What I ate

Wednesday 29th July 2009

Oatmeal - 2 points
1 cup milk - 2 points
cheese stick - 1 point
Green smoothie - 4 points
2 oz spaghetti - 4 points
squash casserole - 2 points
1 cup milk - 2 points
1 slice bread with pb & choc chips - 4 points
ww ice cream - 2 points

Total: 23/20 points

Five veggies
2 milks
6 liquids
2 proteins
1 vitamin

Converting measurements

I just converted pounds into stones incase my parents check out this blog. This is excessively depressing!!! Because when I married I was 8 stone 3lb - so that's how I think of myself. 8 stone 3 lbs is 115lbs.

When I first started weight watchers I was 165.8lbs - that's nearly 12 stone!!! 11 Stone 11.8lbs.

My gosh!

Now I'm 150lbs. That's 10 Stone 10 lbs.

I thought for a while that 150 lbs was ok. But 10 stone 10 lbs is not ok!!!

Even my tentative goal weight of 130 lbs will put me at over 9 stone (9st 4lb).

This was a depressing exercise and I wish I hadn't done it. Such a long way to go. *sigh*

Measurements

Here are my measurements after being on Weight Watchers for ten weeks. TEN WEEKS! My good gravy! The new measurements are in bold. The weight my change as I'm weighing into WW in 40 minutes.

165.8/154 pounds

154 lbs is 11 stone


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WHOOOOT!! I weighed in and I'd lost FOUR pounds!!! Four pounds in one week! How is that possible? I ate pretty much the same as last week and last week I just maintained my weight!

Oh. Duh. I've just figured it out. I was on a period last week. This week I'm not.

So anyway, my weight should read:

165.8/150 pounds

150lbs is 10 stone 10 lbs

I'm 150lbs. Wow. I think the last time I was this weight was...uh...last year when I tried to lose a buncha weight for my sister's wedding. Gained it all back right away though, because I hadn't changed my eating habits, I'd just dieted. Hopefully with Weight Watchers, I'll be able to develop the habits and self-control so that this will be a lifestyle change rather than a diet. Thus far it's not going so well on the life-change thing as I am CRAVING fat, sugar, and combinations thereof. But maybe, over time, I'll get better.

So, I'm glad I was dead on 150lbs because as soon as I dip below that my points drop down to 19 rather than the 20 I have now. I am SO not looking forward to that.

Next week, if I've lost 0.2lbs or more, I'll have hit my 10% mark. That means I'll have lost 10% of my body weight in 11 weeks. =) I'll get the 10% key ring. =) Not that I actually USE keyrings, but it's a milestone nontheless.

Next goal after that will be another 5%, and then another 10%, and then I'll be extremely close to my goal weight. So if I don't hit plateaus or fall off the wagon, and if the weight comes off as it has been doing thus far, I've got about another 3-4 months to go before I start the maintenance phase. It will be interesting to see how long it actually takes to hit my goal weight. Not that I know what my actual goal weight is. Right now I'm just along for the ride, seeing where it takes me.
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Bust: 39″/37"
Waist: 34.5″/31"
Hips: 44″/42"
Upper Arm: 13″/13" (Though I noticed the skin is floppier rather than fuller - ie, the skin's there but the fat's going. =D)
Lower Arm: 8.5″/ I forgot to take this measurement.
Thigh: 25″/24"
Calf: 16″/ I forgot to take this measurement.

I currently wear size 10, 12 or 14. It really depends on where I buy the clothes and how they're cut. I have no idea what actual *size* I am for sure.

I'm allowed 20 points per day, with 35 extra points per week. I generally spread the extra points out over the week.

Tuesday 28th July 2009

Green Smoothie - 4 points
Raisin Bran - 3 points
1 cup milk - 2 points
Bit of a cookie, 3 pizza crusts - 4 points
Sammich - 6 points
cucumber and tomato salad - 1 point
ww ice cream - 2 points
cheese stick - 1 point
hot chocolate - 2 points

Total: 25/20 points

I have no idea if it was actually this many. I totally guessed on the points of the cookie and pizza crusts. I also think I overestimated the points on the Raisin Bran - so it could be as low as 22/20 points, but I thought it better to overestimate than underestimate.

