Nothing Tastes as Good as Being Thin Feels!

Started a new blog!!

2011-04-07T10:05:00.000-07:00

Hey strangers! I started a new blog that I will be posting faithfully on starting Monday, April 11th. Please follow it, as I need the encouragement! Here is the link -http://40poundsby27.blogspot.com/

I am BACK!!!!!

2010-11-09T05:58:00.000-08:00

Ok, so if any of you have 3 kids, 4 and under, you can understand how much free time I have to blog!! HA! I really want to get back into posting though! As long as I know people are reading and getting something out of my ramblings...I will keep posting! :-)

It took me a long time to get back into the swing of WW. Honestly, after eating whatever I wanted for a year, it is SO hard to restrict myself now! Last week was the first week I really stuck to the plan, and I lost 4 pounds at last Thursday's WI! I was so excited! THEN came the weekend! I had my daughter's 3rd birthday and made chicken and broccoli alfredo for the family party on Sunday! Oh my word, it's my favorite meal in the world! Of course I ate it on Sunday, and then the leftovers yesterday. :-( I probably gained back the 4 pounds I lost! The reason I am blogging, is I am just starting again today! I realized this weekend, that I can't go crazy with eating even for a day, because it is SO hard for me to get back into WW after doing that! Live and learn I guess!

Anyway, I need to go! Just wanted to touch base and let you all know that I'm back! Hopefully I will post again tomorrow!

Is anyone still there?

2010-07-22T19:54:00.000-07:00

Hello all! I'm sure NOBODY even looks at this blog anymore...lol...but I thought for the fun of it, I would post a little something!
Tomorrow I will be 36 weeks pregnant, and am looking forward to having our first son, anytime now! We are all very excited for his arrival...me most of all because I am DONE being pregnant! :-) I am planning on starting WW between 2-3 weeks after he is born, so hopefully I will be back, posting regularly, and looking for weight loss support! I have my work cut out for me!
Just wanted to post a little update! I will be back for good before you know it!

Well......

2009-12-11T11:50:00.000-08:00

I'm sorry it's been SO long since I've posted! Life has been busy! I've had great weeks on plan, and HORRIBLE weeks, eating everything in sight! Isn't that just how life is?
I have great news though! I just found out today, and I am expecting baby #3 in August 2010! We are so excited! Although I would have loved to be thinner before I got pregnant, I'm still just as thrilled that God gave us this baby in His timing! I guess I won't be really blogging on a "weight loss" blog anymore, since I'll be blowing up bigger and bigger, lol, but I will post time to time to update you all, and I will be back in September 2010 to lose all the baby weight! :-) Hope you all are doing great!

Not much time...but...I had to share...

2009-10-07T04:26:00.000-07:00

Guess what I did last night? Well, bad things first. I was having a great day, eating wise, and it was 5pm and I had 10 points left. Then, to make a long story short, I was somewhere where we ordered pizza and these huge, gooey, soft, chocolate chip cookies. Oh. My. Gosh. To DIE for! So, I pigged out...had 2 pieces of pizza, and one HUGE cookie. Well, I was feeling a little guilty, seeing that I ate all of this before watching Biggest Loser....the show that is supposed to motivate me NOT to do that! So I went home and figured I would get on the elliptical. Do you know how long I stayed on? 100 minutes! Yes...that is ONE HUNDRED minutes!! WHOO HOO! I burned 1,600 calories too! I was so proud of myself! I'm so sore and tired this morning though! :-) I figured I should have burnt off at least most of what I ate, so I was glad! Just wanted to share!

Well on my way...again...

2009-09-26T17:30:00.000-07:00

Hello my fellow bloggers/followers! How have you been? Sorry I haven't posted in a few days...life has been crazy busy...as always! I have been doing well on plan for the past week, so that is good news! Lol...it is so easy, yet so hard for me to just FOLLOW THE PLAN! I don't know what my problem is sometimes! :-)

Tonight I made Spaghetti Squash for the first time...and guess what? I'm in love!! I made it instead of pasta, and topped it with homemade meatballs and sauce. ( not homemade sauce though...haha...I'm not that good! ) Honestly, I could barely tell I wasn't eating pasta, and it's good for you, and 0 points for a cup! Can you believe it? All you do is take a spaghetti squash, cut it in half, and cook them face down on a cookie sheet at 375 for about 45-55 minutes. Once it is done, remove the seeds, and scrape the insides out with a fork into your bowl. It looks just like spaghetti, and tastes just as good! I can't believe I didn't find out about this earlier! I have a feeling it is going to be a staple dinner now!

( I didn't take a picture of mine...but this is pretty much what it looked like! YUMMY! )

Another thing that I was pretty excited about today, was I had a $2.00 off 1 Healthy Choice Frozen Meal coupon, so I made 25 copies of it! I got 25 frozen meals for $6.00!!! I was so excited! I like them even better than the Smart Ones frozen meals, and I was so happy to get them for so cheap!

Overall, a good day today! I'm hoping to be down a good bit on Thursday...I was up 4 pounds last week from my past few weeks of doing bad! YOWZERS!!! Hopefully I will lose most of that, if not all of that, this coming week! Have a great rest of the weekend!

Tuesday, September 15th

2009-09-16T04:52:00.001-07:00

Ok...Day 2 back on plan! :-) I'll get the boring stuff out of the way first...

Oat Chocolate Pancakes with Syrup - 4 points
Granola Bar - 2 points
Pretzels - 2 points
Cheese Roll up - 4 points
Homemade Pizza - 7 points
Chocolate Melting Cake - 4 points ( YUM )

I will have to share the recipe for the Chocolate Melting Cake! It is from "Deceptively Delicious" and it is YUMMY!!!!! I had it last night while watching The Biggest Loser! Did any of you watch it last night? Man, I was crying...I can tell it's going to be an emotional season. I can barely look at the lady who lost her family without crying! Can you even imagine? Exp 2 week postpartum? You are so emotionally unstable already! Wow...I hope she goes all the way...she is so inspiring! Just the fact that she is choosing to go on in life, and not crawl into a hole and die, ( like i probably would ) is amazing! Love her!
I'm really hoping to be at my lifetime weight by October 1st, as my dad and I are taking a trip to NYC to see the Mets play the Astros! We are going to be able to get in the stadium before the gates open, and meet the players, take pics etc! It's a long story, which I sure you all don't want to hear! ;-) Anyway, I'm sure I'll be in pics, and ones like that, you show everybody, and I don't want to look FAT! I have to work super hard these next couple of weeks! See ya tomorrow!

Monday, September 14th

2009-09-14T17:22:00.000-07:00

Here we go again! I'm going to try my best to post every day again! Here is what my day looked like today!

1 Chocolate Mint Vitatop ( the best things EVER ) - 1 point
Cocoa Almonds - 2 points
PB&J Wrap - 4 points
Granola Bar - 2 points
Carrots w/Ranch - 2 points
Popcorn - 1 point
Rice, salsa & cheese burrito with sour cream- 8 points
Vitabrownie with frosting - 2 points

First good day in a long time! I also got my house cleaned today...so that is another plus! :-) Well, I am off to relax some without kids before I head to bed! Tomorrow BIGGEST LOSER starts!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Honesty is the best policy

2009-09-13T18:54:00.000-07:00

I'm so sorry I haven't been posting. I'm sure I have let a lot of you down! In all honesty, I've have done horrible since my last post. I've gone away 3 times since then for the weekend, played and done photography at weddings, and have had 3 parties. All of which, revolved around food, of course. I have probably gained like 5-6 pounds. Isn't that gross? I'm so sick with myself. My main problem? I haven't been tracking. I haven't been excersizing, and I've been so busy, that I've missed 4 of the last 5 meetings. Life has just been overwhelming, and sadly, I have given in to all the temptations that were involved. Life happens.

To the best of my ability, I am going to try to start posting daily again. Maybe not pictures of my food every day, but at least a food log. That really helped me before, being accountable to you all and reading your encouraging comments. Please hang in there with me. It really does help....even if I am never an encouragment to you! LOL...all I ever post about is how bad I do! :-)

So, that is all I have to say. Tomorrow is a new day, with no mistakes. All I can do is keep on keeping on, and starting fresh again. I WILL be back tomorrow night with a post about how my day went, and maybe a new recipe soon too. Hang with me...will ya?

I'm back...I think!

2009-08-21T16:50:00.001-07:00

Ok...so I think I am back on the right track! I am on day 2 of being back on plan...and I feel good so far! The past two days, as soon as the girls wake up, I've been pushing them in the stroller, and going 2.1 miles. It may not sound like a lot, but it is really hilly, and not to mention I am pushing 80+ pounds of kids/stroller! I am really tired when I come back...and it takes me about 40 minutes. It feels good when I'm done though!

So, I really caught baby fever this week....it kinda hit fast! :-) I refuse to get pregnant before hitting Lifetime, so I NEED to just hunker down and get serious. Sigh...it is just so much easier said than done! Thank you for all the encouraging words on my last post...it really does make a difference when I know people are reading, commenting, and going through the same things as I am!

I'm off to have some 1 point popcorn! Once the summer slows down, I will start posting pics of my food again! Keep up the good work!

