I THINK there used to be a thread on the WW forums for tracking menus. Anyone want to join in? I love menu threads -- I get ideas from them, and it makes me write down what I'm eating. I track on line with etools, but I'll post it here, too, if others find such threads helpful.

Today:
Breakfast - protein shake (I have about 12 of these left; 4 points, and they're filling)

Lunch -- leftover pork tenderloin sandwich (3 oz pork, 2 slices whole grain bread, 1 tbl butter = 8 points); Gatorade = 2.5 points

Midafternoon snacks:
banana - 2 points
light & fit Dannon lemon yogurt - 1 point

Dinner will be:
small filet mignon, spinch, baked potato (haven't counted points yet)

snacks -- grapes and a pear

My big goal is to eat fruits and vegetables. This won't happen overnight, but it's what I'm aiming for.

Hi there,
you talk about using Etools. What is that. We are starting our South Beach tomorrow and I am looking for all tools to help keep us motivated and in tune as well as learning from others and sharing what we learn.

Have a Happy New Years!

Etools is something on the Weight Watchers site -- it's totally geared to the Weight Watchers program (and you need to pay to join WW and use the tools). You might ask on the South Beach forum if there's a similar tool for South Beach. Good luck!

Boomer, I get ideas from reading others' menus, too! I use a 3-ring binder, with school paper to track my points. And I do that each evening, for the next day, so my hands stay busy while I'm watching tv.

Today I had:

breakfast -1 Tbl. peanut butter
2 cinnamon graham crackers

lunch - vegetable soup
orange

snack - cottage cheese & diced peach

dinner - more soup

snack later - cereal & milk

1-2-08

BF--two blueberry waffles, coffee with sugar free flavored creamer
S--alpha bit 100 calorie pack
L--chicken noodle soup and steamed veggies
S--lorna doone 100 calorie pack
S--honey roasted almonds
D--turkey breast, steamed veggies, baked sweet potato

Shay,
dont forget to change your Valentines day goal. You will reach that in NO TIME. I lost another pound today so that is 2 for the week or 2 in 2 days. I am thrilled. Thanks for sharing!!!!

Thanks, Jane and Shay!

January 2:
Breakfast -- oatmeal
Lunch -- tunafish sandwich and a red pear
Dinner -- cream of mushroom soup and 2 oz Italian bread
Snacks -- light yogurt + 2 graham crackers

January 3:
Breakfast - protein shake
Lunch - butternut squash soup (oh, heaven)
Dinner will be - filet mignon and steamed spinach, with butter (I use the Land o' Lakes butter and canola oil spread)
Snacks -- Activia yogurt, fruit if needed

1/3/08
BF--Weight Smart Maple & Brown Sugar Oatmeal with raisins, coffee with sf flavored creamer
S--alpha bit 100 calorie pack
L--Amy's Organic Cheese & Bean Burrito, lemon LNF yogurt
S--honey roasted almonds
S--LNF vanilla yogurt with raspberries
D--Progesso Light Barley Soup with steamed veggies

Still finding this easy...

Breakfast -- protein shake
Lunch (not very hungry!) -- Dannon lemon yogurt and 3 Graham crackers, red pear
Dinner -- the second filet mignon (they are so tender!) with equally tender baby zucchini, sauteed in just a tad of butter
Snacks -- don't know yet
Drinking watered Gatorade and iced tea

1/4/08
BF--blueberry bagel with light cream cheese, coffee with sf flavored creamer
S--applesauce
L--Smart One Ravioli with LNF vanilla yogurt
S--nutter butter 100 calorie pack
S--blackberries
D--turkey breast and baked sweet potato

Oh this is a great idea! Anyway I could con y'all into writing down the points you spend also? I'm still learning about what to do and how to tackle points in certain food obstacles

Yesterday (1/4/08) I had:
Breakfast
Coffee w/ff sf creamer - 1pt
Sturms Whole Grain Oatmeal w/blueberries - 2pts

Snack
Lg Apple - 2pts

Lunch
WW Pepperoni Pizza (they served pizza during our mtg, so I brought my own) 8pts

Snack
Celery & Carrots - 0pts
ff sf strawberry yogurt - 2pt

Dinner
Chicken breast marinated in soy sauce and different seasonings (5oz) - 5pts
Can of green beans - 1pt

Snack
WW Cookie Dough Ice cream cup - 2pts

23 total pts

Sunday. I have 33 points, doing flex.

Breakfast -- protein shake (4)

Snack -- WW bar (2) and Gatorade (3)

Lunch -- 4 oz. leftover pork tenderloin (cooked with garlic and herbs) in a sandwich: 2 slices whole grain bread, 2 tsp butter/canola spread (7.5)

Snack - Zone bar (4)

Dinner -- the filet mignon, before it dies, and spinach (6)

Snacks -- Activia, pear, grapes (2 + 1 + 1), skinny cow iced cream sandwich (2)

b. Egg whites and 1 low fat cheese slice on a bun
L. Chicken sandwich
Snack Fruit cups 2
Chips..................badddd.............
S. prepared frozen Chicken meal
Coffee with sugar and skim milk...
lots of herb tea

Not bad except for the chips

I like seeing the points values, too.

Today has been a little off since I had a late breakfast that really ended up being more like a snack, I'm not sure I'll end up eating all my points today.

B: toast (2), 1 tbsp natural pb (3)
L: Chili's Guiltless Grill chicken sandwich with steamed veggies and black beans (10)
S: 1 square dark chocolate (1), coffee w/ff creamer (1)
S: 1/2 c ff plain yogurt (1), 1/4 c museli (1)
D: small glass of wine (3), high-fiber tortilla (1), portobello mushroom, 1/2 an onion, 1/2 a bell pepper (0)
S: 1/2 c sorbet (3)

= 26.

Can't believe my dinner was 1 point, that was kind of ridiculous!

I can do 28 pts per day. At this point I'm trying to recover from my huge wt gain over the holidays so I'm trying to not use my extra flex points at least for two weeks then work them back in. I have been able to consistently lose in the past using most or all of my extra flex points.

1/5/08
BF--smoothie (4), coffee with sf flavored creamer (3)
S--kettle corn popcorn (2.5)
L--LC panini (6) and LNF yogurt (1)
S--lorna doone 100 calorie pack (2)
S--honey roasted almonds (4)
D--Amy's Organic Burrito (5) and steamed veggies (0)
27.5 total points