So it's here and ready to go for the morning.

To a good week

Monday

B - no breakfast I have a health screen at 9:30 and a 12 hour fast is suggested

S - 6 oz blueberries

L - home made salmon salad on whole wheat pita, kale

S - cherries

S - tall non fat latte

S - cut up veggies - baby carrots, sugar snap peas, red pepper, grape tomatoes

D - home made sun dried tomato pasta sauce, 2 oz whole wheat rotini

I have a gorgeous peach that will go bad soon, need to eat it sometime, maybe dessert

B: probably more raisin bran than I needed, milk, coffee
L: stuffed squash, salad w/f-f dressing, tomatoes
S: orange
D: Indian food (rice, masala, palak paneer, bread)
S: chipotle chicken wrap (mcd's), fries, coffee

E: 30 min elliptical

The weekend wasn't that great, it wasn't that bad either... but the scale says different this morning

Monday

Breakfast (4.5)
- scrambled egg whites (1) w/ salsa (0) and half a cheese slice (.5) and one whole egg (2)
- 1/2 whole wheat pita (1)
- couple strawberries (0)

Snack (1)
- coffee (1)

Lunch (3)
- romain lettuce (0) w/ 5 cal italian dressing (0) fake lobster (1) and shrimp (1) bit of cucumber (0) and celery (0)
- pickles (0)
- 2 hot peppers stuffed w/ feta (1)

Snack (1)
- banana (1)

Dinner (8)
- bbq chicken breast w/ hot sauce (4)
- boiled veggies (1)
- rice (3)

Dessert (2)
- chocolate pumpkin muffin/cupcake

Another dessert! lol (2)
- tall starbucks light frap (2)

Total = 21.5 (target 22)

Courtnie - are you really only eating 14.5 points today? Thats not much at all! Also, bananas have a point value of 2 (for a large one). When I select "small" on the eTools it says 1.5.

Good morning ladies! Back from my 10 day trip (11 days really since the airline canceled my flight and made me stay overnight!) and I'm actually down by a little over a pound! I ate lots of salads and journaled EVERYTHING. Official weigh-in isn't until Saturday. I WAS going to weigh-in this past Saturday, but I ended up being stuck in Chicago because of my canceled flight

Breakfast (4.5):
1 cup 1% milk (2)
3/4 cup Puffins Cinnamon Cereal (1)
small banana (1.5)

Snack (2):
Fiber One Bar (2)

Lunch (5.5):
2 slices light 7 grain bread (1.5)
1.5 oz deli turkey (1)
1.5 oz deli ham (1)
1 cup cherry tomatoes (0)
1 bag Baked Lays Potato Chips (2)

Snack (1.5):
Orange (1)
10 baby carrots (0.5)

Dinner (9):
Leftover scallion pancake from chinese the other night... only 1 piece (2)
Garden salad with a drizzle of fat free blue cheese dressing (0)
1 cup 1% milk (2)
9c air-popped popcorn (5)

Points total: 22.5
Points target: 23

Monday:
B: 3/4 cup of low sugar, low cal cereal w/ 1 cup 1% milk
S: Sugar-free Jello
L: Sandwich, cottage cheese, fruit or veggie
S: 1 serving baby carrots
D: Baked chicken, green beans, maybe another side if it fits into my calorie count
Beverages: 8 glasses of water

modkittn - I have eaten WAY too many points the last week and a bit (scale is up 5 pounds of water weight) and tomorrow I am going for dinner - so well normally I am eating 22-30 points a day (my target is 22), I am just keeping it as low as possible for the next couple days. I measured by banana's and they are 6 inchs, according to the weight watchers points book I have that is 1 point?

I also modify my day as I go along.

Planning for tonightss dinner out.... at red robin, where of course I can find NO nutritional information for... argh, it also requires a 2 hour each way car trip... tonight has bad written all over it, lol

TUESDAY

Breakfast (3)
- 1 slices weight watchers toast - toasted (.5)
- 1 hard boiled egg (2)
- 1 low fat hot dog (.5)

Snack (1)
- coffee (1)

Lunch (2)
- hot pepper and garlic tuna (2)
- romain lettuce (0), cucumber (0), celery (0) and light italian dressing (0)
- pickles (0)

Snack (1)
- celery (0) w/ light smoked salmon cream cheese (1)
- diet pop (0)

Total to here 7 / 15 left

Dinner
- red robin, hope I can be strong and have a salad or something light - no fries or burgers! (15 left)

As much as I want to make tonight a good dinner... there is a good chance it wont be - we are going with a bunch of people, so at least I can make my main meal a good choice, but I am sure there will be appies and desserts... and I never get to go! lol no wonder I haven't been losing....

