Flex Talk #2
 

Thanks for the new thread, Jane. It didn't take long for the Flex area to fill up did it? That's great.

I'm beating myself up today for what I ate for lunch today. It wasn't horrible, but I thought I was ordering smart, but it really wasn't. I could have done better. I had a buffalo chicken sandwich and fried potato things that were between a potato chip and french fries. I used almost 20 flex pts. today, but it's all done and I went for a long walk with the dog in the snow tonight and am drinking lots of water.

Tomorrow's a new day!!

Subscribing to the new thread. :)

Hi all,

Keli - yep, you can't worry about what's past, and here it is, another new day! Any of you can start a new thread when this one gets to about 100 posts. I don't like to let them get much longer than that, in consideration for the ones that have dial-up. Good luck today, staying OP. :hug:

Kimberly - hi, just jump right in. We're glad to have you.

Hello to all that read this. :wave:

I've been struggling to stay OP. Some days I'll do great, and others aren't all that great. My whole family is going to Walt Disney World in 7 weeks, and I'll feel so much better if I can take off another 10 or 15 pounds by then.

It's cold here in Indiana, but I don't have to leave the house until it's time for my scrapbooking crop this evening. I do need to get some cleaning done in the meantime. That ought to warm me up, lol.

Have a good day! :)

Keli- I had a badish dinner last night as well- we went to Chinese and although I only used 7 flex points for the day I am still worried about my weigh in, It is in Sat. and Chinese food is loaded with salt. Good for you for saying tomorrow is a new day, I have just begun to learn how to do that. Before, I'd get off the wagon for days, or even weeks just becuase of one poor meal. I noticed you lived in PA- I do too, we got about 2 inches of snow yesterday then a bunch of sleet, yuck.

catibeans - I'm a little further south in central VA and we got a good 4 inches or so.... which never happens! All the little kids were out on garbage can tops and other makeshift sleds. I wanted to make a snowman but by the time I got home from work it was both dark and had turned into freezing rain -- yuck.

Jane - :hug: I'm sure you'll be back OP and out of your slump soon. The weather can't be helping, as miserable and cold as it's been! Good luck with your DL goal, that sounds very reasonable.

kelijpa - Sounds like you're not letting your one meal turn into a big setback :) water & walking -- good things to do!!

I'm a little discouraged this week, because I don't expect to see a loss at WI tomorrow morning. I unofficially weighed myself this morning and was up a pound from last week. This is only my second week... And I was totally OP the whole time... So I'm kind of surprised to see it slow/stop already. I must be doing something wrong, just have to figure out what that is. Oh well, I'll just focus on the fact that I feel smaller and have lost inches already and keep truckin', hope that the weight just follows suit.

Hi all! I'm a pretty shy person on new boards, but here I go, trying to de-lurk! I did the questionnaire in the flex bios area, so I'll just jump right in, if y'all don't mind! (I hope I've got the hang of how these threads work!)

kelijpa -- Great attitude! If you're anything like me, I'm sure your old MO was something along the lines of "well I blew it, so I'm just OFF that diet..." Good for you for planning to get right back on the horse!

KimberlyinMN -- Hi!

Jane -- Hi, and thanks for the thread! Boy I used to use "cold" (ha-ha, I'm a SoCal gal, so cold is relative) as an excuse to eat mass-quantities of nice hot comfort food...it's good to have an event goal (I use that too) to help with staying OP, eh?

caitbeans -- Me too (dropping the diet after one "oopsie")! Hang in there!

suitejudyblueeyes -- You hang in there too, and yes, remember the NSVs! I'm really working on focusing on how much better I feel already... BTW, I love your blog! My userid over there is "EW!" (my initials, which I think are funny) so if you see a comment in the future from ew, that's me!

And all you cold folks stay warm!

As for me -- I'm being forced to acknowledge that I have been eating emotionally (didn't think of that angle at all before). Last night I had an upsetting email, and for the first time since I started WW I REALLY wanted to go off-program. My DH, who is wonderful!, suggested I sleep on it...WHEW!

Today is a fresh day, and my goal is an important one! (I'm going to repeat that to myself, over and over!)

Well, that's my first really social post...hope it was okay! :o

Hello everyone! Well, I'm just gonna jump on in here.

