[buffalosister1]

I think you can get them at any grocery store. I buy mine at Safeway. My parents have purchased at Costco. They are with the novelties. You know, the good stuff......Klondike, Drumsticks, etc. They are really yummy. I also like the WW Cookies N Cream bars for 2 points each.

[snowgal]

Here in Alaska most grocery stores carry the skinny cow ice-cream sandwiches as well as skinny cow ice creams on a stick. The Costco over by our house also carries a big box of them - 1/2 chocolate, 1/2 vanilla.

I hope you can find some. They are pretty yummy! The chocolate/peanutbutter ones are 3 points, though. Watch out for them! LOL!

[snowgal]

Haven't had much today.

12 oz skim milk latte - 2pts
Pria 110 cal bar - 2pts

ham sandwich on WW - 3pts
Oreo 100 cal pack - 2pts

That's 9 points so far, with 11 left for dinner and snack. Tomorrow is weigh-in. I hope the whole Father's Day brunch thing didn't destroy all of my hard work. I got up super early this morning and went to Curves for my workout before anyone had even gotten up around here. Got home before my husband had to go to work. The weather stinks so I probably won't get a walk in this evening.

[pmoswife]

I am at 5 pts right now - But am about to make a bag of 1 pt popcorn

which will put me at 6 pts ....

And that puts me at 16 points left for dinner - which is good because his parents brought us back a pizza from Chicago and we are having Pizza -


I may have to use some flex points as well.

But all in all i feel good today

[buffalosister1]

Congrats on getting your Curves workouts in Liz! What commitment! How early do you get up to do that? I have been thinking that on the days I don't have the trainer, I want to go in before my husband leaves. That way, I have a whole day showered and ready to go like most people. With my gym workout from 9-10am I often don't shower til after lunch. Makes it hard to run a quick errand before lunch without feeling like a slob.

I want to plan out meals for the next week. Last time I fell off the wagon that is how I got back on. Pre-planned all of my meals. It really helps me. Only challenge I see for the next week is that we are in Nevada for that memorial service this weekend. Where we eat is out of my control. I just need to make the right choices and really journal to keep track of things. If I can go to Mexico for nine days and still lose weight, then I should be able to go to Nevada for 2.5 days and still lose.

I may have found some new inspiration. My friend joined WW with me about 4weeks ago. She is hoping to get her 1st 10 pound ribbon tonight. I thought, dang....that is only 12 pounds less than my total WW loss. And she did it in four weeks. Then I remembered..........I did the same thing!!!! All I have to do is follow the program and use points on healthy foods. I don't do so well if I eat too much pudding, skinny cows, or oreo packs.

I have saved all of my paper journals. What I might do, is get out my first few weeks and try to duplicate them. Could be intersting. Only time will tell.

[nibs]

Been off track since the weekend again (happening alot lately). Had a good day today though.

Breakfast: pineapple and yogurt 2pts
Lunch: 2 pcs bread & 2 tbsp peanut butter 7 pts
Supper: Chicken leg & salad (lettuce, bacon, light feta, croutons, and raspberry ving. dressing & nectarine 11 pts

That's my 20 points for today.

I also walked for 1 hour and 10 minutes and I'm getting on my elliptical for at least 20 so I may have a couple glasses of wine later.

Got in 9 - 8 oz glasses of water also.

[AJsMommy]

Good day, but under pts...
B: yogurt 1pt
S: carrots/ dip 2pts
L: WW mac and cheese/apple 6pts
S: 100cal. oreo 2pts
D: low fat hot dog, bun, baked fries, pickles 8pts

That's only 19/26... My son and I took our puppy to the ballpark where alot of my sons friends are playing and we stayed extra late, so I didn't get in all my pts....don't want popcorn cuz of salt and WI is tomorrow......maybe some toast and peanut butter?
Wish me luck tomorrow.

