First, I need to tell you that I start my day with my dinner from the night before. I count points (WW) and it works better for me if I count dinner pts first and finish with breakfast and lunch. That way, if we go out to dinner unexpected, I am starting my daily points with a clean slate. It's much easier to "go lite" for breakfast and lunch to make up for a heavier dinner. Believe me, it works for me!

Thursday, Dec 6
(pt range: 20 - 25 pts)

Dinner 12/5:

1 small slice pizza w/ham, peppers, mushrooms (5 pts)
2 envelopes of Cream-of-Chicken "cup of soup" (3 pts)

Breakfast 12/6:

2 cups raisin bran (8 pts)
1 cup skim milk (2 pts)
2 coffees/black (0 pts)

Lunch 12/6:

1 bag lite microwave popcorn (5 pts)
1 Swiss Miss ff cocoa (1 pt)

Total points: 16
Water: 8 glasses (64 oz)

CJ

Friday, Dec 7
(pt range: 20 - 25 pts)

Dinner 12/6:

1- 8 oz steak (10 pts)
1 baked potatoe w/1 tbsp marg (4 pts)
1 Swiss Miss sf cocoa (1 pt)

Breakfast 12/7:

2 eggs, fried (4 pts)
2 wheat toast (3 pts)

Lunch 12/7:

1 jello cup w/cool whip (2 pts)
1 Swiss Miss sf cocoa (1 pt)

Total points: 25 pts (whew)!
Water: 6 glasses (48 oz)

CJ

OK, I'm making a full confession here. It wasn't pretty yesterday, but here are the points:

Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001

Points Range: 18 - 23

Breakfast:
Coffee with sweetener and milk 1 pt.
2 sl. high fibre, low fat toast 1 pt.
1 T. apple jelly 1 pt.

Snack:
Coffee with sweetener and milk 1 pt.

Lunch (this is the real killer):
1 sl. turkey 2 pt.
1/4 c. stuffing 3 pt.
1/2 c. potatoes 3 pt.
1/4 c. gravy 2 pt.
2 T. cranberry sauce 1 pt.
mixed vegetables (steamed) 0 pt.
1/4 c. bread pudding with 1 T. sc. 2.5 pt.
salad 0 pt.
salad dressing 4 pt.

Snack:
1 litre of water 0 pt.

Supper (then we just had to go the extra mile):
1/2 piece of lasagna 5 pt.
1 small piece of fudge 2 pt.
2 glasses water 1 pt.

Yes, it was over points. Yikes 28.5 points. Hopefully, today will be better.

Total Points: 28.5
Water: 6 (8 oz glasses)

Peggy - so glad to see you here! Nice to know I am not alone...

Saturday, Dec 8
(pt range: 20 - 25 pts)

Dinner 12/7:

1 buffalo burger (10 pts)
5 french fries (4 pts)

Breakfast 12/7:

1 pkt instant cream-of-wheat (2 pts)
1/4 cup skim milk (1/2 pt)

Lunch 12/7:

1 coffee/black (0 pts)
2 Quaker chocolate rice cakes (2 pts)
1 Swiss Miss sf cocoa (1 pt)
2 pcs cheddar cheese (4 pts)

Total points: 23 1/2
Water: 9 glasses (72 oz) nite's young yet!

Until tomorrow ...
CJ

I can't post yesterday's journal cause I left it in a Word file at work. Oh bother! I'll catch it up on Monday. Here is the journal so far today:

Friday, Dec. 7, 2001

Breakfast:
coffee with sweetener & milk 1.0 pt.

Lunch:
Turkey (2 sl.) 2.0 pt.
Stuffing 3.0 pt.
Gravy (1/8 c.) 1.0 pt.
Mixed vegetables 0 pt.
Salad 0 pt.
Salad dressing (1 tsp oil) 1.0 pt.
Bread pudding 1/8 c. 2.0 pt.
Potatoes 1/2 c. 3.0 pt.
Ham (1 slice) 1.5 pt.
Raisin sauce (1/8 c.) 1.5 pt.
Truffle 4.5 pt.
Jelly roll 2.0 pt.
Tart 2.5 pt.
coffee with sweetener & milk 2.0 pt.

