Meals 02/08/07

Breakfast:

• hot cereal with sugar (1 pt.)
  

Lunch:

• green salad
  

Dinner:

• burrito with shrimp, avocado, salsa, LF sour cream, LF cheese (3 pts.)
  

Meals 02/07/07

Lunch today was very late (3:30), at the restaurant Samir works at, and it wasn't really possible to eat on-plan. I just let myself have a reasonable sized meal, and had a teensy baklava afterward. At dinner, I'm still not hungry, so I'm just having a cup of tea.

Breakfast:

• yogurt, banana, grapenuts
  

Lunch:

• grilled chicken, rice, pita bread, green beans, tzatziki, baklava (10 pts.)
  

Dinner:

• still full from big, late lunch
  

173

I lost 2 pounds last week, bringing my total to 10 pounds! Yippee!

Meals 02/06/07

Breakfast:

• grapenuts, skim milk, banana
  

Lunch:

• baked potato, LF sour cream, LF cheese (2 pts.)
  

Dinner:

• whole wheat pasta with tuna sauce
  

Meals 02/05/07

Breakfast:

• luna bar (3 pts.)
  

Lunch:

• whole wheat pasta and sauce with chicken sausage (2 pts.)
  

Dinner:

• burrito with shrimp, salsa, LF sour cream, LF cheese, avocado (3 pts.)

meals 02/04/07

Breakfast:

• yogurt, grape nuts, banana
  

Lunch:

• 1 slice roastbeef, 1 slice cheese, one bite bread, steamed vegetables, brown rice, salad, shrimp (2 pts.)
  

Snack:

• fruit tart, not as unhealthy as it could have been (lotta points--8?)
  

Dinner:

• carrots

Meals 02/03/07

Breakfast:

• toast with butter (2 pts.)
  

Lunch:

• core sonoran quiche, LF sour cream (1 pt.), salsa
  

Snack:

• carrots

Dinner:

• crackers and cheese (3 pts.)
  

Meals 02/02/07

Mom and I ate out at lunch today after the library. We tried a new (to us) place with very slow service, wacko owners, and indifferently prepared small-portioned salads. I was really disappointed with mine, because it was drenched in dressing, and it was bottled dressing. No yummy garlick-y goodness. No lemon wedges to squeeze on top. When you've only got so many points to spare, and you get something that is not yummy, it's so disappointing.

Breakfast:

• yogurt with grape nuts
  

Lunch:

• caesar salad (4 pts.)
  

Snack:

• cheese (1 pt.)
  

Dinner:

• whole wheat pasta with shrimp and avocado
  

Snack:

• none
  

Meals 02/01/07

Breakfast:

• grapenuts and fat free yogurt
  

Lunch:

• veggie burrito bol and chips (8 pts.)
  

Dinner:

• pork loin

Meals and Notes 01/31/07

Breakfast:

• skipped

Lunch:

• core Sonoran quiche with salsa and NF sour cream (1 pt.)
  
  

Snack:

• carrots

Dinner:

• hot cereal with sugar (1 pt.)
  
  

Snack:

• popcorn

meals and notes 01/30/07

Breakfast:

• core sonoran quiche with low-fat sour cream and salsa (1 pt.)

Lunch:

• nonfat yogurt with grapenuts

Dinner:

• panko breaded chicken (1 pt.)
• zucchini
  

Snack:

• skinny cow (2 pts.)

175 again this morning

no surprises here, as I had those pieces of pecan pie.

Meals and Notes 01/29/07

Breakfast:

• shredded wheat with banana and soy milk

Lunch:

• green salad with chicken

Dinner:

• whole wheat pasta with tuna and broth
  

Snack:

• popcorn

Meals and Notes 01/28/07

Breakfast:

• totally core Sonoran quiche
  

Lunch:

• chicken breast and salad
  

Snack:

• more totally NOT core pecan pie 

Dinner:

• grapenuts with banana and soy milk

01/27/07

Breakfast:

• shredded wheat with banana and blueberries

Lunch:

• whole wheat spaghetti and marinara

Snack:

• carrots, celery

Dinner:

• spinach/mushroom quiche (8 pts.)
• green salad

Snack:

• pecan pie (way too many points)
  

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Meals and Notes 01/26/07

Breakfast:

• grapenuts, banana, soy milk

Lunch:

• shrimp tacos ( 3 pts.)

Dinner:

• very small portion of lasagna (3 pts.)
• breadstick (3 pts.)
• lots of salad
• 1/2 choc. chip cookie (2 pts.)

