Won't you join me in recording your daily food intake. I need to get myself back to journaling every day - that is how I was able to keep myself OP! I will be making a weekly journal starting on Thursday and ending on Wednesday. So this food journal will start today, Thursday 12/6 and end next Wednesday 12/12. Sometimes when you see what others are having it gives us new ideas as to what to eat. Hope to see some of you on here with me. Love, CJ
First, I need to tell you that I start my day with my dinner from the night before. I count points (WW) and it works better for me if I count dinner pts first and finish with breakfast and lunch. That way, if we go out to dinner unexpected, I am starting my daily points with a clean slate. It's much easier to "go lite" for breakfast and lunch to make up for a heavier dinner. Believe me, it works for me!
Thursday, Dec 6
(pt range: 20 - 25 pts)
Dinner 12/5:
1 small slice pizza w/ham, peppers, mushrooms (5 pts)
2 envelopes of Cream-of-Chicken "cup of soup" (3 pts)
OK, I'm making a full confession here. It wasn't pretty yesterday, but here are the points:
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001
Points Range: 18 - 23
Breakfast:
Coffee with sweetener and milk 1 pt.
2 sl. high fibre, low fat toast 1 pt.
1 T. apple jelly 1 pt.
Snack:
Coffee with sweetener and milk 1 pt.
Lunch (this is the real killer):
1 sl. turkey 2 pt.
1/4 c. stuffing 3 pt.
1/2 c. potatoes 3 pt.
1/4 c. gravy 2 pt.
2 T. cranberry sauce 1 pt.
mixed vegetables (steamed) 0 pt.
1/4 c. bread pudding with 1 T. sc. 2.5 pt.
salad 0 pt.
salad dressing 4 pt.
Snack:
1 litre of water 0 pt.
Supper (then we just had to go the extra mile):
1/2 piece of lasagna 5 pt.
1 small piece of fudge 2 pt.
2 glasses water 1 pt.
Yes, it was over points. Yikes 28.5 points. Hopefully, today will be better.
Total Points: 28.5
Water: 6 (8 oz glasses)
Last edited by sweet tooth; 12-10-2001 at 09:30 AM.
I can't post yesterday's journal cause I left it in a Word file at work. Oh bother! I'll catch it up on Monday. Here is the journal so far today:
Friday, Dec. 7, 2001
Breakfast:
coffee with sweetener & milk 1.0 pt.
Lunch:
Turkey (2 sl.) 2.0 pt.
Stuffing 3.0 pt.
Gravy (1/8 c.) 1.0 pt.
Mixed vegetables 0 pt.
Salad 0 pt.
Salad dressing (1 tsp oil) 1.0 pt.
Bread pudding 1/8 c. 2.0 pt.
Potatoes 1/2 c. 3.0 pt.
Ham (1 slice) 1.5 pt.
Raisin sauce (1/8 c.) 1.5 pt.
Truffle 4.5 pt.
Jelly roll 2.0 pt.
Tart 2.5 pt.
coffee with sweetener & milk 2.0 pt.
Water 14.5 glasses
Another bad day, but 1 point better than yesterday. These few days here are bad because of Christmas luncheons at work. Once they are finished next week, I can get back to the business of losing weight again.
Total Points: 27
Saturday, Dec. 8, 2001
Points Range: 18 - 23
Breakfast:
Coffee with sweetener and milk 1 pt.
2 sl. whole wheat toast (ran out of high fibre low fat) 2 pt.
1 T. apple jelly 1 pt.
Lunch:
Chicken ceasar (much like cordon bleu) on a bun 11pt.
Salad 0 pt.
ff Italian Sald Dressing 0 pt.
Coffee Break:
Water (1 litre) 0 pt.
