I found these in Walmart today. I’ve already had 2, they’re 1 point each. I like them a lot better than the multi-grain 100 calorie english muffins.

I’m back to counting points today, although I didn’t decide to count points until oh 2 hours ago. But I think I’ll be okay for the rest of the night/weekend.

*edit*

So much for counting points today, I feel like I’m going to explode! This week has just been crazy WW wise. I’m hoping next week I have a little more self-control! I definitely went over my flexies by like 12 today….and I feel really really gross……

I’m not posting a menu today simply because I didn’t count points. I felt that my lack of control with the ice cream was due to my extremely high carb/sugar craving. So in order to get my focus back I decided to take today and make it a low carb day. I kept track of calories rather than points and I must say that my carb cravings are almost gone or at least manageable! I also took the day off from exercising, for some reason I feel as though I deserved it. I worked out every single day this week, it was time for a break.

There’s a trend I’ve noticed about many people on the WW boards, and many of the blog users, this week in particular. Whenever we mess up on our diet/lifestyle change we really put ourselves down. Like yesterday when I had my ice cream binge, I just couldn’t believe I ate so much. I literally thought it was the end of the world. Anyhow, I guess what I’m getting at is some of us (or at least I feel this way) feel utterly ridiculous for letting food get the best of us. We are so hard on ourselves, yet when we see another post/blog about someone else that binged or did not do so well, we let them know “it’s okay, just get BOT, drink lots of water” - which by the way is really really great encouragement. We have trained ourselves to be so critical of our every move, why can’t we train ourselves to forgive and forget what we did, just like we preach to others?

Today in particular I’ve been really supportive/chatty on the WW boards. I believe in Karma, I feel as though if I begin giving positive feedback, eventually that feedback will find it’s way back to me when I’m truly in need of it. That’s all I have for tonight!

Peace Out!

Geez, this week I’ve either been really on or completely totally off. Sunday and Tuesday were fine, Monday and today were not so great. It’s a good thing I have 3 days left in my week otherwise I don’t think I could make it! Today I just didn’t even think about what it was that I was eating. By 1:30 p.m. I had 4 points left for dinner, rather than head straight to the gym and try to earn some AP’s so I could at least have a decent dinner I started craving ice cream. (Honestly, I get this way when I’m expecting TOM.) My 1 serving of ice cream turned into 7 servings, yes 7! The entire time I was eating I just kept thinking “This is sooooo good, I want more.” Around the 6th serving I thought “Oh, I should stop right now.” But then somewhere in my twisted thought process I thought we’ll I’ve already used 8 flexies on this ice cream, might as well make it 10.  So, I feel as though I wasted 14 points today, at least I got my dairy in right?!?!?

So after my ice cream meltdown I was thinking “Oh crap, I refuse to let this get me down and get in my way of losing!” Soon after I was on my way to the gym. I was at the gym for almost 3 hours, I biked for 20 mins., did the stairclimber for 20 mins., the elliptical for 31 mins., the arc trainer for 20 mins., and I walked on the treadmill for 50 mins. You better believe that when I got home I passed out for 2.5 hours! Now, I know this looks like I ‘punished’ myself with exercise by trying to work off what I had put on. I was planning to workout today anyways, but I know I would not have worked out as long or hard as I did had I not ate 14 points of ice cream. The good thing about getting in this big of a workout is that I earned 7 AP’s which I believe completely cancelled out the ice cream I ate. So there I was left with 4 points for dinner once again, I ate yogurt w/ cereal. Next time I’m thinking of having ice cream I need to 1. limit myself to 1 or 2 servings and 2. really think about whether all of my hardwork in the gym was/will be worth it.

I saw on another person’s blog that they basically had a “free” day and they think they needed to have the free day in order to get right back on track. In a sense I’m thinking of the ice cream binge in that way. I know I shouldn’t have done it, but I did, paid for it in the gym, and now I’m moving on. I hope the rest of the week gets better, I’m going to cut back on the carbs tomorrow b/c I’m feeling way too carbed up right now. So here’s my menu from today (ice cream binge included):

Breakfast:
Yogurt & Cereal (2)
Luna Bar (3)

Snack:
Strawberries & Blueberries (1)
Tortilla (1) - I’m addicted to these things & I eat them plain too!