Meals and Notes 01/25/07

Breakfast:

• shredded wheat, blueberries, soy milk

Lunch:

• spaghetti and marinara

Snack:

• carrots, apple juice

Dinner:

• fat free yogurt and grape nuts

Meals and Notes 01/24/07

breakfast:

• applesauce

lunch:

• whole wheat spaghetti and homemade marinara

Dinner:

• Steak sandwich (1 pt. for bread, 1 point for cheese.)

Snack:

• skinny cow (2 pts.)

Meals and Notes 01/23/07

Breakfast:

• hot cereal with sugar (1 pt.)

Lunch:

• couscous with spicy shrimp and avocado (1 pt. for butter)
  

Dinner:

• roasted sweet potatoes

Snack:

• carrots

175 today!

total loss so far: 8 pounds

01/22/07

Breakfast:

• skipped
  

Lunch:

• salad with leftover steak, goat cheese (1 pt.)

Snack:

• skinny cow (2 pts.)

Dinner:

• roasted potato and chicken

Meals and Notes 01/21/07

Breakfast:

• hot cereal with sugar (1 pt.)

Lunch:

• guacamole tacos (2 pts.)

Dinner:

• flank steak, spinach with feta, squash with a dab of butter (1 pt. for butter/cheese)

Snack:

• diet popcorn

Meals and Notes 01/20/07

Breakfast:

• shredded wheat with banana, strawberries, soy milk

Lunch:

• california roll (4 pts.)

Dinner:

• hamburger, brussel sprouts

Snack:

• skinny cow (2 pts.)

Meals and Notes 01/19/07

Breakfast:

• grapenuts, banana, soy milk

Lunch:

• shrimp burrito (3 pts.)

Snack:

• carrots

Dinner:

• garden burger with diet bread (1 pt.)

Snack:

• diet popcorn

Meals and Notes 01/18/07

Breakfast:

• grapenuts with banana and soy milk

Lunch/Dinner

• veggie burrito bol with rice and chips (8 pts.)

I'm counting my large mid-afternoon meal as lunch and dinner

Meals and Notes 01/17/07

Breakfast:

• shredded wheat, banana, soy milk

Lunch:

• whole wheat pasta with tuna sauce (tuna, broth, parsley, onion, spices, lemon juice) and parmesan (1 pt.)

Dinner:

• baked sweet potato with butter (1 pt.)

Meals and Notes 01/16/07

Breakfast:

• hot cereal with sugar (1 pt.)

Lunch:

• shrimp burrito with LF sour cream, LF cheese, avocado, salsa (3 pts.)

Dinner:

• carrots
• baked sweet potato with butter (1 pt.)

Snack:

• Diet popcorn

177.5

Well, it's no surprise that I lost nearly no weight last week, given the way I ate. Still I'll happily take any loss over a gain.

Back on Track

Breakfast:

• two scrambled eggs, 4 slices turkey bacon

Lunch:

• lean grilled steak and roasted potatoes with cumin

Dinner:

• tossed green salad with avocado and steak

The Lost Day

Oy, what a day. Skipped breakfast, had 2 not very healthy fried tacos at lunch, and pecan pie for dinner. (too many points to count.)

Oh yeah, to my credit I did eat some carrots.

Contributing factors: Quilt Show/eating out, and hubby bringing home favorite pie.

Meals and Notes 1/13/07

Breakfast:

• I skipped it again.... I usually wake up so late in the morning that if I eat a late breakfast, my whole body/hunger clock is off kilter for eating with the family at normal (to them) times
  

Lunch:

• green salad with chicken (heated chicken in microwave too long and it turned into chunky beef jerky. certainly forced me to slow down while eating.)

Dinner:

• whole wheat spaghetti, home made sauce

Meals and Notes 1/12/07

Breakfast:

• hot cereal with sugar (1 pt.)

Lunch:

• 1/2 tortilla (2 pts.) with shrimp, salsa, LF cheese, LF sour cream (2 pts.)

Dinner:

• 2 slices turkey bacon
• weird stuff mom made (1 pt.)

Snack:

• diet jello that tasted horrible so I smothered it with a boatload of full fat whipped topping and now I feel sick and so disappointed in myself (1 zillion pts.)

Meals and Notes 1/11/07

Breakfast:

• Hot Cereal with sugar (1 pt.)
  

Lunch:

• Baked potato with LF cheese and LF sour cream (3 pts.)

Dinner:

• avocado
• carrots
• fat free popcorn
  

Meals and Notes 1/10/09

Breakfast:

• was busy this morning and forgot to eat

Lunch:

• 2 shrimp tacos (shrimp, salsa, taco shells, lowfat cheese, lowfat sour cream, avocado) 4 pts.