Lizzy- good job moving out of your comfort zone! Your post was just fine!:D

suitejudyblueeyes- try to hang in there and give yourself the benefit of the doubt. If you know for sure that you've stayed op, then you're doing just fine. That scale may surprise you. And if it doesn't, like someone else mentioned...look at the NSV.

kimberly- hi! C'mon in and chat a while.

Jane- are you a rep for one of the scrapbooking companies or do you just attend the crops? I've been scrapbooking for a couple of years now, but I'm struggling with it this year. I started internet schooling last summer and I refuse to allow myself time for scrapbooking when I have schoolwork eating at me. I need to just get done with the schoolwork, so I don't feel guilty about my freetime. I'd love to see some of your work if you have any pics.

As for me, I'm losing fast, but I'm nervous about how that will affect me in the end. I don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth, but since this is my first rodeo with dieting in 20yrs, I'm not sure what to think. I'm not a dieter. I've always just ate whatever I wanted (within small bits of moderation). My lack of controlling it is what put me here.

I have a hard time responding you each of you individually, but I read that some of you are nervous about your next weigh-in; Just keep on keeping on, and as, I think Jane said, the next day is a new day and you can start over. I just started WW on Monday and I've lost 3lbs. already! But I haven't been a very good girl the past day or two. There are some crazy things going on in my life and it's so easy to go back to those old behaviors (ex: eating to make myself feel better)

I just want to share why I've finally decided to join WW:

I am the biggest right now that I have EVER been in my whole life. And I feel absolutely disgusted! I have a 3 year old daughter, and when I was pregnant with her, I went from 170ish to weighing 201 a day before she was born! Now I'm 212 and have lost nothing from that pregnancy, obviously.

I have been pregnant twice since her but have had trouble in those pregnancies because (we know now, but not at the time) of my weight. I lost a baby boy on November 10, 2006 at 16 weeks gestation. And I was due to have twins on April 5, 2008 but they were stillborn January 8, 2008 at 27 weeks gestation.

I've realized that I will not be able to have anymore children, or even be healthy, and possibly suffer some serious heath risks if I continue the way I do. I already suffer from PCOS and a high BMI.

And I just can't go on living like this. Sorry for the rant. :sorry:

Zoesmom I'm sure I speak for all of us when I offer :grouphug: I'm so sorry, you are an inspiration, just like your siggy says, you are strong!

everyone! Thanks so much for the support and encouragement. I'm more concerned I guess about my ability to beat myself up about what I ate than what I actually ate.

We're all struggling in one way or another and we will be triumphant. I'm sure of it. There's an article in our newspaper this a.m. that talks about a weight lost site, I won't post it since I haven't looked at it myself, but the beginning of the article just hit home.

It says, Whether you want to lose a lot of weight or a little dieting is hard. "It's a daily struggle with slow reward and the risk of failure at nearly every bite" 1/19/2008 Scranton Times, page D4, I hope I can post it since I cited the reference. Then it talks about the web site, I didn't read the whole article. I was just struck by the truth in that simple statement. I sometimes feel, and maybe you guys do too, that I'm the only one struggling, that it shouldn't be this hard, if I was doing something different it would be easier. I don't know it just made me feel better seeing in a newspaper that everyone who's trying to do what we're trying to do is facing the same challenges.

I feel like writing and telling them about this website. I feel 3FC has been an integral part of my success. The support and encouragement is phenomenal and seeing how others have faced their challenges and overcome them is a great learning experience and inspiration.

Anyway, enough of that...Good luck to all and have a great day, the sun is out (even though it's cold) :sunny:

Well I have not been here for a week, my hubby has been ill so have not even turned on the computer. But over all and through all the heck that I have had this week I think that I am doing quite well, I missed my first meeting though, and wonder if I will get penalized for that? Does anyone know, It was just such a hard week with the hubby I could not go...and I was sad about that...but I did not fall, I kept to my points, so I am hoping for a loss on monday. Wish me luck....I can't wait to start seeing some real results, maybe that will motivate me to stay on plan...good luck and good health to all of you, heres to a great on plan week for all of us....