Just had some toast w/pb..that put me at 25 outta 26. Time for bed, hopefully the lb. fairy will come steal some lbs overnight!!

[buffalosister1]

AHHHHHHHH!!! I am so in tune with things now. I guessed I was up 3 pounds. Guess what!?! I weighed in and am up 3 pounds. That is ok. I will fix this. Tomorrow you will all know what I consume good or bad. --Amy

[mommyof2boysaz]

Hi, all!

Angie, I sooo can relate with your frustration about eating/feeling guilty, miserable, not eating/feeling miserable, etc, etc. I have been feeling the same way lately! (Who am I kidding? I've been feeling that way for at least 10 years! ) I do not know why it's so hard to get control! I so envy those who've never had this issue!

Well, today was day 2 on plan and I didn't do as well...

Breakfast: Kashi cereal w/skim milk-4

Lunch: Ham sandwich on lt. bread-3
Lt. chips-2

Everything was fine until this point, then I got a call that my grandma's husband (my step-grandfather) was critically ill in the hospital so went there to see them with my mom. Ate a small cabbage roll, peas, most of my DD's grilled cheese at the hospital. No idea of points? THEN, the real damage...a large piece of pizza with sausage when I got home from the hospital! Ugh!! My point limit is supposed to be 22. Anyone have any idea what my point total might be? I am drinking water as we speak, trying to avoid having my usual "sweet" before bed. I am NOT hungry, it has truly just become a habit.

Oh, another thing, have any of you ever done The Firm videos? I bought the Transfirmer system and videos and did them for about 3 weeks a few months ago and haven't used it since. It is TOUGH! I know that is good, it just makes it harder to force myself to do it! Just curious if anyone else has used it?
Britte

P.S. Any prayers sent my way for my grandma and step-grandpa would be greatly appreciated!

[snowgal]

Hi all!

Finished up my day with:

1 cup cherries - 1pt

Tilapia fish - 4pts
salad w/ FF dressing - 1pt
Veggies - 0pt
1/2 skinny cow - 1/5pts

That puts me at 16.5pts for the day. Good for the night before weigh-in! I'm still concerned about tomorrow's weigh-in with my Father's Day Brunch indescretion. I guess whatever happens, happens.

Buffalo - I got up at 7:30am to go to Curves. It's about a 15min drive. It felt really early to me because I didn't go to bed until 1:30 this morning. <sigh> I have to get better about that.

Britte - sending prayers and positive thoughts your way for your grandma and step-grandpa!

[buffalosister1]

Britte-----thoughts and prayers go out to you. Not fun stuff.

Ok, I have eaten breakfast and am heading to the gym for 30 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes with my trainer. My goal is to lose the 3 pounds plus .5 more.

Breakfast
oatmeal 3pts

[pmoswife]

Ya Know Last night I started getting down on myself because of eatting the pizza - we cut it into square pieces like they do in Chicago - and I ate 4 1/2 squares - I started to get negative - and say after all the crap I was talking on the messageboard here I go and over indulge - and make myself feel bad -

But ya Know what I decided to turn it around
Reasons

1. Even with the Pizza I still ate better then I have been
2. I could have easily eatten more but didnt
3. I wanted to have a kit Kat last night - But didnt
4. I wanted to have Ice Cream Last Night But didnt
5. I ate so good during the day I had 16 Points left for Dinner
6. I can use Bonus Points
7. I made Some GOOD Choices - in spite of maybe not eatting the healthies dinner - & I enjoyed myself .......

SO I feel good about all that !!!!!!!!

I am a little confused about how many Points the Pizza should be though
It was cheese & Sausage Pizza - Thin Crust - 4 1/2 Squares ????
Any Ideas ???? I wanna be as accurate as possible so I dont screw up my Points for the rest of the week .......

I get off work early today - so so so it may be harder to be good.
But I am Determined !!!!