Dinner:

• whole wheat spaghetti with homemade marinara sauce and a sprinkle of parmesan (2 pts.)

Meals and Notes 01/09/07

Breakfast:

• grapenuts, milk, banana

Lunch:

• Chipotle's burrito bol with white rice, tons of different salsas, and guacamole (4 pts.)

Dinner:

• 2 gardenburgers, 4 slices low-calorie bread (2 pts)

one hundred seventy eight

I lost five pounds! Yippee!

The Scale

Tomorrow is my first official home weigh-in. I'm supposed to only weigh in once a week, but I cheated this morning, and was disappointed when the scale showed a teensy first-week drop to 181.5. It would serve me right to have bad weight-karma for peeking early. Tomorrow will tell.

Meals and Notes 01/08/07

Breakfast:

• banana

Lunch:

• 2 shrimp tacos, this time just shrimp and cheese in shells (3 pts.)

Dinner:

• lean steak
• green beans (1 pt. for butter)

Notes: have felt hungry all day. Started out poorly with just a banana.

Snack:

• Skinny Cow (2 pts.)

Meals and Notes 01/07/07

Ate out with Mom and Jerry and Dylan this morning, and knew I had plenty of points to spare. I made sensible choices, removed the cheese from my breakfast burrito, ate less than 1/4 of the tortilla, and only half of the potatoes. Yay me! I'm counting a lot of points for the fat in the potatoes, but except for that I did a great job, and have plenty of points to spare for later today and tomorrow!

Breakfast:

• breakfast burrito with shredded beef, onions, scrambled egg, cilantro, and a chipotle salsa (1 pt.)
  
• home fries cooked in some kind of oil (4 pts.)
  
• small orange juice (contrary to WW rules, I don't count points for a small juice, because the alternative is that I would have NO fruit--if that stops working for me [if I don't lose weight] I will change that)

Lunch:

• grape nuts with banana and nonfat milk

Dinner:

• 2 shrimp tacos - 2 shells (2 pts.), salsa, shrimp, lettuce, scallion, avocado, lowfat cheese (1 pt.)

Snack:

• popcorn

Meals and Notes 01/06/07

Breakfast:

• smoothie (1 pt.)

Lunch:

• albondigas, again

Dinner:

• malt-o-meal cereal, with butter (2 pts.) and sugar (1 pt.)

Snack:

• remainder of smoothie
• 94% FF Kettle Corn
  

Meals and Notes 01/05/07 -- 3 points total for day

Breakfast:

• banana

Lunch:

• sushi (1 pt. for rice)--california roll (no mayo), two shrimp, tamago
  
• small sample of fried fish at supermarket (1 pt.)
  

Dinner:

• green salad with grilled chicken
• small baked yam with small pat butter (1 pt.)

Note: I started off behind today with only the banana for breakfast. I had forgotten I needed to go somewhere with mom, and had to eat on the run. At lunch, all I wanted to do was gobble up the bowl of rice that came on the side of mom's meal, but I knew I'd eaten enough. Now, after dinner, I still feel famished, but I'm drinking water and waiting, hoping the feeling goes away. If not, I'll add in a snack.

It's eye-opening at the start of a diet to be reminded that most people feel hungry before a meal, and that this is normal.

Meals and Notes 01/04/07

Breakfast:

• Luna Bar (3 pts.)

Lunch:

• Avocado
• Fat Free Kettle Corn
  

Dinner:

• grilled fish
• whole wheat couscous
• butter spray
• green salad
• (all core)

Meals and Notes 01/03/07

The thing about leftovers is that your entries begin to look pretty boring:

Breakfast:

• leftover smoothie

Lunch:

• albondigas soup

Dinner:

• 2 cups white spaghetti with homemade meat sauce (8 pts. + 2 pts.)

Meals and Notes 01/02/07

Breakfast:

• smoothie made with banana, mixed berries, non-fat yogurt and soy protein powder--1 pt. for powder

Lunch:

• albondigas soup (lean beef, tomatoes, beef broth, onions, brown rice, cilantro, cumin, chili powder, cayenne)--Core

Note: am suffering from a cold and haven't drunk enough water yet today, and am sleeping a lot. Off to drink a glass of water and take another nap.

Dinner:

• whole wheat couscous--Core
• green salad with carrots, onion, avocado and vinaigrette--Core

Snack(s):

• leftover smoothie
• 94% fat free kettle corn
  

Here we go....

Well, my guess about my starting weight was pretty accurate: 183. And my starting BMI is 31.4.

Initial Goals:

• Lose ten pounds.
• Lose 10% of my weight.
• BMI under 30.