My meeting day is tomorrow and I'm so anxious to begin.
I was wondering if some of you might post a typical day's menu on this new plan. I'm curious about what choices you are making now that maybe you might not have made before.
Also post your points allowance and what the points for these meals have been?

While I'm at it, is there something you would like to have the day before weigh in in order to get off that last pound that is hanging on so stubbornly?
I am .2 over goal, past month have stayed exactly the same!
It's really bothering me that I can't get off this one last .2...... any ideas?

Based on the talk at my meetings, the new points could actually be the push your body needs.

I get 30 points a day. Typical day:

Coffee, 2, Greek yogurt, 5, Honey, 2, Apple, 0

Lunch is 7 oz turkey deli meat on rye, mustard, pickle, 8
Diet coke

Dinner is 3 eggs (7), lots of onions and peppers (0), 1 slice american cheese (2), 1 tsp olive oil
Snack of a banana, 0

Definitely not as many veggies as Weight Watchers would encourage, but some days are more than others. Lots of days I have a salad with other veggies & some combo of tuna, hard boiled eggs, black beans, and feta.

As for different choices - I'm a lot more conscious of sugar, which is so many points. I halved the honey in my yogurt (turns out I didn't even miss it), and am forever avoiding the candy in my office candy bowl. Potatoes seem to be the best option, point-wise, so I've been having a lot of those.

For me this plan isn't really different from how I was already eating... I had pretty much been following Simply Filling...

SmartPoints is really just basically a High Protein, Low Fat, and Lower Carb diet...

So for the most part I avoid potatoes, rice, and bread... and anything loaded with sugar... I stay away from high fat stuff and stick to lean proteins... chicken and fish pretty much...

LOTS of salads with low fat dressings... LOTS of veggies with no added fat... AND LOTS and LOTS of fruit... probably TOO much... BUT when you're out of SmartPoints... What else are you going to grab? I don't really do dessert anymore... I need my SmartPoints for real food... otherwise I just get TOO hungry...

I also workout ALL THE TIME... it literally, it like having another full time job... I run A LOT... and I also workout with a personal trainer a few times a week weight lifting... and those workouts are just BRUTAL for me...

ALL this just to maintain my weight right at the upper limit of a "healthy" BMI... Sometimes I really can't believe that I have to work this hard and not even be skinny... BUT I'm starting to accept this is just the way it is now, because I allowed myself to get so fat and all the yo-yo dieting over the years... It's pretty clear that once you've been fat... getting skinny and staying that way... is nearly impossible for most people... Right now it's taking all my energy. I just hope I can adjust to this new "Lifestyle"

Sounds like you are doing a great job! I wonder if you put your own bowl of grapes or grape tomatoes on your own desk, if people would see that as a nicer alternative to the office candy bowl?

Well, I survived week 1 of Smart Points and I lost another pound. I am re-evaluating where my goal was and might be. I had so much to lose and I didn't want to set a goal I couldn't achieve, but now that I have made goal, I still see that I could drop more and this new plan gives me hope.
I bought some sugar free chocolate, 2 pieces for 3 points, Hershey's Dark and also sugar free butterscotch hard candy that is zero points. Those two things helped me get through the week.

Great derrydaughter. I find it is an adjustment but it was been a big success for me. I've gotten to my lowest weight in over 20 years so I'm happy.

BTW, for me this is not a low fat diet. For the last week, MFP tells me I ate 29% protein, 41% fat, and 30% carbs. But, I didn't eat a lot of saturated fat.

For me this program has been pretty easy to do because I don't eat much sugar anyway. I still eat some with this (had dark chocolate a few times). But, it wasn't as a big a change for me as it was some people

Good morning, I blew it last night as we went out to eat. I'm a little sad about it today, but today is a new day and I begin again. I'm committed, even though this is the week of Christmas to earning activity points and staying on program. I'm debating even baking a single batch of Christmas cookies. I'm usually the only one in this house who eats them.
We shall see.
Food is everywhere and why? Why does our society place such importance on food this time of year? This is what "we" do, we get together and we eat.

This is truly the eating season. It is a hard time of year from that standpoint.

I was talking, when starting this thread about a typical day so far and it is laughable, in a way. WW introduced this new program right at the holiday season. Has anyone had typical days? Not me!
Today, being a Monday (a great day to begin things) is a good day to work on the typical day thing. As for me, most of my Christmas foods are either gone, in the freezer or will be tossed. I really shouldn't be eating anything too much out of the ordinary. Even the leftover Christmas cookies are going in the freezer today and I'll bring them to a quilt group that is meeting next week for others to eat.
I'm re-committed today to finding my way and being honest with myself tracking and truly making this thing work for me.
I don't think I gained over Christmas, but I will get on the scale here at home this morning and see. I did attempt to walk and keep moving throughout this past weekend.
Last night I made fish for dinner and didn't have a carb with it, that was a good thing and the fish was so fresh and excellent (I'm lucky enough to live near the ocean) and today will be a cleansing kind of day. I seamed fresh string beans to have along with the fish and it was a great meal. Last night's "dessert" was almond milk (unsweetened 1 point) with a banana. I was a good girl!
What are your plans to cleanse yourself and rid yourself of the sugar and the carbs?

