles, and I burned a little over 300 calories.
* My goal is to visit the gym at least 3 times a week (MWF). It's easy now since school is out of session. It's going to be harder once the semester starts since it's going to be packed and the multi-purpose room isn't that big. So, I'll have to make sure and scout out the best times to go!

January 10, 2010 - Day 7

My day -

For breakfast

2 Pop-Overs w/ 1 tbsp of honey (200 calories; 4 points)

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

For lunch

1 ham and cheese sandwich with mustard and romaine lettuce on multi-grain bread (220; 4 points)

Water

For dinner

Sausage and Roasted Vegetable Penne (415 calories; 10 points)
* I got this recipe from watching Food Network's Ten Dollar Dinners, and Cam and I both LOVED it! We decided though to skip the grape tomatoes next time as we both didn't like them.
* We used DreamFields Low Carb pasta which we used in Tucson, and just recently found here in Salem. If you haven't had it, it tastes really good and it only gives you 5 carbs per serving. It really does, as I had to monitor my blood sugar level when I was eating this and my levels didn't spike at all after eating some! It also has 5 grams of fiber!
* It's the sausage in this recipe that gives you all the points; it's fatty but worth it!

Water

Snacks

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

3 grapes (10 calories; 0 points)

1 package of Smarties (50 calories; 1 point)

Total Calories (roughly): 935 calories

Total WW Points: 20 points

Exercise

A semi-vigorous walk around my neighborhood (about 1 mile) pulling Riley in the wagon

Playing outside with Cam and Riley