Feeling sorta blue...

Although my food all weekend was Good, I find myself feeling sorta crappy. I step on the scale & see no movement and it upsets me greatly. I know if I keep it up, I'll do fine, but for now, all I want (but will NOT have) is a Pizza!

Better Feelings

Losing 3 lbs yesterday when I thought I lost 0 was great! I'm finally over that bad feeling I had since eating @ the Party. I'm going to try some Whole wheat Pasta in the up coming days. If I have the same icky feeling I'm going to eliminate pasta from my diet.

Weigh in 2

Lost 3 Pounds this week, Yea!!!!

More tomorrow!

Food Out Feelings in

I don't know why but ever since that party I've been all screwed up. I'll call what I'm doing Abstinence because it's what I'm doing.

Since the 30th of December, I have NOT done the Following:

Ate a Bag of Potato Chips/Doritos/Corn Chips
Gone over allowable points for the day (weekly bonus included)
Ate @ a fast food restaurant
Ate without putting it in my WW log

What I have done is the Following:
Planned meals
Avoided situations where I could cheat
Followed the recommended guidelines for this program

Why am I all of a sudden so angry? I can't figure it out, ever since that damn party I'm not myself.
I had a great time, saw family & friends, and ate what I planned to eat, and yet something went terribly wrong.

I've stuck to my 41 points, but I'm not losing weight, (I'm not exercising either). It feels like the pasta I ate (weighed & measured (7 Points) ) did something that triggered this.

I guess I need to stay away from pasta.

:(

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1/9/09 The "Party"

I knew that I had to go to a party last night (Writing this Saturday Morning) so I prepared:

I called the resturant and asked what they were serving. Ceaser Salad was a big no-no so I asked for a plain salad with Romaine Lettuce to be specially made for me.

I also found out that Penne Vodka is 7 Points for a serving and after extensive research, that Chicken Marsala is 15 Points for 4 oz. (Several places had it 15 Points for 10 oz but the resturant guide seemed to be more accurate.)

So I had a very light breakfast:

1 TCP-WW-"McMuffin" - 3 Points
1 Nature Valley Trail Mix Bar - 3 Points

Total - 6 Points

Lunch -
1 Turkey Sandwich made w/ WW Bread - 3 Points
1 Nature Valley Trail Mix Bar - 3 Points
1 package Apricots - 1 point

Total 7 Points
Total for the day 13 Points
Total Remaining 28 Points

With the 34 Points I have for the week remaining, I had 62 points to play with. My dinner was as follows:

1 Portion Penne Vodka - 7 Points
2 Portions Chicken Marsala - 30 Points
1 Garden Salad Made w/ Romain Lettuce, & I picked out Every Cruton - 0 points
1 Serving Fat Free, Calorie Free, Sugar Free, Dressing - 0 points

Total Points 37
Total for the Day 41 (9)

Total borrowed from 34 Weekly Bonus Points 9

Total Remaining for the Day - 0 Points
Total Bonus Points remaining for the week -25 Points

Not too bad, I was 9 points over for the day. I got some disturbing news, that the Popcorn I was eating that I thought was 1 point for the bag, was actually 5 points. I double checked, and it's 2 points.

When I got home I had:

1 Popcorn - 2 points
1 Orange - 0 points

Total Bonus Points remaining for the week -23 Points

I then realized it was a bad thing not to eat my regular Breakfast & Lunch because I was hungry. So before I went to bed I had:

1 WW Strawberry Yogurt - 1 Point
1 Serving Flax Plus Red Berry Cereal - 4 Point

Total 5 Points

Total for the Day 57 Points

Total Bonus Points remaining - 18

Lesson Learned: If there is going to be an event, eat Normal and whatever you have at the end of the day, plus bonus is what you get.

1/8.09 dinner

I had to figure out what to eat to fill my 20 points. I wound up eating the following:

Beef Stew 18 Points (that was 4 Servings!)

WW Bread (2 Slices) 1 Pt

Popcorn - 1 Pt

Total 41

1/8/09 Lunch

Orange - 0 Points

Chili-con-Carne- 8 points
Brown Rice - 4 Points
Chedar Cheese - 2 Points
Onion - 0 Points

Can of Diet Black Cherry Soda - 0 points

20 down, 21 to go :)

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1/8/09- Breakfast @ 41 Points

I'm very proud of myself, I am down to 41 points & looking at a chance to be down to 40 by next weigh in. Stepped on the Downstairs scale this morning 276.4 (I can't remember the last time I was that low). I'm using the weigh ins @ WW as my guide, but a really good week this week could put me below 270 for the first time in over 10 years!