What I ate

Monday 27th July 2009

Green Smoothie - 4 points
Lentil loaf, green beans, 1/2 potato, gravy - 6 points
muffin - 2 points
1/2 cup rice - 2 points
chicken - 3 points
green beans - 0 points
1 cup milk - 2 points
Ice cream - 4 points
toast with margarine and marmalade - 4 points

Total: 27/20 points





Sunday 26th July 2009

Green Smoothie - 4 points
3/4 cup cocoa krispies - 2 points
1/8 cup pecans - 2 points
1 cup milk - 2 points
RS treat - 5 points
2 oz spaghetti - 4 points
sauce and meat - 3 points
veggies - 2 points
muffin and 1 tsp marge - 3 points
ww ice cream - 1 point
1 cup milk - 2 points

Total: 30/20 points






Saturday 25th July 2009

1 cup milk - 2 points
Green Smoothie - 4 points
pickins @ pioneer celebration - 6 points
Salad with 2 Tbsp dressing and crab - 4 points
1 slice bread - 1 point
2 0z spaghetti - 4 points
roasted vegetables - 2 points
cheese stick - 1 point

Total: 24/20 points






Friday 24th July 2009

Green Smoothie - 4 points
2 slices of bread with veggies - 2 points
hot chocolate - 2 points
Sake #4 - 11 points
Weight Watchers chocolate ice cream - 1 point

Total: 20/20 points






Thursday 23rd July 2009

Oatmeal and milk - 4 points
1 cup ww soup - 0 points
5 saltine crackers - 1 point
Panera 1/2 chicken salad on whole wheat - 6 points
Panera french onion soup, 1 cup - 5 points
ww soup with 5 saltine crackers - 1 point
1 cup milk - 2 points
popsicle - 1 point

Total: 20/20 points





Wednesday 22nd July 2009

1 cup milk - 2 points
1 bit of muffin, 1 bite of cheese - 1 point
pineapple and a little juic - 1 point
1 weight watchers crab salad - 2 points
thin bread, marmalade, marge - 3 points
5 saltines - 1 point
1/2 cup crab salad - 1 point
tomato and cucumber salad - 2 points
1/2 cup rice - 1 point
1 cup milk - 2 points
2 tsp chocolate mix - 1 point
popsicle - 1 point

Total: 18/20 points
Holy cow. Is this the first day I've gone under?





Tuesday 21st July 2009

1 cup milk, oatmeal - 4 points
onion rings, barbeque sauce - 4 points
veggies, dressing, thin bread, yoghurt cheese - 3 points
1 cup orange juice - 2 points
lentil loaf, 1/2 potato, green beans, gravy - 6 points
1 cup milk - 2 points

Total: 21/20 points





Monday 20th July 2009

Green Smoothie - 4 points
fish taco - 4 points
It was gross and I wish I hadn't eaten it.
veggies, yoghurt cheese, thin bread and a little ranch dressing - 2 points
1 cup orange juice - 2 points
corn on the cob - 0 points
green beans - 0 points
1/2 potato - 0 points
gravy - 2 points
beef - 4 points
1 1/2 cups milk - 3 points
fudgesicle - 0 points

Total: 21/20 points






Sunday 19th July 2009

3/4 cup raisin bran - 2 points
1 cup milk - 2 points
thin bread, butter and marmalade - 3 points
2 oz noodles - 4 points
1/2 cup spaghetti sauce and ground beef - 3 points
squash - 0 points
1 cup juice - 2 points
applesauce - 1 point
1 cup milk - 2 points
homemade cookie dough - 6 points

Total: 25/20 points

How to make cookie dough: Take a cup. Put about tbsp butter in it. Add 2 tsp flour and 2 tsp sugar. Cream. Add small amount chocolate chips. Eat. Enjoy. 6 points. Ouch.





Saturday 18th July 2009

Quaker Oatmeal - 2 points
1 cup milk - 2 points
thin bread with yoghurt cheese and veggies - 1 point
1 cup grapes - 1 point
cheese mini - 2 points
I have no idea what this is. I wrote it down as "cheese mini". What the heck is that? It can't be a cheese stick as that's only 1 point. Bizarre.
Bread and marmalade - 3 points
1 cup milk - 2 points
mexican food - 21 points

Total: 34/20 points
Obviously I used raaaaaaaaather a lot of my bonus points here.