Supper:
Hubby wants lasagna - If I go for that, it means I can only eat 1/2 piece. Hmmmm! Probably will have a large salad with this and maybe a slice of high fibre, low fat bread)
Update: Yes, we did have lasagna for supper. Just couldn't stop at 1/2 piece, though. Had to have the full 10 point size. Had a o point salad with that and no bread, so total points for supper were 10
Total Points: 25 points
Another over point day, but will be good tomorrow - I promise.
Last edited by sweet tooth; 12-10-2001 at 09:42 AM.
I'm starting my journal early today, and then will ammend later when the full day is finished. Here it is so far:
Monday, Dec. 10, 2001
Breakfast:
coffee with sweetener & milk 1.0 pt.
Snack:
Coffee with sweetener & milk 1.0 pt.
Lunch:
Turkey (2 sl.) 2.0 pt.
Stuffing 3.0 pt.
Gravy (1/8 c.) 1.0 pt.
Mixed vegetables 0 pt.
Salad 0 pt.
Salad dressing (1 tsp oil) 1.0 pt.
Bread pudding 1/8 c. 2.0 pt.
Potatoes 1/2 c. 3.0 pt.
Ham (1 slice) 1.5 pt.
Raisin sauce (1/8 c.) 1.5 pt.
coffee with sweetener & milk 3.0 pt.
It was the same lunch menu as Friday, except I demonstrated some restraint with the desserts. I only ate 1 out of 4. That reduced my point intake by 9 points (WOW, I didn't realize those itty bitty things could cost so much). Buttons bursting here!!!!
Water 10.0 glasses so far.
This promises to be a 0 point soup night...
Supper:
Garden Vegetable Soup 0 pt.
Salad 0 pt.
ff Italian Dressing 0 pt.
Total points: 20 points
Last edited by sweet tooth; 12-12-2001 at 01:54 PM.
Well, one more day for this week. Tomorrow will be the last day then I will start a new thread for Thursday. Where are all my “followers” for the 11th? Come on, fess up – I did with the alfredo! LOL
Yesterday was such a busy day, I didn't really have time to eat. I was volunteering for the Salvation Army on Monday night and for Cirme Stoppers last night. On Tues. I also practice right after work for a band that I sing in, so work melted into practice and then into volunteering. I didn't even consider any supper until after 10 pm, then I was so tired I didn't want to eat anything. Anyway, here is my journal for yesterday:
Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001
Breakfast:
coffee with sweetener and milk 1 pt. (Keep forgetting to stop for breakfast. I will try to do better tomorrow)
Lunch:
Garden Soup 0 pt.
apple 1 pt.
coffee with sweetener and milk 1 pt.
Snack:
coffee with sweetener and milk 2 pt.
Supper:
Veggie burger 4 pt.
Bun 3 pt.
1 T. lite mayo 1 pt.
1 t. barbecue sauce .5 pt.
2 cookies 3 pt.
water: 10 glasses
Total Points: 16.5
I still didn't manage to eat all my points, but by the time I realized that, I was too tired to find anything else that I wanted. I was more afraid that if I went in the fridge to look, I would settle on some of the Christmas baking: nono:
I'll try to do better tomorrow.
Cheers,
Last edited by sweet tooth; 12-12-2001 at 03:23 PM.
I did a bit better on points yesterday. I at least managed to eat the minimum. This is often a struggle for me because it seems that I don't have time to eat. The next 2 days will be difficult because they are filled with Christmas parties and dinners. That's where I really have difficulty managing to stay OP.
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001
Breakfast:
Coffee with sweetener and milk 1 pt.
Lunch (shovelled down at my desk):
Garden Soup 0 pt.
Salad 0 pt.
FF salad dressing 0 pt.
apple 1 pt.
Snack:
orange (eaten walking out the door to go home from work) 1 pt.
Supper:
Chicken brst w. skin (yummy) 6 pt.
1/2 c. potatoes 3 pt.
1/8 c. gravy 1 pt.
cranberry sauce 1 pt.
dinner bun 3 pt.
coffee 1 pt.