Saturday's post

I just realized I never posted this yesterday.

I had a banana and a Special K cereal bar for breakfast this morning. 2 points
I had an apple for a snack around 11:00, then some snack mix around 11:30. We were at my son's track meet and they had a health fair going on, so the snack mix was from that. I counted 5 points for it.

I had Subway for lunch - a 6 inch turkey & ham on white bread with provolone cheese, lite mayo, lettuce, tomato, spinach, cucumbers, olives, & salt and pepper. 10 points YUM!! Carter wanted a cookie and Charles wanted me to get the 3-fer deal, so I had one, too. 6 points for the white chocolate macadamia nut. YIKES!!

I was a snacking fool today. I had 2 cups of Kettle corn this afternoon. 3 points

I made fish (flounder), whole grain garlic flavored rice, and green beans for dinner, but I didn't really like it, so I only ate the green beans. I guess I'll count 2 points for that of the fish and rice that I did eat.

I had chocolate ice cream with pb for a late night snack. 6 points

IHOP

I had a banana for breakfast this morning.

For Lunch I had a Lean Cuisine meal - Cheddar potatoes with broccoli. 5 points

For dinner we went to IHOP and I had an omelet made with egg substitute with swiss cheese, tomatoes, and diced ham (9 points) and 3 slices of bacon (4 points). 13 points for dinner out isn't bad at all and it was YUMMY.

I'm back!

Going out of town really gets me out of the habit of writing every day. Of course, NOT writing it down here gets me out of the habit of keeping track of every single thing that goes in my mouth. So, today I am back!

This morning I had a Smart Ones english muffin with egg, Canadian bacon, and cheese. 6 points.

I had 2 chunks of Ritter Sport dark chocolate for a mid-morning snack. 2 points

I had a Lean Cuisine lasagne and 2 pieces of French bread with ICBINB at 4:45 before we went to the soccer fields. 11 points. We left the soccer fields at 10:00 PM and it had been quite cold, so I wanted chili. We stopped at Wendy's and I got a chili (5 points), but at the last minute I decided to get fries, too (6 points). 11 points total at Wendy's. So I went over my allotted points by 1 today.

Happy Easter!

I'm going out of town for the Easter weekend, so I won't be posting any updates until Monday. I hope you all have a Happy Easter!

Beer Butt Chicken

For lunch today I had leftover Pot Roast in the form of a sandwich. I counted 9 points for it.

We cooked a beer butt chicken for dinner tonight. I had 5 oz of chicken (7 points), 1/2 cup of chicken & broccoli rice (3 points), 1/4 cup of baked beans (2 points), and 2 slices of french bread with ICBINB. 12 points for dinner.

Ice Cream

Spring Break = no breakfast. :)

I had a Healthy Choice Cafe Steamer for lunch. Whiskey Steak. 7 points One thing I'm noticing about the Healthy Choice Steamer meals is that they're not well seasoned. I added salt & pepper to this one and it ended up being pretty good. It had a sweet flavor to it.

For dinner I had a 4 oz chicken breast (4 points), 8 tator tots (4 points), 1/4 cup of kernel corn (1 point) and some broccoli/cauliflower (free). 9 points for dinner. Plenty left for dessert. :)

I had my chocolate ice cream with peanut butter for dessert. I'm counting 6 points because I scooped more ice cream than I should have.

Wing Night

No breakfast this morning due to severe insomnia last night and sleeping in today. :)

I had a Lean Cuisine lasagne for lunch with 2 slices of French bread with ICBINB (I Can't Believe It's Not Butter). 11 points

I had an ice cream break this afternoon. A tad more than 1/2 cup of Breyer's Smooth & Dreamy Dark Velvet Chocolate with 1/2 T of creamy peanut butter mixed in. I'll count 5 points. It would have been 4, but it was more than 1/2 cup.

I'm not sure what happened, but I had a sudden urge to go to a local restaurant for Monday Wing Night this evening. I ate 13 wings (I think). Pizza Hut wings are 3 points for 2 and these were comparable, but seriously NOT as big as Pizza Hut, so I counted 18 points for them. Sigh...

Cake

I had a Smart Ones English Muffin with egg and Canadian Bacon for breakfast this morning. 6 points

Then we went to the lake to go birding. So much fun! You can check out my bird blog here.

After we got home from the lake I had a Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers: Roasted Chicken Marsala. 6 points. It was okay, but it needed more flavor.

My kids have been begging for cake all weekend. I love cake. I can't resist cake. I can pretty much resist everything else, but I have found that I can not resist cake. I did make it with applesauce instead of oil this time, but that still leaves 1 serving being 5 points instead of 7, and that's not even counting the icing. 1 Tablespoon of frosting adds 2 points, while 2 T adds 4 points. I think my piece probably had about 1.5 T so I counted my piece of cake as 8 points total. Of course, I also had to have milk. Sigh...I had less than half a cup, so we'll just make it an even 10 points for my cake and milk.

