Let's Track together .... (get and share ideas)
 

I thought this would be a good way .... to stay motivated and accountable.
Also to share and get some new ideas.

2 cups of Coffee with non dairy creamer/SL = 2 Points


* Breakfast *
Lite Toast ICBINB Spray = 1 Point
WW Oatmeal =2 points
Toast ICBINB Spray = 1 point

* Lunch *
Chicken Stroganoff 1 Cup = 4 points
1 can Green Beans = 0 Points
Toast = 1 Point
Coffee/Non Dairy Crm.SL = 1 Point

* Dinner *

2 Garden Burger Pattys = 2 Points
Slice of Swiss Cheese = 2 Points
Toasted Light Bread = 1 Point
Bowl of Steamed Brocolli = 0 Points
Diet Coke = 0 Points


And a Fat free Chocolate Pudding 2 Points

Total 19 Points

Water for the Day = 74 oz
Veggies for the day = 6 servings


Exercise = 46 minutes moderate on Treadmill 2.7 Miles, 240 Calories

AP = 2


BONUS POINTS USED = ZERO
2/27/06

Come on Ladies

Monday 2/27
 

I have oatmeal with frozen blueberries almost everyday for breakfast. I micro the oatmeal and then pour in the blueberries to cool it down fast. I like oatmeal cooked on the stove better, but don't always have time. I also keep 2 apples with me for snacks each day - or a tub of fresh berries.

At lunch I eat a low-cal soup with 5 crackers or I have salad topped with some sort of protein (tofu/chicken/shrimp).

If I think about it I try to do high protien or whole grain snacks because they keep me full longer.

Today so far I have had:
oatmeal = 2
Blueberries = 1
Creamer for my coffee = 1
Latte (12 oz, nonfat) = 2
Salad = 0
cheese on salad = 2
dressing on salad = 1
Apple = 1

snack (bean soup) = 2
Chicken Fajitas = 13

3 points over for the day (I am trying for 22)

Thank you for joining in ! ! ! !

And I got some ideas too !!!!

My breakfasts and lunches are pretty standard:

b-
1/3 c oatmeal and 1/8c raisins (4pts)
OR
1 piece toast (2pts) and 1 egg (2pts)
TOTAL 4pts

l-
2 slices of rye crispbread (1pt)
1/4c homemade hummus (1pt)
1/2c carrots (0)
1/4c 2% cottage cheese (1pt)
1/2 banana or other fruit (1pt)
TOTAL 4pts

Plus I have a mid-morning snack and a mid-afternoon snack, usually consisting of pieces of fruit, 1/2c of yogurt, or 5 lf triscuits with some cheese. (TOTAL 2 or 3 points)

That's all pretty standard, I usually get to dinnertime having used 10 or 11 points of my 24.

Tonight for dinner I had:
whole wheat 12" tortilla wrap (3pts)
1/2 chicken breast (2pts)
assorted veggies (red pepper, onion, mushroom, tomato, spinach) (0pts)
1 oz light cheese (2pts)
TOTAL 7pts

and made a nice wrap of it! (dinner was light because lunch was not as stated above, although that's what i had intended.... i went a little heavy at lunch today.)

Before bed I usually have 3c light popcorn, or a couple 1pt cookies I make. I need something 1hr before I go to bed or I have trouble getting up in the morning.

I had for today so far:

Breakfast: 1c. lite OJ 1pt.
1 Weight Watchers English muffin 1pt.
1 lite laughing cow cheese wedge 1pt.
banana 2pts.
_____
5 pts

Lunch: Tuna packet 2pts.
just2good mayo 2pts.
14 tomato & Basil wheat thins 3pts.
1/2c. peas 0pts
______
7pts.

Dinner: Smart ones mac and cheese 4pts.
Applesauce cup 1pt.
1/2c peas 0pts
1/2c cottage cheese 3pts.
______
8pts

Snack: skinny cow ice cream sandwich 2pts.
sugar free pudding cup 2pts i think
______
4pts

Total points 24 - suppose to have 26

Today Not as Good as Yesterday ......
Breakfast ~
I have had 3 cups of coffee with crm/Sl = 3 points
A Piece of Cake = 5 Points

Lunch ~
Chicken Stroganoff/Mixed with Broccoli = 4 Points
(I premade and froze at Home)
4 Pieces lite Bread = 2 points

Snack~
3 mini chicken wings - = 3 Points (Guessing ?)


