What did you eat today? (Ideas and Points)

  • As per Yael's great suggestion --> here are my points

    24 points + 6 extra

    Breakfast at McDonalds (ok it was Saturday and I was rushing!)
    2 breakfast burrito's (12)
    Coffee with sweetner (0)

    Lunch
    whole wheat pita (make sure you calculate according to package - I have found some that are as high as 5 points) (split in half so you have 2 circles) (2)
    1 tbsp marinara sauce on each side
    1/2 c chopped mushrooms and peppers (red, green, yellow) (0)
    1/3 c shredded low fat mozzarella (again..check on the package) (2)

    Dinner
    1 cup pasta (4)
    1 cup shrimp (2)
    steamed cauliflower, brocholli (0)

    dessert - popsicle/whole fruit - counted according to box) 2

    Watching a movie
    6 cups regular popcorn (6)

    Beverages: all my water + 2 diet root beer's with the popcorn for the movie

    PS----> and if you see any problems with my calculations, please let me know! I'm a newbie at this!
  • Oh, I miss breakfast burritos! Haven't seen them yet in the UK.

    Breakfast:
    Wheetabix w/skimmed milk - 3.5pts

    Snack:
    Snack a jacks (salt & vinegar) - 2.0 pts

    Lunch:
    2 slices ww bread w/jam - 2.0 pts
    cottage cheese & pineapple - 3.0 pts

    Snack:
    ww white choc/raspberry mouse - 2.0 pts

    Dinner:
    Pasta w/chicken and veggies - 9.0pts

    Drank 2 litres of water already and 3 diet cokes (bad, I know!)

    Total pts: 21.5 pts
    I probably won't have any dessert and will just bank my remaining 3.5 points.
  • 22 points

    Breakfast
    1 scrambled egg (2)
    1 portion of home made hash brown (1.5)
    home made red hot salsa (0)
    1 tortilla (40% corn 60% nopal) (3 tortillas= 1 point)
    1 frozen ff yogurt (1)
    Coffee with splenda

    Lunch
    2 cups vegetable soup (0)
    150 grams beef in green sauce with cooked nopales (5)
    5 tortillas (40% corn 60% nopal) (2)
    1 ff frozen yogurt (1)

    Dinner
    Still 9.5 points to go!!!
  • Sunday - April 29
    Here goes again! a good day! - total 25 points

    Breakfast
    2 slices toasted carb conscious bread (2)
    1 tbsp peanut butter (2)
    1 small banana (2)

    Snack
    Latte (sugar free vanilla, no fat milk, no foam - grande latte) (2)

    Lunch
    whole wheat pita - sliced in half for 2 pockets (2)
    small tin of tuna with lemon and dill (3)
    spinach leaves - 1 cup (0)

    Dinner
    Top sirloin steak (0.148 kg) marinated with low sodium soy and 1 tbsp crushed fresh ginger - marinated for 2 hours, then grilled to perfection! (5)
    3/4 c curry rice (to make- 2 cups cooked brown rice, 1/4 c onions, 1/4 c red (or green) peppers, 2" of fresh carrot - all cut into little cubes. Saute the veggies then add 1 tbsp curry + salt and pepper to taste, add cooked rice to heat through -- ps. I froze the balance in 1/2 c portions) 3/4 c = (3)
    1 c. steamed brocholli + 3 spears asparagus (0)
    cucumber salad with yoghurt (dressing is 2 tbsp plain yoghurt, 1 tbsp vinegar and about 1 tsp paprika - add sliced cucumbers and toss into dressing, refrigerate for a couple of hours) (1)
    sauteed onions & red cabbage with balsamic vinegar (1)

    Dessert
    Bran Bites with the strawberries (ohhhh too good and tastes like cookies!)(2)

    **bad today as I have not drank my water -- I had coffee...diet soda and the latte. I find that trying to drink water at home is hard. Maybe I'll get a nice drink container and drag it around with me.

    **good today as I made a batch of veggie soup to keep in the fridge for when I am ravenous!
  • Wow...everyone must be really skinny
    because no one is eating????? TOTAL TODAY 24.5

    Well, chubby me had:

    Breakfast

    1 Flat Out tortilla (2)
    1 egg sauteed with 1 tsp olive oil and peppers/mushrooms (3)

    Snack

    Apple cut up with cinnamon (2)

    Lunch
    1/2 c rice (2)
    1 Spolumbo's Sausage (large sausage...counted) (6)
    Turnips and Brocholli

    Dinner
    1/2 c rice (2)
    1 c shrimp (2)
    salt/pepper to taste
    peppers/mushrooms (have to eat them before they go bad)
    all sauteed together with 1 tsp soy sauce + oriental seasoning (just spices)

    Dessert
    1 cup Shape Yoghurt (2.5)

    Snack
    Low fat popcorn (full package - counted) (3)
  • trying for 25 points

    Breakfast - 60 grams of Chocoflakes! (3 points)
    260 soya milk! (1.5 points)

    Lunch - Tuna Nicoise (8 points)

    Dinner - Nando's Chicken Liver with a roll (5 points)
    Nando's Chicken Salad (5 points)
    Diet Coke (0 points)

    Snacks - Medium orange (0.5 points)
    Smidgen of cake (0.5 points)

    Total = 23.5 points
  • Here goes! 24 points!

    Breakfast:
    2 slices carb conscious bread (2)
    1 tbsp peanut better (2)

    Snack:
    Orange (2)

    Lunch:
    2 c spinach (0)
    dressing (1)
    chicken breast (4)

    Snack:
    Bran bites (2)

    Dinner:
    Spolumbo's sausage (4) <-- on the bbq and was GREAT!
    3 cups steamed veggies - cauliflower & broccoli (0)

    Apple with cinnamon (2)
    Shape fat-free yoghurt (1)
    1 serving popcorn, low fat snack pack (1)
  • 27 Points

    Puffins cereral with nonfat milk - 4
    Grapefrut - 1

    Quesidilla:
    small tortilla: 2
    reduced fat mozerella: 4
    small small amount of olive oil: 1
    small bowl vegetable soup (homemade): 1

    WW 2 point bar: 2

    Whole wheat ravioli with marinara: 8
    Skinny cow: 2
    Half cup soymilk: 1