Grilled burgers

I went to Georgia for the Memorial Day weekend and didn't even bother to TRY to count points. I had so many meal dates that I knew I would be WAY off plan all weekend, so I just accepted it, ate what I wanted, and started over today. I was 5 pounds up this morning from what I was on Friday, but I was prepared for that I know I can make it up, so it's not bothering me.

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

Honestly, I was so tired from not sleeping well all weekend, that I napped through lunch. I know that is not good and not the way to get back on track, but oh well. It's what happened. I had an apple at 3:30.

For dinner I had 2 hamburgers grilled at home (5 points each, plus 3 for each bun) and Wavy Lays potato chips (4 points for 11 chips). 20 points I could have gone with only 1 burger and been fine, but he had a fresh one off the grill and the 1st one was so good, that I caved. I didn't go over points for the day, but 20 in one meal probably isn't the best thing to do. No dessert tonight.

Spaghetti Dinner

I had a Special K bar and 1 cup of milk this morning for breakfast. 5 points

For lunch I had a Lean Cuisine chicken poblano meal. 7 points

We had dinner at our Cub Scout spaghetti dinner tonight. I had spaghetti (12 points), garlic bread (4 points), salad (2 points), and a cupcake (I'm counting 8 points. The WW book has SO many different numbers for cake and cupcakes.) 26 points for dinner. Everything was pretty much estimated since I didn't make any of it myself, so I'm hoping I overestimated. The cupcake SURE was good though. :)

Cracker Barrel for only 11 points!

For breakfast this morning I had a Smart Ones cheesy scrambled eggs & hashbrowns meal. 5 points

Then I had a cup of tea with 2 T Splenda and 2 T fat free French vanilla creamer. 1 point

For lunch I had a Smart Ones spaghetti, some leftover green beans, and a roll with ICBINB. 10 points Then I had 1 Godiva dark chocolate gem. 1 point

We went to Cracker Barrel for dinner and I actually restrained myself and only had 1 corn muffin. :) I had 4 grilled chicken tenderloins (4 points), green beans (1 point), carrots (free), and 1 corn muffin (5 points) with 1 container of whipped butter (1 point). 11 points for a yummy dinner, although I sure did want another corn muffin. :)

I have 1 point left and I'm going to spend it on 1 Godiva dark chocolate gem. Good night.

Bad Chicken Enchilada

Breakfast was a Special K bar and milk this morning. 5 points

For lunch I tried the Lean Cruisine Chicken Enchilada Suiza and I couldn't eat it. The rice was good, but the enchilada was nasty. I only had one bite of the enchilada, and ate half the rice. I really like the Smart Ones version though. I had already punched the 7 points into my calculator, so I'll just leave it at that. I ate my leftover potatoes and green beans from last night instead.

For dinner I had a Chick Fil A Southwestern grilled chicken salad with fat free honey mustard dressing & croutons instead of tortilla strips(10 points) and a medium order of waffle fries (10 points). 20 points

Chocolate and kiwi

This morning I had a Special K chocolatey pretzel bar and 1 cup of 2% milk for breakfast. 5 points

I didn't have anything for lunch today, but I did have a pear at 3.

For dinner we had pot roast and it was SO good. I had 4 ounces of roast (6 points), some new potatoes baked with ICBINB (4 points), green beans, and 1 roll with ICBINB (3 points). 13 points for a very delicious dinner.

For dessert I had a Smart Ones brownie a la mode. 5 points. And then I had a kiwi, too.

Beer Butt Chicken Sunday

I stayed up to watch SNL last night, so I slept through breakfast this morning. For lunch I had a Lean Cuisine Chicken Poblano. 7 points

I had an apple and some trail mix for a snack this afternoon. 3 points

I know it's Sunday and we're supposed to have Pot Roast, but I didn't have a fresh one and I didn't thaw one yesterday, so we made a beer butt chicken instead. I had a breast (7 points), 1/2 cup of pasta salad (4 points), green beans, cut up cucumber & tomatoes, and 2 dinner rolls with ICBINB (4 points). 15 points for dinner.

Dessert was 2 Godiva dark chocolate gems. 2 points

Another GREAT weigh-in!!