Dinner~
Chicken Fajita Pita (jack n box) = 7 Points
1 1/2 Jalapeno Popper = 2.4 Points
A handful of frys = 2 points

CRAPPY DAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@!!


32 Oz of Water
SO FAR


That Darn Cake threw My WHOLE DAY OFF !!!! ERRRRR

I am counting yesterday as I type - as I didn't count it up while it happened. One the other hand, I had an absolutely awesome day.

Breakfast: oatmeal with blueberries = 3
Latte: 2
Apple: 1
Soup: 5
bites of my kids muffin: 4
bites of my kids ice cream: 5
Et tu fe?: 6 - it was incredible
bite of brownie: 1
salad dressing: 3
salad: 0
4 glasses of wine: 16
Total for the day: 46

Dancing till midnight: Priceless

Today: 1/2 apple for breakfast and a latte: = 3

I'll post yesterday since today's still in progress:

b: oatmeal w/ dried cranberries (4pts)
s1: 2 homemade cookies (2pts)
l: 1/2c carrots, 2 flatbreads, 1/4c hummus, 1/4c cottage cheese, apple (5pts)
s2: banana and 1/2 tbsp pnut butter (3pts)
d: 1/2c brown rice and 1c lentil stew (red lentils, onion, celery, ground turkey) (7pts)
s3: pear crumble: pear, 1 tbsp light margerine, 1/3c oatmeal + ww flour mixture, tbsp walnuts (6pts)

TOTAL 27pts... 3 FP used (really didn't need that pnut butter with the banana!!)


Today's not off to a great start... FH and I went out for breakfast, you know what that means: fried potatoes! Let's try to break it down:

2 pieces of brown toast (3pts -- they were small)
1 egg (2pts)
2 slices bacon (2 pts)
1c homefries (5 pts)
assorted oils used in cooking which I don't know about (2pts at least)

I'm guessing the total for my breakfast was 14 points... That's an estimate. Meaning I have 10 left for the rest of the day...... Yikes! I think I can do it, or at least come close. Here's the plan for the rest of the day:

lunch: standard hummus, carrots, 1 flatbread, cottage cheese, fruit (4pts)

dinner: homemade chicken and black bean soup -- 3pts/2c and homemade 2pt dinner roll (5pts)

I'll need at least one snack, so I'll make it a 1pt snack... Then anything else I eat will be FP. Weigh-in is tomorrow so I better drink off all that sodium from breakfast.... plus it's TOM, i'm not terribly optimistic about WI!!

Britomart what do you mean by "better drink off all the sodium ?" how do you do that ?


I'll post as I eat ...... Track Track Track


Breakfast ~

2 Cups of Coffee/non Dairy Crm/SL = 2 Points
WW Maple Brown Sugar Oatmeal = 2 Points

Snack ~

3 Slices Lite Toast ICBINB = 1.5


Lunch ~ (yet to come)

2 Veggie Pattys = 2 Points
Slice of Swiss Cheese = 2 Points
Lite Toast (serving as a Bun) = 1 Point
Can of Green Beans = 0 points


And I am starting to PMS .... Hope I make it through with out totally going over Board !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It has sunk in that I used most of my extra points for the week yesterday. Arggghh.

I have another party tonight, but it is a wine tasting and I definately do not want to taste any more wine. I would skip it, but a good friend is throwing it and I have missed her last several parties.

So far today:
apple (2)
latte (2)
2% milk carton (3)
asian chicken salad (7)

Drink alot of water before you go in and make sure you FULL !!!!! :)

All I meant by "drinking off the sodium" is that there was a lot of salt in my breakfast, and salt makes you retain water... And the only cure for that is to drink more water to flush it out of your system! No magic cures here :)

No No No That sounds good to me. I was a little concerened with how much sodium is in some of the food I have been eatting .....

Glad to hear drinking water helps with this....

I really had no idea... a little ignorant of me. :)


Thanks Again :) :) :)

I see alot of oatmeal eaters here...I bought the WW oatmeal at the last meeting and I couldn't choke it down and it was so expensive! I'll stick to the Wal-mart brand!

