Erica, Thank you for sharing and being honest about the peanut butter and chocolate. Sounds awesome to me, though. WW used to put out half gallons of ice cream and now they don't have them anymore (or they are not carrying it in my area stores at least) and they had a flavor called "Moose Tracks" that was a creamy vanilla ice cream with chocolate and peanut butter in in. It was "to die for" and I couldn't believe it was a WW food. HOWEVER, I should be thankful they stopped carrying it at my local grocery as it was a huge trigger food and that 1/2 cup serving was turning into a full cup (and probably a heaping cup). It was something like 3 or 4 points for a half cup and I found myself eating a full cup (again probably a heaping cup) and calling it four points. Who was I kidding?
But, we all have our things, chocolate and peanut butter are a tremendous issue for me...I used to have peanut butter and chocolate chip sandwiches on white bread... bad bad girl!!!!
I wonder how many points those were?
At any rate, we can be perfect angels at one time and then at other times something just goes off in our heads and we are determined to sabotage each and every good thing we have done.
Chocolate is a very bad thing for me, it sings a song to me - beckoning to me and calling my name. Maybe if I am ever to get to my 10%, I need to give up chocolate for a few weeks? Maybe I would succeed if I did that? Maybe, Erica, you would succeed if you did that too? I'm not telling you to do this, but I am thinking out loud about my own issues. I should have done so much more this past week to drop a pound or two. Here I am and it's Monday AGAIN and you know what? I could end up with a gain again this week, I really could. Weigh in is tomorrow and I'm nervous, yet again.
I have to examine this. I pay $12.00 a week, I go there and I listen. I say that I am going to do it this week, I'll try really hard and then I am faced with my day to day life and things happen. There was a big pot luck lunch, and then there was what? Family dinners, eating out, temptations, busy times, stress and where am I at the end of the week? Sitting here on Monday afternoon drinking TONS of water and praying for a .2 loss.
I have to do better than this. I really do.
Laura, thanks for the Zucchini stew recipe. I might put all those ingredients on my shopping list and give it a try! I just e-mailed it to myself. Do you all do that? I copy, cut and paste it to an e-mail and then send it to myself and then I can print it. It sounds like something I would like to have over top of pasta or rice as almost a sauce kind of thing. Have you tried doing that with it? You mentioned having bread and butter with it as it is very "spare" on points, but I'd have it with pasta, I think, whole wheat pasta maybe? Or, maybe with kidney beans?
Laura and Erica, my DH is gone three or four days a week and I have gotten very used to being on my own when it comes to eating. I find that I am in better control when he is gone than when he is here with me, but it sounds like you guys are the opposite, maybe feeling sorry for yourselves that you are on your own? Interesting. My DH is a very bad eating influence on me as he eats whatever he pleases, whenever he pleases, and he always wants to eat out at places where it is the hardest to find healthy choices.
Ginny, I can sympathize. Church and quilting related functions really do me in as far as points. Firstly, at pot luck things, I never know how many points things are. Then there is the inevitable situation of people staring at you and asking "Did you try the _____, it's so good. It was my aunt Martha's favorite recipe. I brought it so you could try it, as I know how much you are like Aunt Martha (or substitute the name/situation of your choice and wasn't Aunt Martha a diabetic and 300 pounds????? Yikes, and they were thinking I reminded them of her????
). It's really hard to have these dinners with people and all that home cooking.
By the way, I did well today at my quilt meeting. There was an absolute TON of food that was left over from our quilt show this weekend, the absolute BEST food, all homemade and gorgeous. I did not touch a single bit of it, I ate my 2 point Quaker thingies and just had my coffee. At least for one day I was a good girl.
Paige, I LOVE your new picture! You look great.
The chicken sounds great too, we're having chicken too tonight. I've been right on track with my food, as I "journal" this morning. I haven't had an unplanned bit in my mouth for a change. Maybe that is the key to it all? If I journal and then tell you all what I have planned, I kind of need to stick to the plan and be accountable so as not to make a liar out of myself? Ha Ha!!!!
Linda