The Weight Watchers Girls

Tuesday

2007-01-10T08:23:00.000-08:00

Breakfast:
Smoothie - 6 points

Lunch:
Hamburger - 15 points (ouch). If only they would have made it the way I ordered it, and if only I would have checked the order over before I pulled out of the drive-thru, I'll know better for next time.

Snack:
Chocolate pudding - 2 points

Supper:
noodles - 7 points
chocolate bar - 6 points. ( if I'm gonna be bad, I'm gonna be real bad, LOL)

Total - 36 points. So ten flex points used.

I survived the weekend, yay!

2007-01-08T11:59:00.000-08:00

I didn't blog yesterday as I didn't have much to put down, lol.

I had some grilled chicken, salad, and baked potato for supper: 7 points
some popcorn in the afternoon: 3 points
a handful of chips: 3 points
and a chocolate bar: 6 points.

I also had a couple of Diet Pepsi's: free

so point total for Sunday was: 19 points

So far today (monday) I've had:

breakfast:
smoothie: 4 points

Lunch:
BLT chicken salad, no croutons, no dressing: 7 points.
pringles: 2 points

Supper:
Noodles: 7 points
salad: free
smarties: 6 points

Total: 26 points

Two more days left in this WW week

2007-01-08T08:44:00.000-08:00

USA here-
I start floor hockey tonight. I should earn at least four activity points. It doesn't get out until 8 so I'll have to eat a late dinner. So I'll have a bigger lunch for energy and so I won't be stressed to finish all my points tonight.

Breakfast:
1 ww muffin: 2 points
coffee with milk: 1 point
Total: 3 points

Snack: 1 banana: 2 points
Total: 5 points

Lunch: Chicken breast over wheat pasta: 7 points
I hope to get a salad with fat free dressing: 2 points
Total: 14 points

Snack: ff yogurt: 2 points
Total points: 16

Snack before practice: orange
Total points: 18

Worked out for an hour at practice, sweating my butt off. I'm so sore.
Earned at least four AP points
Total: 20 points

I had a light beer after practice for two points
Total: 18

Dinner:
Glass of wine: 2 points
Calzone: 16 points
Total: zero

Then I had a calzone:

Journaling on a Sunday...

2007-01-07T08:42:00.000-08:00

USA here. Yup, I'm blogging/journaling on a Sunday. I have to or I'll cheat.

So here's today so far...
Breakfast:
Coffee with skim milk: 1 points
Whole wheat toast and crunchy peanut butter: 5 points
Total: 6 points

I have got to get some water in today. Maybe some diet tonic will do it.

Ok, here's more of my day:

Lunch:
1 cup pasta, sauce and cheese: 6 points
glass of water
Total points: 12

Snack:
Made some muffins with pumpkin and had one: 2 points
Had a Sam Light, too: 2 points
Total points: 14 points

Snack: Had another ww muffin: 2 points
Total points: 16 points

Dinner:
Chicken breast with veggies over wheat pasta: 9 points
Total points: 25 points

Snack: Chips and salsa: 2 points
Total: 27 points

Had a gin and tonic before bed. Used my last point plus 2 flex.
Total points: 28

Flex points left: 26

Tag, you're it Canada!

A Sinful Saturday

2007-01-06T16:43:00.000-08:00

I never finished adding my food choices and points in yesterdays points so I'll just recap here. I was well within my range I think I ended the day having used 24 points.

Now for today, today I have been BAD, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad. I'm still within my points range at this point but I've wasted so many of them.

It's not my fault, it's the peppermint patties - I think that they've hypnotized me somehow, lol. So I've had my husband take them and hide them somewhere ( he's good at hiding things where I can't find them so I should be safe here)

Here's what my day has been like so far:

1/2 sandwich made with fat free deli meat and healthy bread: 2 points
Dill pickle: 0 points
Glass of orange juice: 3 points
peppermint patties 10 points (uggh)
Total: 15 points

Supper will be:
Oven baked salmon: 4 points
oven baked fries : 5 points
all veggie salad with no dressing: 0 points

So that would bring me to 25 points. I plan on having some air popped popcorn and a diet pop for a snack tonight if I get hungry so I may have to use just a couple of flex points.

Thank goodness for flex points.

USA, great news about the workout plans!! I have to start but need to get over this awful, funky chest cold first.

- Canada

The weekend's here.. the big challenge

2007-01-06T15:24:00.000-08:00

The weekends have always been a challenge in terms of journaling for me. Today has already been a nightmare in terms of eating, but here goes nothing.