I hate this sometimes

2009-08-18T13:00:00.001-07:00

Why? Why can't I be that person who can eat whatever they want and not gain an ounce? I have just been really frustrated lately, and to be honest, on top of other things, it made me eat this past week. I mean, eat. Whatever. Whenever. I hate when I do that too...its not like it fixes anything! I WAS only 2 pounds away from lifetime...and now, oh my, I don't even want to know. Sometimes I feel like I shouldn't even blog, because it seems that every post is just telling everyone how bad I've been doing. Isn't that encouraging? HA.
I'm just going to be honest. I hate losing weight. I hate having to do Weight Watchers. I hate having to have to think of every morsel of food that enters my mouth, and where it will add an extra pound to my body after I eat it. I hate people that have flat stomachs after having children...and after only having 2 kids, I hate the fact that I have like 30 rolls. ( ok...I don't actually hate the PEOPLE who have flat stomachs....lol...you know what I mean! :-) Sigh, ok I'm done now. I'm trying to be encouraged to start fresh and new and lose the weight I need to get to lifetime. Sorry for boring you....just sharing my life.

2 pounds away!!

2009-08-08T04:23:00.000-07:00

Well, I am 2 pounds away from Lifetime!! That is not my goal weight, but it is the highest I can be for my height, so I picked that as my "goal". I'm really excited, but honestly, I haven't lost weight in like 2 months, so as close as it sounds....it seems really far away too. I'm going to try REALLY hard to do perfect this week, and not use any of my Flex points if I don't REALLY have to. Tonight I have my nephews birthday party with pizza and cake, but I am going to bring my own dessert. I just want to do this...and not have to pay anymore!!!! I still would like to lose another 10 pounds IDEALLY....but I would love to do it without spending $40 a month!

Oh yes....and the smore recipe on WW Chicks blog....A M A Z I N G. All I can say is I wasted 8 of my points on them yesterday...but they are so delcious! :-)

Have a great week!!

WHY??????????

2009-08-05T14:29:00.000-07:00

Why did I just eat like three handfuls of my girls animal crackers? Did great all day, and then did that. I stink at this sometimes. I am never going to get to goal doing things like this...what is wrong with me???? I know all the information in my head...but sometimes actually DOING it is another story. Sometimes I wonder if I will EVER lose these last 6-8 pounds. Sigh...I'm not happy with myself.

August 1st

2009-08-02T03:54:00.000-07:00

Good morning everyone! I don't know if you have seen yet, but please visit Jen's blog and send your condolences to her. Her mom, who was her best friend, was tragically killed on Friday when a card pulled out of their driveway and hit her as she was taking her grandson on a walk. I seriously was so saddened by this all day yesterday. It just reminds me how short and fragile life really is. Please pray for her and her family.

Here is how my day went yesterday...

Breakfast - 1 cup Raisin Bran with 1/2 milk - 4 points

Snack - Fiber Plus Bar - 2 points

Snack - 1 cup blueberries - 1 point ( which were AMAZING! I got them at a Farmer's market, and wow...they were soooooo good! )

Lunch - Subway Turkey Salad - I guessed 5 points, but it probably wasn't quite that much. It was just lettuce, spinach, cucumbers, 3 slices of turkey, some mexican blend cheese on top, and a couple squirts of the Honey Mustard dressing, cause they said it was the lowest fat one they had. I have to brag for a minute...we went to Wal-Mart for lunch, and I got my girls the macaroni and cheese that they make there. Let me just tell you, if you like macaroni and cheese...DON'T try it! It is so unbelieveable! I could eat it all day long! BUT, yesterday, I got it for them, FED it to them, and didn't even have ONE NOODLE!!! YEAH FOR ME!!!! :-)

Then I got the kids Subway M'M cookies for dessert...again...one of the yummiest things! So I went and bought myself the WW brownies, and had one of those instead - 2 points

Snack - Popcorn - 1 point

Dinner - Turkey Burger with cheese, on a Sandwich Thin and fresh, steamed green beans - 6 points

Snack - WW 1 point bar - 1 point

Ok, so at this point in the day, I had 2 points left, and I was going to have a Vitalicious brownie, with frosting, to finish off my day. WELL, my husband called on his way home from being gone all day, and said,"I have a suprise for you!" He brought home Bryers Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream...my FAVE!! So, I had 3/4 of a cup for about 4 points, and stopped there.

So, I went over my points today by 2, but I did work out for 30 minutes on the elliptical, so it probably evened out if I used my activity points. Today is one of my best friend's daughter's 1st birthday today, so they are having a huge picnic/party for her. I am going to try my best to stick to plan! I will keep you posted for sure! Have a great Sunday....and hug your family today...you never know how long you will have them.

July 31st

2009-08-01T04:55:00.000-07:00

Here is how my day looked yesterday....sorry, no pictures, but it is better than nothing!

Breakfast - 1 1/3 cup Honey comb with 1/2 cup milk - 3 points

Snack - Special K Bar - 2 points

Snack - 1 point Brownie - 1 point

Lunch - 2 Fat Free Hot Dogs, 1 sandwich thin, ketchup and 15 Fat Free Pringles - 5 points

Dinner - Spinach Lasanga, carrots and broccoli with 2 TBSP of 3 cheese Light Ranch Dressing, 1 sandwich thin with spray butter - 12 points

Dessert - Vitabrownie with Chocolate Frosting - 2 points

So I ended up using 25 points out of my 24 I'm supposed to have, so I decided I needed to earn an activity point! After my kids went to bed, I did my elliptical for 45 minutes and burned 680 calories! I don't know how accurate the whole "calories burnt" is, but all I know is I was sweating like a pig, and I worked my butt off! I also got all my water in, so I felt pretty good about the day! :-)

Wow.

2009-07-16T16:41:00.001-07:00

I found this profound statement today...and I thought it really applies to WW.

Falling down doesn't make you a failure, but staying down does.

Just thought I'd share!

A crazy week coming up!

2009-07-16T04:44:00.000-07:00

How have you all been? I really feel horrible I haven't been writing as often! I really do try! ;-) My husband is gone for the week at a camp for our church, so it has been even crazier around here as I don't have him around to help! Makes you really appreciate your husband when he's gone!

So next week, we have a 4 day camping trip we are taking with some of our closest friends, and all our kids. There will be 12 kids under the age of 5! WOW! I'm really looking forward to it...that is...everything but the food! Wanna see the food schedule?

Thursday - Chicken Alfredo ( the best in the world, but probably about 20 points a cup! ;-)

Friday -
Breakfast - ????
Lunch - Strombolis
Dinner - Tacos
Snack - Smores / Peach Cobbler

Saturday -
Breakfast - Eggs/Bacon
Lunch - Hot dogs
Dinner - Pulled Pork
Snack - Smores / Nachos and cheese

Sunday
Not really sure yet!!

Oh yeah, and everyone has to bring a couple dozen or so cookies or brownies, and snacks. There is just something about camping...you always end up eating alot! I'm going to try to bring some substitutes for me....like the Arnold Sandwich thins for sandwichs, hot dog rolls, pulled pork rolls, and 1 point wraps for the tacos. I'll bring some FF hot dogs, and maybe some turkey bacon. I've just been doing so well as of late, that I don't want to throw it all away in a 4 day weekend!!!

Tonight is WI. I'm not sure how I am going to do, because I have other issues that are effecting my weight today, but hopefully I'll at least stay the same, which means I did lose some. Know what I mean? :-) I will let you all know!

Sorry this was not very enlightening! Have an awesome day!

Problems...and the holiday!

2009-07-04T04:28:00.001-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted...I was having a problem with Blogger and it wouldn't let me sign on for some reason! Weird!
SO...today is July 4th! I must say, I love celebrating the holiday for the REAL reason, our independence, but I wish there was not so much food involved with the day. I'm really going to try my best to make good choices though....My goal weight is still 13 pounds away...and I STILL want to be there by September if at all possible. Sigh....anyways....I hope you all have a wonderful holiday with friends and family!

15 week challenge!

2009-06-30T04:21:00.000-07:00

So, I joined a 15 week challenge from Amy's blog, and I'm really excited about it! I'm sure I won't win, because it is all about who loses the biggest percentage of weight, but I'm going to have fun doing it! She has challenges each week that you can do to earn more points. This week I am supposed to make a recipe, healthier and lower points, by switching some stuff around. I haven't figured out what I'm going to do yet, but it will be fun!

Yesterday went well! Here is how it looked!

Breakfast - Jumbo Rice Krispies - 2 points
Snack - Smartfood Popcorn Clusters - 1 point
Lunch - Healthy Choice Chicken Alfredo - 5 points
Dessert - 100 calorie pack Grasshopper cookies - 2 points
WORKOUT - 30 minutes
Snack - Strawberry jello dessert - 2 points
Snack - Vitabrownie - 1 point
Dinner - Flatout Pizza - 6 points
Dessert - Weight Watchers Ice cream bar - 2 points

So my friend and I are thinking about walking a 10k on Saturday. I've never done one, but I figured if we power walked it, it would be some good exercise, especially on July 4th, when we may be eating more than usual! I don't know if it is too late to sign up...so I have to look into it! Should be fun! Have a great day!