Here is my Breakfast:

1 TCP-WW-"McMuffin" -3 Points
1 WW Enblish Muffin - 1 pt
1 serving Land-o-Lakes Lite Butter w/ Canola Oil - 1 pt
1 Apple - 1 pt
1 cup of Coffee w/ Skim Milk -1 pt

Total Points 7 Total remaining 34

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1/7/09- Days End

I finnished the day with:

1 Popcorn -1 Point
1 orange - 0 points
1 WW Black Cherry Yogurt 1 point
1 Serving Flax Plus Red Berry Cereal 4 Points

6 for the night 42 for the day

I'm off 42 points! I start at 41 tomorrow.

1/7/09-Lunch Dinner & my first weigh in

Lunch today was TCP's Chicken Pot Pie w/o the crust -- 11 points
2 oz chicken 2 points

total 13 points

total for the day 22 total remaining 20

Dinner chili con carne - 8 points
mixed rice - 4 points
3/4 oz shredded cheddar cheese 2 points

total 14 points, total for the day 36 total remaining 6 points

Lost 7.4 pounds @ the weigh in.

291.6 - 7.4 = 284.2 pounds

Very Happy.

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1/7/09 - I'm sick

Well I'm officially sick, I hate being sick.

Breakfast 2 TCP-WW-"McMuffins" - 6 Points
1 Apple - 1 Point
1 Package Apricots - 1 Point
1 cup of Coffee w/ Skim Milk - 1 point
2 glasses of Crystal Lite Sunrise Orange - o points

Tonights the big weigh in, I hope I do well I'll let you all know later.

TCP

1/6/09 - EVENING Snack

After watching The Biggest Loser, now more than ever I know that I can't fail in this venture and tomorrow I get to see just how well I did.

For now My Evening Snack was:

1 TCP-WW-"McMuffin" (3 Points)
1 WW Strawberry Yogurt (1 Point)
1 Serving (55g) of Flax Plus Red berry Cereal (4 points)

1 Orange (0 points)

Except for a bit of a sore throat & stuffy nose I feel great.

Looking forward to letting you all know how I did.

TCP

1/6/09-Daily Blog

Today was another good day as I look forward to my first weigh in tomorrow. I'm guessing clothed I'll be down to 284.6 which is about 1 lb per day. I obviously don't expect to lose that much every week, but it's a nice start.

Todays meal's are as follows:

Breakfast (from this point forward known as Work Breakfast #2):
2 TCP-WW-"McMuffin's" 6 Points (3 Each)

Made with 1 WW English Muffin (1 Pt); 1 slice lowfat American Cheese (1 pt); 2 Mini Turkey Sausage Patties (1 pt).

1 Nature Valley Trail Mix Bar (3 points)
1 Package Apricots (1 pt)
1 Package Cran-Raisins (2 Pts)

Total 12 Points 30 Remain

Lunch: Work Lunch #1 (9 Pts)

Total used 21 Points, total Remaining 21 Points

Dinner: TCP-Chicken Pot Pie, w/0 the Crust (11 Points)
4 Oz Chicken (boneless & skinless) 4 pts
1 cup Carrots 1 pt
1 can Campbell's 98% FF Cream of Chicken Soup 2 Pts
1 Cup Green Beans 0 pts
3 1/2 oz Mushrooms 0 pts
1 cup Brown or Mixed Rice 4 pts


I added 2 extra oz of chicken to bring the total to 13 points

34 Points used for the day 8 remaining.

More Later

Night Snack

Today was a good day in more than one way,

My snack was 1 TCP-WW-"McMuffin" 3 Points

1 WW Berries & Cream Yogurt 1-pt

1 Serving (30g) Flax Plus Pumpkin Seed Cereal - 3 Points

1 Bag of Popcorn 1 pt

43 Points for the day (1 bonus Point used)

More tomorrow.

1/5/09 Dinner

Had a good day today, a VERY good day, I wasn't hungry or looking for a snack.