Breakfast: 1/2 bagel and PB: 4 points
Bottle of water
Total: 4 points

Lunch:
Chicken Cobb Salad: 15 points
gin and tonic: 3 points
Total: 22 points

Snack:
I have got to get rid of the chocolate in my house! I had two pieces of stout truffles: 2 points
Total: 24 points.

I now have 4 points left for dinner. But I'm still kind of full from lunch, so I'll just have popcorn at the movies. And there are always those 29 flex points. I better have a glass of water.

A friend of mine asked her to join an exercise class on Tuesday with her. So with that and my hockey on Mondays, there are two days of working out down! If I can get two more days in the gym, I'll be good to go!

Oh CANADA?? How are you doing this weekend???

Update: Had movie popcorn for dinner: 4 points
Total: 28

Then I used 10 flex points to indulge. So that means I have 18 left until Wed. I can do it.

Day three in the USA

2007-01-05T11:33:00.000-08:00

I still have all my flex points and tact but no activity points to speak of. Sigh... anyway, here's today so far:

Breakfast:
English muffin with jelly: 4 points
coffee with skim: 1 point
glass of water
Total: 5 points

Snack:
100-calorie oreos: 2 points
Total: 7 points

Lunch:
4 pieces of sushi: 2 points
1/2 cup of white rice and veggies: 3 points
3 small boiled dumplings: 2 points
Mushroom soup: 1 point
salad: zero points
Total: 15 points

Snack:
I avoided the cinnamon dolche latter and got a berry blossom white tea, no milk, two splendas: zero points (and it's decaf so it's part of my water!)

I now have 13 points left.... not bad

Dinner:
Cup of chowder: 5 points
Pulled Pork Sandwich and greenbeans: 8 points
Total: 28 points

I had all of my flex points so I had two gin and tonics for 3 points each. Total flex points left: 29

Peppermint patties are not your friend!

2007-01-05T08:34:00.000-08:00

First off I want to say hope the weigh in went well Lisa!! And two miles on the eliptical, wow am I impressed.

USA, way to go with the water, you're making me look bad girl, lol. I'm proud of you, I know water isn't your thing either. Just wait till you get the tea you can use that towards your water intake too!

I finished off yesterday having used 4 of my flex points - york peppermint patties were my downfall, sigh. I had six of them, why oh why could I have not stopped at one, lol? But I did get in some exercise last night, my hubby and I walked to the grocery store, I needed to go anyway and it was a nice night so he and the dogs came along. Poor Oscar was so upset when he realized he had to wait OUTSIDE with Daddy, he really thought he should be allowed in too. So I'm thinking I probably earned at least one activity point, but I didn't count it if I did, LOL.

So far today, I've only had a smoothie which is four points. Will update on the rest of my day tonight!

- Canada

Another day, another day of journaling

2007-01-04T18:14:00.000-08:00

USA here. So this is officially day two for me. Today wasn't too bad. This is what I had:

Breakfast:
Oatmeal with jelly: 4 points
Coffee: zero points
Glass of water before leaving the house
Total: 4 points

Snack:
100-calories Cheezits with a few regular ones (gave blood and needed to eat a few to be let out of the cantina): 4 points
Bottle of water
Total: 8 points

Lunch:
Chicken breast and 1/2 cup rice: 6 points
Nonfat yogurt: 2 points
Total: 10 points

Snack:
100-calorie chips a-hoy!: 2 points
Total: 12 points

I slipped and had a piece of chocolate: 4 points
But then I had another bottle of water (Yes, I was peeing all day!)
Total 16 points

Snack at mom's: apple from the fruit basket her coworkers got her: 1 point
Total: 17 points

Dinner:
English Muffin Pizza with part-skim motzerlla cheese: 5 points
Chips and salsa: 3 points
Light Sam Adams: 2 points

Total: 28 points

Day 3 for Me

2007-01-04T11:08:00.000-08:00

I know I've said this before, but I'm saying it again. I HATE water, I never drink it..ever. So today, I have not yet had a glass of it. I'm such a failure, LOL. I have had Diet Pepsi - see I'm making sacrifices lol it's not regular pepsi which I would much rather have. I know that people say add a lemon to it, add orange to it, drink it ice cold, drink it warm, it's still water to me. That being said, yesterday I had two bottles of water with Crystal Light packets in them. That's as close as I'm getting to water this week. Next week I'll try drinking the bottled water WITHOUT the Crystal Light.

