Hi there! I'm going to start this one again. Anyone who wants to join in is welcome -- post your daily menus with points (if you're on flex). The idea is to keep ourselves accountable AND to get ideas from what others are serving up.

January 1 - target points 34

Breakfast: Stonyfield strawberry yogurt smoothie (5)

Lunch: tuna fish sandwich on sourdough bread (with butter) (9)
banana (2)

Dinner: lean cuisine, dinner entree (8)
1 cup watermelon chunks (1)

Snacks: 1 zone bar (4)
1 reduced fat ice cream bar (2)

6 cups water (with diet splash)

Total: 31 points (but I'm not hungry!)
Activity: 30 minutes fairly strenuous housework -- cleaning out cupboards and shelves and hauling stuff out

Happy New Year Xan! I am back on 100% I want to be at goal by mid march. That is spring break and me and my family are going on a vacation to see a friend. That means I have to lose 20 pounds in 2.5 months. I don't even know if that is possible being this close to goal. All I know is that I am going to really work hard. Here is today so far.....

Breakfast
Oatmeal 3pts.

Oh!! Under the new program I now get 25 instead of 22 points. Part of me wants to do the 22 to really get to the 2 pounds a week. However, I know after eating pretty recklessly over the past two months, it may be easier for me to start off with that 25.

You'll hear from me later.

--Amy

Hi Amy! Your goal certainly seems doable. Go for it!!!

I'm dubious about the new points boost, too. I had 31, now have 34, and I did not lose as well with the 31 as I did my first bout with WW years ago (that could be age, or it could be that the program was 1200 calories a day). I just have to be careful not to use the points "bonus" to eat junk.

Today's plan:

Breakfast -- yogurt smoothie (5)
Snack - banana (2)
Lunch -- pbj (8)
Snack - activia yogurt (2)
Dinner - steak, steamed winter squash and spinach (with butter) (12)

That's 29. I may add more later.

No plan yet, but I did rejoin WW today. Gotta get the kids down for a nap. I will log in while (if) they sleep.

Oat Bran Cereal (2)
Blueberries (1)
Latte (2)
Pretzels (2)
Tofu (2)
Tofu Salad (2)
Diet Bar (2)
Chicken (3)
Diet Bar (3)

19 points so far
2 cups of milk and veggie soup for dinner (4)
1/2 orange (1)
Diet Bar (2)

25 point day

Couldn't quite believe the scale when they weighed me in today. Glad to be back. I really enjoyed not dieting. I need to get over that. They allowed time for everyone to talk at the WW meeting today. One girl talked over and over about her disgusting/gluttonous behavior over the holidays. I just can't relate. I really enjoyed having 2 peices of pizza and huckleberry pie last night, and christmas cookies, and seconds of the really good casserol at christmas, and white russians at holiday parties, the homemade eggnogg with expensive whiskey.. obviously it was all very, very bad for me -- but it was a wonderful holiday. We have been to (or hosted) 12 large dinner parties, including a wedding, a baby shower, sliegh ride, seafood, asian food, cookies, and even a pie party in the last 3 weeks. I had apple pie for breakfast 2 days in a row after one of my (very skinny) friends delivered 2 hot homemade apple pies to everyones doorstep just before Christmas. It has been an absolutely crazy amount of food and alcohol.

I never ate until I was stuffed, I never got drunk once, and therefore was hoping the scale would have been kinder. I got everything else I wanted for Christmas, so just this one misstep I can live with. But still - I look at the numbers and just want to bang my head. My pants didn't even get tight, I thought that in itself meant I was doing OK.

It's important that you went back, though. We're SUPPOSED to feast at feast times I was there -- exactly where you are, the exact same weights (starting, right before you left and now). Exactly. 20 years ago. I didn't go back. Thought I could handle it. And I've attained my current magnificent proportions 5 pounds a year -- with lots of tries at getting it off, but none serious. It's huge that you went back -- congratulations! Recent weight comes off fast. Good luck, Morrigan.