Dinner
Chili-con-Carne 8 points
Mixed Rice 4 Points
3/4 oz Shredded Cheader Cheese 2 Points
1 slice onion (shredded) 0 points

1 Apple 1 pt

1 Can Diet Black Cherry Soda o points

Total for dinner 15 Points

Total for the Day 35 Points

total Remaining 7 Points

I plan on starting a new Blog that has something more of my addiction to food than what I'm doing about it.

Look for it!

TCP

Morning Blog- 1/5/09

I'm having my usual Morning & Afternoon Work meals today, a total of 20 points.

I'll drink 2 Glasses of Crystal Lite Sunrise Orange this morning, & bring 6 cans of Diet soda with me to drink durring the day.

I'm going to have to come up with better & more choices for Lunch because dry Turkey every day is gonna drive me nuts.

More Later

Nite Snack

6 Points 2 TCP-WW "McMuffins"

That's 42 for the day.

Another Good day.

Now the work of doing this while I work Starts.

Have a Great night.

See ya tomorrow

Need a Beer? How about a 1 Point Beer!

MGD 64

Nutrition FactsServing Size: 12 fl oz
Amount per Serving Calories 64
Calories from Fat 0
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 0g 0%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Monounsaturated Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 0mg 0%
Potassium 0mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 2.4g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars 0g
Protein 0g
0%
Est. Percent of Calories from:
Fat 0.0% Carbs 15.0%
Protein 0.0%

I'm not much of a drinker, but it's nice to know that if I want a beer I could have one w/o feeling Guilty.

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Hit a Wall

I can't remember the last time I could say "I'm full" but I was after eating only 1/2 of my dinner!

So between now & about 10 pm I need to eat 14 more Points!

I plan on tackling the rest of my dinner (6 points) @ 8:00 but as for the other 8 points, it's gonna be tough!

I never thought I'd have trouble eating food.

I guess between the commitment, the diet and the support from family & friends it's making it eaiser.

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1/4/09 - Dinner Same as lunch

I ususally won't do this but I cooked 4 1/2 pounds of chicken & I don't want it to go bad.

I added 2 oz of chicken giving me 13 for this meal & 36 for the day.

I need 8 more for my 42, so BBL.

Football

I ate a bag of Popcorn (1pt)
Had 1 Diet Black Cherry Soda
2 Glasses of Crystal Lite Sunrise Orange.

1/4/09 - Lunch

Had TCP's Chicken Pot Pie for lunch w/ Brown Rice (11 points)

1 Diet Black Cherry Soda.

Did the food shopping, got lean center cut Pork Chops on sale (only 1 Point per oz)

Also Picked up lots of chicken breasts (boneless & skinless)


Going to do lots of cooking for the week while the games are on.

More Later.

1/4/09 - The Morning After Breakfast

I was going to complain about yesterday some more, but I decided to be positive and just move forward.

I had "Work Breakfast #1" today - 11 Points

Plus 2 glasses - Crystal Lite Sunrise Orange

From Bad to worse, but still OK w/ points

I won't say who, but I was with someone that ordered Pizza for dinner. Lucky for me I had 17 points after having a 1 point Popcorn w/ 2 Glasses of Sunrise Orange Crystal Lite.

I wound up eating 3 Slices of Mushroom Onion Pizza 18 Points

1 Diet Black Cherry Soda 0 points.

So I used 1 of the Bonus Points today & am down to 28 from now until next Wednesday.

43 for the day.

I'll have 2 More glasses of the Crystal Lite b4 Bed.

I'm definitely getting on the Wii Fit tomorrow.

Not mad, just dissapointed in my choices.

TCP

Thrown a Curve Ball, Didn't hit a Home Run but got through it...

Sometimes I think that I'm being tested every day of the week. Today was no exception,

I didn't have popcorn @ the Movie, BTW, unless you like History I wouldn't suggest seeing Valkery, so when it was suggested that I check out a new Burger place called Jake's I figured It would be OK. Well not so much.

There burgers come in 3 sizes the Jr (which I didn't see until after I ordered) 3.3 Oz
The Jakes Burger 6.6 Oz & the Super Jake 9.9 Oz.

I went with the 6.6 oz on a bun w/ Lettuce, Tomato, Pickle & Raw Onion.
NO French Fries & a 20 oz Diet Pepsi.

The Guide I have only had Ground beef that was 85/15 so I went with that and figured out the meal was 13 Points which still left me with 21 for dinner, I was happy with that.

I came home & looked up 80/20 ground beef & saw it is 2 Points/oz which makes just the MEAT over 13 Points.

