Reality. Check!

Woohooo!
I am back "on the wagon" :) Round of applause for me!!
This week I am getting back to the basics.

I FINALLY went to my new local meeting in south Florida. It was a little different but I appreciated it all the same.

My results were much better than I expected - I am up 2 lbs (159.4). I don't know what I did to deserve such a small gain, but I am very happy with it. To be honest, I expected to be like 5lbs up considering the fact that I have not adhered to my points target since I have been back home for the past two weeks. Thank the Lord for small miracles (i.e small gains).

Here is the proof:


I know, I know it does not look as official as the previous weigh-in printouts. I guess the weight watchers meetings in South Florida have not caught up with the technology available in Los Angeles? Things are done by hand which kinda annoys me because the lady that recorded my weight did her math incorrectly and tried to jip me outta 0.4 lbs. And I had to correct it. I miss you Los Angeles with your advanced technological innovations. Oh well. But believe me, I really did go to my meeting - I am not fudging the numbers. (that would be kinda pathetic).

I really felt recharged after the meeting. I went bright and early and it really set me up for success for the day. I feel like I can't start a clean slate unless I go to a meeting.

Breakfast
3 egg white omelet
1/4 cheddar cheese
1 cup grapes
Sandwich Thins
5 pts

Lunch
Chicken and dumpling soup
2 cheese quesadillas
1 tsp olive oil
8 pts

Dinner
1 and 1/2 cup whole wheat pasta
1 tbsp parmesan cheese
Chicken breast
1 tsp olive oil
spinach
9 pts

Dessert
Diet Soda Cake
1 tbsp chocolate syrup
(not pictured)
4 pts

I went to the mall today and bought two pairs of jeans that made my a$$ look like magic. HOLLA!

Total for the day: 26 pts
Weekly Bonus Points Used: 4 pts
Bonus points remaining for the week: 31 pts

Stay with me guys! I know that for the past two weeks I have not been as diligent as I should be. (When I don't blog, you can assume the worst as far as my eating is concerned). I am going to make a conscious effort to blog even when things are at their worst because I think it is important to see it all - the good, the bad, and the fugly.

I will work out this week but it will not be my focus. I need to find my groove with the eating. I had a whole routine in LA and I need to make sure I figure one out here. I am a work in progress.

Goals for this week:

• Plan my meals for the day ahead of time
• Work out at least twice
• Go to my meeting next saturday
• Avoid mindless eating
• Track every meal
• Blog!

xoxo
dee.

Let there be food

hmm. Where to start?
I have been eating food as if I am preparing for hibernation. Random stuff. Grazing and eating and being lazy. I need to remind myself that I am not on vacation - this is where I live now and if I continue doing what I have been doing my tummy will explode. Not a good look.

So I have decided to try something new. I am going to write (here, in the blog) what I am going to eat the next day. Ofcourse I will leave room for variation, but I know that I work best when I have a plan. So... tomorrow's menu will be:

Breakfast - egg white cheese omelet, whole wheat english muffin with light cream cheese, and choice of fruit

Lunch - pasta tossed with eggplant, broccoli, and tomato

dinner - tilapia and brown rice

This leaves like 3 points for snacking in the day.
I WILL go to the gym tomorrow as well.
I know for certain there will be a gain on Saturday when I finally get around to going to my weight watchers meeting. I am prepared for it and I won't let it depress me. I am just going to get a head start on getting back on track before Saturday.

Pray for me and my greedy tummy :0/

xoxo
dee.

I can't wake up THAT early

Yea. So. About that weigh in....

I overslept! How can I make it to a meeting that starts at 9:30 in the morning??
I felt really guilty when I woke up so when my sister asked me to go with her to the gym, I (reluctantly) agreed. I did about 45 minutes of half-hearted cardio, but it still counts right? RIGHT???

And there is no meeting tomorrow at the location that I want to go to so....I have to wait until Monday to weigh-in which is going to through me off for next Saturday. Oh well. My points still restart today so Amen to that.

Breakfast
3 egg whites w/ 1 slice ff kraft cheddar cheese
canadian bacon
whole wheat english muffin
1 cup grapes
5 pts

The fun part of moving back in with my parents is that their plates are much more fun than the plain ones I had in LA.

I would like to take this time out to discuss oatmeal. Usually I am morally opposed to it. Oatmeal never fills me. If I eat it for breakfast, I am hungry within an hour. All the other bloggers out there make it and I am not sure where their oatmeal comes from or why it turns into this magically filling meal for them. That never happens for me.

Why, God? Why?

So as some kind of compromise (or a middle finger to those who get full from a bowl of mush) I had oatmeal for a SNACK! :)

Snack
Instant oatmeal
1/2 cup Silk soy milk
1/2 banana
1/4 cup blueberries
5 pts

Lunch
eggplant
1 tsp olive oil
1/4 cup mozzarella cheese
broccoli
3 pts
Snack
Nature's Valley Oat's 'n Honey bar
(not pictured)
4 pts

Hey! I want to say a BIG HELLO to the new followers of this blog. HEY!!!
I am up to ten followers now and it might not seem like much, but it means a whooooole lot to me - that someone would be interested in what I have to say :)

Okay, so the day went all down hill from here.......

I'll tell ya'll all about it later. Oh geez.

Just a quickie

This'll be a quick post.

Breakfast
pancake muffins
3 egg whites
1 slice fat free kraft cheddar cheese
5 pts

Lunch
(chicken salad sandwich)
1 chicken breast chopped
sandwich thin
1 tbsp mayo
scallions, tomato
1 apple
7 pts

Snack
kettle korn
(not pictured)
3 pts

Dinner
chicken salad sandwich
Banana
8 pts
(not pictured)

I had a really busy day today that involved baby sitting my boyfriend's niece and nephew. I got home soooo late that I did not feel like cooking anything so dinner was just a repeat of lunch. Tomorrow will be more exciting (crossing my fingers)


Total for the day: 23 pts

Back in South Florida

Hey Everyone!!