It's Sunday, so you know what that means... Pot Roast Day! My family absolutely LOVES Pot Roast Day. :) 5 points for the roast, 3 for the 1/2 cup of mashed potatoes, 3 for the French bread with ICBINB, free green beans, and 1 point for the 1/4 cup of kernel corn I had. 12 points for dinner.

Great day!

I am SOOOO excited about this morning's weigh-in. I lost **4** pounds this week!! Woo hoo!! That puts my total at 28.6! I was hoping to at least pass the 25 mark this week, as I've been wavering there for a couple of weeks now. I surpassed it and I SO hope it doesn't sneak back up next week.

I had a Special K Peaches & Berries bar for breakfast. 2 points I also had a cup of Spicy Mayan Chocolate coffee for 1 point.

I went shopping today and tried on a TON of clothes! I have gone down TWO sizes since I started! I also was able to buy a size MEDIUM shirt! I haven't worn a medium in probably 11 or 12 years! It's awesome! I can't wait to keep going down. I didn't buy much, just a couple of items, because I hope to not even be in this size for very long. :)

I had a salad from Chick Fil A for lunch - the grilled chicken Southwest Salad, with the nacho topping and the fat free honey mustard dressing. 10 points. I love CFA because they sell Coke Zero. :)

For dinner Charles and I went to Texas Steakhouse. I had a 6 oz ribeye (10 points.), green beans (1 point), part of the red bliss potatos (4 points), and then half of the half portion of onion petals (5 points). 20 points for dinner.

First Day of Spring Break

No breakfast today.

For lunch I had a Smart Ones Chicken Parmesan. 7 points

For dinner I had Beer Butt Chicken (7 points), Chicken & broccoli flavored rice (3 points), corn on the cob (3 points), and a roll with ICBINB (3 points). 16 points for dinner. Kind of high, but it was good!

Chocolate Cupcake

I decided to have oatmeal for breakfast this morning. It normally would have been 4 points, but I didn't even eat half of it. I'll count 3 points.

For lunch I had a Lean Cuisine Chicken Poblano. 7 points

I had a snack of Kettlecorn this afternoon. 2 cups for 3 points.

Last night at McDonald's I had a Buy 1 Get 1 Free coupon for my salad, so that's what I had for dinner again tonight. That worked out great since we had soccer again tonight and I was at the ball field all evening. 11 points

I had enough points left to have a Hostess chocolate cupcake with cream filling. 5 points YUM!

McDonald's Salad

I had a Special K bar for breakfast this morning. 2 points

Lunch was a Healthy Choice ravioli meal for 6 points. It was only okay.

I had a banana for a snack this afternoon.

We had McDonald's for dinner. I had the grilled chicken Southwest salad (11 points with the dressing) and a small order of fries (6 points). 17 points for dinner.

I haven't had dessert in a while, so I had some ice cream tonight. 1/2 cup of Breyer's 1/2 the fat chocolate with 1/2 T of creamy peanut butter mixed in. It should be 4 points, but I'm counting 5 points because I know I scooped more than 1/2 cup of ice cream.

On the road again...

Sorry I've been MIA the last few days. I had company over the weekend and just didn't get back in the swing of things yesterday. My weigh-in on Saturday hadn't maintained the 25 pounds lost I had hit on Tuesday or Wednesday of last week. My official weigh-in was only at 24.6 down, but that's ok. I'm happy to still be losing. Hopefully I'll bypass that 25 pound mark this week.

I had a Special K bar for breakfast. 2 points

For lunch I had a Smart Ones Beef stew. Only 4 points and yummy!

I am headed out of town for the night, so I am going to go ahead and post this before entering my dinner. Hopefully I'll have tomorrow's post up tomorrow evening as usual.

Brisket

I had a cereal bar for breakfast. 2 points

My husband had a potluck at his work today and he made briskets to take in. He cut me some off for my lunch and it was absolutely DELICIOUS!!! It was this recipe, but without the BBQ sauce. I had probably 5 ounces, which I'm counting as 8 points.

For dinner we had more leftover brisket, this time with Bullseye original BBQ sauce. I counted 7 points for the meat that I ate (2 slices of brisket and 1 rib), 3 points from my strogonoff noodles (1/3 cup), 1 point for the BBQ sauce, 1 point for part of a roll, and 1 point for the tea I made that had 1 cup of Splenda and 1/2 cup of regular sugar in the gallon. 13 points for dinner.

Picnic

I had a peaches & berries Special K bar for breakfast this morning. 2 points

For lunch I had a Lean Cuisine lasagne and 2 pieces of french bread with ICBINB. 11 points.



I had some bruschetta on Sea Salt Melba snacks for a snack this afternoon. Only 1 point for 4! I just dice Roma tomatoes and add salt, garlic powder, & basil.



