Today's shaping up to be interesting. :/

B: 4 homemade scones. Granted they were spread out over four hours or so so it was like grazing instead of pigging out. Still, though. (12)
L: boca burger (1), english muffin (1), soup (2)
S: wheat thins (5), another scone (3)
D: black bean burger on toast (3), fiber one and almond milk (1 b/c I've been using milk in coffee all day so it's added up)

E: 30m walk (1 AP)

=28/27 + 1 AP, so right on target somehow... DH ate the other 7 scones so they're out of the house now and can't mess up the rest of the week. Gotta learn that me + baked goods = disaster!!

Can I rejoin you? I used to do this, but have been in and out due to work and other schedule pressures.

Saturday (32 target points)

Breakfast: Stonyfield yogurt strawberry smoothie (5)

Lunch: 2 slices flax bread (4 grams fiber) (2); 3 pats butter (3); 4 oz sliced turkey (4); lettuce; 1 cup grapes (1) = 10

snack will be: Activia yogurt (2)

dinner will be: lemon basil salmon, baked (7); green and yellow squash, 1 cup' 2 pats butter (2); 1 cup strawberries (1) = 10

exercise: none. Just about recovering from a bad flu, but still not up to walking.

Hi Bloomer! Good to see you back, hope you're feeling better!

Of course Bloomer! Get well soon!

Tomorrow...

B: Cereal (3) with 1/2 tsp sugar (0.5)
L: Chicken burger (3), cheesestring (1), baked sweet potato (3)
S: WW bar (1.5)
S: Carrots and hummus (1)
D: Penne (6) with roasted garlic and onion, cheese (2), piece of WW toast (1)
S: 1 cookie (1.5)
S: Tea with milk/sugar (1.5)
= 25/22
...and I snuck probably a point's worth of chips (fries) from my housemate too. So an extra 1 for that.

Flex points used (Sunday, Monday): 13

Okay so I planned out my food today, and then actually stuck to it! It was WAY easier than not planning because I already knew what I was allowed to eat, there were no flings or "oh well I have 20 points left, I might as well eat such and such"

Planning is definitely better. I am going to start doing it more often. I also want to plan in order to evaluate my whole day's worth of food to make sure it is balanced.

Today was not very balanced because I don't have any fruits or veggies. I am going grocery shopping tomorrow night.

So here's today:
B: cereal with milk:5pts
vegetarian bacon:1pt
S: granola bar:2pts
L: salad with low fat ranch, carrots, and 10 lowfat cheezits: 2pts
vegetarian corn dog:3pts
S: 1/4 cup almonds:4pts
D: mashed potatoes:3pts
mushroom patty:3pts
corn:2pts
S: apple juice, blueberries, frozen strawberries and banana smoothie:4pts

29/29

Exercise: 20 minutes cardio, 10 minutes weights

Ugh I had a stomach bug this weekend and it was bad. I think I only ate about 300-350 calories yesterday because whenever I ate I felt like none of it was going to stay down.

vdaybaby - I am the same way right now. I have some veggies, but I'm still not feeling good and I think they would be too rough on my stomach. I would have bought fruit, but I didn't get to go shopping because I was sick !!

Welcome back Bloomer!

This may need to be updated later on or tomorrow...

B: Oatmeal (2)
S: Protein Bar (5)
L: Cereal and milk (5.5) and Crackers (2)
D: Dragonfire Chicken and some of the Sesame Chicken appetizer at TGIFriday's (14)

Used: 27.5
Range: 20-25
AP Earned: 0
AP Used: 0
In the bank: -2.5

Monday:

B: lf muffin (6)
L: spinach salad (1), turkey and laughing cow on english muffin (4), orange (1)
S: 1/2c plain yogurt, 1/2c fiber one (1), skim latte (3)
D: bbq chicken sandwich (6), green beans
S: fudgecicles (5), pistachios (4)

=31/27, 4 FPs used

11 FPs used this week so far

Tuesday:

B: Oatmeal (3) with dried cranberries (1), honey (1), and cinnamon
L: 2 slices WW bread (2), cream cheese (1), onion, broccoli, basil and cheese (1)
S: WW bar (1.5)
S: Carrots and hummus (1)
D: WW roast chicken meal (5)
S: 2 squares dark chocolate (2)
S: Homemade blueberry muffin (4), rum & diet coke (2)
= 23.5/22