I am back in South Florida (Miramar to be exact....)
The move was pretty smooth. I was pretty nervous about my mother's visit because visitors usually give me an excuse to throw my good eating habits out of the window. And I am sure that she enjoyed me cooking her meals. (She did most of the moving/cleaning/organizing so I'd say it was a semi-even trade)

Last Saturday was weigh in day (my fave!) and I was really excited. I skipped the weigh in before that (if you all remember that far back....) because I felt like the negative results would have sent me off the deep end. Here are my results from last Saturday (8/15)


Yay! 157.4! Yay!
However.....now that I am back home I have to be honest.....
I have not counted points. I've just been "winging it", which for me is a recipe for failure. But its been hard ya'll! I am out of my comfort zone. It's like I open the fridge and I don't know where to start. I have been here since Sunday and I JUST went to the grocery store today to stock up on my essentials.

I am scared of what the scale will say on Saturday.

BUT, I am excited to attend a new meeting. I really loved loved loved my L.A. meetings and I hope my new meeting is just as fun. I am not going to avoid the scale despite my lack of discipline this week. Part of the problem is that I have been eating my first meal very late in the day.....at first this was because of the time change....now its just because I have been sleeping late and not planning my meals throughout the day...
So today my first meal was at 4:30pm. I am a work in progress. :)

Lunch??
Lean ground beef
Sandwich thin
1 cup grapes
yogurt
9 pts

Snack
crackers
3 pts

Dinner
1 and 1/2 cup whole wheat pasta
1/2 cup fat free ricotta cheese
1/4 cup mozzarella cheese
spinach
8.5 pts

Dessert
SmartOnes Peanut Butter Cup Sundae
3 pts

My parents have been so impressed by my progress that I have been commissioned to be in charge of their dinners. This sucks because it makes me have to cook meals that aren't portioned into one serving. But it is great because it forces me to plan my meals around what I am preparing for dinner.

Total for the day: 23.5 pts

xoxo
dee.

Baked Ziti. The Saga continues

Like I said earlier, I am trying not to purchase any more groceries for the week seeing as though I am shipping outta Los Angeles this Saturday. I am out of quite a few things so there will probably be limited fruits and vegetables for the next couple of days.

Breakfast
3 pancake muffins
1/4 cup blueberries
1 whole egg
1 egg white
yogurt
7.5 pts

I made baked ziti again today as promised :)

Lunch
1 and 1/2 cup whole wheat penne
1/3 cup Weight Watchers mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup part skim ricotta
1 tsp olive oil
1 tbsp parmesan cheese
10 pts

I am glad that I bought those individual sized baking dishes. They have really come in handy.

Dinner
chicken breast
1 tsp olive oil
sandwich thin
1/2 tbsp kraft light mayo
apple
6.5 pts

Yay! I made it through the day without using my weekly bonus points. I also pushed through 40 minutes of cardio (i am really lazy) since I have to meet my 5 day goal.

Total for the day: 24 pts
Weekly Bonus Points Used: 2 pts
Bonus points remaining for the week: 27 pts

Tomorrow is my last exam!!

xoxo
dee.

Snack Attack

Hey Folks!
Today was a weird day. I felt like I snacked alot today even though I was reasonable with my points. I just felt really...munchy...I dunno.

Breakfast
hashbrowns (1/2 potato)
1 tsp olive oil
3 scrambled egg whites
1 slice Kraft FF cheddar cheese
1 cup strawberries
6 pts

I had to meet with team members on campus early this morning and didnt finish until late afternoon. By the time I got home I was STARVING! I was so hungry that I cooked really fast and ate really fast. And my camera battery was donezo and I refused to wait for it to charge before eating. SORRY!! No picture there.

Lunch
Tilapia Fillet
4 veggie potstickers
5 pts

Like I said, I was pretty snacky today. Lunch was NOT ENOUGH! So I had to have a snack. Also not pictured!

Snack
2 corn tortillas
2 slices Kraft FF cheddar cheese
2 pts

Okay...dinner....this makes up for the fact that my lunch and snack were not pictured. I made BAKED ZITI!!! Maybe you dont understand. Maybe you are not a pasta freak like me. But when I tell you this baked ziti was amazing, IT WAS AMAZING. ...but then again I am easily impressed by the combination of pasta and melted cheese.....

Dinner
1 and 1/2 cup whole wheat penne pasta
3 tbsp pureed tomato sauce
1/3 c Weight Watchers mozzarella cheese
1 tbsp parmesan cheese
1/4 cup part skim ricotta cheese
spinach
9 pts

Look at it! Dont be scared to click the picture for an exploded view of the cheesy goodness. I am not over how great this was. It is likely that I will make this tomorrow. Strike that. I will DEFINITELY make this tomorrow :)

Dessert
3 pancake muffins
1/4 cup blueberries
3 pts

I made these differently from how I usually do. Instead of mashing the blueberries a bit and adding it directly into the batter, I prepared the batter, poured it into the baking tray, and plopped only a few whole blueberries into each section. Much better than how I have been making them before. Mashing the blueberries before hand kinda makes the muffin toooooo mushy. This method made them just right.

I did not work out today. I had too much work to do....


Total for the day: 25 pts
Weekly Bonus Points Used: 3 pts
Bonus points remaining for the week: 29 pts

xoxo
dee.