I am making veggie soup again today. I may take a stab at the gym. I am definately going to clean out my fridge. We ate elsewhere so often in the last two weeks I am afraid of the leftovers.

Today
2 - oat bran cereal
1 - blueberries
2 - creamer
5 - 2 diet bars
2 - tofu
8 - salmon
1 - salad dressing

only 6 points left for the day - 12o noon

Hi girls! I am SO happy you are back Morrigan! I had a feeling you would be. I too feel good about my holiday eating. I really enjoyed myself and did manage to stay the same weight I was at Halloween. That to me is success in and of itself. Especially since I too ate pies, cookies, Mexican food, ETC.... the list is really long. I even enjoyed two Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Lattes over the holidays. Yummy. Will do again next year. So, that is all behind us. Glad we all enjoyed it. Here's to enjoying it again next year with no regrets as for today this is what I have done.... oh I need to finish yesterday's.....

breakfast
oatmeal 3pts
WW snack cakes 2pts (I am having sweet withdrawals but doing okay with it)

Lunch
lt bread 1pt
1tbs lf peanut butter 2pts
1 oz kettle bakes chips 2pts

5 peanut m&m's 1pt?

dinner
6" ham from subway no cheese with mustard and veggies 6pts
baked lays 3pts

a few of kids' cheetos to round out to 25.

I have to tell you about the m&ms. We went to the grocery store the kids and I. Well we went to two. I hit the farmer's market style one to get cheap veggies and fruits and some smoothie ingredients. Then we hit the regular store. Anyway, it was 5pm by the time I was checking out at the last store. So, my kids were heathens in the stores and I was starving and grumpy. So at the check out I grabbed a bag of peanut m&ms intending on sharing with the kids if they got right into the car and buckled up without me having to yell at them (AGAIN). They did and to prevent me from eating too many, I sat there in the parking lot and took my five and divided the rest equally between the two kids. It felt good. Just had to share. The whole bag sure would have been good.
We are having a huge Caesar salad with grilled chicken for dinner. I have a ton of points left and will eat full fat dressing. This is EASY!!!

today...

breakfast
2/3 of a serving of steel cut oatmeal 2pts

work out 50 minutes and almost 500 calories burned

snack
pria bar 2pts

lunch
flat out bread 1
Hillshire Farm Pastrami 1
light laughing cow cheese 1
1oz pretzel bakes 2

Will check in later.

--Amy

Hello girls!!

Wow, it feels good to be back...and it feels even better to know I'm not alone. I pretty much took a 2 month hiatus, I stopped attending meetings Oct 23rd and tried to do things on my own....things were going well until Thanksgiving and then look out!!! Full speed ahead on eating everything and anything bad for me! I re-joined ww today, and was up 8.5lbs. I wasn't too discouraged, it could have been worse...and it pretty much is the high end of weight that I had been plateauing with anyhow...I was going from 197-202 off and on for months. Maybe now my body will let go of the 200's for sure, I honestly do not want anymore of the food I have been eating.
My short term goal is 189. I want to be far enough from the 200's, that a simple bad day won't throw me over anymore.

Here's my day:
B: breakfast bar 4pts (ate at meeting)
L: salad w/3oz chicken breast, 1 slice bacon and 1/4c. barbque sauce 5pts
S: 2 pt bar
D: bourban chicken, 1/2 baked potato w/ 2 Tbsp. cheese, 1 Tbsp bacon bits and 1/2 Tbsp. sour cream, 1c. corn, 1c. milk 12pts
Snack later: popcorn w/oil 4pts
All my water, and a workout at curves!

That's 27 out of 28 that I get now with the new program...4 more than usual, I too, am unsure about this.....but, there must be a method to their madness if all these people succeed on the program

Finished off pretty interesting.

dinner
romaine lettuce
kraft Italian Caesar oregano dressing 3
chicken on salad 3
croutons on salad 2
parm cheese 1

cinnamon twist(x4) 4
snack cake 1
popcorn 1

I stayed within points. However, I learned to fill up at dinner. no more of the salad thing. It was not enough for me. Especially after my work out today. I wanted to snack on everything tonight. See you all tomorrow.