My day has been shaping up well as far as eating goes, here's the breakdown so far

Breakfast:
Smoothie - 4 points

Lunch:
Sandwich - 3 points
pringles snack pack - 2 points
pineapple - 1 point
dill pickles - 0 point

Total points used so far today - 10

And tonight I'm going to either go out for a walk or walk on the treadmill.

- Canada

I survived Day One and Day 2 so far so good

2007-01-03T07:45:00.000-08:00

You're doing great USA. Way to go with the water.....water BLECH!!

Well my exercise last night consisted of computer surfing does that count? somehow I didn't think so. But I stayed within my points so no worries.

Today so far I've had:
a fat free chocolate pudding cup - 2 points
mandarin oranges -2 points
Bottled water with a nestea single in it - 0 points
Total: 4 points.

It's lunch out with Marsha day and I'm planning on having a salad of some sort and I'll likely have a sandwich made with fat free deli meat for dinner, will update with points for lunch and supper later.

- Canada

Okay, so lunch was a grilled chicken breast, salad, a couple of fried potato pieces - kinda like potato skins without all the "stuff'. So I figure 10 points should do it

And for dinner:
chicken noodle soup 4 points
sandwich: 3 points
dill pickles and carrots free

Snacks during the day
apple 1 point
licorice 4 points
26 points and that's what I'm allowed.

Lol, guess no snacking for me tonight

Tomorrow is here!

2007-01-03T07:37:00.000-08:00

USA here. I climbed back on the perverbial wagon. So far so good:
Breakfast:
Full glass of water and vitamen before leaving the house: zero points
Coffee: zero points
cup of oatmeal with tsp of Saskatoon jelly : 4 points
Total: 4 points

Snack:
100-caolories chips ahoy cookies: 2 points
Full glass of water
Total: 6 points

Lunch:
Veggie burger on a light English Muffin: 2 points
Tomato soup: 2 points
Full glass of Crystal Light
Total: 8 points

Afternoon snack:
Nonfat Yogurt: 2 points
More water
Total: 10 points

Dinner:
Chicken lemon picatta with rice and carrots: 10 points
Sam Light Beer: 2 points
Total: 22 points

Snack:
13 corn chips and salsa: 3 points
100-calorie oreos with cool whip: 3 points
Total Points: 28

How are you doing Canada?

Back on the wagon...can I start tomorrow?

2007-01-02T11:32:00.000-08:00

So they are bringing Weight Watchers to our company. I'm excited about this. Of course, this also means that I'll have my coworkers eyes on me, scrutinizing if I'm staying on program. But, maybe that will be good.

As for my new year's resolution, an unexpected department lunch came up today. And I had something really bad, with fries. And then I had dessert. And now I feel really bad. So, tonight I'll be good at dinner and not beat myself up. And I'm going to make a valient effort to get my butt to the gym.

After all, Canada and I have a hot shopping date in September! Maybe we'll both have a hot new black dress to show off!

A New Year and New Resolve

2007-01-02T11:14:00.000-08:00

Okay, Christmas is over and it's time to get back to work.

I found the most gorgeous little black dress over the holidays that has become my inspiration....or part of my inspiration anyways. My biggest inspiration is that USA is planning to come visit in September I am BEYOND excited about this, and when she gets here we are going shopping to buy ourselves some new clothes for the new bodies we will have. WOOHOO.

Day Five...

2006-10-20T09:49:00.000-07:00

I have resisted the temptation to go out to lunch fives times this week. Today the coworkers did Chinese and I resisted. Excellent. It's hard and I feel left out, but I have to keep this wagon ride going steady.

Tomorrow night I'm going out for Octoberfest with some friends. But I'm going armed with 32 flex points. I can do this. I feel better already.

A coworker and I have agreed to walk next week during lunch. My sneakers are ready. And I have my iPod if she bails. The weekend will be tough, but I can do it!

-USA

THUNK

2006-10-17T08:37:00.000-07:00

Thats the sound of me falling of the wagon - hard. My excuses are...just that excuses. I know I was sick, I know I was on holidays but I could have stayed on plan if I had so chosen....but I didn't.

And this morning for breakfast - a brownie. Sigh.

I'm so proud of USA for climing back on the wagon. You can resist those chocolate bars girl, just think carrots good, chocolate bad. Maybe after saying it a few thousand times it'll be true, lol

I'm climbing back on the wagon too.. I can do this, I have to do this. So no more excuses.

In that vein, here is a great soup recipe, very low in points and soo easy and quick. It's from one of my favourite cookbooks the Company's Coming Soup and Sandwich book by Jean Pare.