Wednesday (while I'm at it):
B: Cereal (3) with 1/2 tsp sugar (0.5)
S: Mini Breaks (2)
L: 6" Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki Sub (7) with cheese (1)
S: 1 cookie (1.5), cup of tea with milk/sugar (1.5)
D: 3 meat muffins (3), baked sweet potato (3), roasted carrots in olive oil (1)
S: WW mini hoops (1)
S: Options (0), WW almond cake slice (1.5)
= 25.5/22

FPs used (as of Wednesday): 18.5

Went off my plan yesterday, but not really outside what I'm allowed. I updated it about. Decided to go out to dinner.

My stomach is still iffy from the weekend. I haven't been hungry at all, so I'm not going to force myself to eat any of my APs today if I'm not hungry (I usually try to eat at least half of them).

Tuesday:
B: Think Thin bar (5)
L: Soy milk (1) and oatmeal (2)
S: Smoothie (1) and Baked Tortilla Chips (2)
S: Mini meringues (5), Rice crackers (2) and 2 tsp peanut butter (1.5)
D: Pork stir fry (6.5)

Used: 26.5
Range: 20-25
AP Earned: 6
AP Used: 6
In the bank: 5

I ended up going over, but it was because I realized I have an endoscopy today (Wednesday) and I won't be able to eat until 3pm (eep!) and also I wanted to snack in the worst way yesterday afternoon But I also spent more time at the gym than I thought I would, so it ended up evening out.

Tuesday...

B: 1/2c oatmeal (3), 1T hazelnut creamer (1)
L: spinach salad (1), english muffin w/2oz turkey (3), 1/2c plain yogurt (1), 1/2c fiber one
S: cookie (3)
D: 15 tortilla chips (4), 4 corn tortillas (4), and I really don't know how to count the approximately 4oz of steak in the tortillas. The WW books have different kinds of steak at very different points amounts. I guess I'll say 8?
S: Fudgecicles (2), pistachios (4)

=34/27, 7 FPs used, 18 FPs used so far this week

Hey suite, you have posted about having a 3 point (I think) piece of cornbread sometimes... I looove cornbread. Could I get the recipe from you please? That is assuming they are homemade?

For sure! It's a recipe from Cooking Light. It's really good the day of, but it gets a little dry the days after because it's low-fat. I like it though

1c flour
3/4c cornmeal
2t baking powder
3/4t salt
2T sugar
1c skim milk
2T vegetable oil
1 egg

Mix dry ingredients thoroughly in a bowl, add wet ingredients and mix until just blended. Spread in a well-greased (Pam-ed) baking dish (I use a 9x9 glass one), bake at 425F for 20 minutes or until done. Makes 9 servings at 3 points each. You could probably do it in a muffin tin and that would decrease the baking time somewhat.

Great, thanks! Might make some this weekend

Thursday:

B: Cereal (3) with 1/2 tsp sugar (0.5)
S: Cappuccino (2) and flapjack (4)
L: 2 pieces WW bread (2), 3 meat muffins (3), WW bar (1.5)
S: Mini Hoops (1)
D: WW lasagna (5), carrots and hummus (1)
S: 2 squares dark chocolate (2)
S: Options (0), WW almond slice (1.5)
= 24.5/22 (4.5 flex points)

Flex points used (as of Thursday): 23

Wednesday:

I can't plan dinner because I'm going to a professor's house and he's given NO indication as to what he's feeding us. Today is pretty light in anticipation of this mystery dinner.

B: 1/2c oatmeal (3), 1/2c almond milk
L: Progresso soup (2), spinach salad (1), orange (1)
S: 1/2c yogurt (2), fiber one, fudgecicle (1)
D: okay, not sure how to count this... i had about 1/4c of three salads, two of which were mayonaise-based, then I had a slice of bread with a slice of turkey and ham on top, then I had about 6oz wine, a shortbread cookie, and about 3 bites of a lemon goat cheese cheesecake (which was incredible, but I was satisfied after that much). I had 17 points left... should I call it a wash? If I went into FPs it wasn't by much...