Friday 17th July 2009

Green Smoothie - 4 points
Grapes - 1 point
egg salad on thin bread - 4 points
1 slice Canadian bacon - 1 point
shrimp burrito - 10 points

Total: 20/20 points

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What I ate

Thursday 16th July 2009

Green Smoothie - 4 points
1/2 cup rice - 2 points
ww ice cream - 2 points
thin bread - 1 point
1/2 cup spaghetti sauce, 1/4 cup mincemeat - 3 points
ww frozen dinner - 4 points
1/2 cup edamame - 2 points
1 1/2 cups milk - 3 points
homemade eggless cookie dough - 6 points
popsicle - 0 points.

Total - 27/20 points. It's Thursday and I've already used 7 bonus points. Yikes.

Fruit n veggies - 5, in 3 different colours.
Milk - 2 cups
liquid - 6 cups
protein - 2


Well, I totally blew it with the cookie dough. I was totally depressed, though, and it certainly cheered me up. Which says alot about my relationship with food, huh?




Wednesday 15th July 2009

Green smoothie - 4 points
chocolate chips - 2 points
salad with ww dressing - 1 point
2 oz chicken - 2 points
popsicle - 0 points
1/2 cup spaghetti sauce with mincemeat and a little bit of Drews - 4 points
thin bread and veggies - 1 point
1 1/2 cups milk - 3 points
1/2 cup rice with squash and soy sauce - 2 points
popsicle - 0 points

Total: 19/20 points

Wow. I think that's the first time I've actually been UNDER my points. Amazing.

Obviously I've been jonesing it for sugar and fat lately. Sometimes you just get sick of controlling your eating. I have serious worries that I won't be able to maintain this weight loss AGAIN.

I'm hoping it will help that Bert has really got on the bandwagon with me. Of course, being a man, the weight will just fall off him. Especially considering he exercises FOUR POINTS worth four times a week and I haven't yet exercised at all.

What I ate

Tuesday 14th July

Green Smoothie - 4 points
Thin bread - 1 point
Yoghurt cheese, veggies - 0 points
thin bread - 1 point
egg, 1/2 tsp mayo - 2 points
pickins at publix (beef wrapped bacon samples and crab dip on a cracker) - 3 points
12 CA rolls - 4 points
1 1/2 cups milk - 3 points
1 cup orange juice - 2 points

Total: 20/20 points.

I've done well this week, using only about 15 of my 35 flex points. Go me. =)

What I ate

Monday 13th July

Green smoothie - 5 points
(It's extra because I mistakenly used a whole cup of yoghurt instead of a half cup)

Thin bread - 1 point
yoghurt cheese, veggies - 0 points

Cheese stick - 1 point

1 cup milk - 2 points
1/2 tsp pb, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp cocoa - 1 point
(Yes, that's delicious peanut butter hot cocoa for 3 points. WELL worth it)

Fiber bar - 2 points

1/2 cup rice - 2 points
veggies - 0 points
Tofu - 2 points
1 cup milk - 2 points
ww ice cream - 2 points

Total: 20/20 points. Perfect. =)

What I ate

Sunday 12th July

Green Smoothie - 4 points

Bite cookie dough - 1 point
Bite pb sandwich - 1 point

Thin bread, laughing cow cheese wedge, veggies - 2 points

ww ice cream - 2 points

salad with weight watchers dressing - 1 point

2 oz spaghetti - 4 points
1/2 cup sauce, 1/4 cup meat - 3 points
Weight Watchers ice cream - 2 points
1 cup oj - 2 points
popsicle - 0 points


Total - 22/20 points


As you can see, I'm using a couple of my flex points every day on a consistent basis. This works for me better than using them all at once on one day; I feel spoiled every day. =) OTOH, I used them all pretty much on the one day when I went to that Brazillian restaurant with Emily and David in Utah. Wow, that was a fabulous meal, and was definitely worth all those points. =)

What I ate

Saturday 11th July

Breakfast
Cocoa Krispies 3/4 cup - 2 points
Pecans 1/8 cup - 2 points
Milk 1 cup - 2 points