Tomato Pasta Soup

2 cups chicken stock
2 cups beef stock
2 cups tomato juice
1 cup water
1 cup macaroni ( you can easily use less, DO NOT USE MORE, you'll have macaroni stew, lol)

put all ingredients in pot and cook till macaroni is done. It doesn't get any easier. If I don't have any cans or cartons of stock I just use bouillon cubes and they work great!!

Munch Munch Munch

2006-10-17T08:27:00.000-07:00

Just call me Peter Cottontail. I'm munching on carrots today. I used three flex points yesterday on a cookie splurge. Not bad. I also had a veggie sandwich at dinner. A good choice. I resisted all candy in the office - I didn't even slip one M&M in my mouth.

I didn't get to the gym last night, but if I can get out of work on time tonight, I'll give it a try. But for now, I'm munching away on veggies, convincing myself that they are delicious and better than the fun-sized HERSHEY bars in my coworker's candy bucket.

I can do this......

Take two, three, four... do I hear five???

2006-10-16T09:15:00.000-07:00

Ok, I've been off the wagon for too long. I've jumped back on. It's only noon, but so far so good. For breakfast I had a light English muffin with 1 TBSP of peanut butter(3). For snack I had a 100-calorie Special K snack pack (2). For lunch I had tuna, on light bread with mayo (4). I just ate an apple (1). My next goal is to drink some water this afternoon. But not before I have myself a nonfat latte. It's worth the points.

Scratch that. No coffee is worth 4 points. I'm leaning towards some tea now.

I have to get my motiviation back.

The challenge will be Saturday night when some friends and I go out for German. I better save all my flex points!

USA is back on the wagon. Again. But I mean it this time. I swear. SIGH

Slackers...

2006-09-26T12:35:00.000-07:00

We haven't blogged in a week. Canada is home with pneumonia and I've been away.

I'm back on the wagon today and my journal is out.

Canada, take care of yourself and give the wagon a rest.

Score one for activity points!

2006-09-11T18:35:00.000-07:00

I went to the gym tonight and burned a mess of calories. I earned three more points. YUM!! I had a good day. I had peanut butter toast for breakfast, chicken, rice and green beans for lunch and wheat pasta with tomatoes for dinner. I have ten points left! Plus activity points. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Getting my journal out...

2006-09-10T08:46:00.000-07:00

I ate like a bird yesterday so I'm sure I screwed my whole system up. That's ok, today is a new day. The day I get my new journal out. I got it for $1.99 at Borders. It's a perfect place to track my eating, my thoughts and jot down some recipes.

Today I had a cup of shredded wheat, a cup of milk and a small banana. But I slept in till 11 so that's really brunch. There's six quality points for you. They are going to go right in my journal. Tonight I'm having steak, salad and potato salad. That's 12 points right there. So that's 18, with 10 left for the cookies I'm making for dessert.

I'm going to bake up some chicken and veggies for lunches this week. I have a nice spaghetti squash in the fridge. And I also want to make that soup or stew recipe for lunch. I'll have to stock up at the grocery store later. Here goes official week one!
-USA

Journalling starts tomorrow

2006-09-09T11:33:00.000-07:00

Well, I never did stop for groceries on my way home on Thursday as I was sick, sick, sick. I think I may have gotten some bad chicken at lunch. There is a silver lining in that though as I ended the day with lots of points left. LOL.

USA and I have both been following the plan this week, but neither of us has been tracking, so we've made a pact that we start tomorrow. Tomorrow I'm going to a movie though and I'm having MOVIE popcorn, woohoo. I figure with all the flex points I have left I should be ok. Lol, maybe I'll start the journalling AFTER the movie.

I won't have be able to do my healthy grocery shopping till Monday as the produce at the market here in town SUCKS, but Monday night after work I'll be stocking up again.

- Canada

Slow Cooker Beef Stew

2006-09-07T12:59:00.000-07:00

Now this one sounds yummy

1 pound lean beef round, cut into 1-inch cubes (London Broil) 1 sprays cooking spray, (5 one-second sprays per serving) 1 small onion(s), chopped 2 cup mushroom(s), sliced 2 medium garlic clove(s), minced 2 large carrot(s), sliced (about 1 cup) 15 oz canned pinto beans, drained and rinsed 1 1/2 cup canned beef broth 14 1/2 oz canned crushed tomatoes, (about 1 1/2 cups) 1/2 tsp dried oregano, crushed 1/4 tsp dried thyme, crushed 1/2 tsp table salt 1/4 tsp black pepper 2 Tbsp thyme, fresh, or 2 whole sprigs, for garnish (optional)

Instructions
Place beef in a 5-quart slow cooker. Coat a 12-inch nonstick skillet with cooking spray. Add onion, mushrooms and garlic. Sauté over medium-high heat 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add to slow cooker. Add carrots.
Place half of beans in slow cooker. Place remaining beans in blender. Add 1/2 cup of broth to blender and puree. Add mixture to slow cooker. Add remaining broth, tomatoes, oregano, dried thyme, salt and pepper.
Cover and cook on high setting of slow cooker for 6 to 7 hours. Garnish with fresh thyme. Yields about 2 cups per serving.