I had another great weigh-in this week!! Woo hoo! 2.2 pounds down this week, for a total of 32.8 pounds! My daily weighs were really good all week, so good that I had forgotten what my weight was last weekend. So when I weighed this morning I was up a little from what it had been earlier in the week, which made me think I was pretty close to what I had been last Saturday, but NOPE; when I looked at my chart I saw that I was actually 2.2 pounds down. SO exciting!!

I had a Special K bar and 1 cup of 2% milk for breakfast. 5 points

We went to Lewisburg, WV today to visit caves and a Civil War reenactment, so we had lunch out. I had a steak sandwich, a salad, and a roll. I'm not sure on the points, but I'm going to estimate them at 3 points for the salad, 5 for the roll, and 15 for the sandwich. So, 23 points for lunch. I obviously gave myself the day off. :)

For dinner we grilled steaks. I marinated the steak in an ICBINB mixture, so I'm counting 7 points for the steak. I also had 1/2 cup of pasta salad (4 points), 1 mini corn on the cob (2 points), 1 roll with ICBINB (3 points) and some cut up cucumbers and tomatoes. 16 points for dinner.

Subway for dinner

For breakfast this morning I had a Smart Ones English muffin sandwich. 6 points

Lunch was a Lean Cuisine Chicken with penne pasta meal. 8 points, although I didn't eat the apple dessert that was in it, but since I don't know how many points that would be I have to count the full 8.

This afternoon I had a little bit of trail mix for a snack. About 2 points worth. I wanted to eat the whole bowl I had made, but it was 5 points and I'm trying to have a good weigh-in tomorrow. Then a little later I had some baby carrots and a banana. Sigh... I was hungry this afternoon/evening. I was waiting for my husband to get home to grill steaks for dinner, but then we decided it was too late and he just picked up Subway on the way home instead.

So for dinner I had a 6" subway club on white bread with provolone cheese, lite mayo, cucumbers, olives, lettuce, tomatoes, and salt & pepper. 9 points. I also had 14 Special K sour cream & onion cracker chips. 1 point. So, 10 points for dinner.

For dessert I was going to have 3 chunks of my Ritter dark chocolate, but I guess it's been opened too long because the first chunk didn't taste as good as I remembered. So I had that 1 chunk and then 2 Godiva dark chocolate gems. 2 points total.

My favorites

For breakfast this morning I had a Smart Ones french toast with turkey sausage. The french toast wasn't bad, but I didn't like the sausage. And with it being 7 points, I doubt I'll buy it again.


For lunch I had one of my favorite Lean Cuisine meals, Cheddar potatoes with broccoli. 5 points

For a snack this afternoon I had a peaches & berries Special K bar. 2 points

I was pretty hungry this afternoon for some reason. I had some baby carrots around 4:15.

We had soccer tonight, so my dinner was very late (almost 9:00). I had the Lean Cuisine lasagne and 2 pieces of French bread with ICBINB. 11 points

Wednesday

For breakfast this morning I had a Special K bar with 1 cup of milk. 5 points

Lunch was a Smart Ones savory steak & ranch flatbread sandwich. 8 points and it was just okay.

For dinner I had 5 ounces of Mesquite pork roast (4 points), 1/2 cup of chicken & broccoli flavored rice (3 points), steamed broccoli, and 1 roll with ICBINB (3 points). 10 points for dinner.

I had a Smart Ones brownie a la mode for dessert tonight. 5 points

Free Food

Breakfast this morning was a Smart Ones breakfast quesadilla. 5 points

For lunch I had a Smart Ones chicken santa fe for only 3 points.

I later had 5 cups of popcorn for a snack. 3 points

For dinner I had pizza from Domino's - 1 piece of pepperoni and 1 piece of sausage. 16 points. I also had almost all of an individual bag of regular Lay's potato chips. 4 points. We had a Cub Scout field trip and they fed us, so I couldn't pass up free food.

I went over by 2 points today, so I just had a kiwi for my snack/dessert this evening.