Newbie
 

Hi,
I started WW again 3 weeks ago. I been a WW member many many times in the past with great results!
I'm doing the program at home this time. I have all the booklets and I know what I'm suppose to do. My sister and daughter go to the meetings and they let me know if there is anything different with the program.
I did good the first week, lost 3 lbs. second week...0 this week 0 so frustrating!!!!! I'm trying to figure out what I may be doing wrong! I weigh and write everything down, Drink all my water, etc. I'm allowed 26 pt. each day. I pretty much use all of them. I don't use all of my extra 35 pts. if any!
My sister told me that they said at the meeting you could eat as much as you want on Veggies 0 Pts. So that is what I have been doing. I cook up Broccoli and Cauliflower and fill up on that 2-3 times a day, along with my 26 pts. About 3 cups full each serving. I started using my glider twice a day 20 min each time gradually wanting to get up to 30 min. Got to start slow because I am so out of shape and haven't exercised in a long time.
What am I doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Maddie

My little ticker seems to have disappeared. I didn't remove it from my signature so I'm really confused... I liked seeing my goal laid out like that. Obviously I'll just put a new one in, but does anyone have any idea where it went or how I can stop that from happening in the future?

Hmmm, mine's gone too -- might just be a temporary glitch!

LizzieW: Going to sleep is a great solution to avoiding emotional eating! Especially if it's nighttime (doesn't work so well at 2pm :p). Thanks for reading my blog, it's nice to know I'm not always talking to myself!! :D

Paintfancy: Congrats on your losses! That's wonderful that it's coming so fast for now, you'll feel great having that chunk out of the way when it inevitably slows down. My first foray into dieting a few years ago gave me really fast, big results immediately, and I'm not finding that's the case this time around. Oh well :dizzy:

zoesmom: You have GREAT reasons for wanting to change your lifestyle now. And you're making wonderful progress, be proud of those -3lbs!!!

kelijpa: That quote is so right. The risk of failure is just around the corner, every time we feel the need to eat. This is a dangerous business! And part of the point of sites like these and WW meetings is to let you know you're not alone. Though it's easy in the depths of frustration to feel like no one else could possibly understand. So not true!

Misery Chick: Hope your DH is doing better. You don't get penalized for missing a meeting, but I think if you don't WI once a month you get kicked out of the system and have to re-register (??). I may be really wrong about that but that's what I remember hearing some time ago. But don't worry about one meeting. Life happens.

Maddie: I totally could have written your post. We're in the same boat. I did well the first week and then absolutely nothing the second, even though I was totally on plan. It happens... Take your measurements so you have another metric to measure yourself by when the scale doesn't move. Remember you won't get anywhere by giving up, even if you don't see immediate success it's worth it to keep on truckin'.


As for me, I had a bit of a meltdown on Friday night which let to the consumption of massive amounts of points and me skipping my meeting Saturday morning. I was kind of upset about it before but that was just making me feel worse. Everything is fine now and I'm doing way better -- I even got up this morning and worked out for the first time in 2 weeks! Woo! It felt great, too, to feel that burn and feel like I was using my body the way it was supposed to be used. Now I'm relaxing, watching The Office and reading, waiting for the start of another week... Have to go to work tomorrow as we don't get it off for a holiday. Oh well. Kind of nice because I like the structure of a workday, it keeps my eating on track! Hope everyone else has had a good weekend!

Suite Your advice to Maddie is right on! You just have to stick with it and it sounds like you're taking your own advice.

Misery You may already know the answer to your question by now, but the way I understand it, if you're not lifetime you have to pay for the meeting you missed, there is a number of meetings you have to miss in a row then you have to re-register. You and your DH are in my thoughts and prayers.

I've gotten myself back on track, only have to make one more day before WI and I think I'll have a loss, I went up on my second WI this year, so I'm saying stick with it if you don't see that loss and it will come the next week.

I remember years ago when my Mom and I went, she would always go up the 4th or 5th week then lose the other weeks, she just kept looking at the big picture and saying I'm down overall.

Best to all!

Thank you suitejudyblueeyes for your reply.
I haven't giving up..... I am so determent this time!!! I just went over the last 3 weeks on my journal to see if maybe I was doing something wrong...
Maybe a few days I didn't drink all my water or all my points so this week I WILL drink my water and USE all my points, and see what happens.
I'll let you know how I do.
Thanks again,
Maddie:hug:

I went searching, and found out in the announcements area that they had to turn the sig function off until we n00bs have 30 posts or 30 days, due to spammers abusing the sigs...so, soon enough we'll have them back! :D

I'm sorry! I should have seen these questions, and answered before now. But, yep, the spammers are in full force right now, and we're trying to slow them down a bit. Your 30 days/posts will be past before you know it. :)

Paintfancy - no, I'm not a rep for the scrapbook companies. I'm not nearly good enough for that, but thanks for asking. I like to do pages about the grandkids, or about my DH and me now that's he's retired. We take little weekend jaunts once in awhile, so it's fun to crop those photos.

