THIS IS THE SOUP - it was posted by Angel Eyes


And it is YUMMY

2 bags frozen veggies
5 Cups chicken stock (fat free)
1 can diced tomatoes
a bit of chopped garlic (if wanted)
8 oz light velveeta cheese, cubed


Bring chicken stock to a boil and add frozen veggies. Let cook for 10 minutes and then remove from heat. Add diced tomatoes with its juice and stir. Add cubed cheese and once it melts, stir again. Should make about 8-10 Cups of soup for 1 pt each cup. I use a veggie mix with asperagus, green beans, zuccini and mushrooms. Definitely a hearty bowl of soup!!! Good luck.



I used a wonderful stir fry frozen veggie mix --- with red & green peppers, snap peas, green beans, water chestnuts & another bag with frozen peas & carrotts
I also added fresh broccoli ....

I used a can of Rotel Diced Tomatos for a little kick ....

When I heat mine up - I put a few drops of Tapatio & mmmmm Good.

I don't think I could bear to add the cheese. Sometimes with veggie soups I put a scoop of lowfat sour cream on top when served or crumbles of feta cheese. You can do that for a lot less calories than velveeta.

I repost so I can edit today's food as I go without flipping back to old pages.

Wednesday May 23rd
Breakfast: oatbran cereal with blueberries (3), creamer (1)
Snack: apple (1)
Lunch: spinach and tofu (4)
Snack: apple (1)
2 bottles of water today

10 points so far

Cliff bar (4)
Dinner: Tofu (4), olive oil (1), veggies (0), cottage cheese (2), feta (1)
Snack: skinny cow ice cream sandwich (2)

24 point day

and then crackers (1), chicken (2), and refried beans (2)-- 29 point day

It is only 1 Pt per cup - and trust me 1 cup is plenty.

Plus it is nice to have YUMMY things that are low in points.
To have a filler before meals ... or in between.

Angie

Yesterday was a pretty good day ...
I had a few bites of turkey & bread - 3pts
3 cups coffee ----------------------3 pts
WW Oatmeal -----------------------2pts
Soup ------------------------------2 pts
Stuffed Bell Pepper-----------------8 pts
Salad ------------------------------3 pts
FF Pudding -------------------------2 pts



Total 23 pts ! ! ! ! !


Today So far -

3 cups Coffee - (I gotta cut down on this) 3 pts
Bite of Turkey/Bread ----------------------- 2 pts


Breakfast - (not yet eatten - but planned)
WW oatmeal ---------- 2 pts

Lunch

Stuffed Pepper 8 pts - can of green beans (o pts) ( to get my veggie serving up

Dinner-
2 slices bread (2pts) 1 slice cheese (2pts) Can't believe it's not butter in the tub (1pt) - Total - 5 pts

1 Cup of Soup - 1 pt


For a total of 21 pts.

And I will have had all my servings of Vegetables



I dont drink Milk what are some ways I can get my milk in.

Cheese ? fF pudding ? ? ?

I just not sure.



Plus

I think it is more a velveeta thing for me. I have an aunt that puts a package of Velveeta in almost everything she makes (lasagna, spaghetti, scalloped potatoes, mashed potatoes, breakfast souffles... the list is endless) and with what else is in their it gets so greasy I can't bear to think how many points those meals are.

The soup does sound really good.

I drink a slim fast shake, blended in the blender w/a banana and 1tsp. oil for my 2 milks/1 fruit and 1 oil. It's 6pts, but gets alot of the necessary requirements in, and is quite tasty. I use the Strawberries and cream slim fast, its then like a banana split shake

Hi everyone. I am back from a busy day. Daughter had a field trip to the Imax theater today at a mall. UGH!!! They ate at the food court. I cant stand the thought of her going without me. I was not an official chaperon this time. I "stalked" the group. I walked around the mall during the movie. Was waiting outside when they got out and ate lunch with them.

Had a bad day eating. Seems to be my trend after a big one week loss. I think I see a pattern here.

Breakfast
oatmeal 3pts

Lunch
1/2 chicken salad on dark molasses bread from Paradise Bakery
I can't find nutrition info anywhere!!! Checked dotties, 3FC, and the company website. How rude!! I did well by just getting half. I got fruit as my side. Was too unsure of the salad dressing calories and knew not to get a pasta salad.
I finished lunch off with 1 and 1/2 sugar cookies from above company. This is the real damage.

Snack
very hungry. ate 4 ak mak crackers w/wedge laughing cow garlic and herb cheese. 3pts.

Have no idea what to do for dinner. May do fish.

Angie, on the milks........in order to be a milk, it should have a minimum of 20% daily required calcium. I checked my 1pt sugar-free pudding. No such luck. Only 10%. My laughing cow cheese, only 6%. Even my cottage cheese was not enough. So, you've stumped me. I don't mind. I am not so good at getting all that in. I know I do ok. Right now I need to figure out how to stay in my point range. Then, perhaps I will worry about what those points consist of. Baby steps here for me. Oh! How about yogurt? I have none here to look at. I am not a huge yogurt fan. However, I found that I can add 1/2 Cup go lean crunch for a 2.point breakfast.