Lunch:
Tortilla w/ FF Refried Beans, Chicken, & Cheese (3.5)
Yogurt w/ Cereal (4)
Tortilla (2)
Ice Cream Binge (14)

Dinner:
Yogurt w/ Cereal (4)
Gum (1)

Activity:
20 mins. Bike (1)
20 mins. Stairmaster (1)
31 mins. Elliptical (2)
20 mins. Arc Trainer (1)
50 mins. Walking on Treadmill (2)

Tomorrow I will avoid the ice cream.

*edit* I just read my post from yesterday and saw that I posted “it took everything in me not to grab the Edy’s Cookies N Creame Ice Cream”, so I kind of feel like I should have just fed the craving yesterday. I would have rather used 2 than 14 flexies on ice cream. I also wanted to note that today marks 2 days that I have been diet cola free. GO ME!

Today was sooooooooo much better than yesterday, WW wise. My main goal was to stay within my daily points & eat between 1200-1400 calories. I ended up with 1,350.5 after checking a few things on fitday.com. I also worked out on the ellipitical for 30 minutes, earning me 2 AP’s. I was really really tired today so it took everything in me to actually work out, and it took even (is taking) more effort not to grab a 1/2 cup of my Edy’s Loaded Cookies n Cream ice cream. Glad I made it through the day even after seeing 146.6 on the scale this morning. Oh well, I decided yesterday that I was going to give up diet pop, it makes me bloated and I drink way too much of it. I actually think I was drinking so much that the acid was starting to take it’s toll on my teeth. The bad thing about giving it up now is that I still have a full case in my refridgerator. Maybe I’ll make it a once a week treat or something like that.

So here is today’s menu:
Breakfast:
1 Strawberries ‘N Creme Luna Bar (3)
1 Frigo Light String Cheese (1)

Lunch:
Mushroom & Spinach Pizza from Lean Cuisine (6)
1 Dannon Yogurt w/ 2 TBSP of cereal (2)
14 FF Pringles (1)

Dinner:
1/2 c. Grapes & 1/2 c. Blueberries (1)
4 Mini Chicken Tacos (4)
1 Low-carb Tex Mex Tortilla (1)
1/2 c. FF Refried Beans (.5)
1 oz. Cheddar Cheese (1)
2 Mini Chocolate Meringues (.5)

Others/Snacks:
3 pks. Dentyne Fire Gum (2)
3 Minute Maid Fruit Punch Drinks (1)
1 c. Strawberries & 1/2 c. Blueberries (1)

I’m kind of on the fence about counting points for the gum & drinks because I am having more than one throughout the day, not all in one sitting. Any thoughts?

I’ve been really snacky all day which lead me to dip into 5 flex points. I’m going to take a walk later and maybe do a workout video. I’m just feeling a total lack of motivation today and I’m really really tired. Tomorrow I’m going to try to go to the gym after class and later tonight I’m going to plan my meals for tomorrow.

One thing I’m really concerned about is the amount of calories I’m eating. I get 21 points a day and the equivalent in calories is between 1050 & 1150. Lately I’ve been getting anywhere between 1300-1500 calories, and I’m worried that I’m eating too much (even though I’m eating 21 pts.). I guess I need to just track this over the next few weeks and then see where or if I should cut back.

That’s all for tonight, I’m beat!

*edit* I worked out on the elliptical for a total of 23 minutes, then the gym closed! But I didn’t let that stop me, I managed to get in an 80 minute walk. I’m really glad I did this, I almost gave up on working out because it was getting too late, or it was too hot. So I at the end of the day I earned 4 AP’s so now I can cancel out 4 of those flexies, right? I hope so. I worked hard for them!

Yesterday I had 16 flexies left, rather than losing them, I decided I would just use them. This left me feeling very uncomfortable for pretty much the rest of the evening. Of course I didn’t use them on anything good - chocolate meringues (which I finished off today :-x), potato chips, whatever was junkie that I could get my hands on. Of course when I stepped on the scale today I was up to 145.8. I’m taking that number with a grain of salt as I know I was retaining a lot of salt and whatnot from the crap I ate last night. Even though I ate a lot of junk I was able to refrain from the cotton candy, fried vegetables, french fries, funnel cake, and caramel apples being offered at my town’s 4th of July festivities last night.