To those of you that are OP, a big Woohoo for you! :carrot:

For those that are having trouble staying OP, hang in there, and it will pass. :hug:

Oh dear! Guess I'd better get posting then! Thanks for letting me know Lizzie :) I want my ticker back! lol

Hello all!

I hope your weekend/MLK day is going great and we're all staying on track :yes:

I attended a 2-year-old's birthday party this weekend, and needless to say...did not eat what I should have been. Although, there wasn't anything "nutritious" to eat there anyway! But, I have no excuses - I should have came prepared! :drill:

But it's okay. Today is a new day and I've stuck to it since I got home. It's just so hard to go out places; I'm not used to making arrangements to eat. It's so easy to stuff my face with whatever. Ahhhh! :fr: This is going to take some getting used to and self-discipline. But I can do this... WE can do this! :goodvibes: I go in for my next weigh-in tomorrow; I weighed myself this morning just to see what damage I had done over the weekend, and I didn't gain anything, but didn't lose anything either. Oh well, at least I didn't go up any!

Oh, I made the WW recipe for Baked French Toast this morning... YUM! You don't even need syrup for it. It was good!

Anyway, I'll shut up now.

Hi Everyone,:wave:

I've been reading messages here because I wasn't sure I could join as I am doing WW At Home. But then I read where someone else on this group is doing WW At Home too. I have enjoyed reading your posts and I would love to be a part of this group. I will try to do a bios probably tomorrow.

I did WW Flex last year but got off somewhere along the way. I recently did some research on some other ways of eating healthy to lose weight and realized that I needed to do the WW Flex Plan in order to keep my portions correct. So I got back on the Flex Plan Sunday and have had a couple of really great OP days under my belt. Recently started exercising slowly and probably did an overall of about 15 minutes today. I have a knee I injured back in July (twisted it) and had to use a walker a few weeks and then cane for a few weeks. Now I have to exercise it so it won't hurt. So I started using stationary bike first mainly to strengthen the knee and have worked up to 1/2 a mile a day on it hoping to work up to 1 mile a day maybe in February. Today I added more exercises using light weights. I am excited about being back OP and I am really enjoying it this time. I hope I can keep up the motivation or at least get into a habit of doing al this while I am in this frame of mind.

:hug:Trish

Trish- good for you for joining. You will find LOTS of encouragement here!

I need help, I dont know what to do with myself. I just cant stay on track regardless of what I tell myself. Ive gotta get my self going, but I just cant stop being bad, then I feel so guilty and disappointed in myself. Does anyone have any suggestions of what you do to get back on track? Im so ready to get this last 25-30lbs off and it just seems like I cant do it. I keep going up and down between 10lbs. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Anna,

I had that problem recently myself. In fact, a few years ago I lost down to 176 lbs and now I am having to start over. I've gotten close to my goal about 3 times that I can remember and had to start over. I quit twice when I was only 25 lbs from my goal. I have had to step back this time and ask myself why I quit when I got so close to goal. I decided it was my attitude toward myself and resentment that I had to having to diet at all. And also fear of getting to goal and not maintaining. For one thing, I don't think I thought I deserved it and second I didn't think it was fair that other people could eat what they wanted and I couldn't. It came down to making a commitment to be good to myself because I do deserve it and and I need to be good to myself. I'm not saying your siuation is the same as mine. I am saying see if you can figure out what you are feeling and if it has anything to do with what is happening. Just don't beat yourself up. If you have had a slip, don't let it make you feel guilty. If I do that I fall into the mind games of "I blew it so I may as well quit" attitude which means I'm always starting over. Just make your next meal or snack an OP one. That way you may blow it at one meal or snack but not the whole day or week. What I love about WW is their new adds that they are not a diet and diets don't work and they don't tell you what you have to eat or can't eat. It is up to us what we eat within our pts. portions. We do it one day at a time and sometimes one meal or snack at a time. We are learning to eat normal and healthy eating what we want and like.