Adding the Bun & Ketchup puts me at 16 for a burger. 24 for the day with 18 reamining.

The worst part is I'm still hungry. The Food was good, I have no complaints there, freshly cooked, but what a waist of 16 points.

I have some 4 Point Frozen meals, I might have one before dinner to get me through, I'm not sure yet.

I thik that I really need to read the Menu throughly before making a choic next time. If I had I coulf have shaved 6 points off the meal by ordering a Jr.

Not a set back, just a precaution, when you eat out, read first.

I'm running downstairs to have 2 glasses of Crystal Lite Sunrise Orange.

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1/3/09 - Breakfast & Something I did not know

I decided to cut down on my points this morning so if I want a big dinner I can have one, Maybe a few extra ounces of Chicken in my "TCP's Chicken Pot Pie w/o the Crust".

Here was my breakfast:

1 TCP-WW "McMuffin" - 3 Points
(1 WW English Muffin -1 pt; 1 Slice Land-o-Lakes American Cheese - 1pt; 2 Mini Turkey Sausage Patties - 1pt)

1 WW Black Cherry Yogurt - 1 Pt
1 Serving (55g) of Flax Plus Red Berry Cereal - 4 Points

2 Glasses of Crystal Light Sunrise Orange Drink - 0 points

We've been using 2% Milk for a while now & I'm heavy on the milk in my coffee. I discovered 1 cup of 2% milk is 3 Points! I'm going to see how many points 1% & Skim milk are. If neither is 0 points, I guess coffee will be off my list of drinks.

Even though I use about 1/3 a cup in my coffee, (only 1 point) I'd prefer not to drink anything that will cause me to lose points during the day.

I'm going to the Movies later I looked up 3 cups of Oil Popped popcorn is 3 points, so I can have a small popcorn (no butter) w/o worrying about going over my points.

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Unofficial Weigh in

I decided to see how I'm doing this morning, by weighing in on the digital scale downstairs. Now before I tell you all the weight, I feel I should let you know that I was fully clothed (minus shoes) @ WW, while when I went downstairs, I was just in shorts.

I was stunned when I stepped on the scale and saw 279.8 pounds! It's been a LONG time since I've seen anything below 280. Assuming that I had 7 pounds of clothing on the day of the weigh in, I've gone from 291.6/284.6 to 286.8/279.8, that's 4.8 Pounds in 3 days!

I'm sure that like most diets, the weight comes off much faster in the beginning than as you move forward, but 4.8 pounds is pretty amazing I'm only .4 pounds away from 10% of my goal in my first week.

Assuming I lose another pound or 2 before my official WW weigh in, I'll drop from 42 to 41 or maybe even 40 points. that's good for me. If this goes as planned, I'll be down to 30 by years end, which is awesome.

I plan, on hitting the Wii Fit today, we will see if that pans out.

More after Breakfast

TCP

"4th Meal"

I had to consume 11 more points so I had the Following "4th Meal"

2 WW Cherry Cheesecake Yogurts - 2 pts

2 Portions of Flax Plus Pumpkin Seed Cereal - 6 Points

1 WW English Muffin - 1 Point

2 Mini Turkey Sausage Patties - 1 point

1 Slice Land O Lakes American Cheese - 1 point

Total 11 Points

Total for the day 42 Points

It's hard to believe I've lasted 3 Days on this thing. I usually bomb after a day or some sort of challange like a long drive or just leaving the house.

I'll keep it going...

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I didn't realize that you couldn't comment on here w/o signing up.

More Tomorrow

Dinner & Now What?

Well I had Tom's Chicken Pot Pie (No Crust) tonight

4 OZ Chicken (Boneless & Skinless) - 4 Points
1 Cup Carrots - 1 pt
1 Cup Green Beans - 0 pt
3 OZ Mushrooms - 0 pt
1 Can Campbells 98% Fat Free Cream of Chicken Soup - 2 points
1 cup Mixed Rice - 4 Points

That's 11 points for dinner.

I still have 11 points left!

I guess that's a good thing because I see my points dropping next week hopefully to 41 0r 40, meanwhile I have a few choices to make what to eat from now until bed & when to eat it. I have some Frozen Dinners that are 4 points, so I might have one of those.

I also like to eat Yogurt & Cereal, 2 WW Yogurt, and 2 portions of Flax Plus Red Berry Cereal is 10 points, I'd still have 1 point left.

