Just noticed we haven't started a new thread for the week starting September 12-18

Yesterday mot so hungry so I'm way under points. But I'm sure at some point I will make up for it. That's what listening to your body is about right? Some days are higher calories some are lower.

B: .5c pineapple
.5 banana
1c almond milk (1)
1t chia seeds (1)

S: apple
15 almonds (3)

L: .5 high fibre pita (1)
.5c black bean burger w/veggies (3)
1c broccoli
4T lite hummus (2)

D: 1c chick peas cooked w/1c mixed veggies (4)
.5 high fibre pita (1)

Total used 16
Total remaining 13
Total earned 4

Tracker for Wednesday!

B: Oatmeal - 4 (Mmm, raw chai spiced with flax seed!)
Black coffee - 0
1 tbsp coffee creamer - 1

L: WW Pasta with Spinach and Ricotta - 7
Pineapple - 0
Diet Pepsi - 0

D: 1 cup pasta - 5
1/2 cup Prego spaghetti sauce - 2
1 oz ground turkey - 1

S: Carrots - 0
Skinny Cow ice cream - 4
94% fat free microwave popcorn - 3
2 tsp almond oil - 2

Water: 64 oz

Exercise: 45 minutes walking uphill on the treadmill at the Y

Here's my tracker for yesterday

B :
1 cup of cereal granola (5) + 2/3 cup of milk 1% (2)

L : Chicken wrap with green salad (8)

D :
Homemade Pad Thai (10)
1 cup of sorbet (4)

Target : 29
Used : 29
AP : none

Bad day, I did not overeat but I did not drink that much. My car was at the garage longer than supposed and my lunch was stock in it, so I had to go with the cafeteria wrap.

And I had bad news with my car, I had 700$ reparation on it. ALL the bills are coming in right now, I'm in deeeeep trouble.. Just hope the stress won't lead me to binge

wow I totally was just posting away and didn't even see the dates *laughs*

Here's my tracker for today!

B :
english muffin (3) cheese spread (1) banana

S :
coffee + 1 tbsp of honey (1)

L :
Salad with veggies, dressing (1) feta (3)
Fat free vanilla yogourt 3/4 cup (3) with fresh strawberries

S :
unsweetened peach sauce

D :
leftover of homemade Pad Thai (10)

S :
English muffin (3) cheese spread (1) banana

Target : 29
Used : 29
AP : 3 points for 37 minutes straight of jogging

It's my WI tomorrow morning and usually I don't like to have a hude snack the night before the WI... but I was just starviiiiing when I came back from running. Oh well, we'll see tomorrow, my weight changed up-and-down pretty much every day this week anyway.

I'm having a hard time this week eating my points. I'm trying really hard to lose weight so I don't know if I'm playing a game with myself and am actually able to trick myself into thinking I'm not hungry because I want to lose so badly or what is going on? I'm normally starving (or think I am) all the time.

Suggestions? I'm around 20 points each day. It wouldn't take much to eat the other 9 points, but that's a whole extra meal. I'm eating 3 meals a day and 2 snacks. Normally I meet all of the guidelines except being short on one dairy, but I hate dairy.

Should I force myself to eat to get to 29 points?

I wouldn't force yourself to eat anything but... you should try to or you won't lose either (most likely). Maybe post some of your trackers and we can give you some ideas?

Patchy that might be helpful, here is my last 3 days:

Tues-

Breakfast: (5)
Protein powder 3
1 C skim milk 2
1 C frozen fruit

Snack: (0)
Nectarine 0

Lunch: (4)
1/2 C Quinoa 3
Lettuce, onion, cucumber, tomato 0
1 tsp oil 1
1 tbps vinegar & spices 0

Snack: (0)
1/3 cucumber

Dinner: (10)
1 C brown rice 5
Mixed veggies 0
5 oz shrimp 3
1 tsp oil 1
Teriyaki, spices, sambal 1

