Boy, am I struggling today. I knew it was too good to be true. I’m not over points or anything, it is just that it seems like each meal is a struggle today. I don’t know what I want to eat. I didn’t make a plan for today. I know I have gotten entirely too much dairy in today (cheese and milk for breakfast, yogurt for snack, probably grilled cheese tonight for supper). I am fortunate (although that does mean I’m bigger than most) that I get 37 points a day for days like this. I didn’t even get 30 in yesterday. It’s crazy. I shouldn’t feel guilty if I get all my points in. I only have 13 points left for today and that is crazy that I feel like ONLY when some people only get 5 more than that for an entire day. On top of that, I’ve done absolutely nothing today (well, I did do laundry) and I feel so depressed feeling. I’m sure that has to do with dh going back to work today. My dh is a truck driver. His work starts on Tuesday a.m. and ends at Wednesday p.m. and then he leaves again on Thursday a.m. and ends at Friday p.m. So, I get a little spoiled with him being home for long weekends. And I almost feel like I am in mourning on the days he leaves. I know that sounds corny. Thank goodness for cell phones or I would go crazy.

Well, almost time for the kids to be home from school. I’ll post my food journal later.

It seems like since the last time I weighed in the week has just drug by. I keep wanting to weigh myself, but I am holding in there. Just 2 1/2 more days. I can hold out. I just know I can. It just seems like an awful long time since my last weigh in.

I had another awesome day on track. I like those days. They don’t come often enough. