I love this thread. It gives me menu ideals, eating out ideals, etc. LOVE IT!!!

B: 1/2 c milk (1), 1 Fiber1bar (2)
L: 1 slice bread (1), 2 slice ham (2), cup of 0pt soup, 1 banana (2)

S:1 Fiber1bar (2)
S: cup of 0pt soup

D: 4oz chicken breast (3), 1 c red potatoes roasted with garlic and rosemary (3), 1 cup broccoli (0), 3 T Hollandaise sauce (1)

S: bag of popcorn (1)
Thanks for any other ideals.

glad you like it, lovemylife

Thursday --
B: 1c almond milk (1), egg (2), two slices WW bread (1), 1 tsp marg (1)
L: 6" subway club on wheat w/o cheese or mayo (6), reese's thing (5)
---enter 'eat everything in sight' mode---
S: Fiber One bar x2 (4)
D: 2 grilled cheese - 4 slices WW bread (2), 2 slices FF cheese (1), 1 tsp marg (1); cup of soup (3), glass of almond milk (1), popcicles (1)

=29/27 - not too bad, actually. good thing i avoided the desire to get a giant hamburger and a milkshake. stupid emotional eating.

Slept late again today - - So, so far today I had a whole wheat english muffin and light cream cheese.. But last night I was really snacky and ate all kind of things (eep!) like a banana, WW brownie, 100 cal pack of cheezies, and some turkey.. But still managed somehow to stay within my points. Hope everyone has a healthy week!

Friday - day at home, gotta be tough on my snacking urges.

B: 1c kashi (4), 1c almond milk (1)
L: 1/2c tuna (2), mayo (1), pickles (0), WW bread (1), chicken noodle soup (3)
S: fiber one bar (2)
D: boca burger (1), 2 slices ww bread (1), a pile of sweet potato french fries (5), broccoli (0)

I will find a way to bring myself up to my base target at least. eating has been low since I'm not feeling well and spent a lot of time today in bed.

What's kashi? And is almond milk better for you than skim?

Kashi is a kind of cereal. I find it in the organics aisle in my grocery store. It's got a good amount of protein, high fiber, low sugar, and tasty

Almond milk isn't necessarily better for you (unless you want to get into the whole "adults shouldn't consume dairy" debate). It's lower in calories, though -- 1 cup is only 40, with 2g of fat, making 1 cup 1 point (instead of 1 cup of skim for two points). I don't really like the taste of milk and never have, and I couldn't adjust to the taste of soymilk - so this is a perfect compromise for me, since I enjoy it more than regular milk and it's lower points too. It comes in a couple different kinds, sweetened and unsweetened, vanilla or chocolate flavors (I haven't seen 'plain'). I get vanilla unsweetened. If you decide to try it, be forewarned, there is nothing sweet about it. It'll make you see just how sweet those natural dairy sugars are.

Wow... I really don't know what I was thinking, because I was writing my skim milk as 0's... Glad you typed that in there!! Probably will take the point or two though, I don't know what I think about the idea of Vanilla - unsweetened milk just yet.... And I'll take a look for kashi next time I get groceries, I like the sound of it, kashi, haha. Kinda like sushi, I LOVE sushi, and could only get it in Vancouver when I lived there, not here, deprived of yet something else.

Today I ate...

B: Whole Wheat English Muffin and Light Cream Cheese (4)
S: Real Fruit Frozen Bar (2)
L: Whole Wheat English Muffin and Light Cream Cheese (4) and Coffee with Twin Sugar (1)
S: Banana (2)
D: 2 Whole Wheat Tortillas (4), 1 Can of Tuna in Water (3), Fat Free Miracle Whip (0), Marble Cheese (4)
S: Coffee with Twin Sugar (1), 2 Chocolate Rice Cakes (2)

And I added 2 points for the picking I did today thanks to the little poem, lol.
So 29/29. But thanks to the loss last week I'm supposed to be 28, so I went over like 1 point. Oh well, all is good, did my workout today which I usually don't eat those points but no harm no foul right? And didn't get close to all my fruits and veggies today, another goal for tomorrow I guess.

I'm forced to write L: for lunch and D: for dinner because I can't put S: for supper all so it make's sense to you and not me lol. Where I'm from it's Breakfast, Dinner and Supper. Oh me. Have to be difficult lol. Hope everyone is in good spirits!

This is my attempt at planning out Easter dinner. Ack.