Here are my last three days...

I did poorly tracking over my two week work vacation. However, ‘back on track’ as of Monday Jan 4, with 30 SP. Here is what I ended up tracking/consuming. I must say I miss the healthy checks, especially for water.

MONDAY
B: Tofu/Sausage, Cheese and Veggie Egg Bake & 1 clementine, 18 oz water, almond milk with coffee= 7SP
L: 1.5 cup of Lentil Tomato Soup, garden salad, salsa, apple 1 p. bread, 18 oz water =6SP
S: 1 Black diamond Cheese string= 2SP+
D: 3/4 c brown rice, 2 scrambled eggs, 15 gr cheddar cheese, 2Tbsp salsa, 1/5 cup broccoli =11SP
S: 1 p. bread with 2tsp becel, 1 snack size peppermint patty = 7SP

Grand Total 30 SP. + 3 Weekly points

Exercise: 50 minutes spin class & a walk. =+13 SP (I do not exchange them)
And I should say I love looking at threads like this and seeing what others eat! It helps me to break the boredom.

TUESDAY
B: Almond Milk & Coffee, Tofu, Cheese & Veggie Egg Bake & Apple: 7SP
S: Baby Carrots: 0SP
L: Chickpea Shawarma: 9SP
S: Baby Carrots & Harvest Snaps diet Pepsi 3SP
D: Brown rice, Hummus Wrap, veggies & Cheese=11sp

Daily poinst left, 32 Weekly SP left.

WEDNESDAY
B: Banana, Larabar Cocoa Coconut Chew (1/2 bar), 1 cup almond milk= 6SP
S: Original babybel, wee bit of half and half in coffee=4SP
L: Tofu, cheese & Veggie Egg bake, Garden Salad, Fat Free Tuscan Italian dressing, 5 Pretzel Crackers & Diet Pepsi= 8SP
S: Apple
D: 1/2 grilled cheese, 1.25 c organic tomato soup, cucumber= 10SP
S: Wine= 4sp

Used: 30 Daily, 1 Weekly

That looks really good. Most days I have typical stuff I tend to do and then vary beyond that. That is

B: Usually a 4 or 5 SP Quest bar. Occasionally I'll do something else, but I'm not a morning person and never want to do anything difficult in the morning. Putting a Quest bar in the microwave for 15 seconds is about all I can manage to do. I'm actually planning on making a large frittata with stir fry veggies and then eat a piece for several mornings of the week so I have a little variety.

Morning Snacks: On days I go to personal training at the Y and I don't have a lot of time between breakfast and leaving. If I don't eat, I tend to start feeling bad while there, but if I eat a full lunch it is too much. So, I usually have a WW jalapeno cheese stick (1 SP) and a Kay's Natural protein snack -- usually cinnamon toast pretzel sticks (3 SP) on the way there. On other days I usually don't have a morning snack. If I do get hungry then, I'll have half a cup of berries (0 points).

Lunch: Most times, I have a big salad: 3 cups of greens, 1/4 red bell pepper, 1/2 c. carrots, 6 to 12 cherry tomatoes, a couple of red onion slices, cuculmbers (or some mix thereof). That is the base of the salad. I then add some combination of chicken breast, salmon pouch, shredded cheese (usually reduced fat, and occasionally feta), sliced almonds. If I think I will be eating a lot the rest of the day I won't have the almonds or cheese. It just depends. I think make my own dressing from 1/2 T. olive oil (2 SP), 1 T. Balsamic vinegar (1 SP). The salad usually is between 4 SP total (with just chicken) to 7 SP (with chicken or fish and almonds and cheese).

Afternoon snack: 1/2 c. Turkish pistachios - 5 SP (I have this probably 6 days a week).

Dinner: This really varies. It might be tuna salad. Usually I eat it without bread, but maybe a couple of times a month I like make it a sandwich on whole grain bread. Or, it could be just chicken breast. Or maybe a salmon cake or some fish. I often have some berries with this and some sort of other vegetables. If I haven't had my big salad I will eat more veggies. I might have some brown rice

Evening snacks: Go to snacks for me - a bag of Kay's Natural protein snacks (these are 3 SP), a 60 calorie or so square of dark chocolate (2 to 3 SP depending on how much cocoa is in it), a mix of some cheese (WW cheese stick) cut up and mixed with 1/2 cup of blackberries and a few almonds (7 is usually about 1 SP).

Usually on a couple of days a week I will eat out which will change a lot of this but that is where I spend most of my weekly points. I don't drink alcohol.

I don't eat beef at all and am usually a low sugar eater (although there are exceptions). I don't like fruit other than berries.