Lunch
Thin bread - 1 point
veggies, weight watchers dressing and yoghurt cheese - 0 points
peach - 1 point

Snack
strawberries and blueberries with 2 tbsp cool whip lite - 2 points
fiber bar - 2 points
cheese stick - 1 point

Dinner
3 oz chicken - 3 points
potatoes and various veggies cooked w/ chicken - 2 points
1/2 cup fat free ice cream - 1 point
1 cup milk - 2 points

Total: 21/20 points



To make yoghurt cheese:
1. Make some yoghurt thusly - get a small container of plain yoghurt from the store.
Put 1/2 gallon 2% milk in a slow cooker/crock pot.
Heat on low for 3 hours.
Unplug the crock pot and leave it for 3 hours
Scoop out some of the milk and mix it with the store bought yoghurt. Pour it back into the crockpot.
Cover with a bathtowel and leave overnight.
Ta Da! In the morning you have yoghurt. Save out 1/2 cup of your homemade yoghurt to use as a starter next time.

2. Take a bowl.
Put a sieve over it.
Put a cheesecloth, or a coffee filter, or a pillowcase that has had the living daylights boiled out of it into the sieve.
Pour a couple of cups or whatever of the yoghurt into the pillowcase/filter/cheesecloth.
Cover the lot with plastic wrap.
Stick it in the fridge.

For sour cream consistency, let it drain for about 8 hours.
For cream cheese consistency, let it drain for 24 hours or so.

Ta da! Homemade yoghurt cheese. 1 point for a massive amount. If you spread it on a sandwich you don't get even close to that massive amount, so it's 0 points. =)

The liquid that drips out is whey. Save the whey. You can do all sorts of nifty things with it. If you're interested in the nifty things, let me know and I'll waffle about it.

What I ate

Friday 10th July

Breakfast
Green smoothie - 4 points

Lunch
Thin bread with boca burger, veggies and ketchup - 2 points

Snack
Fiber one bar - 2 points
Bites of cheese its and cake - 1 point

Dinner
I believe we're going to Sake because it's DATE NIGHT!!! Wooo Hoooo!
I'll probably have a number four, which is 11 points:
Salad with ginger dressing
miso soup
california roll
Nigiri


Later note:
Unfortunately, I also had 2 pcs vegetable tempura, 2 pcs rainbow roll and 2 cups milk which added an extra 9 points to the day. Not bad for a date night out, really. =) I used 9 flex points.

Total: 29/20 points

What I ate

Thursday 9th July

Breakfast:
Green Smoothie - 4 points


Lunch:
Thin bread, cheese wedge, veggies - 2 points
Boca burger, thin bread, veggies, ketchup - 2 points
Small amount chocolate shake - 1 point


Dinner:
Progresso ww beef and veg soup, 1 cup - 1 point
2 slices healthy life bread - 1 point
1 cup milk - 2 points
1 ww ice cream - 1 point
2 tsp marge - 2 points
2 slices bread - 1 point
1 Tbsp jam - 1 point
1 cup milk - 2 points

Total - 20 points


Total points: 20/20





Wednesday 8th July

Breakfast:
1 cup milk - 2 points
1 banana - 2 points

Lunch:
1/2 tortilla - 1 point
refries and ground turkey mixture - 3 points
1 tsp sour cream - 1 point
Sprinkle of cheese - 0 points

12 california rolls - 4 points
watermelon - 0 points
1/2 of Andrew's smoothie - 3 points


Dinner:
spinach, onion and pepper salad with ww dressing - 1 point
2 Tbsp feta - 1 point
1/8 avacado - 1 point
ww ice cream - 1 point


Total points: 20/20



Tuesday 7th July

Breakfast:
Uhm. I missed it.