WEIGH IN DAY

2009-06-26T04:40:00.000-07:00

Well, honestly, I was pretty happy about last night. I was only up .6 of a pound. Not too bad for not going in 3 weeks. I have 9 pounds till goal weight...and it is really killing me! I've been right around the same 5 pounds for months now! I'm really trying to crank down again though...I want to be at goal before fall...and also cause we would like to have another baby next summer or so, so I want to be a Lifetime member before I get pregnant!

I just want to push the "Pizza" I posted about a couple days ago. I seriously am addicted to it. It is so amazingly good, and I think I may even eat it instead of real pizza. I'll give the exact recipe that I use, in case you want to try it!

"Flat Out Pizza"

1 Light Flat Out Wrap ( I use the Italian flavored )
Light Ragu Sauce ( or any sauce that has 40-50 calories per 1/2 cup )
2% milk OR Weight Watchers Mozzarella cheese
Turkey Pepperoni

Put the wrap on a cookie sheet and spread some sauce on it. Top with as much cheese as you like! ( I'm a big cheese lover, so I normally put 1/2 cup on....4 points worth! ) Put 6 pepperonis on top! ( LOL....I count 1 point for the sauce and the pepperoni, because both of them by themselves are 0 points, but I'm sure if you added up the calories together, it would be 1 point! )

Cook at 400 for 8-10 minutes...until the edges are a little crispy. Slice into 6 slices...and DEVOUR! I love spinach, so when I have some in my fridge, I would probably even forgo the pepperoni and put lots of spinach on instead! You will feel like you are eating an entire thin crust pizza. This ROCKS. Enough said! :-) GO TRY IT and let me know what you think!

June 23rd, 2009

2009-06-24T04:51:00.000-07:00

So, tomorrow is WI day....and I'm very nervous. Suddenly eating all that yummy food on my 3 trips doesn't sound like it was a good idea! :-) I'm really hoping its not TOO bad....umm....please? Here is what today looked like....

Breakfast - Oatmeal with Splenda brown sugar - 4 points

Snack - 1 cup blueberries - 1 point

Lunch - Tuna sandwich with a slice of 2% cheese - 6 points

Snack - Popcorn - 1 point

Snack - 100 calorie Cookies - 2 points

Dinner - Flat out pizza! ( new fave! ) - 7 points

Dessert - 2 brownies with frosting - ( my ALL time fave! ) - 3 points
Well...I have to go! Have a awesome day!

June 22nd, 2009

2009-06-23T04:36:00.000-07:00

I had a good day today, although I didn't end up getting to do my elliptical like I wanted to. I planned on doing it after the kids went to bed, but I had such a migraine headache, that there was NO way I could do it! Here is my day....

Breakfast - 1/2 cup oatmeal with 1 TBSP Splenda brown sugar - 4 points

Lunch - Healthy Choice Meal - 7 points - I gotta say, this meal is GREAT! It doesn't taste like a frozen meal at all! All three parts of it are awesome...it's one of my very favorite fast meals!

Snack - Yogurt - 2 points

Crystal Light Popsicle - 0 points ( sorry no pic! )

Dinner - Flat Out pizza - 6 points - You could easily make this for less points...but I am a cheese loving girl...so I had 4 points of cheese on there!! It was DELICIOUS!
Snack at my husband's softball game - 1 bag popcorn and an apple - 2 points

Dessert - Vitabrownie with frosting - 2 points

There you have it! We need to go grocery shopping really bad, so I need to be a little more creative today I think! I'm off to work, and then softball later tonight! Ciao! ( not literally...like "goodbye"....it's less points to do it that way! :-)

Things have been CRAZY

2009-06-10T14:32:00.000-07:00

I'm so sorry...I have barely had time to take a shower lately! I've been working, then coming home and working on pricing tons of stuff for my garage sale this weekend! It has been insane around here! I'm literally non-stop busy running until Monday, the 22nd when we come back from Massachusetts! I feel horrible, cause I want to be posting, but honestly, there are about 3 million other things I should be doing this next week! I will TRY to post, if I can, but if I can't, be sure to check back on the 22nd, and I will then be back to my daily posting! Have a great week!

Well.....

2009-06-02T13:07:00.000-07:00

I'm back from the first part of my crazy week! I didn't do HORRIBLE...but I didn't do good either. Oh well...I had a great time away with my husband without the kids, and that's what counts! I will be posting daily Wednesday and Thursday, then I will be gone again and not posting until Monday. I have to run now...not literally...but that would be a good idea! :-) Have a great night and I'll see ya tomorrow!

May 29th, 2009

2009-05-29T17:31:00.000-07:00

Hello my faithful readers, whomever you may be! As you know, I don't post on Thursdays...but I usually post my weigh in. I went back and forth whether I would share how I did this week on the scale...and REALLY didn't want to, cause it was so bad. But, this blog, and weight loss in general, has the good, bad AND the ugly, so I will tell you. I was up 2.4 pounds from the holiday weekend. I know...terrible. But there is nothing I can do about it, besides work hard to get it off! Right? Here is a look at today!

Breakfast - Oatmeal w/peanut butter, and a VitaTop - 4 points

Lunch - 2 slices 2% cheese on an Arnold Thin grilled cheese sandwich, and 1 bag of the Smart Clusters Honey Multigrain - 4 points - and MAN...was that a good lunch! I will be having that again for sure!
Snack - 1 cup Jumbo Rice Krispies with 1/2 cup milk - 2 points
Dinner - Spinach Lasagna with 1 piece of bread w/spray butter - 11 points - this meal is so amazing...it tastes like you are just eating gobs and gobs of gooey, fattening cheese...you would never guess that it has fat free and reduced fat ingredients! YUM!
Then, my dear friends, I did FORTY...oh yes...I said FORTY MINUTES on the elliptical and burned 607 calories! Yeah for me! I had three points left...so I decided to have my newest delight....2 brownies with frosting for 3 points. Finished off the day quite perfectly I must say!
So...the next week is going to be VERY challenging for me. Let me break it down for you....

Tomorrow ( Saturday ) - My Brother-in-law's wedding/reception. Need I say more?

Sunday - Going out to dinner with friends and back to their house for ice cream

Monday - Going away for a night with my hubby to Cleveland to see a Yankees game...um lets see...hotel breakfasts....hot dogs at the game....eating while traveling there...not too pretty of a picture.

Tuesday - Still away with the hubby

Friday - Leaving for the weekend with my dad, brother and my girls for NYC for 3 days to see Yankees play at the new stadium ( YAY! ) and visit relatives. 3 more days of staying with someone and having my food prepared for me, instead of making my own and knowing the points values.

That brings me right up until next Monday. Do you agree I have a uphill battle ahead?????

May 27th, 2009

2009-05-28T04:53:00.000-07:00

I had a good day yesterday. Of course, 1 good day, is not going to make up for 4 bad ones on the scale, but oh well. Here is a look at how my day went....

Breakfast - Strawberry jello dessert, and 2 banana muffins - 4 points ( oh yeah..that strawberry dessert? 1 point! I will share the recipe...maybe later! :-)
Snack - 1 bag popcorn - 1 point
Lunch - PB&J sandwich - 3 points
Then, I came home from work and did 22 minutes on the elliptical....and burned 400 calories! I don't know how accurate the calorie burning calculation is, but I know I was sweating and exhuasted when I was finished! :-) I'm going to try for 25 minutes today!

Snack after working out - Granola bar - 2 points

Dinner - Turkey burger with cheese and light barbecue sauce, green beans, and a pickle - 7 points
Dessert - 1 point bar - 1 point
Then we went to church, and I was in the nursery with the kids, so I had 2 points of animal crackers...those things are really good.
After church I came home and had a Vitalicious brownie, with 1 TB of the Reduced Sugar Frosting on top for 2 points. DELICIOUS.

Oh yeah, and I must admit, the Vitalicious muffin tops and brownies are really growing on me. I actually really like them now...and will order them again! I guess I needed to just give them time! ;-) That's all for today folks! I don't know if I'm going to weigh in tonight....I just don't even want to see it. I'll let you know what I decide to do! Have a great day!

Just kill me now

2009-05-26T18:18:00.000-07:00

That explains how I feel about the past 4 days. Wow...it was bad. Really bad. I feel like I let all my blog readers down by doing so horrible. I'm so sorry everyone. I wish I could say that I had great self control, and made good choices, but I didn't, and I'm sure going to pay for it on the scale. I don't know what else to say, besides, tomorrow is a new day, and a great day to start again.
On a happy note...I bought an elliptical! I can't tell you how happy I am about this! I'm so excited to be able to start excercising! I haven't done it in so long for lack of time, so I'm really happy to have a machine at home now! I got an awesome deal too! Here is the one that I got :

It has video games, I-Fit ( where I can buy Jillian Micheals workouts and plug them in to hear her talk to me! COOL! ) and tons of different features. I'm so excited to start it tomorrow....along with my good eating habits again. Ya know, its funny, cause its so enjoyable to be bad and eat bad while you are doing it...but it is not worth it afterwards. :-( Next week I'm going out of town twice, so I need to do really well up until then to make up for it a little bit. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend...and did better than I did as far as eating goes! I'll start posting my daily food intake again also starting tomorrow! Have a great night!