Courtnie - Others can voice their opinion here, but IMO you shouldn't go lower than your minimum because you were up high for a few days. That is just me though! You might want to ask your leader about it.

My book (I have the newest one) says 7-9" is two points. In eTools, that is a "large" banana, and when I select "small" it says 1.5 points. Not much of a difference in the long run, but I didn't realize it was a small one!

Modkitten -

I actually don't go to meetings, I did weight watchers in the past and already had all the information. I myself am actually a calorie counter and that is how I have lost all my weight thus far (and exercising) - but since december I haven't been able to really lose weight so I thought I would try point counting for a little while, it has been working and I have lost a couple pounds (that I had gained back earlier in the year) - but I also believe in the calorie zig zagging even if I don't always do it. I know that going below 1200 calories a day is bad, and essentially 22 points - 1200-1300 calories - but I don't see that doing one or two days is going to hurt me. As far as point counting, I did stop exercising when I started doing weight watchers - you know, trying to switch things up!

I guess you can say I am getting desperate, the last 8 months have sucked hard core, earlier this year I saw 157 and haven't been able to see it again there is maybe ONE day a week I eat less then my 22 points, and even then it only less by one MAYBE two points, the rest of the days are usually right one or over my one or two.

Thank you for your concern

Courtnie - I know how that is, I was at a plateau for 4 months It can be VERY un-motivating, and switching things up is good. I hope things get better!

B: yogurt, wheat germ, flaxseed, cereal, raspberries, nuts, coffee w/2% milk
L: ham steak, stuffed squash, tomatoes, orange
S: popcorn - 100 cal
D: taco bar at happy hour, margarita
S: peanut buster parfait

E: 45 min exercise bike

OK, just for the record! (Maintenance)

TUESDAY

Breakfast:
1 lg shredded wheat
1/3 cup blueberries
1-1/2 cups milk
1 svg. whey protein

Snack:
1/3 cup 2% cottage cheese
6 baby carrots
EDIT: 1 piece whole grain toast with 1/2 TBS butter instead of carrots

Lunch:
Lean Cuisine, Beef Portobello
salad w/ 1 TBS full-fat dressing
EDIT: Plans changed. Applebee's, Santa Fe Chicken Salad (about 400 cals)

Snack:
2 oz. tuna
1 piece whole grain toast w/ 1/2 TBS butter
EDIT: No snack!

Dinner:
Not sure--depends on what I get at the store.
EDIT: Lean Cuisine Panini (chicken, spinach, mushroom)
Salad, full-fat dressing
(1,400 cals so far)

Snack:
Blueberries w/ kefir
Ghirardelli choc chips
???

Exercise cals today: 260.

Jay

JayEll - on Maintenance!!

Breakfast - 170
Oatmeal - 130
Raisins - 45

Lunch - 500
Ham & Cheese Sandwich - 360
Chips - 140

Dinner
Huge Salad - 300

Sorry I'm so late!

Breakfast (5):
Smoothie
1 cup 1% milk (2)
1 cup nonfat yogurt (2)
1/2 cup frozen grapes (0.5)
1/2 cup frozen blueberries (0.5)

Snack (2):
Fiber One Bar (2)

Lunch (7):
Garden Salad (0)
2 TBSP Fat Free Ranch Dressing (1)
2 oz deli ham (2), 1.5 oz deli turkey (1), and 1oz baby swiss cheese (3)

Snack (2):
1 very large plum! (1)
1 apple (1)

Dinner (9.5):
3oz cooked boneless lean pork chop (3)
2 corn on the cob (2.5)
1/2 cup vegetarian baked beans (2)
1/2 of a light beer (1)

Points Total: 24.5
Points Target: 23
Activity Points Total: 4
Activity Points Swapped: 1.5