We had soccer from 5:30 until 8;15 tonight, so I packed us a picnic for dinner. I had a sub sandwich (7 points), 12 Doritos (4 points) and an apple. 11 points for dinner. I had bought some Fat Free mayonaise for my sandwich and it had no flavor whatsoever. Oh well.

Butter Chicken

I had a chocolatey pretzel Special K bar for breakfast. 2 points

For lunch I finished off that beer butt chicken from Saturday with a salad. Greens, bacon bits, croutons, chicken pieces, & raspberry dressing. Yummo! 7 points


Dinner was Famous Butter Chicken with a few changes. I used 1/4 cup of ICBINB instead of the 1/2 cup of butter. I added garlic powder, salt, pepper, and seasoned salt to the cracker mixture, but I obviously didn't add enough because it was kind of bland, but it was very moist. I also cooked it for 30 minutes instead of 40. I added everything up and came to the conclusion that my piece of chicken was 7 points. I also had chicken & broccoli rice (3 points), peas (1 point), and 1 roll with ICBINB (3 points). 14 points for dinner.

Points...to use or not to use

I made myself oatmeal this morning, but it didn't turn out like I wanted so I only ate a few bites. I'm not sure what went wrong, but I think it started with the fact that I didn't have any milk. I make it with water (instant oatmeal), but I always add about a tablespoon of milk at the end, just to make it creamy. Since I didn't have any milk I added a little of my vanilla creamer instead. It made a big gooey mess. Oh well. I'll count 2 points for the bites I did eat.

I had an apple around 11 AM and then didn't have any lunch. Probably not the best thing to do, but it's what I did nonetheless.

Dinner was good. I had about a 4 oz pork chop (4 points), 1/2 cup butter and herb rice (3 points), broccoli, and 1 roll with ICBINB (3 points). 10 points for dinner.




We ate dinner pretty early this evening because it was Scout night, so when we got home from Scouts I was a little hungry. I had a snack/dessert of 5 Ritz crackers spread with 2T of cream cheese and 1T of strawberry preserves. That is such a satisfying dessert/snack - sweet, yet filling. That leaves me 12 points for the day, but I'm not going to use them. I've been losing, but not as big chunks as I'd like so I'm hoping to jumpstart that loss again. I thought staying right at 100% of my weekly points (not including the 49 extra points we get each week) was the optimal place to be for weight loss, but it hasn't worked out that way the last few weeks, so I'm going to try to go back to staying under my points and see how that goes.

Pizza Hut

My wonderfull husband let me sleep late today, so I missed breakfast. I had leftover Beer Butt chicken, green beans, and corn for lunch. 8 points.

My sister sent me a box of some different flavored coffees for my Keurig, so I enjoyed one this afternoon - Wild Mountain Blueberry. It was pretty good and 2 points after I added Splenda and vanilla creamer.

I had Pizza Hut for dinner! It wasn't as good as I had hoped, probably because I got thin crust instead my usual pan. Anyway, it was 6 points per slice of a medium with sausage, green peppers, and mushrooms on it. I had 2 slices. 12 points for dinner.

I saved enough points to have some dessert tonight, so I had some ice cream. Breyer's Velvety dark chocolate (1/2 cup) with 1/2 T of pb mixed in. 4 points

Happy Pot Roast Day!

I had a Peach & Berry cereal bar for breakfast this morning. 2 points

Lunch was a 6" Subway Club sandwich on Honey Oat bread with light mayo, lettuce, tomato, cucumbers, & olives. VERY good! 10 points

I had a small handful of almonds this afternoon as a snack. 2 points

It's Pot Roast day in our house! Having Pot Roast on Sundays is a new tradition for us and we all are loving it! I had some roast (6 points), sweet kernel corn (1 point), mashed potatoes (3 points) and 2 slices of french bread with ICBINB (3 points). 13 points for a delicious dinner!

Beer Butt Chicken

Today was weigh-in day! I was down another .8 of a pound, which I am happy with. I thought I might have my first gain this week, so to lose anything was fine with me. My total weight loss is at 24 pounds! How awesome is that?!?!

Cereal bar for breakfast. 2 points

Lunch was my favorite - Lean Cuisine lasagne with 2 slices of French Bread with ICBINB. 11 points total.

Dinner was delish! Charles cooked a Beer Butt Chicken (7 points for a breast), Alfredo noodles (3 points), Green Beans, and Baked Beans (4 points). 14 points for dinner and it was SO good!!

Steak Night

I had a cereal bar for breakfast. 2 points
I didn't have any lunch, but I did have some Coke and some French Fries at McDonald's this afternoon. I'll count 8 points.

Dinner was at Texas Steakhouse and I had most of a 6 oz ribeye (I'll count 10 points. Carter ate almost half of it), green beans (1 point), part of the red bliss potatos (4 points), and then half of the half portion of onion petals (5 points). 20 points for dinner.