Points Total: 19

Wed-

Breakfast: (5)
Protein powder 3
1 C skim milk 2
1 C frozen fruit

Snack: (0)
Apple 0

Lunch: (8)
Whole wheat tortilla wrap 4
Lettuce, onion, cucumber, tomato 0
1 tsp oil 1
1 tbsp low cal/low fat ranch dressing 1
30 g low fat shredded cheese 2
12oz cup black coffee 0

Snack: (0)
1 large carrot

Dinner: (9)
Whole wheat tortilla wrap 4
Lettuce 0
1 tsp oil 1
5 slices turkey 2
30 g low fat shredded cheese 2

Points Total: 22

Thr-

Breakfast: (5)
Protein powder 3
1 C skim milk 2
1 C frozen fruit

Snack: (0)
20 grapes 0

Lunch: (4)
1/2 C Quinoa 3
Lettuce, onion, cucumber, tomato 0
1 tsp oil 1
1 tbps vinegar & spices 0
coffee, black 0

Snack: (3)
1/3 cucumber
100 cal bag of almonds 3

Dinner: (8)
Whole wheat tortilla wrap 4
1/4 cup egg whites 1
3 mushrooms 0
1 tsp oil 1
30g low fat cheese 2

Total Points: 20

In terms of drinks, I normally have one cup of black coffee per day (no sweetner, sugar, or milk) and lots of water.

B: Oatmeal - 4
Black coffee - 0
1 tbsp creamer - 2

L: Lean Cuisine 3 Meat pizza - 10
Pineapple - 0
Diet Pepsi - 0

D: Ran out of time

S: Banana - 0
Laughing Cow garlic and herb wedge - 1
18 All Bran crackers - 3
94% fat free microwave popcorn - 3
2 tsp almond oil - 2

Water: 64 oz

Exercise: 45 minutes walking uphill on the treadmill at the Y

Aileen - my first suggestion would be switch to a higher fat milk if you are going to have milk at all. It will be better for you and you get the points. My next would be to try to work in a protein of some kind at lunch. Also maybe some nuts to snack on? They are good for you (healthy fats!) and high in points.

I agree with your advices, patchy!

Also, Aileen, I saw you used some egg white. You could use some whole egg, more points and you get proteins from the yellow part

I agree with PatchyMomma and Turbo.

With your fruit snacks, add in something worth points. I do an apple, cheese stick or wedge and/or PB. 1 apple, 1 Tbsp reduced fat PB and cheese wedge or string cheese equals 3 PP.

23 almonds is 5 PP.

1 Cup of whole milk is 4 PP, vs 2 PP for fat free.

I try to do about 3 PP per snack and 7-8 PP per meal to break it down easier for myself. (I get 29 PP in a day).

Today's Tracker

Breakfast
1 egg 2 PP
1 English Muffin 3 PP
1 slice Canadian bacon 1 PP
1 slice WW cheese 1 PP
Del Monte Red Grapefruit C. w/ juice 2 PP

Snack
1 light Babybel Cheese 1 PP
Granny Smith Apple 0 PP

Lunch
Leftover homemade skinny mac and cheese 8 PP
mixed baby greens 0 PP
homemade dressing 1 PP

Plan for rest of day:
Snack
1 C. black grapes 0 PP
1 hard boiled egg 2 PP

Dinner
Roast Chicken breast, no skin 4 PP
Baked Potato 4 PP
1 Tbsp FF Sour Cream 0 PP
Steamed broccoli 0 PP

Thanks for the suggestions. I lost 3.2lbs this week, and I never felt deprived, but I think I will try to work in some nuts and maybe cheese or something like that with my morning and afternoon snacks.

I agree with you Turboo, in general we should eat the whole egg most of the time otherwise you don't absorb the minerals and benefits in the same way.

Today is a new week for me. We're going to Johnny Rockets for dinner with friends and I've calculated the PP for some menu items, but I'm still nervous. The shake with the least amount of points is 24 PP. I think I'm going to have to skip having a shake!