So my goal for this past week was to get back into doing the Flex Plan, and to record every single point (and calories). Now that I have journaling under my belt, I’m going to begin adding in exercise. I haven’t exercised in at least a month. I know my endurance is shot and that scares me. Instead of going to the gym and starting back way to fast, I am going to take it slow. Instead of doing one machine for extended periods of time I’m going to break it up into 5 or 10 minute increments. I tend to get really bored when I’m on a machine or doing an activity longer than 10 minutes even when I have music blaring or a magazine to read. I don’t have a lot of things going on in my life right now so I shouldn’t make any excuses for not going to the gym.

One other thing I’m going to work on this week is the 8 GHG’s. But, I’m more focused on exercise than the GHG. My only big problem with the GHG’s is getting in my dairy, oils, and eliminating sugar. Fruits and vegetables are absolutely NO problem and I have done really really well with eliminating alcohol. I have drank once this entire past month, of course that was a wild and crazy night but it’s nice to know I have that control and can turn down a drink when offered.

Yesterday I went to Trader Joe’s and I found some really tastey Mini Chicken Tacos. You get 4 mini tacos (they are kind of small but also filling) for 4 points. I also bought a bunch of other new things that I’ll do a mini review of once I try them.

One other random tidbit that I wanted to mention, the very first time I joined WW I weighed in at 144. I was given 20 points a week, and now that I’m at the same weight I get 21 points a week. I think I’m going to cut back to 20 this week to see if it makes a huge difference. The reason why I joined WW in the first place was b/c I was starting to gain weight and I didn’t know how to eat healthy at all. I’m pretty comfortable in the low 140’s but I am constantly worried that I will be right back in the 150’s in no time.

That’s all, Peace!!!

*edit* Just wanted to include my daily menu….

Breakfast:
Apple (1)
Grapes (1)
Yogurt (1)
Chocolate Meringues (1)

Lunch:
Grapes (2)
Chicken Tacos (4)
Whole Wheat Pita (2)
Apple (1)

Dinner:
Strawberries (0)
Grapes (1)
Salad w/ RF Cilantro Dressing (.5)
Chicken Lime Burger w/ WW Pita (3)
Pretzel Thins (2)
Gum (1)

Activity: 55 minutes Walking = 2 AP’s

Today I took some pics of myself in a bikini. In reality I feel that I look horrible in the bikini, but I actually don’t look bad in the pictures. After all, we are our worst critics. Maybe I’ll get enough courage to post them on here someday. I’m leaving soon but figured I’d go ahead and post my daily menu. I have 10 points left for snacks/dinner.

Breakfast:
2 Yogurt (2)
String Cheese (1)
1/2 c. Grapes, 1/4 c. Raspberries, 1/4 c. Blueberries (1)

Lunch:
1 Lean Cuisine Panini (5)
1 Salad - Romaine, Banana Peppers, RF Feta Cheese, Wishbone Spritzer (1)

Dinner:
10 points!!!

Hope everyone has a great OP weekend! Peace!

Gah! My plan for today was to not go over points but I ate my dinner way early (like before 5 pm) and got hungry around 8:30 p.m. So I started with an apple (1), decided that wasn’t enough so I grabbed 1/2 c. of grapes (.5). That didn’t statisfy me so I grabbed 2 fudgesicles (2) and a WW cake (1). But I’m done! (Just had to keep myself accountable, I really feel like reported my points/daily menus in a blog is helpful! :oP)

I’m now left with 23.5 WPA for the next 3 days. Hopefully I won’t use too many more! I have a wedding on Saturday, I’m really thinking about skipping out on the reception b/c I have no idea what will be served and the only person I know is the bride. I definitely need to start assessing whether or not I’m hungry b/c most of the points I ate earlier in the day I ate out of boredom.

I’m leaving my apartment tomorrow after lunch and won’t be back until late Saturday night OR maybe Sunday morning. Tomorrow’s Food Plan consists of:

Breakfast:
1 Yogurt (1)
1 Fruit (1)

Lunch:
1 Spinach/Mushroom Lean Cuisine (6)

Dinner:
Chipotle! (8)

That leaves me with 5 points to use sporadically throughout the day. Wish me Luck!