Good morning everyone! I have had a busy day already and it's only 11am. I took my DD to the orthodontist. She is going to be seven in March and is ready now to get braces. Her mouth is a mess. Then, I went to the gym and did 20 minutes on the treadmill, 20 on the eliptical, and 10 on the bike. Forgot my cardio watch, but the machines said I burned about 380 calories. I may give myself two activity points. I may not. I feel I am steeling with the three extra points I get anyway with the new program.

Breakfast
whole wheat english muffin 2pts
1 egg 2pts.

Ohh.. I do this on my own board to keep track in my own forum..lol. But here is mine so far!!
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Water Intake
*32oz water
*32oz. water
*32oz. water





Breakfast

English McMuffin w/ just egg and cheese = 5 points
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TOTAL = 5 points





Snack
WW-Wildberrys Muffin = 3 points
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TOTAL = 3 points





Lunch
Bolonga sandwich = 3 points
Chips = 1 point
Banana = 2 points
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TOTAL = 6 points

...so far its 14 points for me!! Still have dinner and a snack left..

I just joined WW today even though I have been on this forum before. I just had a lot happen in the last month and I let myself go, so I am starting fresh. I am making a lifestyle change.
In the last month, I lost my girlfriend of 25 years and have had a hard time dealing with it because we still don't have answers as to what or why it happened. She was walking across a side street and was hit by a car. She was only 38 years old with two preteens and a husband.
I also am a teacher and had to put on a christmas concert at my school during the funeral time with no voice (laryngitis). I made it through but ate my sorrow away.
Sorry, I'm babbling. I will start my eating plan in this forum tomorrow. I am in the 25 point range and am using today to review the program and plan my week (grocery list). I need to get back into the game of life and start to take care of myself because we never know when our time on earth will end and I want to be the best I can be for my family.
So, here's to a new year. Cheers! (with my water bottle of course!)

Wahoo! Welcome Jenn and Tracy. Glad to see both of you here. I have been on WW for a couple weeks shy of a year. I lost some weight before changing my eating just by exercising. Didn't take long to plateau and I knew I then needed to incorporate the way I eat. I took off basically from Halloween until now. I still went to my meetings though. I even maintained my weight. Well up and down during that whole time, but no gain in the end. This is the third thread of let's track and I have tried to stay current on all three. It has really helped me a ton. Hope it does you all too.

I ended up with another funny on point day. My morning was so busy that I didn't have breakfast until about 10:30-11:00. I kind of skipped lunch but did consume a pudding cup and some pretzel chips after I fed my kids. And I made up for it with some popcorn at the movies. So, here is how I ended up...........

pudding and pretzel combo (odd huh?) 2pts

4 cups popcorn at movies (no butter) 4pts

DINNER
fennel crusted flank steak 8pts
3/4 C Risotto 4pts
steamed green beans 0pts

oh, after the movie I took kids for frozen yogurt 1pt

I think that's 23 out of 25 and I worked out for 50 minutes today!!! I think I may have another serving of the frozen yogurt if I can get my hubby to go pick it up. If not, perhaps a skinny cow.

Tomorrow I am taking kids to meet friends at Peter Piper Pizza. They have a buffet of cheap pizza (that I love) and a yummy dessert pizza. I will try to take my own salad dressing and not let it turn into a disaster. I am trying to squeeze some fun in with the kids before they return to school. Chat with you all tomorrow.

--Amy

I completely blew yesterday. Eating and stress are definately my downfall. A girl that my DH hired was crushed by ice falling off a building at work. 19 years old and may never walk again. I feel so bad for her. She is a freshman in college on break with her family a 1/2 world away. DH was gone all day, kids wouldn't nap, I paced and ate the kid's pbj's.

Glad to see everyone back. New people too!

today much better
my dad is going to start coming to WW with me
kinda weird

I think he is going to make my mom feel guilty.

Breakfast:
3 - oat bran with blueberries
2 - latte
1 - creamer
6 - lean cuisine
2 - pear
5 - stir fry
2 - rice
2 - chocolates

total 23 points