You are not a failure by any means. Look at what you have accomplished. You have lost 38 lbs thus far and yes you have 25 or 30 lbs to go, but don't look at those lbs as a whole. Maybe that is freaking you out. Perhaps taking them as 5 lb goals at a time would make it easier for you. Just don't start thinking of yourself as a failure. I think you've done great!!! YOU CAN MAKE YOUR GOAL!!!

Tish

Well said, Trish and welcome.

Anna, Congrats on your success so far, as Trish said maybe look at the why behind the cheating, we sometimes are our own worse saboteurs (however you spell that :D) Think how you would feel if someone else was buying you candy, cookies or chips or whatever. Would you tolerate sabotage from someone else?

Another thing you might what to look at is what you are cheating with, are you eating more sugary, salty, whatever, could be something lacking. Have you been always eating the same things? You might just be rebelling against eating one more bowl of oatmeal or something like that. We tend to find our favorites and "eat them to death".

Best of luck to both of you! Keep posting, too, it's hard to eat and type at the same time :D!

I just wanted to pop in and say hello. I've had a busy day, and am just so tired. All I want to do is snuggle on the couch and watch TV, so maybe I'll post more tomorrow.

Have a good one. :)

Thanks Tish & Kelijpa. Ive been thinking about it and its dinner time in my house Im good all day long at work and then I come home and its over, I will measure my food out then get more, then its on to something sweet. I think I really do need to sit down and figure out why Im over eating.. and im sure some of it does have to do with just being tired of eating the same old things. It looks like its time for me to reach deep inside and figure out what is really going on in my subconscious. I was so proud of myself when I hit a 50lbs loss and yet I turned around and gained some back, but I know you guys are both right, if I slip I just have to start over with the next meal or snack. Thanks Again!!!!!

Anna

I think you just might be overeating because you are just too tired when you get home. That is a real possibility. Years ago when I was in Overeaters Anonymous we were told "Don't let yourself get too tired because that is when we overeat". I used to do that when I worked out. Hope you can find your solution.

Trish

Trish, gee I didn't think of that, but it makes sense. I've been so tired lately, part of it's because I'm pushing myself, but also, I'm on a med that makes me sleepy. Maybe that's part of the reason I'm having a hard time?

I am exhausted when I come home, for the last couple of weeks ive been working 50 to 60 hours and then I come home to all the daily tasks including 3 kids, I dont know what I would do if it wasnt for all the things my DH does around here.

Well, tonight should be an interesting test: a friend is throwing his annual birthday dinner at a swanky restaurant -- the place is so upscale that they do not provide prices, much less dietary info! So I'm going to have to do the eyeball-portion-control method. And NO bread! Luckily most of the fancy places around here serve those "elf portions" so I'm probably okay there, but I'm worried about all the hidden calories (like stuff cooked IN butter, etc.). All day I've been eating 0 point food to prepare! Is that what we're supposed to do? :?:

I try to adjust during the day, if I'm going to eat out, like leave the cheese off my sandwich or eat my puffed wheat cereal by itself (I usually mix it with a higher pt. type of cereal) to shave off a couple pts. but I would never make it on 0. :D Now that I'm in my mid 40s I have a hard time restricting myself :D

You don't want to go in too hungry, so be careful of that. I've read a few times about eating an apple or drinking a glass of water before a meal. Maybe eating an apple before you leave the house? I always order water with my meal, too. Even if I get a soft drink, I'll order water as well.

Some people say they divide their meal in half right at the beginning, too. If you chat alot you'll eat less, too. Whatever you get, enjoy it, don't feel guilty and get back OP next meal.

Drink an extra glass of water tomorrow, too.

Thanks for the great advice! That apple idea is awesome -- I'm going to pop one into my purse and eat it on the way. Luckily I love veggies, so today hasn't been too hard, and getting to have a little wine tonight will be a nice treat/reward! :hat:

So how'd you do, Lizzie? Did you eat anything absolutely delicious? Though fancy upscale restaurants are pretty much terrible for weight loss, they do make some fantastic food. If you're going to eat out, might as well be GOOD food, not the greasy chain type stuff.

I think I did pretty well because I did wake up hungry today!