Brownie a la mode

Breakfast today was a chocolatey pretzel Special K bar and a cup of milk. 5 points

For lunch I had a Smart Ones chicken enchiladas suiza. I love that meal. 7 points

For a snack before dinner I had 1 plum and 1 baby carrot. Then for dinner I had a Smart Ones chicken parmesan meal and 2 dinner rolls with ICBINB. 12 points

For dessert I had a Smart Ones brownie a la mode. 5 points

Sunday Pot Roast and Survivor

I had a Special K bar this morning for breakfast. I wanted Tudor's Biscuit World, but I was determined to have a "good" weekend. 2 points

I had a late breafkast, and thus no lunch. Plus I cleaned through lunch, so by 3:00 I was pretty hungry. I had a Smart Ones Fiesta Quesadilla for a mid-afternoon snack. 5 points. I didn't want to ruin my appetite for Pot Roast Sunday, so I didn't have anything with it like I probably would have for a 'real' lunch.

Dinner was Pot Roast. Yum! I'm counting 5 points for the pot roast (it's different points for different cuts and I don't remember which cut this was.). I had 1/4 cup each of white rice and instant loaded mashed potatoes (3 points total), 1/2 cup of baby lima beans (2 points), and 1 roll with ICBINB (3 points). 13 points for dinner.


That leaves me with 9 points to have a dessert/snack during the Survivor finale. What shall I have?

Since I had the points and I stayed on plan this weekend for the first weekend in forever, I decided to splurge. I had 3 Chips Ahoy cookies (5 points) and a cup of 2%milk (3 points) for my dessert. It was well worth the 8 points. I didn't wait for Survivor though. I ate it at 7:00. I figured the earlier, the better.

Great weigh-in!!!

ALL week I was playing catch-up from being home last weekend. I never got back to what I was last Friday before I left...until this morning!! And now I'm 1.2 pounds LESS than I was at last Friday's weigh-in. WOO HOO!!! 30.6 pounds, baby!! SOOOOO excited!

For breakfast today I had a Smart Ones English Muffin Sandwich. 6 points

For lunch I treated myself with some Little Caesar's. I had 2 pieces of pepperoni @ 8 points each. 16 points I had a pear for dessert.

I had a snack of 3 Godiva dark chocolate gems between this afternoon and this evening. 2 points

Dinner was beef brisket (4 points), mashed potatoes (3 points), kernel corn (1 point) and 1 slice of French bread with ICBINB (2 points). 10 points for dinner. I went over my daily allowed points (29) by 5, but that's still WAY better than when I'm out of town on the weekend. :) Last weekend I had 59 points on Saturday and 65 on Sunday. I'm still shocked that I recovered from that within the week.

It's like Thanksgiving...only not.

For breakfast this morning I had a Smart Ones ham and cheese scramble. 5 points

Lunch was a Smart Ones mini cheeseburger with bacon addedd, topped with ketchup, mustard, and pickles. 6 points I also had 11 sour cream & onion Popchips. 2 points


For dinner I had a Smart Ones turkey and mashed potato meal. It was just okay. I probably won't buy it again. But the good part of dinner was the sweet potatoes I made. I cute them into about 1" chunks and put them in a gallon baggie with 1T ICBINB (melted), 1T brown sugar, 1T Splenda, and some cinnamon. Then I baked them at 400 degrees for about 35 minutes. I sprinkled more Splenda and cinnamon on them after they were done. Quite yummy 6 points for the sweet potato (1 large, but I didn't eat the whole thing...oh, WITH the skin on) and 5 points for the turkey dinner equals 11 points for dinner. I also had half of a cucumber and about 6 baby carrots while waiting on the sweet potatoes to cook.

I had dessert tonight. Breyer's 1/2 the fat dark chocolate ice cream with 1/2 T of pb mixed in. I'll go with 5 points. It should be 4, but I scooped out more than 1/2 cup of ice cream.

Thursday

Blogger had some maintenance issues so I couldn't post at all on Thursday. Here is all that info though. :)

For breakfast today I had 2 slices of bacon and 2 slices of cinnamon toast. 6 points

For lunch I had a Smart Ones fiesta quesadilla (5 points) and some cucumbers diced and mixed with 1 T of Dijon dill dip (2 points), along with some baby carrots. 7 points I went back for seconds on the cucumbers and carrots. Yum. I tried organic baby carrots for the first time and they were BETTER than the baby carrots I usually get. I don't really know why, but they were. They seemed really fresh, firm but not hard, really easy to bite.