Water 14.5 glasses

Another bad day, but 1 point better than yesterday. These few days here are bad because of Christmas luncheons at work. Once they are finished next week, I can get back to the business of losing weight again.

Total Points: 27

Saturday, Dec. 8, 2001

Points Range: 18 - 23

Breakfast:
Coffee with sweetener and milk 1 pt.
2 sl. whole wheat toast (ran out of high fibre low fat) 2 pt.
1 T. apple jelly 1 pt.

Lunch:
Chicken ceasar (much like cordon bleu) on a bun 11pt.
Salad 0 pt.
ff Italian Sald Dressing 0 pt.

Coffee Break:
Water (1 litre) 0 pt.

Supper:
Hubby wants lasagna - If I go for that, it means I can only eat 1/2 piece. Hmmmm! Probably will have a large salad with this and maybe a slice of high fibre, low fat bread)

Update: Yes, we did have lasagna for supper. Just couldn't stop at 1/2 piece, though. Had to have the full 10 point size. Had a o point salad with that and no bread, so total points for supper were 10

Total Points: 25 points

Another over point day, but will be good tomorrow - I promise.

Sunday, Dec 9
(pt range: 20 - 25 pts)

Dinner 12/8:

4 oz steak (5 pts)
1 cup Lipton's bow tie pasta w/vegetable sauce (4 pts)
1 jello cup w/cool whip (2 [ts)

Breakfast 12/9:

1 cup raisin bran (4 pts)
1/2 cup skim milk (1 pt)
2 coffee/black (0 pts)

Lunch 12/9:

5 ff bisks (2 pts)
1 Swiss Miss sf cocoa (1 pt)

Total points: 19
Water: 9 glasses (72 oz)

Until tomorrow...
CJ

I promised to be good today, and did keep to my word. Here is the journal for:

Sunday, Dec. 9, 2001

Points Range: 18 - 23

Breakfast:
Coffee with sweetener and milk 1 pt.
2 sl. high fibre low fat toast 1 pt.
1 T. apple jelly 1 pt.

Coffee Break:
Coffee with milk 1 pt.

Lunch:
1/2 c. potatoes 3 pt.
1 chicken breast 3 pt.
1/2 c. grean peas & carrots 1 pt.
barbeque sauce (1 T.) 1 pt.

Coffee Break:
Coffee with sweetener and milk 1 pt.

Supper:
1/2 piece lasagna (left over from last night) 5 pt.
salad 0 pt.
ff italian dressing 0 pt.

Total Points: 18 points

Officially made the minimum number of points. Better than the previous few days.

I'm starting my journal early today, and then will ammend later when the full day is finished. Here it is so far:

Monday, Dec. 10, 2001

Breakfast:
coffee with sweetener & milk 1.0 pt.

Snack:
Coffee with sweetener & milk 1.0 pt.

Lunch:
Turkey (2 sl.) 2.0 pt.
Stuffing 3.0 pt.
Gravy (1/8 c.) 1.0 pt.
Mixed vegetables 0 pt.
Salad 0 pt.
Salad dressing (1 tsp oil) 1.0 pt.
Bread pudding 1/8 c. 2.0 pt.
Potatoes 1/2 c. 3.0 pt.
Ham (1 slice) 1.5 pt.
Raisin sauce (1/8 c.) 1.5 pt.
coffee with sweetener & milk 3.0 pt.

It was the same lunch menu as Friday, except I demonstrated some restraint with the desserts. I only ate 1 out of 4. That reduced my point intake by 9 points (WOW, I didn't realize those itty bitty things could cost so much). Buttons bursting here!!!!

Water 10.0 glasses so far.

This promises to be a 0 point soup night...

Supper:
Garden Vegetable Soup 0 pt.
Salad 0 pt.
ff Italian Dressing 0 pt.