Memorial Day Weekend

2009-05-22T04:07:00.000-07:00

I KNOW this weekend is going to be bad. On top of going out to eat tonight, tomorrow, family picnic on Sunday, and a huge picnic again on Monday, I have a visit from a monthly not-so-friend. Ugh. I mean, I'm not going to blow the whole weekend on purpose, but exp this time of month, I feel like I have no will power.

Also, I don't know if it's just me, but I know they always talk about "Mental Rehearsing" before going to a party/picnic. For those of you who don't know...that would be like, "Ok, I'm going to only have 1 hog dog with 1/2 a roll, and I will pick 1 dessert that looks the best and just have 1 piece of it." etc. That is great...and I do that part wonderfully! Seriously, I go to a party all prepared with what I am going to do...its just the executing part of the plan that I can't seem to go through with. For example, going out to eat with my husband tonight, I can think all I want that I'm just going to have a salad with grilled chicken...but as soon as I see the menu with a Friday Fish Fry, and Chicken French, I know that is what I will choose. After all, I'm out to dinner with my family, how often does that happen? The problem is...every weekend for this summer is crazy busy with events like this! I NEED HELP!!

What do you guys do? It just seems like I always have such good intentions, but by the end of the day, I'm always so mad at myself for the choices I ended up making.

May 18th, 2009

2009-05-19T04:02:00.000-07:00

Ya know....I figure if the week only consisted of Monday-Friday and we got rid of the weekend, I probably would have been at my goal weight 6 months ago. Weekends are SO hard for me...for some reason I feel like I lose control. It's the combo of my husband being home and making good meals/desserts, going to people's houses, going out to eat with my hubby and girls seeing that it is the only time we are all home together, etc. Sigh....well, on to my day yesterday...

Breakfast - 1 cup Jumbo Rice Krispies, 1/2 cup milk, and an overflowing cup of strawberries - 3 points

Snack - 1 banana - 2 points
Lunch - Egg salad/mayo on a sandwich thin, Smart food caramel popcorn and a diet soda - 6 points
Snack - 1 Triple Chunk Vita Top - 1 point ( For some reason I liked the Vitatops better today...it tasted really yummy compared to last time I ate it! I think I figured out why. If I want CHOCOLATE, I won't go for a Vitatop. I would go for my 1 point brownies cause they fill that craving. But, for a afternoon snack, the Vitatops are pretty good. Make sense? :-)
Dinner - Spinach Lasanga with a Arnold Sandwich Thin w/spray butter - 9 points
Ok, this dinner was AMAZING!!! I wish I could remember whose blog I got it off of so I could give credit where credit is due, but I can't remember! I made it last night, and my non-ww sister was over and she loved it! I'm totally having it for dinner again tonight...cause I have leftovers! I will post the recipe.
Dessert - 2 brownies with 1 Tablespoon melted "Reduced Sugar Chocolate Frosting" on them - 3 points
Ok...so I came up with this brillant idea. I was making the single microwave cake w/frosting from WW Chick's blog, and I liked it, but I not a huge cake fan overall. I would rather have a brownie. But I realized why I loved that cake recipe is because I LOVED having the frosting. So, for 1 point less than the cake, I warmed up 2 brownies, then put the frosting in a little cup, warmed it up for 15 seconds and poured it over the brownies. Can you say HEAVEN????
So, that was my day. What did you think? LOL! I will now leave you with the Spinach Lasagna!

Spinach Lasagna

9 points for 4 servings

1 24 oz jar Classico Fire Roasted Tomato and Garlic Pasta Sauce
2 tsp minced garlic
pinch nutmeg ( i didn't use )
1.5 bags of fresh spinach leaves
1/2 cup fat free egg substitute
15 oz fat free ricotta cheese
garlic salt
little onion powder
italian seasonings
6 pieces lasagna noodles ( Now, I used whole wheat, so I have to think that lowered the points a little )
3 cups Weight Watchers Mozzarella cheese ( I used 2 cups of Fat Free Mozzarella cheese and the rest, 2% milk cheese. I know this dropped the points a bit too )
2 TBS reduced fat Parmesan cheese

Spray a pan with cooking spray and turn on medium heat. Put garlic and nutmeg in pan and when it starts to sizzle, add spinach leaves. Stir until the spinach leaves are wilted and then remove from heat.

In a bowl, combine egg substitute, ricotta, garlic powder, onion powder, Italian seasonings, 1.5 cups mozzarella, and spinach leaves.

Spray a 2 quart pan,( or 8x8 or whatever size you want to use) with cooking spray. Pour about 1/2 jar of sauce on bottom. Top with 3 noodles, then top with half of cheese/spinach mixture. Pour next 1/3 jar sauce on top. Repeat with reamaining noodles, cheese and sauce. Top with remaining mozzarella and the parmesan.

Cover with foil and place on a cookie sheet ( just in case of overflow ) and bake at 375 for 50-60 mintues. Uncover and bake 10-15 minutes longer. Let set for about 5 minutes after you remove it from the oven. ( Mine baked in 50 minutes TOTAL....fyi )

YUMMY! Let me know if you try this! You will LOVE it! Chow!

Ever have a day like this?

2009-05-16T04:45:00.000-07:00

Today was just one of those days that I started off so well...then ended up NOT proud of myself at the end of the day. Here...I'll show you....

Breakfast - 1 1/2 cups of Kashi cereal with 1/2 cup of milk - 4 points

Ok, so then I had my niece's 4th birthday party to bring my girls to. Now, they were having egg salad sandwichs for lunch, so I even did so well as I made my own egg salad ( 1 egg, 2 egg whites with lite mayo) and had it on an Arnold Sandwich Thin. Great right? She had fruit skewers which was great! So lunch was - 6 points
This is where the day first went sour. I brought my own 1 point brownies for dessert, promising myself if they had cake, I would have my brownies instead. Sounds great...right? WELL, she had made yummy, soft, chewy sugar cookies for the kids to frost with her DELICIOUS whipped frosting. Oh my gosh. Some other person took over my body...and I had 2 1/2 cookies with frosting. Yup. I did. And at the moment, I didn't even care. I figured, well, I'll just eat very few points the rest of the day and I should be fine. Problem was...it was still 12:30 at the time.

Then I came home and made myself not eat anything until dinner time. Oh my gosh. I found the most AMAZING dinner. It's my new favorite...taped on my cupboard door...tastes like you are at "Taco Bell" recipe. You know I will share it...right? ;-)

Dinner - Chicken and Rice Burritos w/sour cream - 6 points
Well...if I told you my day ended there...it would have been perfect. But it didn't. I continued to have a big bowl of Captain Crunch, 3 one point brownies....I think that may be it. I did take a nice uphill walk though. I just don't know what it is, but I felt like I didn't have control last night. Ever have days like that? Most days, it's not a problem and I just tell myself "No." I don't know what it was last night...but it's over. Today is a new day, and I'm trying again! I will leave you with this AMAZING recipe! Go make it for dinner tonight...the family will love it!

Chicken and Rice Burritos

10 points for whole recipe

Serves 2 ( or 1 very hungry person! )

1 cup cooked brown rice
1/4 cup salsa
1/2 cup cooked, diced chicken ( 3 ounces )
1/4 cup 2% Cheddar cheese ( you could use regular and add one point, or FF and take away 1 point...I think! )
2 whole wheat flour tortillas ( I use the 1 point ones )
Reduced Fat or Fat Free Sour cream/salsa to dip

Microwave the chicken and salsa together in the microwave until hot. Stir in rice and cheese. Seperate mix into the 2 tortillas. For the entire recipe it is 10 points. So, one burrito would be 5 points! I'm telling you....dip it in some sour cream and you could swear you are at Taco Bell! They are so good that I am making them for dinner again tonight! YEAH!!

Also, a little tip. If you want to make this SUPER easy and fast to make, use the Minute Ready to Serve brown rice. Stick it in the microwave for 1 minute and it is ready. It is 1 cup, so it is exactly what you need for this recipe. No joke, I made this meal in less than 10 minutes! That's what I like!

May 13th, 2009

2009-05-14T04:32:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends! Today is weigh in day...and I'm not confident in how I'm going to do. I really only had one off day...on Mother's Day...so the scale may or may not punish me for that. It's really tough losing these 5-6 pounds to get to goal weight...I've been trying to lose the same pounds for months! AHHH! Here was my day....

Breakfast - 1/2 cup egg substitute, tomatoes, spinach and 1 slice of 2% cheese on an Arnold Thin and 1/2 cup of V8 light juice - 3 points

Snack - Carrots and 2 TBSP Ranch dressing - 2 points ( no broccoli, but I forgot to take a pic and this is all I had! ;-)

Snack - Fiber Plus granola bar - 2 points

Lunch - Peanut and Jelly sandwich on an Arnold Thin - 3 points

Dinner - Chocolate Chip/Oat pancake recipe from the Hungry Girl cookbook: 4 pancakes and syrup - 4 points! Very delicious, and filling!
Snack after dinner - 1 point bar and a 1/2 cup of milk - 2 points
Dessert - Microwave cake - 4 points
This all added up is only 20 out of my 24 points...but I did have a couple of my daughter's animal crackers, and a Low Fat graham cracker....so I know it all evened out! Hopefully I do ok tonight...I know I'm doing what I can to the best of my ability, but I never know what the scale will say! Have a great one!