I had a Chocolatey pretzel Special K bar at 6 this evening (2 points). The kids had a skating party, so I had a late dinner of Lean Cuisine lasagne and 3 pieces of Italian bread with ICBING. I finally bought some Light ICBINB, so It’s now only 1 point for a T instead of 2. 13 points for dinner.

For dessert I had 3 Godiva dark chocolate gems. 2 points

Birthday Cake

I had 2 slices of bacon for breakfast this morning. 2 points

I had a special K bar around 10:00 this morning. I was starving this morning for some reason. 2 points

For lunch I had a Smart Ones lasagne. 7 points. I really like the Lean Cuisine lasagne better.

Today is my youngest son's birthday, so I made cake...again! I made it with applesauce, but still. Cake is so 'expensive' when it comes to WW points. I made a butter recipe flat cake with strawberry frosting, cut it into 12 pieces, and then had half of one of those. 4 points A 1/12 serving would have been 5 points, plus the frosting, which would have been 3 (1.5 T). I can handle 4 points for half of that. Of course, I also had 1/2 cup of milk, so add 2 more points for that. :)

For dinner we had pork chops again. I actually cut it off the bone and weighed it this time and it was only 3 ounces, so I'm sure I overestimated the one I ate Monday night. A 3 oz pork chop is 3 points, but I had a Hawaiian marinade on it that I forgot to figure the points for, so I'll count my pork chop as 4 points. I also had 1/2 cup of white rice (3 points), green beans (free) and 1 roll with ICBINB (4 points). 11 points for dinner.

Tuesday

I had my favorite Special K bar for breakfast, Chocolatey pretzel, along with 1/2 cup of milk. 4 points

For lunch I had a Smart Ones Homestyle Beef Pot Roast. Only 4 points.


I had a snack of popcorn this afternoon. 5 cups = 3 points.

After Scouts this evening we had dinner at Logan's. I had the mesquite grilled chicken (6 points. I usually count 4 because that's what the nutritional value comes up with, but I think it has to be more than that, so I'm counting 6) with a side salad (I'll count 4 points) and broccoli. I was strong and did not have a roll. 10 points for dinner.

Back to Life

Okay, I had a great weekend in GA and ate WAY more than I should, but that's okay. I am back on track today. I'll be glad to be home for a few weekends in a row so that I might actually 'continue' to lose over the weekends instead of gaining back everything I'd lost the week before.

For lunch I had a Smart Ones flatbread sandwich - Chicken Marinara with Mozzarella Cheese. 7 points


Dinner was delicious. I love coming back home after being out of town and getting back on plan and being able to cook a real dinner at home. We had pork chops (4 points), corn (1 point for 1/3 cup), broccoli (free), chicken & broccoli flavored rice (3 points for 1/2 cup), & rolls (4 points for 1 with ICBINB. I really need to go buy the light version. Then my roll would have only been 3 points). I meant to weigh my pork chop tonight since I haven't been weighing my proteins, but I forgot. I am always afraid my food is going to get cold while I am serving everyone else and portioning/weighing my own food. I do always measure my rice and point vegetables though. I'd say my pork chop tonight was about 4 ounces, which is 4 points. 12 points for dinner.


For an 8:00 snack/dessert I had 3 Godiva dark chocolate gems. 2 points

Weigh-in Day!

I did my weigh-in today because I'm leaving to go out of town this afternoon. What a GREAT week! I lost 3.8 pounds this week!! That gives me a total of 29.4 pounds lost so far!

I had the Smart Ones Breakfast Quesadilla for the first time this morning. It was quite good. 5 points

For lunch I tried the Smart Ones Chicken Ranchero wraps. They were okay. 2 meals in 1 box though, you can't beat that. 5 points I also had some melba snacks with 1 wedge of Laughing Cow creamy swiss cheese. 4 points

I will most likely have a McDonald's Southwestern Grilled chicken salad (11 points with the dressing) and a small order of fries (6 points) on the way to GA this evening. If so, that will be 17 points and will put me over 2 points for the day. I can't NOT get the fries though. :)

Have a good weekend and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!! I'll be back on Monday.

