5/4/09 -- I know you're out there...

I know there are may people out there that are having difficulty with thier own weight loss. I also know that all you need is to see a person like me, that was once 150 lbs (18 --21 years old), gained over 163 pounds from 21-42 and is finally losing the weight he gained over the last 21 years with the help of Weight Watchers, no drugs, no special food plans, no pre-packaged food. From my high of 313.0 lbs I'm down, 57 lbs. Since I was Officially 291.6 lbs at my first WW weigh in, I'm down 35.6 lbs. since 12/30/08. It's not been easy, I had 2 "+" weeks in the last 17 weeks (+1.8, & +1.6), but I've been positive. There are 3 major changes I made in my life, not Earth Shattering, but key to the weight loss.

1. NO FAST FOOD: McD's, BK, Wendy's ect...

Now not to say there are not good choices at these places, I know for a fact that McD's McNuggets are 1 pt each. A Chick-Fil-A Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich is 5 pts. I just have problems picking the "Best foods" so I just Stay away.

2. Cook Meals @ home (Sorta goes w/ #1): I can make a "Healthy" Whopper or breakfast sandwich from home & save tons of points.

Burger King® Whopper® (w/o Mayo) 11 Pts.

Jennie-O Turkey Burger, w/ Lettuce Tomato, Onion, w/ Arnold Multi-Grain Sandwich Thin is 5 pts. (less than 1/2 the points)

3. Tracking, even if I go over my points for the day, I always know what I eat & how many points I have.

More tomorrow,

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

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.

More Later

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...

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...