May 12th, 2009

2009-05-13T04:51:00.001-07:00

Sorry I missed 2 days....I planned on not posted everything I ate with pictures on Mother's day...lol...cause I enjoyed myself a little bit! Actually, I didn't do THAT bad...but I just never got around to posting. Then, I was just extremely busy yesterday, so I didn't have time to post about Monday. Oh well! Here is how yesterday went....

Breakfast - 2 Banana Muffins with FF hot chocolate - 3 points

Snack - 1 Fiber One Chocolate Pastry - 3 points - What a waste...it tasted delicious, but I thought it was only 2 points. Come to find out, it was three. It wasn't worth 3 of my valuable points!

Lunch - Smart Ones Fettuchine Alfredo w/broccoli - 4 points - ( I love this frozen meal! One of my favs! )
Snack - 1 slice 2% American cheese - 1 point
Dinner - Stove Top Brushetta Chicken Bake with Arnold Sandwich bread with butter - 9 points - I actually am not 100% sure of the points of the dinner. I made it on Sunday, figured out the points that it was 6 points for 5 servings, but my family was over for Mother's day, so I didn't portion it out 5 ways. There was just some left in the fridge, so I had it last night. I just guessed on the points.

Let me say though, this meal was unbelieveable. If you made it was FF mozzarella cheese, it would even be less points! YUMMY!
Then I went to my softball game. Oh my word...I am SO sore! I had 5 RBI's and scored 3 times...let me put that in plain English...I ran ALOT! My legs hurt so bad this morning...but I know it is a GOOD hurt! After the game I came home and got ready to watch the Biggest Loser Finale!

Snack - 1 bag popcorn and Diet Root Beer Float ( 1 can diet root beer with FREE cool whip! ) - 2 points ( really its like 1.5 points )
Late night snack - 2 brownies - 2 points

So, I was very sad about how the Biggest Loser ended....I REALLY wanted Mike to win. And the bummer is, he would have beat Tara too if Helen wasn't in the finale. Sigh...oh well! I could go on and on about who I thought looked awesome, who I thought could have done alot better, but I will spare you! Have a great day!

A Recipe to Share!

2009-05-11T16:46:00.000-07:00

Here is the recipe for the Fiber One Apple Cinnamon Muffins I posted about yesterday! Delicious!

Fiber One Apple Cinnamon Muffins

2 muffins for 3 points

1 Fiber One Apple Cinnamon Muffin Mix
2 over ripe, almost rotten bananas
1/4 cup egg whites, or egg substitute
3/4 cup water

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray 24 muffin pan with cooking spray. Mix all ingredients together with a hand beater for 1 minute, or until mixed well. Pour evenly into the pan. Bake for 18-20 minutes.

Each muffin is 1.5 points! Obviously, I don't really count half points, so I just have 2 for 3 points! They are delicious! Let me know if you try them and what you think! I love feedback!

May 8th, 2009

2009-05-09T05:12:00.000-07:00

Friday is usually a day that I use no flex points, but my husband had the day off yesterday, so everything was crazier than normal. I didn't really take pictures cause we were out all day, but I will still share what I ate!

Breakfast - 1 cup Jumbo Krisipes with 1/2 cup milk - 2 points

Lunch - 1 TBSP Peanut Butter, 1 TBSP jelly on a wrap - 4 points

Snack - 2 bites of my kids hotdogs - 2 points? LOL...I couldn't resist just trying some! :-)

Then my husband says, "Wanna go out to dinner tonight?" Of course I said "Sure"...it's VERY rare that he has off on a Friday night. So he wanted to go to this little resturant on the golf course that he is a member at. I tell you, if I had my camera I would have taken a picture and showed you the menu. There is NOTHING healthy or low-cal on the menu. I swear. The only thing is a side garden salad. Ugh. No thanks. Everything is cheeseburgers, hot dogs, pizza, chicken alfredo, fish frys, pulled pork, chicken french, mashed potatoes, fries, you name a greasy delicious food, they've got it! Don't get me wrong, it all is DELICIOUS...but not exactly for someone who is trying to lose 15 pounds! ;-) I went back and forth with what to get. My husband got the buffet with all of my favorite foods being served, so I KNEW that would be a bad choice. The best thing I found on the menu was Chicken Parmesean. When the waiter came I asked if they had any wheat pasta. He came back and said they had a box way back on the shelf, but they could cook it for me if I wanted it. I said that would be great. When the food came, I only ate 1/3 of the piece of chicken, and about 3 bites of pasta. I also only had 1 bite of the garlic bread, and had my husband eat the rest!
Along with my dinner, just so I didn't deprive myself too much, I had 1 bite of my husband's Chicken French, 1 bite of the Garlic Smashed potates, and a couple of my girls fries. I actually left the resturant still a little hungry....I was pretty proud of myself. Normally I leave there feeling STUFFED!
When we got home my husband wanted me to make brownies, so I had a little slice of a brownie for dessert. I know I dipped into my Flex Points, but I don't think it was too bad. It's going to be hard this weekend with Mother's day and such, but I am honestly going to try my hardest to stay on plan, with still enjoying myself a little! ;-)
Sorry for the book! I will resume taking pictures again today, and post tomorrow! Have a great Saturday!

May 7th, 2009 - WEIGH IN DAY

2009-05-08T04:40:00.001-07:00

Well, I was down 1.8 pounds last night! I was up quite a bit the week before, so I was hoping it would be more, but I'll will take it! I don't usually post my whole day of eating on Thursday, cause after Weigh In at 7pm, I usually enjoy myself and eat something that I normally don't the rest of the week, cause I have a whole week before I have to weigh in again! Horrible...isn't it? ;-) I actually didn't do that bad last night, probably only went 7-9 points over my daily allowance points, so I guess I'll share my day!

Breakfast - 2 cups Jumbo Krispies, 1 cup milk - 5 points - Normally I eat a bigger breakfast on WI day, cause I don't eat much else throughout the day

Lunch - 1 1/2 TB Peanut Butter, 1 TB Sugar Free Jelly on a Flat Out Light Wrap - 4 points

This is the jelly I just bought and tried....REALLY good! It's 0 points too! Only 10 calories for a tablespoon!

Then I didn't eat until weigh in. Oh yeah, did I mention my friend and I RODE OUR BIKES to WW tonight???? If you knew where I lived, you would know it's a feat to do! It's probably about 3 miles away, and the way there is pretty simple, most of it is straight down a hill. I don't have to tell you what that means on the way back....oh my....it's so steep on the way back that we end up having to walk some of the way cause you lose your balance! It's great exercise though..I must have earned a few activity points for all the extra snacking I did that night!

At Weight Watchers, I had a Fiber Plus granola bar to try to give me some energy for the ride home - 2 points - and then they gave us all a sample of the new Chocolate Brownie - 1 point. I LOVED it, but the problem is, they only come in 2 point bars, although the sample they gave us was only 1 point. I just can't justify spending all the money on the bars when they are 2 points...cause I can buy lots of 2 points snacks for way less money. Oh well...they were delicious though if anyone was wondering! :-)

Once we got home ( barely ), we had my yummy dinner that I had made earlier that day....Chicken Baseballs. It was the first time I had tried the recipe, and let me tell you, they were amazing!! I had 2 people at my house that don't do Weight Watchers, and they both LOVED them! I was so excited that they turned out so good, and I will make them again for sure! I paired it up with some steamed broccoli with a piece of 2% cheese on it, which made it 7 points for the whole meal.

Dessert....I made a parfait with Vitatops, mini chocolate chips, sugar free vanilla pudding, sugar free chocolate pudding, and FF whipped cream. I really have to say, I'm not in love with my vitatops...sniff sniff...I really wanted to LOVE them. I guess I have too much of a sweet tooth, and they are kinda dry and bland for me. If anyone has any ideas or recipes with them that you love, PLEASE share! I just spent $35 on them...so I want to use them! The parfait ended up being 6 points.

Ok, then I snacked a little after the kids went to bed....I had a handful of chocolate animal crackers with 1/2 cup of milk, and then a mini fudge round! AHHH! It was probably 8 points or so. Not too bad since I've eaten like a 1/2 a package of Oreos before on a Thursday....ok...maybe not quite that many....but almost!

I will leave you with the recipe for Chicken Baseballs...let me know if you try them and what you think! Thank you for leaving a comment also...it keeps me wanting to post more!

Chicken Baseballs

Serves 4
6 points

3 oz. fat free cream cheese, softened
2 tsp light margarine melted
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 small chopped onion
2 cups cubed cooked chicken
1 8oz can reduced fat crescent rolls
2 Tbsp skim milk

In a blender (or by hand) combine cream cheese, butter, salt, pepper, milk, onion. Blend. Pour mixture over chicken and stir. Separate crescent roll dough into four rectangles and seal perforations.