Yesterday I had:

1 packet micowave Cinnamon Roll flavored oatmeal=3 pts.
1 apple=1 pt.

Lean Cuisine Turket dinner=5 pts.

WW choc. chip cookie dough sundae= 3pts.

Turkey Breast= 3pts.
Green beans=0
Sliced tomatoes=0

Yogurt with sliced peaches=3 pts.

Lots of water, but no exercise



Last weigh in: down 17.4# :carrot:

It is a rough week for me. I was so hungry this morning I couldn't stand it. Now I am full, but I have only 8 pts left for the day and only 5 extra points left for the week.

Oatmeal with blueberries 3
creamer 1
split pea soup 6
oyster crackers 4
random bites of stuff 3
soup (minestrone) 10
latte 2

Dinner Posting for 3/1/06
 

3/1/06 = GOOD DAY


My water total for the day was 52oz so not that Great but okay
Veggie Serving for the day was 4 Not great either but Okay
Oil - 1 serving

Dinner ~

6 Inch Subway Sandwich Mustard Only No Mayo/oil Vinegar = 6 Points
Cheese = 2 Points


Total Points for Entire Day = 18.5

Worked Out for 42 Mintues on Treadmill/Moderate
And 7 Mintues on the Bike/light

Total Activity Points for day = 2


GOOD DAY ! ! ! !

3/2/06

Breakfast ~
2 cups of Coffee/Crm/SL = 2 Pts
WW Maple OatMeal = 2 Pts


Snack~

String Cheese = 2 pts


Lunch~

6 inch Subway Club No cheese or Mayo = 5 pts

On my 2nd 32 oz of water ......

11Points total so far today


Dinner(willbe)~

Grilled Cheese and ff bologna sandwich on Lite bread = 6 pts
Big Bowl of Broccoli with ff italian dressing = 2 pts

Dessert~
FF Chocolate Pudding = 2 pts

Maybe exercise maybe not ....

3/3/06
 

After two bad days I resolve to stay on track for the weekend.

I am working today and actually find it easier to keep on track when I am at school. I can bring my lunch with me and just eat what I brought. Wednesday was tough because of the giant carrot cake (full sheet) in the faculty room that got nibbled on all day. I stayed away from it, but ate other things that I shouldn't have.

Breakfast: oatmeal with Berries (3)
Latte: 12 oz nonfat milk (2)
Apple: (1)
Smart Ones Chicken Santa Fe over lettuce: (3)

Yesterday was a good day:

BR: apple and 2 pt. WW bar
LU: beef stew
DN: Veggie soup
SN: WW ice cream bar


BUT...today I ate the Chines Buffet for lunch :o and weigh in is tomorrow morning....:nono:

today is iffffyyyyyyy

3/3/06


2 cups of Coffee/ndcrm/sl = 2 Points
1/2 Bagel cream cheese = 6 Points
7 Mini Eggs(chocolate) = 2.5 Points


(Damn time of the Month)

I accidentally read the calories wrong and thought it said 80 cals and 9 fat grams .... But really the 80 was calories from Fat .... errrrrrrr the real calories were 210..... thank god I didnt eat the whole bag. 5 Points. I only ate half.


UGH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh well

Hey girls, I'd like to join this thread.
March 3rd, Day 9 on points (I was on for a few months, lost 35 lbs, went off for two months gained back 15 now im back :))

Breakfast:
1/2 cup all bran -> 1pt
orange-> 1pt

Dinner:
Sandwhich-
2 slices Weight Watchers bread -> 1pt
tomato -> 0pts
light miracle whip -> 1pt
fat free ham deli slice -> 1pt
cheese slice -> 2pts
lettuce -> 0pts

Supper:
6 oz chicken -> 6pts
corn -> 2pts
brocoli -> opts
baby carrots -> 0pts
spray becel (5 sprays) -> 0pts

Snack:
1 cup grapes -> 1pt
peach -> 1pt
popcorn (light) -> 3pts

Water: 8 glasses
Exercise: 30 mins, gazelle
Weigh in: 152.5 lbs

I am resolved not to think about my weigh in this week.
I usually eat in a point catagory below me (22 instead of 24) actually I think I am 26, but just on the cusp. And I never eat my activity points. This week I went over extra points so I decided to switch all my 22 points to 24 (giving me 14 more points) and use my activity points (another 16 or so) which means I don't have to feel like I blew the diet this week. I just maxed out being on program.