I'm having a really odd eating day today. It's hot here - in the 70's (unseasonally warm for May in Alaska) and I've had a lot of running around to do.

So far today:

12oz skim milk latte - 2pts
2 salmon oil tablets - 2pts
80 cal Zone bar - 2pts (I thought this would be 1pt, so I was SHOCKED when I got home and tallied it up)

1 cup cherries - 1pt

Balance 100 cal. bar - 1pt
Turkey hot dog w/ mustard - no bun - 1pt
8 soy cheese flavored crackers - 1pt

So I have 10 points left out of my 20pts, but I feel like I've just eaten hodge-podge all day. Nothing really satisfying besides the cherries.

I went to Curves and did my workout (3 exercise points) and I also walked the dog (1 exercise point).

We're planning on grilling lean pork chops for dinner. Will have salad with that. Don't know what else. It's too hot to cook indoors! (I know you Arizona/California/Florida people are laughing at me)

For the calcium, I was always told it has to be 25% calcium to be a milk, and it can't come in forms of anything other than milk products. For example, years ago one of their WW bars was 25% calcium and I used to count that as a milk, now they've changed it. WW yogurt is 30% calcium, and quite good...other than that, my suggestion is the slim fast. Most days I get the 2 requirements cuz of the SF but days like today, I got one w/the yogurt.

Here's my day
B: 2 slices toast/yogurt 2 pts
L: 1c. grapes/1c. pineapple 2pts
Grrr... 2 small choc chip cookies 3pts
D: Bowl potatoe soup 3pts and 1/2 chicken cranberry walnut salad 5pts
Went to a friends house for a demonstration, she's on WW too...so the munchies were
Baked chips/salsa 3pts
FF mini muffins 4pts

22 out of 26...and I'm too tired to care about not eating 4 of them. I walked 2 miles tonight too, so got 2 AP as well.

Good morning. I did not track the rest of my day. It went down hill after the Paradise Bakery cookie. Oh well. Move on. My dinner was ok other than munching kids' food. I had a lite sandwich from Quiznos.

Liz, I would not laugh about you thinking it was hot. We hit 102 yesterday. But you know what? we are used to it. You are used to much lower than 70 right now. That makes perfect sense. I hate it when people from hot areas act like they are the only ones allowed to feel bad in warm weather. Anyway, enough of that I guess.

Have the girl scout end of year pool party today at the co-leader's house (I don't have a pool but sure wish I did). I hope to do ok with the food. She is making wraps. I know she was doing ww for awhile. Maybe she still is. I made a pasta salad that I will stay away from for the most part. I did use fat free Italian dressing and reduced fat mayo in it. It is still bad news.

Gonna have yogurt or oatmeal for breakfast. Will see. Have a good day.

Breakfast:
1/2 C. pomegranate mango juice ... 2 pts.
1 C. raspberries ......................... 0 pts.
1 C. fat free yogurt .................... 3 pts.
1/4 C. granola ............................2 pts.
(7 pts.)
Snack:
1 lite hamburger bun ................... 1 pt.
Boca spicy chick'n patty .............. 3 pts.
alfalfa sprouts ............................ 0 pts.
(4 pts.)
Lunch:
2 African Bean Burritos ................. 9 pts.
(9 pts.)
Dinner:
1/2 C. cottage cheese ................. 2 pts.
1 banana ................................... 2 pts.
1 tbsp. coconut flakes ................. .5 pts.
(4.5 pts.)

Total for the day: 24.5 (allowed 30)

Welcome Donna!

5/25/06
Breakfast: oatbran cereal with blueberries (3), cliffbar (4), creamer (1)
8 point breakfast, YIKES

Glad you joined Donna.

Scratch the oatmeal or yogurt.

Breakfast
whole wheat eng. muffin 2pts
spray butter 00
cin/sugar 0/2

I have pizza tonight at tee ball party. Must keep points low all day.

Welcome Donna!

Another hot day here. That's good for one thing - I eat less and drink more water! The mosquitos are here already and biting like they haven't eaten all winter! (Guess they haven't) Ugh!

So far today I've only had my 12oz skim milk latte - 2pts.

Gotta take Lily to school and then go to Curves. No air conditioning at Curves, so if I wait until this afternoon it'll be hot and smelly in there!

Ok, this is a silly post...but I have to share.
I "thought" my highest weight was 228...The beginning of this year...Well I just went to the Dr. and got weighed...I was 210, which I was glad (scale at WW yesterday was 209.75, close enough!)...so I had my friend (I used to work at this office before changing to pediatrics) look back to see what I was the last time I was weighed...Mind you, the last 5 visits I declined my weight, lol...So she finds a visit from last June...I was 235!!!! I'm down 25lbs since then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I felt so proud of myself, considering I just started in Jan. really trying to lose.
25 sounds like so much more than the 18 I thought I had lost....Yay me!!!