Spoon 1/2 cup mixture into center of each. Pull opposite corners of dough to center and seal. Place on ungreased cookie sheet or pizza stone. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

May 6th, 2009

2009-05-07T05:09:00.000-07:00

Hello my fellow WW followers! Well, tonight is the dreaded weigh in....all I know is I BETTER be down! I have followed the plan exactly since last WI, I don't see why I wouldn't be. We shall see...!
Here is a look at my day!

Breakfast - 1 cup Jumbo Krispies, 1/2 cup milk - 2 points

Snack - 2 TBSP Kraft 3 Three Cheese Light Ranch ( YUM ) and broccoli/carrots - 2 points

Lunch - 1 1/2 TBSP Reduced Fat Peanut Butter, 1 banana, 1 Flat Out Light wrap - 6 points

First of all....sorry that picture looks weird...i forgot to take a picture until I was half way through eating it! Second of all, I just have to say how FILLING that lunch is! I don't know why exactly, but it keeps me full for a long time, and there is nothing better than banana and PB together! :-)

Snack - 1 bag Chocolate Cookie Caramel Pecan SmartFood Popcorn and Diet Sunkist - 2 points

Snack - 1 Fudgy Peanut Butter Chip Vitatop - 1 point

Ok, so I finally broke down and spent $37 on these the other day, and they arrived in the mail yesterday. I honestly have to say, I didn't think they were as AWESOME as I've heard everyone rave about them. BUT, I am giving them a chance....I am going to try them warmed up with ice cream, and make a pudding parfait with them. I'll keep you posted! ;-)

Dinner - Corn Dog Casserole and broccoli - 8 points
This was the first time I tried this recipe, and it was really yummy! I topped it with a little FF cheddar cheese after I served out my slice. It's a great comfort food! I will post the recipe after I finish the summery of my day!

Dessert - 2 brownies, 1/2 cup of ice cream - 3 points

Let me just say, if you are a chocolate fan, on WW, and you HAVEN'T tried these brownies...you are crazy!!!!! They are so amazing...I can not even tell you! I posted the recipe sometime in April if you are interested in it!

I will leave you with the recipe for my dinner tonight, Corn Dog Casserole!

Corn Dog Casserole

1 cup finely chopped minced celery ( I did not add this )
1/4 cup diced sweet onion
1 ( 8 pack ) Ballpark Fat Free Hot Dogs
14oz Hormel Turkey Chili, no beans
1 ( 8.5oz ) Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix
1 egg white
1/2 cup skim milk
1/4 cup water
1/4 tsp black pepper
4 oz Shredded Reduced Fat Cheddar Cheese

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray skillet with butter flavor cooking spray. Saute celery and onion for 5 minutes. Slice hot dogs into thin discs and add to skillet. Cook over med-high heat for 5-7 minutes. Add turkey chili and heat through. Spray 11x7 pan with cooking spray. Pour skillet contents into pan. Top with cheese. Combine muffin mix, egg white, milk, water, and pepper; pour over hot dog mixture. Bake uncovered for 25 minutes.

Makes 6 servings

349 calories, 11g fat, 3 g fiber - 7 points

May 5th, 2009

2009-05-06T05:02:00.000-07:00

I don't have much time this morning to post, so I won't do any recipes right now, but I may post a really yummy one later tonight. Here was my day!

Breakfast - ( do I even need to tell you? ) 1 cup Jumbo Rice Krispies with 1/2 cup milk - 2 points

Snack - Fiber Plus granola bar and FF hot chocolate - 2 points

Lunch - LEFTOVERS!!! Sloppy Joes on an Arnold Sandwich Thin, green beans, and a diet pop - 6 points

Snack - Fugi apple with 4 tablespoons of my peanut buttery dip - 3 points

Dinner - 1 1/2 Tablespoons of Peanut Butter on a Sandwich Thin with 1/2 a banana - 5 points

Dessert - 2 of my FAVE 1 point brownies, 1/2 cup of new ice cream I found - 3 points

By the way, the Edy's FF ice cream is really good! I loved how it was chocolate AND vanilla...cause most of the FF kinds are one or the other. It finished my night off perfectly as I watched Biggest Loser! Mike better be the one voted back by America for the finale last week or I'm going to CRY!!!! :-(

Have a great day! I'll try to be back later with a recipe of some sorts to share!

May 4th, 2009

2009-05-05T05:22:00.001-07:00

I was a little discouraged this morning....I weighed myself and I'm the SAME as I was last Thursday! How can that be? I have done perfectly for the past 4 days, haven't gone over my points, drank all my water, etc. Sigh, I better be down by Thursday....or else....;-)

Breakfast - 1 cup Jumbo Krispies, 1/2 cup milk - 2 points

Mid-morning snack - 1 Fiber Plus Dark Chocolate Almond granola bar and FF hot chocolate - 2 points

Snack - 1 banana - 2 points

Late lunch - 1 egg, 2 egg whites, plum tomatoes, spinach and 1 slice 2% cheese on an Arnold Sandwich Thin - 4 points ( this was so delcious!! I'm going to make this sometime today again I think!! )

Dinner - Diet Coke Sloppy Joes on an Arnold Sandwich Thin, green beans and a diet Sunkist - 6 points - this is the first time I tried this recipe, and it was delicious! I'll post the recipe below!

Snack at softball - 1 bag popcorn and a bluberry muffin - 3 points

Dessert - Mini Microwave cake for One - 4 points
There was my day! I really hope there is a reason I haven't lost in the past few days....can you tell I'm depressed about it? LOL...enough of my whining...here is the recipe for the Sloppy Joes!

Diet Coke Sloppy Joes

POINTS values per serving - 3 points
Servings - 6

1 pound extra lean ground beef
1 medium onion
1 1/2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
1 cup Diet Coke
2/3 cup ketchup
2 Tbsp vinegar
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp dry mustard

Brown beef and onion in a large skillet. Drain well.

Stir in remaining ingredients. Mix well. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.

ENJOY!!

May 3rd, 2009

2009-05-03T18:25:00.000-07:00

I didn't take pictures today, besides the pictures of things that I post every day, so I will just post how the day went!

Breakfast - 1 cup Jumbo Krispies, 1/2 cup milk - 2 points

Lunch - Arnold Sandwich Thin Egg Sandwich, and 3 brownies - 8 points

Then, came the shower! I planned it all out and brought food for me to eat that I knew the points values, etc. Well, I got there, and it was a very small shower in a living room, so I felt very rude pulling out my own food when they had made a TON of food for us and were walking around serving it! I am very proud of how I did though. I said "No Thank You" to everything besides something that REALLY looked good, and then I just would take one small piece. They had all types of cheesecakes and pies, and I didn't have any. I had a handful of M&m's instead. I figured it must have been less points, but it filled my sweet craving. I just counted 12 points for the afternoon to be safe.

Of course, the shower ended at 3:30, so by dinner time I was hungry, but I knew I shouldn't really eat much, seeing that I had some higher point foods at the shower. I just had a 2 point blueberry muffin that I made yesterday, and called it a night.

I'm STARVING right now, but am going to go to bed and try to sleep it off cause I don't want to go over my points today! I'm going to leave you with the delicious blueberry muffin recipe that I made! Only 2 points!! DELICIOUS!!!

Big Fat Blueberry Muffins

1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup fresh blueberries
1/2 cup light vanilla soymilk
1/4 cup sugar-free pancake syrup
1/4 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute
1/4 cup Splenda
3 Tablespoons brown sugar ( not packed )
2 Tablespoons light buttery spread, room temperature
2 Tablespoons No-Sugar-Added Applesauce ( Mott's Blueberry Delight if you can find it! )
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In a medium bowl, combine flour, splenda, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt, stirring until mixed well.

In a large mixing bowl, combine soymilk, syrup, egg substitute, butter, applesauce, and vanilla extract. Using an electric mixer or a whisk, mix until thoroughly blended. Do not worry if butter bits do not break up completely.

Add dry ingredients in the first mixing bowl to wet ingredients in the large mixing bowl and mix until completely blended. Then fold in blueberries.

Line a 6-cup muffin pan with baking liners and/or spray with nonstick spray. Evenly distribute batter among the 6 cups.

Bake in the oven for about 22 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in to the center of a muffin comes out clean. Enjoy!

May 2nd, 2009

2009-05-03T05:00:00.001-07:00

Well folks, its the weekend, and I always end up using my Flex Points on Saturday/Sunday. I feel I did pretty well today, although I didn't get a chance to take a picture of everything.

Breakfast - 1 egg, 2 egg whites, 1 slice cheese on a Arnold Sandwich Thin - 4 points

Snack - REALLY SAD snack...lol...I was at my dad's store and my mom brought in Jellybeans...red are my FAVORITE! I took a small little handful, and counted 1 point. I was probably off, but I didn't know for sure!