Lunch:
Thin bread - 1 point
cheese wedge - 1 point
veggies - 0 points
1/8 avacado - 1 point


Dinner:
1 slice dominos pizza - 5 points
small magic milkshake - 2 points
brownie - 5 points
salad with ww dressing - 1 point
2 cups milk - 4 points


Total points: 20/20

What I ate

Monday 6th July

Breakfast:
Green Smoothie - 4 points

Lunch:
2 slices healthy life bread, 1 egg, 1 tsp mayo, veggies - 5 points


Snack:
fruit and cool whip - 3 points
fiber bar - 2 points

Dinner:
ball park fat free hot dog - 1 point
healthy life hot dog bun - 1 point
peach - 1 point
fat free ice cream 1/2 cup - 1 point
1 cup milk - 2 points


Total points: 20/20




Sunday 5th July
Fast Sunday


Dinner:
1 cup orange juice - 2 points
2 oz spaghetti - 4 points
1/2 cup spaghetti sauce - 2 points
1/4 cup mincemeat - 1 point
grilled veggies - 1 point
salad with ww homemade dressing - 1 point
22 ice cream x2 - 2 points
3/4 cup cocoa krispies, 1/8 cup pecans, 1 cup milk - 6 points

Total points: 19/20




Saturday 4th July

Breakfast:
Green Smoothie - 4 points

Lunch:
Thin bread and cheese wedge - 2 points


Dinner:
Thin bread - 1 point
veggies - 0 points
grilled veg - 2 points
grilled hamburger - 3 points
salad with ww homemade dressing - 1 point
fruit and cool whip - 2 points
1/2 peach with 1/4 cup fat free ice cream - 1 point
1 3/4 cups milk - 3.5 points
3 cups water - 0 points


Total points: 19.5/20
Not bad for the 4th of July. =)




Friday 3rd July

Breakfast:
Green Smoothie - 4 points

Lunch:
two thin breads and two cheese wedges - 4 points


Snack:
rice cakes - 1 point
strawberries and blueberries - 1 point

Dinner:
Onion rings and barbeque sauce - 4 points
Weight Watchers Sante Fe chicken - 2 points
1 cup milk - 2 points
Weight Watchers ice cream - 2 points
1 chicken nugget - 1 point


Total points: 21/20




Thursday 2nd July

Breakfast:
1/2 banana - 1 point

Lunch:
tomatoes, 1 slice canadian bacon, mushrooms, 1 egg, thin bread - 4 points


Snack:
brownie and cool whip - 4 points

Dinner:
Weight Watcher's Salad at Applebees - 7 points
(I switched out the dressing so added a couple of points)
1 bit of high fat ice cream - 1 points
Weight Watcher's ice cream - 2 points
2 cups milk - 4 points



Total points: 23/20




Wednesday 1st July

Breakfast:
Green Smoothie - 4 points

Lunch:
Sandwich thin with cheese wedge and veggies - 2 points
Strawberries - 1 point

Snack:
Baked chips - 3 points

Dinner:
1/2 cup rice - 2 points
2 sticks crab - 2 points
1/4 avacado - 2 points
cucumber and soy sauce - 0 points
brownie - 3 points
2 Tbsp cool whip lite - 1 point
1 1/2 cups milk - 3 points

How to make a brownie that's only 3 points:
Get a cake mix. Any cake mix. Preferably a chocolate one. Add 1 can coke zero to the mix. Mix it up. Bake it. Calculate the points from the DRY mix, as coke zero has zero points. Ta dah! 3 point brownie.

Total points: 23/20
Not bad, not bad. =)




Tuesday 30th June

Breakfast:
Green Smoothie - 4 points

Lunch:
Subway roast beef sub 6 inch - 6 points
1 1/2 cups fried rice - 12 points

Snack:
cheese stick - 1 point

Dinner:
Weight Watchers frozen dinner - 4 points
caro with 1/4 cup milk and 1 tsp sugar - 1 point

Total points: 28/20





Monday 29th June

Breakfast:
Green Smoothie - 4 points

Lunch:
1 cup milk - 2 points
1 egg - 2 points
Sandwich thin - 1 point
1/2 tsp mayo, mustard, veggies - 0.5 points

Snack:
cheese stick - 1 point
1 cup milk - 2 points



Dinner:
1/2 cup baked beans - 2 points
1 egg - 2 points
1 thin bread - 1 point
caro with 1/4 cup milk - 0.5 points

cake - 15 points
We went over to the Widman's home for Family Home Evening. There was some leftover birthday cake. Triple layered and frosted chocolate birthday cake. Oh my.

Total points: 33/20.
Yeah. I kind of used a lot of my flex points, eh? =)