Now I can just hold my breath till Monday. Will eating all of the possible points weight watchers allows result in a loss?

Today:
oatmeal with berries (3)
whole milk with coffee (1)

I am skiing today and snowboarding tomorrow for exercise.

March 4th, Day 10
breakfast:
oatmeal -> 2pts
1/2 cup skim milk -> 1pt
1 tbsp sugar twin -> 0pts

Dinner:
2 slices weight watchers whole grain bread -> 1pt
light miracle whip (2 tbsp) ->1pt
cheese slice -> 2 pts
lettuce -> opts
fat free turkey deli slices -> 1pt
tomato -> 0pts

Supper:
porkchop -> 4pts
bbq sauce (1tbsp) -> 0pts
carrots -> 1pt
corn on the cob -> 4pts
becel (5 sprays) -> 0pts
lettuce -> 0pts
cucumber -> 0pts
brocoli -> 0pts

Snacks:
apple -> 1pt
grapes (1cup) -> 1 pts
Total Points: 19pts

Bonus Points: zero

Water: 4 glasses..:(

Exercise: 6 second abs workout out and 6 second abs total body workout

Weigh in: 153lbs, up.5 from yesterday

Not a good weekend... It is a good thing today is Monday.
Today
cereal with milk
2 cliff bars
1 point soup with beans
chicken
salad
crackers
24 points and sealing my lips for the night

Yesterday ~ 3/6/06

* Breakfast *
3 cups of coffee/nd crmr/sl = 3 Points
WW Oatmeal Maple = 2 Points

* Lunch *
Cola Chicken = 6 Points
1 Can Asparagus = 0 Points

* Dinner *

Bowl Of Broccoli = 0 Points
grilled (lite toast) ff bologna & 2 slices melted swiss cheese = 6 Points
Diet Coke = 0 points


* Dessert *

FF chocolate Pudding = 2 Points


Water Total = 42 oz
Veggie Servings = 5 1/2
Took One Pre Natal Vitamin (hey its a vitamin :) )

Exercise = 45 mins on treadmill started out at 3 miles per hour up to 4 miles an hour

6 Mins on the Running machine

Activity Points = 2


GOOD DAY !!!! Hope the rest of the week goes as well

Used 0 Bonus Points for the day !!!!

3/7/06
 

Breakfast: Strawberries and a 12oz nonfat latte (3)
Lunch: salad with 4 oz chicken and organic 7 grain bread (7)
Snack: Apple (1)

Well...I weighed in on Saturday and only lost .8! But I haven't been eating my total amount of points...so this week I am really gonna watch it. I had a three day weekend and I was actually very good :carrot:

Here is what I've had for today:

Br; Special K bar= 2 pts.
1 pear

Snack; Special K bar

Lunch; WW Chicken Suisa= 5 pts.

Supper; (planned) Chicken Breast
Wild Rice
Green Beans

Snack; (planned) Nabisco 2 pt. snack and milk

3/7/06

Breakfast ~
Coffee 3 cups - 3 pts
WW Oatmeal -2 pts

Lunch~

Cola Chicken - 6 pts
Broccoli - 0 pts


Dinner~

2 Veggie Pattys - 1 pt
1 slice swiss cheese - 2 pts
Lite Bun - 1 pt


Dessert~

A yummy Chocolate Chocolate Cookie YUM (239 cals, 8 fat grms) 4 pts
1 Starburst 1 pt


Total for the day = 20 Points


Water Intake = 32 oz

Veggie Intake = 3 servings

3/8/06

Breakfast ~
2 cups coffee - 2pts
Apple - 1pt
ww Oatmeal - 2pts


Snack ~
Lite bread/ff bologna = 1 pt

Lunch~

5 cabbage Rolls = 5 pts
1 can of Green Beans = 0 pts

Snack ~

Hot Chocolate = 2 pts


And then i ended up getting over to my mother in laws and I was starving ...
I ended up eatting part of a sweet mexican bread and a some lite bread (bun)
I figured 7 points on the mexican bread and the bun was 1 point


Then when i got home I had a 2 Point Sandwich and a ff Pudding

So I used my 2 AP and 2 Bonus Pts.