B: Oatmeal (2) with dried cranberries (1), 1 cup of Chocolate Almond Milk (2)
L: Melba Toast (2) with antipasto (1), baby carrots with salad dressing (0.5)
S: Martini (3)
D: 1/4 cup stuffing (2), 1 slice turkey (3), teeny bit of gravy (1), 1/2 cup baked potatoes (1.5), asparagus, probably done in oil (1), thin slice ham (1.5) with mustard (0)
S: Jello (0.5)
= 22/23

Well, I made it through the dreaded Easter dinner I was so nervous about, and suprisingly I'm very proud of myself! There was this huge bowl of yummy Skor Bar Truffle, and Cherry Pie oh my! BUT, to keep myself away from it, I volunteered to help serve, so then no one was really bothering to ask me to have some, and I poured a cup of coffee for my dessert. Everyone assumed I had it and managed to steer clear of the pressure. It was alot easier then I had thought so that made me feel good. I can't hardly believe it, I might actually get through Easter without having had ONE piece of chocolate!

Easter Dinner - 13 points!

Green Peas (1) -Carrots and Turnip (1) - 1/2 Potato (2) - Bit of Stove Top (3) - White Meat Turkey (4) - Bit of gravy (2) and Asparagus (0)!

All with a coffee for dessert (2). I never thought this would happen in a million years haha. I'm usually the one who digs into the sweets first! Oh well, one tough holiday accomplished!

Happy Easter Everyone!

so ... bombed this weekend.

won't talk about what i ate...

let's just say i didn't count but used all my flex points and then some i can guarantee. but my weigh-in day is saturday which is almost a whole week away so i plan on staying OP for the rest of the week no flex and staying at least with some maintanance. putting it behind me and moving on

I bombed too!! hahaha...I really don't feel bad about it though. This was the first time I have visited my hometown since December, and Saturday night I went out with a bunch of friends I haven't seen in FOREVER, and I drank WAY TOO MUCH...mainly because this guy kept offering to buy me drinks. And then I ate chips and salsa and a piece of pizza when I got home.


Then today: my best friend's family rented out a mexican restaurant and I ate a BIG enchilada dinner, a BIG piece of cake, a TON of chips and salsa, a little bit of salad, two beers, and two mexican sweet breads.

I am not going to feel guilty about it though. The only thing that kind of worries me is that I was on a plateau for a month, and then I FINALLY lost one pound when I weighed in on Saturday morning, and now I've probably screwed it up. It's okay though. I will just learn my lesson if I gain. I am going to try to not weigh myself at all until Saturday since I know I probably am up right now.

anyways...off to paint my nails and do homework...blah

Yeah, my weekend was pretty much dominated by eating too At one point I stopped trying to find out the points for what I was eating because I knew I was already through all of my FPs... So it goes, back to working the program again

Monday --
B: fiber one, almond milk (1)
S: 1c grapes (1)
L: salad w/1tsp evoo (1) and red wine vinager, chicken noodle soup (3), ham sandwich (5)
S: 1/2c yogurt (1), rye crackers w/pb (3)
D: not sure yet, but will come back and fill in. Something with sweet potato and cauliflower, based on what we have at home...

Phew, I did okay yesterday! Had a bit of pie instead of my jello so used some flex points but nothing too terrible!

Today's menu:

B: Special K cereal (3) with 1 cup chocolate almond milk (2)
L: Egg (2) with light mayo (1) on five pieces of melba toast (1), baby carrots with salad dressing (0.5), 100 calorie popcorn pack (1)
S: Bran-Lemon poppyseed muffin (2)
D: 2 meatloaf muffins (6), 1/2 cup rice (2), some kind of vegetable cooked in olive oil (1)
S: Tea with milk/sugar (1.5)
= 23/23

Glad everyone had a good Easter holiday!

B: 1 English Muffin with Light Cream Cheese (4), 3 Egg Whites fried in Oil (2), Skim Milk (1) and Coffee (2)

S: Mixed Veggies (1), Pork Chop and sauce (5), Macaroni Salad (5), Coffee (3), and Diet Pop (0).

So I only had a chance to get in breakfast and supper today, slept late once AGAIN! I really, really need to start getting up earlier so I get more activity in. Never had much excersize this week and hoping it doesn't kick me in the butt too hard at WI tomorrow. BUT, can feel good about not over-indulging over Easter, I didn't think it was possible. I'll finish off my points in some healthy snacking later which I know will come.

Tomorrow is Day #1 of my three day blitz of in-class drivers education (yes, yes, I will be 20 in two weeks and don't have a drivers license yet... I expect to be the oldest one there!) so I am taking my lunch. I really hope I don't get too tempted by the Tim Horton's across the road!

B: Special K (3) with one cup chocolate almond milk (2)
L: Antipasto (1) with four pieces of melba toast (1), bran-poppyseed muffin (2), carrots with salad dressing (0.5)
S: Coffee with cream/sugar (2), chocolate chip cookie (3) - this is my treat at Timmy's as dinner will be late!
D: One meatloaf muffin (3), Oriental green beans (1), 1/2 sweet potato (1.5) baked in olive oil (1), and some jello (0.5)
S: Tea with sugar (1), All Bran Bar (2)
= 24.5/23