Lunch - My husband called me and said to bring the girls over to his roofing job where they had just bought way too much pizza. I was like, "GREAT!" haha...way to ruin the day! :-) I told myself on the way there that I was going to only have 1 piece, no matter what the size. Well, I lucked out, and the pieces were HUGE, but really thin, like New York Style pizza. I guessed 7 points for the slice. I could have easily had a second...but I didn't! :-)

Snack - No picture again, but I took that Peanut Buttery Dip from yesterday, put it between 2 Low Fat Graham Crackers, and froze it over night for a ice cream sandwich. They really turned out yummy! I had one at 2:00 and then one at 4:00 for a total of 4 points.

Dinner - I made this Cheesy Broccoli Pasta dish from out of the WW magazine this month. Very delicious! I drank a Diet Welch's Berry Pomegranate Juice for 0 points along with it! - 6 points

Dessert - This is where some of the flex points came in! :-0 I did a bunch of baking last night, I made 2 point Blueberry Muffins, and 96 mini 1 point brownies to stick in the freezer. Well, I ended up eating 2 muffins for 4 points and then probably 4-5 little mini brownies for 5-6 points.

Late night snack - Weekends I'm always up so much later cause my husband is home, so sad to say, my eating wasn't quite done yet. We were on the couch, watching our favorite show, and we both had a bowl of Apple Jacks. Mine was 4 points.

So I guess out of my 24 daily points allowance, I ate 36-40. I don't plan on using any more flex points the rest of the week, so I'm pretty happy with that. I have a wedding shower today, but I'm going to eat before, and then only eat veggies or something healthy there, and then eat when I come back. That's my plan at least....think I can do it????? I'll be back tomorrow!

May 1st, 2009

2009-05-02T04:39:00.000-07:00

I had some great new food finds today, so I'm excited to share them with you! I went grocery shopping yesterday, spent a TON of money, but got alot of really good food! Here is my day!

Breakfast - 1 cup Jumbo Rice Krispies w/milk - 2 points

Lunch - Flat-out wrap with 2 1/2 Tablespoons of Reduced-Fat Peanut Butter, 1 banana, and then 2 tablespoons of 3 Cheese Light Ranch dressing with broccoli and carrots - 8 points

I have to say, an 8 point lunch is REALLY high for me...but I couldn't believe how full it kept me!! It was so delicious, and I wasn't even hungry until about 4 hours later! Pretty healthy too!

Snack - Smart Food Honey Multigrain Popcorn Clusters - 1 POINT!!! These taste just like Crunch N Munch...I can't believe they are only 1 point! You can find them in the chips/popcorn section...I got them at Walmart, but maybe you can get them at Wegmans, etc.

Dinner - 1 egg, 2 egg whites, 1 slice of 2% cheese on an Arnold Sandwich Thin - 4 points

Snack - 1 apple and an AWESOME peanut buttery dip! - 4 points - I will have to post the recipe for this dip soon! For 2 Tablespoons of dip, it's only 1 point! 2 points for 4 Tablespoons too. I used 5 Tablespoons cause I had an extra point, and it was so awesome with the apple! I tried another cool idea with it, but I haven't tasted it yet, so I'll wait until I test it to share it with you!

Dessert - Single serve microwave cake - 4 points - YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY!!!!

I can't believe I forgot to take a picture of my cake...sniff sniff...I was enjoying it way too much to think about it! I found the recipe at another blog, and ran out to buy the stuff to try it! Since I didn't take a picture, I'll just give you the recipe instead!

1/3 cup Reduced Sugar Chocolate Cake mix
1/3 cup Diet Coke

Stir together until smooth and microwave in a cereal bowl for 1 1/2 minutes. Stick a cake tester in it to make sure it is done.

Take 1 Tablespoon Reduced Sugar Chocolate Frosting and plop it on the top. Microwave for 10-15 seconds more just to melt the frosting. Then, spread it all over the top, and DEVOUR!! It tastes like a Chocolate Melting Cake! I'm going to have it again tonight, so I'll make sure to take a picture!

Have a great weekend!

April 29th, 2009

2009-04-30T04:36:00.000-07:00

Here we go again! Here is how today went....

Breakfast : 1 cup Jumbo Rice Krispies w/milk - 2 points

Snack - Banana - 2 points

Snack - Carrots - 0 points

Lunch - Roast beef sandwich w/cheese, popcorn and a 1 point bar - 6 points

Snack - 1 cup Jumbo Rice Krispies w/milk.....AGAIN!!! Can you tell I LOVE it? - 2 points

Dinner - Creamy Chicken-Spinach Soup with 1 Arnold sandwich thin with spread - 10 points

Dessert - 2 brownies with FF hot chocolate - 2 points

The soup was AMAZING!! I got it out of my 5 ingredient WW cookbook I have, and last night was the first time I tried it. I know we are kinda getting out of "soup" season, but it was so tasty, that I'm sure I'll even make it in the summer! I will make sure to post the recipe if anyone wants it.

I will be back tomorrow...I may not share how much I am UP at Weigh In tonight, but know for sure that I am back on the right track now! See you tomorrow!

I'm such a loser....not literally....

2009-04-29T04:36:00.000-07:00

I've done so bad the past week or so....friends visting from out of town, lots of parties/get togethers, monthly "visit" from a friend, and headaches for the past week have not helped. I know, there should be no excuses, but it is what it is, and I have not done well. I seriously don't even want to weigh myself. Ugh...I hate when I do this. What is wrong with me?????? I'm starting again today though...I'm going to try to go to the gym after work and work out a little bit. I know I'm going to be up tomorrow at WW, but it's not like it will be a shocker. I guess everyone has weeks like this sometimes, but it doesn't make it any less depressing. I'm going to get back into taking pics every day and posting again. It's so hard to remember to do it, but I'm going to try to be more strict and make myself do it.

Here is a picture of me from this week...for anyone that cares...:-)

April 21st, 2009

2009-04-21T05:10:00.000-07:00

Ok...I'm trying to forget that this past weekend ever even happened. It was a weekend that was surrounded by food for 3 whole days, and I'm sorry to say, I didn't do well. :-( All I can do is get back up and start again though! Here is yesterday's log!

Breakfast - 1 cup Jumbo Rice Krispies, 1/2 cup milk - 2 points

Snack - 1 bag popcorn, Diet Root Beer - 1 point

Lunch - 1 Arnold Multigrain Sandwich Thin with 6 slices roast beef, 1 slice of 2% cheese and some mayo - 4 points ( Oh MAN...are those sandwich thins good!!! I am addicted now.....)

Dessert after lunch - Mint Cookie Crisp -1 point

Snack after work - 1 Skinny Cow Mint Ice Cream Sandwich - 2 points (YUMMY!)

Dinner - Chicken and Spinach pie with Mashed potato crust...one of my favorites! Also, 2 rolls with spray butter ( which I forgot to take a picture of...sorry ) - 10 points

Dessert - 1 1/2 Rocky Road Brownies - 3 points ( by the way...my sister in law was over last night, and she also does WW, and we came across this recipe in my cookbook that I had never tried. A 9x13 pan, cut only 8 ways, is only 2 POINTS a brownie! Amazing huh? I purposely undercooked them a little so they were really moist! They were really delicious, and a lot of "bang for your buck" so to speak! I will post the recipe soon....)Well, there was my day. Don't be suprised if tomorrow looks very similar...I'll be eating a lot of the leftovers! Have a great day!

April 16th, 2009

2009-04-17T04:13:00.000-07:00

Well, I'm a couple days behind...believe it or not, I've actually still taken pictures of everything I've eaten the past few days, but I have been so busy and have not had time to post them! I'm not going to catch up 3 days now, so I'll start tomorrow by posting everything I ate today.

Weight Watchers was last night and I was down .8 of a pound. I'll take it...it's not up! :-) I love our meeting so much, everyone is so nice and supportive, and the leader is awesome. I feel like I'm really getting to know all of them, and its great. I would never change groups!

I figured since I wasn't really posting anything exciting today, I would post the recipe for my favorite "Chocolate Chocolate Brownie Cups." They are 2 points for 2 brownies....or 1 point a piece if you only want one! Let me know if you try them!

"Chocolate Chocolate Brownie Cups"
Butter-ﬂavored cooking spray
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 large egg whites
2 cups raw sugar
1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose ﬂour
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Thoroughly mist two 12-cup nonstick mini-mufﬁn tins with spray.
Use a sturdy whisk or spatula to mix the applesauce, vanilla, egg whites, and sugar in a large mixing bowl until well combined. Add the ﬂour, cocoa powder, espresso powder, baking powder, and salt. Stir until just combined and no lumps remain. Working in batches, ﬁll each cup until just barely full. Sprinkle about one-fourth of the chips evenly over the brownies in each of the tins. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out dry (a few crumbs are okay).
Transfer the tins to a cooling rack and cool for 5 minutes. Use a butter knife to gently lift the brownies from the mufﬁn tins (if they stick, carefully run the knife around the edge of each cup). Cool on the rack for another 10 minutes. Repeat with the second half of the batter and the remaining chips.

MAKES 48 BROWNIE CUPS; 24 SERVINGS
Each 1-Decadent-Disk serving (2 brownies) has: 109 calories, 2g protein, 23g carbohydrates, 1g fat, less than 1g saturated fat, 0mg cholesterol, trace ﬁber, 139mg sodium.