Cinco de Mayo

I had some leftover bacon this morning, along with a piece of toast and 2 pieces of cinnamon toast. This time I scraped the last of my LIGHT ICBINB out of the tub to save that 1 point AND I used Splenda instead of sugar to save another point. I have to admit that the toast with sugar last night was better and more satisfying than the ones with Splenda. I'll have to decide if that extra point is worth it. So, 4 points for the toast and 2 points for the bacon. 6 points for breakfast.

For lunch I celebrated Cinco de Mayo by having a Lean Cuisine Chicken Poblano meal. 7 points

Dinner was a Smart Ones Chicken Parmesan with spaghetti and 2 pieces of french bread with ICBINB. 10 points total



After the evening soccer games I had a salad of cucumbers, tomatoes, croutons, and bacon bits. 2 points

Breakfast for dinner

Since my weigh-in this morning was encouraging, I went with the same breakfast I had yesterday: Special K bar (2 points) and 1 cup of 2% milk (3 points). 5 points

I tried, for the first time, the Smart Ones Chicken Enchilada Suiza for lunch today. YUM-MY! 7 points It does have some kick to it though. I'm not a big fan of spicy, but with a Coke Zero I was good to go. Totally worth it!

I made breakfast for dinner tonight because I wanted bacon AND I thought it would be easier. Where did I get THAT from? Breakfast has to be the hardest meal to cook and still get everything done at the same time. Anyway, I had 2 fried eggs (4 points), 4 slices of bacon (4 points), 1 piece of french bread toasted with ICBINB and 2 pieces of french bread made into cinnamon toast (6 points for all the toast). That cinnamon toast was divine!! I used 1 T of ICBINB divided between the 3 pieces, but I bought regular instead of light ICBINB, so it was 2 points instead of 1 for the butter. Each piece of bread is 1 point each and I used 1 T of sugar, which was also 1 point. Thus, 6 points for all the toast, but it was well worth it!! 14 points for breakfast for dinner. Oh, and the regular piece of toast isn't in the picture because I ate it while my eggs were finishing up. :) I was hungry.

Cheeseburgers and Popchips

I had a Special K chocolate covered pretzel cereal bar and a cup of milk for breakfast. 5 points

For lunch I tried the Smart Ones mini cheeseburger (5 points). I was leery of it because it's so small, but paired with some barbecue potato flavored Popchips (3 points for 20 and on sale at Kroger) and some Coke Zero, it was a filling lunch for 8 points.

Dinner was BBQ chicken breast (5 points), 1/2 cup white rice (3 points), 1/3 cup of kernel corn (1 point), and 1 dinner roll with ICBINB ( 3 points). 12 points for dinner.

I had a snack of Kettlecorn after dinner. 3 points Then I also had 1 square of dark chocolate. 1 point

Spaghetti

I had a Smart Ones Cheesy Egg Scramble with Hashbrowns for breakfast this morning. It was pretty good. 5 points Smart Ones are on sale at Kroger right now - $1.49 if you buy 10.

No lunch for me today. I really should stop doing that. It really puts me in a bad mood at 4:00.

I had spaghetti and garlic bread for dinner. I'm going to count 18 points. I don't feel like figuring it all out tonight.

I had a Smart Ones fudge brownie a la mode for dessert. 5 points (I think)

Pot Roast Day!!

I broke down and had a biscuit with gravy from Tudor's Biscuit World for breakfast/lunch today. I do not have the nutritional information for Tudor's, so I kind of have to guess on the points for that. In the past I counted it as 12 points, but today I thought to look up Hardees' biscuit and gravy (it's in my WW book) and it's counted as 15 points. I hate to admit it, but I would guess that Tudor's is at least as 'bad' as Hardee's, so I'm going to have to count 15 points for the biscuit with gravy. OUCH!

Pot Roast Sunday!! We had such a delicious dinner. It's nice to be home this weekend so that we can have our traditional pot roast Sunday. I had more roast than I usually do tonight, so I'm counting 7 points for it. I also had 1/2 cup of mashed potatoes (3 points), 1/3 cup of kernel corn (1 point), some green beans (free), and a dinner roll with ICBINB (3 points). 14 points for dinner. That's all my points for the day, so I guess I'm done. :)


I wish every day could be Pot Roast Day. :)