I had a hot salad (very interesting -- seared greens with shaved beef) which I nearly filled-up on, prime rib (I ate 1/3), some delicious little beans (ate about 2 tablespoons), and exactly one bite of chocolate cake. My downfall was probably the wine -- hard to gauge, as they just kept pouring it before the glass was empty, but no hangover today, so it had to be fewer than 5 glasses total. Plus 3 servings of water, and one cup of decaf coffee with cream (a real treat -- I never use cream at home). It's hard to figure the points, because I'm certain there were hidden no-nos everywhere (I don't know how the salad was dressed, and was that meat cooked in butter?). I'm going to guess on the high side and say 6 for the salad, 6 for the steak, 4 for the beans, 2 for the cake, 10 for the wine, 1 for the cream. That's 29 for the meal, and my daily alloted is 23...so, not too bad!

And back OP today I go! :carrot:

It sounds like you did great, LizzieW! The most important thing, I think, is that you paid attention, that you kept control, and you made smart choices. That's what it's all about, right?

I have a weird issue that might get things thrown at me -- some days, I have a problem using all of my points. I mean, I end up with 6 or 7 points left at the end of some days. Yesterday, I had a bowl of sugar-free, low fat ice cream just to bring it up to a reasonable level. The big problem is, I've REALLY hiked my veggie and fruit intake, and a lot of those foods are 0 or 1 points per serving.

Now... I'm still on 32 points a day, and I know as the weight drops off my daily target is going to go down, so I'm hesitant to force myself to eat all those extra points only to have to cut them out again in a few weeks. I'm not starving myself -- I'm more than satisfied with what I'm eating, but the plan says to use all your points every day. What do you guys think? Should I force myself to eat more, or should I let it go?

I just had a wicked deja vu. I think I might have asked this question before. LOL.

It does sound like you really took care of yourself at that dinner, Lizzie. Congrats! :D

hafowler -- EAT your points!! I know it may seem like it'd be easier not to, but really, if you let your body eat them all now, you'll actually have somewhere to go when you drop your points. Say you get 25/day, but you find you only want to eat 20. What will you do when you stop losing on 20/day? You'll have to go down to 19 or 18... and what can you cut out when you were eating just enough to satisfy you before?

I used to have a similar problem, but I've learned how to work with it -- an ounce of almonds (23 nuts) has 4 points, tons of health benefits, good fat, and, well, 4 points. It won't make you full and it's a good crunchy snack. Also I will take some of the fat-free products out of my diet and replace them with low-fat versions to up the points (things like milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, cheese). That helps too, and you're not actually getting any new volume, just choosing higher-point (but still healthy) options.

:D

I went to Panera last night for dinner... Not my preferred course of action, but I needed to continue working on this project and I needed someplace with WI-FI, and my friend suggested we get dinner. So I diligently looked at nutritional values online and figured out what I could have before I went. I picked a couple of moderately high-point foods because I felt I'd be more satisfied with them, and they'd only put me over by 2 or 3 points into my Flex. So I ordered 1/2 a portobello and mozzarella sandwich (envisioning this glorious, beautiful chunk of portobello mushroom topped with a shred of mozza and maybe some kind of italian seasoning... mmm....) and a bowl of french onion soup with the cheese and croutons (remembering the best french onion soup I've ever had, somehow thinking it'd be the same).

And.......... it sucked. All of it.

The sandwich was little pieces of mushroom in a TON of cheese, and they messed up my order by putting the soup in a bread bowl, which then made the soup more like soggy bread than soup. I was very disappointed in it all. I still ate it..... god knows why.... even though I didn't enjoy it and it was costing me 14 points.

I dunno, I guess I'm starting to have high expectations for restaurant food... Because I know I could have had a better dinner than that at home. Someone tell me why I spent $9 on food I didn't like? That wasn't healthy? Does this happen to anyone else?


How is everybody doing? It's been awfully quiet in this thread lately. Hope everyone's week has been OP so far :)

Any plans for the Super Bowl? Anybody?

Suite--sorry you had such a bad experience with Panera. it is very dissapointing when you learn to cook such healthy OP foods at home and go out and its yuck!! I personally would have taken the soup back if you specifically asked for a bowl rather than bread. That is one thing I have learned and have probably had my food spit in once or twice because of :) But you have to ask for what you want and send it back if it is not what you want. I fell horrible wasting points on somethign I didn't order and didn't like :)

Hope your next dining out experience is much better.

As far as the Super Bowl, I am making a big pot of WW Bar B Que Chicken Chili and having some friends over to watch the game. Looking forward to the chili, it's been a while since I have had it.

Hope everyone is having a good week!