The pot roast I was gonna turn into tacos - I decided to turn into sandwich's
for my Husbands lunch this week !!! So Tonight I am making us a pretty healthy Dinner

I am gonna make the chicken breasts in Fat Free cream of mushroom & Garlic soup - with Broccoli - for him I'll serve it over Mashpotatos and me over More Broccoli - I'll serve a side of Brussel Spouts . . .

So that should be a fairly safe dinner ! ! ! And SOOOO Yummy

I have had 2 cups of coffee so far - my husband made my way to work cup and put real sugar in it - so I am counting my total coffee consumption as 4 points and I had a nibble of roast beef as I was making his lunch so
another point - already at 5 pts !!!!! ERRRRRRRRRRR

I also brought a salad for lunch with carrots (1pt) and Kidney Beans (1pt)
And I will use Salsa as salad dressing - Plus I will have a 2 pt oatmeal for breakfast - So I will have consumed 9 pts before going home !!!!!

I will have a cuccumber cut up with Lemon and salt and cayenne pepper for a snack !!!!!

[macdeez]

I didn't have a chance to post what I ate yesterday... so I'll do it today... and then post today's menu a little later on.

2 pieces WW bread - 1pt
1 tbsp peanut butter - 2pts
1/2 c applesauce - 1pt
3 c salad - 0pts
2 oz boneless, skinless chicken breast - 2pts
2 tbsp FF dressing - 0pts
2 tbsp grated Parmesean cheese - 1pt
Grilled chicken burger - 8pts (off a "Lifestyle" menu at a local restaurant)
2 c salad - 0pts
2 tbsp FF dressing - 0pts
DQ fudge bar w/ ice milk - 1pt (they're like 35 cals with 0 fat!)

Total: 16pts/20.

I'm having such a difficult time getting all my points in. I've never been a big eater to begin with. I always had more of an issue with WHAT I ate... and WHEN I ate it. Skip breakfast. Skip lunch. Then dinner would be a massacre - high calorie, high fat foods that would instantly be stored as FAT. Blech. So for the time being, I'm just concentrating on eating healthy at regular times throughout the day.

Britte... I'm sorry about your grandfather! Sending you and your family best wishes!

pmoswife... Good for you for looking to the more positive side! When we think positive things, we do positive things!

buffalosister... Thanks for the warm welcome! Keep up the great exercising and you'll definitely lose those 3.5lbs!

Everyone else... Hope you're having a HAPPY and HEALTHY day!

~mel

[mommyof2boysaz]

Hi, everyone! Thank you all for the prayers and thoughts for my grandparents!

Well, I estimated my points from last night and came up with being a total of 6 points over for the day. Not as bad as I thought! I usually eat all my WPA's anyways, so I'm still OK for the week. I really wanted something sweet before bed but I didn't so I feel good!

Today I feel hungry, though. I've had 12 points so far and just finished lunch. Gives me 10 points for supper and snack. You guys have all given me some great ideas, so hopefully I'll figure something out!

pmoswife- That is GREAT that you listed those positives about your eating instead of just beating yourself up and telling yourself how bad you are. We all do that too much and it never helps, only hurts! Be proud of yourself!!

Talk later!
Britte

[pmoswife]

Thanx Britte

You know that is the CYCLE for me. I set myself up - I will be doing good and at the first sign of slipping a little - I will use that to Kick myself in the butt and to do the POOR ME's - Ohhhhhh I ate half a donut - May as well have the whole dozen !!!! And then just keep going from there - instead of controlling myself - and even if it set me back a little point wise by eatting hald a donut - give myself some credit for it just being a half - cuz angie doesnt typically eat HALF of anything - LOL so I got to stop that and start being more positive - I think If I feel good I'll want to keep doing good.

Also I am BRILLIANT at lying to myself - mmmmmmm I just wont count that nibble - or that one or that one - I am trying with all my might to not do that - I mean if I am gonna be positive and not kick my own booty why the need to lie to myself -