No Point Veggie Soup

2006-09-07T12:45:00.000-07:00

Canada and I will be posting some of our favorite recipes and recipe finds. Whenever I get back on the wagon, I make a big batch of this soup. I use spinach instead of cabbage and omit or add the veggies I like. Play with it! This this is the general idea:

No Point Veggie Soup
Cooking spray
2 carrots, peeled and diced
1 large onion, diced
4 teaspoons garlic (from a jar or substitute four cloves minced garlic)
1/2 cabbage, chopped (or use a bag of slaw, the biggest chunks you can find vs the fine)
1/2 pound frozen green beans (I've used fresh - YUM!)
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano (in place of basil and oregano, you can use Italian seasoning mix)
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 large zucchini, diced

Spray a Dutch oven with cooking spray and heat on MEDIUM HIGH. Add the carrots, onion and garlic and cook for about 5 minutes. Add all the remaining ingredients EXCEPT the zucchini and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce the heat to MEDIUM and simmer for abot 15 minutes or until the beans are tender. Add the zucchini and cook until the zucchini are tender. Serve and enjoy!

To add some points, you can eat this soup with egg noodles. It's pretty good with the wheat variety.

2006-09-07T09:04:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was good, stayed on plan all day.

This morning I stopped and got a smoothie on my way to work, I have to stop buying these things, lol, 5 points gone on breakfast. I think I'll have a Wendy's salad for lunch. The taco salad one is 8 points. The chicken mandarin is only 3 points for me because I don't use all the add ins ( the dressing, the noodles etc.). But we shall see ( must not stop at A&W instead, lol). For dinner tonight, grilled chicken, rice and salad, yummy. Oh yeah and I'm saving some points so I can have a REAL coke tonight - priorities you know.

I'm going to stop at the grocery store on my way home from work tonight to pick some things up for breakfast and lunch throughout the week, I have to stop eating out so much.

- Canada

Trying not to tip the wagon...

2006-09-07T08:57:00.000-07:00

I had a heck of a morning and raced out the house, to Dunkin' Donuts and had a coffee roll. Six points wasted on pure sugar. I also had a coffee with skim milk. So that's good, I needed the dairy.

For lunch I'm having a half of a baked potato with light cheese and tomato sauce. This is another five points. So really that's 14 points for the day. I'll get a skim latte at lunch for another two - that's 16. That leaves me with 12 points for dinner. Not bad.

I stayed on track last night, but used my last nine points on beer. Sigh... but I stayed within my points. Ok, no beer tonight. Water. (Although my mom is coming to help me clean. I better save three points for ONE beer.)

I'll have to get some veggies in me for dinner. I have a nice spaghetti squash I can cook up and put tomatoes on. Zero points! Oh, and I can baked some chicken. Ok, today will be good.

-USA

Setting Goals....

2006-09-06T11:58:00.000-07:00

Canada said that someday she'll come over here "to Guam" and we'll go on a shopping spree. We talked about clothes and have decided that the GAP is a goal. We want to be able to shop freely in the GAP.

I think we can do it. Slow and steady wins the race.

She's doing a recipe search so we can keep our meals interesting. It's good to have a partner in this!

-USA

Back on the little red diet wagon.

2006-09-06T10:08:00.000-07:00

Well, I'm back on the little red diet wagon and I'm so glad I have USA on this journey with me. I couldn't ask for a more wonderful friend or weight loss buddy.

I too have lost a lot of weight on WW before ( 50 pounds) and I've gained most of it back. But I'm determined that this time it will be different.
- Canada

2006-09-06T10:01:00.000-07:00

Ok, so Canada and I are going to start our weight loss journey. It's not going to be easy, but think with teamwork we can do it. Saskatchewan is a far cry from where I live on the east coast, but with the power of the Internet, it'll be like she's right here with me.

It seems like I've been on WW for years. I did lost 71 pounds at one point. But life gets in the way. But I'm refocused. I'm going by clothing size now. There is a nice pair of pants in the closet with the tags still on them. I WILL get my butt into them in October.

ONWARD. . .

-USA