Total points: 20 points

Monday, Dec 10
(pt range: 20 - 25 pts)

Dinner 12/9:

1 small chicken breast (3 pts)
½ cup spinach (0 pts)
1 small baked potato w/marg (4 pts)
1 jello cup w/cool whip (2 pts)

Breakfast 12/10:

2 eggs (4 pts)
2 wheat toasts w/marg (4 pts)
1 coffee/black (0 pts)

Lunch 12/10:

1 cup Lipton’s cream of chicken (cup-of-soup) (1 ½ pts)
20 cheddar cheese fishies (2 pts)

Total points: 20 1/2
Water: 5 cups so far but still drinking (4:08 pm)

I have 5 more cups of water to get in yet today.... but my new day of journaling starts at dinner so I was safe for today! LOL

Later...
Love, CJ

Tuesday, Dec 11
(pt range: 20 - 25 pts)

Dinner 12/10:

Shrimp/bow-tie pasta/alfredo sauce! (20 pts)?
(may be a bit high on pts, but better too high than to low – and, boy - was it good)!

Breakfast 12/11:
coffee/black (2 cups) (0 pts)
1 slice wheat toast/marg (2 ½)

Lunch 12/11:

1 WW vanilla smoothie made w/skim milk (3 pts)

Total points: 25 1/2
Water: 10 glasses (80 oz)

Well, one more day for this week. Tomorrow will be the last day then I will start a new thread for Thursday. Where are all my “followers” for the 11th? Come on, fess up – I did with the alfredo! LOL

Love, CJ

Yesterday was such a busy day, I didn't really have time to eat. I was volunteering for the Salvation Army on Monday night and for Cirme Stoppers last night. On Tues. I also practice right after work for a band that I sing in, so work melted into practice and then into volunteering. I didn't even consider any supper until after 10 pm, then I was so tired I didn't want to eat anything. Anyway, here is my journal for yesterday:

Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001

Breakfast:
coffee with sweetener and milk 1 pt. (Keep forgetting to stop for breakfast. I will try to do better tomorrow)

Lunch:
Garden Soup 0 pt.
apple 1 pt.
coffee with sweetener and milk 1 pt.

Snack:
coffee with sweetener and milk 2 pt.

Supper:
Veggie burger 4 pt.
Bun 3 pt.
1 T. lite mayo 1 pt.
1 t. barbecue sauce .5 pt.
2 cookies 3 pt.

water: 10 glasses

Total Points: 16.5

I still didn't manage to eat all my points, but by the time I realized that, I was too tired to find anything else that I wanted. I was more afraid that if I went in the fridge to look, I would settle on some of the Christmas baking: nono:

I'll try to do better tomorrow.

Cheers,

Wednesday, Dec 12
(pt range: 20 - 25 pts)

Dinner 12/11:

1 small breast of chicken, grilled (4 pts)
1 cup spinach (0)
1 tbsp marg (1 pt)

Breakfast 12/12:
coffee/black (2 cups) (0 pts)
2 slice wheat toast/marg (4)
2 tbsp strawberry jam (4)

Lunch 12/11:

4 Quaker Oats chocolate chip rice cakes (5 pts)

Total points: 18 pts
Water: 10 glasses (80 oz)

Well, tomorrow I will be starting a new food journal thread for Thurs 12/13 thru Wed 12/19 ......


Love, CJ

I did a bit better on points yesterday. I at least managed to eat the minimum. This is often a struggle for me because it seems that I don't have time to eat. The next 2 days will be difficult because they are filled with Christmas parties and dinners. That's where I really have difficulty managing to stay OP.

Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001

Breakfast:
Coffee with sweetener and milk 1 pt.

Lunch (shovelled down at my desk):
Garden Soup 0 pt.
Salad 0 pt.
FF salad dressing 0 pt.
apple 1 pt.

Snack:
orange (eaten walking out the door to go home from work) 1 pt.

Supper:
Chicken brst w. skin (yummy) 6 pt.
1/2 c. potatoes 3 pt.
1/8 c. gravy 1 pt.
cranberry sauce 1 pt.
dinner bun 3 pt.
coffee 1 pt.

Water: 10 glasses

Total Points: 18 points

I'm starting the journal for Thursday early and will update over the day. It actually started out well - I didn't "forget" to eat breakfast today. LOL

Breakfast:
Coffee with sweetener and milk 1 pt.
Toast (2 sl. high fibre, low fat) 1 pt.
1 T. jelly 1 pt.

That's all so far. I am on my way to the fridge to get some water, though. That will be the start of my water consumption for today.