So still not too bad.




Water so far =32 oz
Veggie so far = 4.5 Servings

I am on my way to the Gym to do the treadmill for 42 mins

I will eat those 2 pts :)

I do much better dieting if I am not at my house, my mom's house or my grandma's house. The days I spend at work or doing stuff I don't have time to eat.

b: oatmeal with berries
s: tofu stir fry with cottage cheese
l: tofu stir fry with cottage cheese
s: very small brownie
s: almonds
d: rice and beans
d: crackers

32 points today

Today I had a problem with portion size. The tofu stir fry might not look like much, but I ate an entire pan full. I need to stick to cooking serving size, not family size. This is especially true since my DH is skiing in CA this week and my kids don't really like spicy tofu.

WW Spreadsheet
 

I made a nice little spread sheet to keep track of my daily points vs weight loss. If you are good with computers it is probably a little too rudimentary, but if you aren't good with spreadsheets and you want me to send you a copy I can.

I couldn't upload it because spreadsheets are not supported by this forum.

On my weigh in day I type in my loss, my weight, and my points for each day of the week. It gives me the average points per week, a weight loss graph, and a scatter plot (so I can determine if their is actually a linear relationship between eating your extra points and weight loss).

All you would have to do is delete my numbers and enter your own.

-Wendy

I would love you to spend me a copy ... I'll Pm you my email addy.

:)

Brownies at midnight. I hadn't touched them all day. Then I woke up and realized my DH was an hour late getting home on his flight from CA and it was really stormy outside (4" last night). So I had one, then two, then three. At least they were really small (mini muffin size). So I started off today 10 points down.

And then I had a big breakfast.
Of all things, mixed greens with chicken breast.

DH took both the kids to work with him today (they have day care at work - $650 for 4.5 months and during the week there are usually 5 workers and 10-15 kids... it is great). Unbelievably, with that available this is the first day all winter that I have had the day to myself without kids. I am doing a really thorough cleaning of our lower floor. Maybe if I get off the computer I can get the main floor and upstairs too.

OHHHH I have A MAJOR weakness for Brownies.

I caved with Brownies last week too.

But this week I am really trying hard to be Good.

Have you guys tried the no-pudge brownies yet? I think they're really good and they're only 2 pt each. You can find the mix in your grocery store and just add ff yogurt. They are what got me throught TOM this month. ;)

The kids got the chocolate out of the fridge and said mommy, can we have brownies. I caved.

now for some whining here

The first 5 weeks I did really well. This week I cannot stay out of the kitchen. I finally decided to get out of the house and spend F,S,S at the ski hill. I get up and first thing Anna (21 months) throws up all over the living room. I realized that I am not an expert parent. An expert parent would have scooped her up and sprinted to the nearest tile floor. I ran for a towel as she kept going.

I have eaten all my extra points for the week +13 more. I figured 3 days of skiing would give me some activity points to compensate. Instead I am spending a day watching Mary Poppins with a very nice little girl on my lap. (I sent DS to work with DH.)

Today so far:
6:45 coffee with creamer 1
7:00 oatmeal with berries 4
10:30 taco salad 12
12:00 strawberries with small bisquit 2
2:00 sunflower seeds 2
2:00 soup with crackers 6


27 points so far and it is 2:17 pm

Yestersday 3/9/06

Breakfast ~

2 cups of coffee/crmr/sl = 2 Points
Toast = 1 Point


Lunch ~
Cola Chicken = 6 Points
Broccoli = 0 Points


Dinner ~

Subway = 8 Points

So after freaking out about being way over in points on Thursday and Friday while I was at home, I decided to be really good on Saturday. Here is what I had.

BF: Oatmeal with berries 3
Lunch: 6 oz of salmon and salad 7
Dinner: salad 2, soup 6, bread 4

I didn't actually write anything down until I got home and then I couldn't believe it. If I had guessed my points for the day I would have said 10, and here I was at 22.

I also went XC skiing for 3 hours with my dad. I couldn't believe I actually got him to go. He has gotten pretty out of shape this year. Not like a couch potato, since he skis every day for 3 hours, but still 20 lbs heavier than his normal XL size and hasn't walked or hit the gym all winter.