It has been suggested that I keep track of what I drink too, so Starting tomorrow I'll start that.

More Later...

1/2/09 - Breakfast & Lunch

Well you might as well get used to this because you will see it a lot. I tend to eat the same thing every day for Breakfast & lunch when I'm working.

TCP's - Work Breakfast #1

2 Slices of WW Bread (Toasted) - 1 Pt.
3 Slices of Oscar Mayer 98% Fat Free Bologna - 3 Points
1 Slice Land-o-Lakes American Cheese - 1 Pt
1 Nature Valley Trail Mix Bar - 3 Points
1 Package of Cran-Raisins (100 Calorie) - 2 Points
1 Package Apricots (70 Calories) - 1 Pt

Total # of Points for Breakfast 11


TCP's - Work Lunch #1

2 Slices of WW Bread (Toasted) - 1 Pt.
1/4 lb Butterball Turkey (in Broth) 2 points
1 Nature Valley Trail Mix Bar - 3 Points
1 Package of Cran-Raisins (100 Calorie) - 2 Points
1 Package Apricots (70 Calories) - 1 Pt

Total # of Points for Lunch - 9

Total For the Day 20

Total Remaining 22

I think I can really do this, I just hope a bad weigh in doesn't discourage me.

Not Enough Food?

Beleive it or not, After eating 1 1/2 cups of Chili (12 Points) & 1/2 Cup of Rice (2 Points) & eating a bag of Popcorn (1pt) while watching Kung Fu Panda, I was still 3 points short! So I made another 3 Point Turkey Sausage & Cheese on an WW English Muffin.

I'm headed to bed so Night all see ya tomorrow...

A Challenging Afternooon

After I went grocery Shopping I had to go back out to get m nephew something to eat. It was suggested that I go to Dukin' Donuts to get him a Bacon/Egg/Cheese Bagel w/ Hash Browns.

After I got it, I sent a Text to my "WW" Buddy letting her know that the hardest part of this is not eating every time I leave the House.

Fortunately I managed to make it home & I made myself a 3 Point Snack

Turkey Sausage & Cheese on a WW English Muffin. ( The TCP-WW-"McMuffin")

Total Points Remaining for the Day 19

Dodged that Bullet.

More Later.

1/1/09 Lunch

Well Before I go to the Store, (Which by the way is a usual time to grab Fast food or a big bag of Something, (Chips Pretzles, ect...)) I Decided to eat lunch.

I've made this before, I'm lucky it's very few points, however I'll have to keep the ingrediants seperate so I know how much Chicken & Veggies I'm eating.

I call this TCP Pot Pie w/o the Crust:

1 Can Campbells Cream of Chicken Soup (98% Fat Free) - 2 Points
6 oz Chicken Breast (Skinless & Boneless) - 6 Points (1pt / oz)
Mixed Veggies - Carrots/Green Beans/Cauliflower/Mushrooms - 1pt
1/2 Cup of Mixed Rice 2 points

11 Points Total for Lunch

20 For the Day

22 Remaining for the Day

29 Bonus Points remain for the Week

More Later...

1/1/09 - Breakfast

Well Even though I managed to get through last night, It really sucked going over my points on the first day. I know I'm entitled to the 35 Points, but I was hoping to see if I could make it through the day w/o using them. I was thinking about using 2 per day at most, 1 WW Yogurt, & 1 Popcorn. We'll see if I could incorporate that into my normal routine.

Anyway here is my breakfast today.

Flax Plus Cereal (Pumpkin Seed) - 1 serving - 3 Pts.
WW Raspberry Yogurt - 1 serving - 1 Pt.
Nature Valley Trail Mix Fruit & Nut Bar -3 Pts.
2 Slices of WW MultiGrain Toast - 1 Pt.
1 TBSP Land-o-Lakes Light Butter w/ Canola Oil - 1 Pt.

Total Points - 9

Total Remaining - 33

Total Bonus Points remaining - 29

I might have to go for a long drive later which is usually a haven to eat the whole trip. I plan on popping a bag of Popcorn to have a point w/ me and keep me from stopping @ my favorite Fast Food establishment, oh wait, they are all my favorites...

I guess I'll try to keep it to main Highways.

More Later...

Happy New Year

Last Night I finnished the night with 1 point Popcorn.

48 points for the day.

Plan on sticking to 42 today.

More after Breakfast