( and no...I didn't take the picture for those of you wondering...I found it online! ;-)

I will be back tomorrow...its going to be a very tough weekend with wedding rehearsal dinner, a wedding, and then dinner at someone's house for their birthday on Sunday! Ahhhh!

Day Seven - April 13th, 2009

2009-04-14T03:55:00.000-07:00

I was really hungry all day today for some reason. It seems like after I have a day of eating alot of bad food, ( like Easter ) the next day my body wants the same amount of food again! :-) Here is a look at my day!

Breakfast - Jumbo Rice Krispies w/milk - 3 points ( are you surprised? ;-)
When I was at work, I was so hungry, and didn't really bring anything to eat, so I had a Zone Protein bar for 4 points. They say they are suppose to be filling....but I didn't think so! It tasted really good though!
For lunch, my mom brought in leftover coldcuts from Easter. I had a turkey sandwich, 1 slice of RF swiss cheese on light bread - 5 points - and Baked potato chips - 2 points. A VERY high point lunch for me...and I regretted it when I was starving until dinner!!
For dinner, I had the Spinach Chicken w/mashed potato crust meal that I posted about before. I love it! 8 points
For dessert I had 2 of my brownies, with about 2 tablespoons of pb ice cream! LOL....even 1/4 of a cup was 2 points, and I only had 1 to spare, so I did a very little! It was delicious!
There you go! If I could just fit excersise in one of these days...I would be doing great! :-) Have a good one!

Easter Sunday - April 12th, 2009

2009-04-13T07:35:00.000-07:00

Well...I had a not so good day today. I was expecting it though, because it was a holiday. I started off good and had a 2 point breakfast, and for lunch I had a cold cut sandwich on light bread, with lite mayo and lite cheese! Pretty good...right? The bad things I had was some taco dip, brownies, and a couple too many of my kids jellybean/sixlets! Then when we got home, Ben made a pizza, so I had a piece of that too! Ahhhh....today is a new day though! I didn't take pictures cause I was really busy and such. I will post either later tonight, or tomorrow morning today's results! Hope you all had a great holiday!

Day Five - April 11th, 2009

2009-04-12T03:28:00.000-07:00

Weekends are always a bit more challenging for me, because Ben is home, so I don't have my normal schedule and such, but I did pretty good today!

Breakfast - 1 cup Jumbo Krispies, 1/2 cup skim milk, 1 cup V8 - 3 points
We had to go pass out some flyers for our church in the afternoon, so I popped a bag of 1 point popcorn, and brought it with me to eat ( I took a picture of the pop....but I didn't end up drinking it till with dinner...not that it matters, but just thought I'd let you know! :-)

Then, we took the kids to McDonalds when we were done. Ahhhhh...always a hard place for me. I usually order great choices, but then end up finishing my kids food...like french fries, chicken nuggets, cheeseburger, etc. I ordered a Fruit and Yogurt Parfait today for 3 points, and am proud to say that I didn't even eat 1 french fry! Afterwards, as the kids were eating McDonald's cookies, I grabbed a 1 point bar...the cookies and cream one. They are new, and are GREAT! They taste like a very dense, chewy Oreo..and for 1 point? You can't go wrong....

By 4:00, I was starving cause the only thing I had for lunch was the yogurt, so I made myself a bean burrito with the leftovers from my birthday. Wow...VERY filling for 7 points! I had 1/2 cup of refried beans on it, which is only 1 point, and that really fills you up! It was very yummy! I also topped off this meal with yet another 1 point Cookies and Cream bar!
So, by this point, I had 8 points left for the day, so I decided that I was going to save them and have a big 8 point bowl of chocolate peanut butter ice cream when we got home from a friends house that night. Well, while we were there, they pulled out leftover cake from a shower they had that day, so I decided to have 1 slice of that instead. I'm sure it was less than 8 points, but I just figured to be safe, I would eat that and call it a day. I didn't get to take a picture of the cake...but I'm sure you can imagine what it looked like! :-)

There you have it! For anyone wondering, I get 24 points each day for my weight, so if you are ever involved in this enough to do the math, you know now! Easter will be challenging, but I'm going to try to still stay on program! I'll post tomorrow with the results! Have a happy Easter everyone!

Day OFF - Thursday, April 9th

2009-04-10T04:23:00.000-07:00

So, I have decided, gentle readers, that I will be taking every Thursday off from taking pictures and blogging. This is because for as long as I have been doing WW, every Thursday, I eat a small 3-4 point breakfast, and then nothing until 7pm after I weigh in. Let's just say, the food I consume after weigh in with my remaining 20 points is not picture worthy! Ok, so its not all that bad, but its kind of a night off for me. I will still tell you, last night Katie and I split a calzone, and then I had a cupcake. There you have it! :-)

Good news is, I was down 2.4 pounds last night! Yeah!!! I will resume blogging tonight....I'm warning you, it may not be too pretty seeing that it is my birthday...but I'll let the chips fall where they may...or cake...:-)

Day Two - April 8th, 2009

2009-04-08T18:06:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I'm hoping some Weight Watchers people will read this, comment and be encouraged, cause I didn't realize how hard it would be to remember to take pictures and post each night! LOL...I'm not going to stop, but just thought I'd share that it's not as easy as I thought it would be! So, here is my day....

Breakfast - 3 egg whites, 1 piece 2% milk cheese, 2 slices light bread - 3 points - (Delicious! )
Mid-morning snack at work - 1 cup grapes and a WW peanut butter cookie - 2 points - The cookie isn't the greatest in my opinion, but where else are you going to get a peanut butter cookie for 1 point? So I guess it's worth it....

Lunch - 1 can Select Harvest Italian Wedding soup and 5 Ritz crackers - 6 points....and my dessert was a 1 point Chocolate Caramel Bar from WW...yummy! :-)

Ok...so I got home from work and I was starving...so I had my 1 point popcorn and 2 of these tiny little cookies for a total of 2 points. I'm not going to lie, the cookies are REALLY good...and I could easily eat 20 of them....so it's hard to stop at 2! I did though...yeah Jessica! :-)

For dinner, I had a Smart Ones Four Cheese Pizza and green beans for 7 points....

...and after church I had my favorite dessert ( and diet cherry pepsi ) to top off the night!
There was my day! I hope I'm down some at weigh in tomorrow night! My birthday is Friday, and then Easter is Sunday, so it's going to be a rough weekend...but I'm hoping I can continue to mantain some control! :-P See you tomorrow!

Day One - April 7th, 2009

2009-04-07T17:49:00.000-07:00

It was actually fun today taking pictures of everything I ate...it really kept my eating in check! I didn't have any bites, licks and tastes, cause I didn't want to cheat! :-)
For breakfast I had 1 cup Jumbo Rice Krispies, and 1/2 cup of milk for 3 points. It is my new favorite cereal cause it tastes great, and it's very low in points!
Then I was at work for the day, and I'm always so hungry there because I am sitting at a desk. I eat SO much just out of boredom and something to do, so I'm trying to do better at that! I had a yogurt for a snack ( 2 points ). I thought it was 1 point, but it was really 2...so I was a little disappointed, but it was still delicious!
My mom brought in homemade chicken noodle soup for lunch. It only contained chicken, chicken broth, onions and lots of carrots. I counted 5 points for the soup, and then I had 2 points worth of Ritz crackers....not quite enough crackers for my liking, but I would totally get carried away with Ritz, so I had to put a limit on them!
That was normally WAY more points than I eat for lunch, so I had to be really careful to not eat too much during the afternoon. Around 3:00pm I decided to have some Jollytime popcorn and a diet cherry pepsi. ( only 1 point! ) It really hit the spot! :-)
For dinner I had Chicken-Spinach Pie with Mashed potato crust. If you want the recipe, here is the link - http://www.parenting.com/recipes-article/Recipes/Main-Dish/Chicken-Spinach-Pie-with-Mashed-Potato-Crust. It is so delicious, and I figured it to be 8 points for 4 servings. It is pretty filling too, and very healthy! Sorry the picture doesn't do it justice...it really is good!
To finish off my night...I had my old faithful "Brownies with ice cream" for only 3 points! I tell ya, it's the best 3 points you'll ever eat! :-) I will eventually post the recipe for the brownies. Nothing like eating my delicious dessert and watching Biggest Loser after the kids are in bed!
Well, there you have it folks! Wasn't that so exciting????? I had a great day today, and didn't go over my points. Yeah for me!! Hopefully tomorrow goes as smooth! Have a good night!

Here we go!

2009-04-07T05:21:00.000-07:00

I came across a blog the other day, where the person posted every night with pictures of what she ate that day, with points values and such. I thought I would try it out! I'm sure it's going to be very boring to most, but to those of us doing WW, it's a great way to get new ideas for snacks/dinners, and sometimes just knowing someone else is doing the same thing as you, day in and day out, is encouraging! I will TRY to take pics every day, and post every night! If you read this, please comment so I know you are there! Even if no one reads it though, it will be a good way for me to keep myself accountable to myself each day. I wanna lose 20 pounds by fall! LET'S GO!!