So for the most part yesterday went pretty well. I had about 9 or 10 points (I had some carrots and didn’t know whether to count them as 0 or 1 pts. <—-prime example of why we must count/measure our snacks!) left for the cookout. So here’s how my cookout meal panned out:

1 Hot Dog (5)
1 C. Veggies (0)
8 Chips/Salsa (2)
1 C. Berries (1)
4 TBSP coleslaw - made w/ oil & vinegar (1.5) <—guesstimate
1/4 slice of Baby Swiss (.5)

I decided that the fruit was so good that I had to have more. I went back to the kitchen TWICE and ate at least 4 cups or more of the berries. On my last trip I picked up a brownie. I ate all of the fruit, and one bite of the brownie. I’ve decided that I need to be really anal with counting my points so I’m counting the carrots/brownie bite/extra fruit as 7 pts. of my WPA. It probably seems a little high considering that I probably really didn’t eat 5 cups of fruit but I have to be careful otherwise I will go over my WPA at the end of the week.

So the brownie bite sparked something in me, I definitely need to record every Bite, Lick, & Taste I take. My new motto (actually it’s not mine, my best friend told me her leader used to say this to her) is “If you bite it, write it!”

This morning when I woke up I was still feeling full and bloated from last night so I skipped my morning/daily WI. It’s 1 p.m. and I’ve already used up 14 pts. for the day, leaving me with 7 pts. for dinner. I think I’m going to eat a 0 pt salad and a lean cuisine (I love the spinach/mushroom pizza & chicken club panini!). Here’s my menu for the day so far (still really random):

Breakfast:
1 Apple (1)
1 Yogurt (1)

Snack:
1 Yogurt (1)
1 c. Grapes (1)
1 Frigo String Cheese (1)
1 pkg. Orbit Gum (1)

Lunch:
1 Apple (1)
1 c. Grapes (1)
1 c. Strawberries (0)
1/2 c. Blueberries (.5)
1/2 c. Raspberries (.5)
1 Boca Burger (1)
2 Low Fat Fudge Bars (2)
2 WW Cakes (2) <—having a bit of a sweet tooth today!

Dinner:
Salad (0)
1 Lean Cuisine (5 or 6)

1 or 2 pts. Leftover

That’s all, Peace!

Happy 4th of July!!!  I love it!

I’m going to be leaving my apartment here in a few minutes to run some errands and go home (aka my rent’s place). Then I’m going to a cookout around 6 p.m., then FIREWORKS! WOO! Here’s my meal plan so far today:

Breakfast:
1 Dannon Carb & Sugar Control Vanilla Yogurt (1)
1/4 c. Blueberries (.25)
3/4 c. Grapes (.75)
1 c. Strawberries (0) I saw in the WW book they count 1.5 c. as 1, but I can’t fathom counting 1 c. as 1, any thoughts?
1 Crystal Light Orange Sunrise (0)

Since I woke up really early I’m planning to have a 1 or 2 pt. snack before lunch, so:
Fruit (1)
Frigo Light String Cheese (1)

Lunch:
6″ Turkey Sub from Subway (5) or maybe a salad - I’m so indecisive!

I also have a tentative plan for the cookout:
Hot Dog (5)
Hot Dog Bun (3) - not sure if I’ll eat the bun
Fruit (3)
Chips & Salsa? (3)

*I think if I leave out the bun and just eat fruits & veggies rather than the chips & salsa I’ll be within my daily points target. But, it’s not a big deal if I go over my pts. a little bit.

Tomorrow is the Bachelorette party, we’re eating dinner at 8:30 p.m.! Seriously, I’ve been known to eat my dinner at 4 p.m. I’m gonna be hungry. Anyhow, we’re eating at Max and Erma’s and then going to a club afterwards. Does anyone have any suggestions for what I should order at Max and Erma’s? Their website doesn’t give much nutritional information, and the NI of the items that they do give is kind of …meh…

I’m planning to go to Trader Joe’s on Saturday, I’ve written down a lot of ‘must have items’ that I’ve seen on the message boards. Of course one of my musts are the Chicken Lime Burgers, they are so good and only 2 pts!

Lastly, I normally weigh myself every morning, today I weighed in at 142.4!!! WOO! I was really really worried about what the scale was going to say b/c yesterday was pretty much my first day in a while of not doing low carb - hope it doesn’t affect me later on….

Happy 4th, and Peace!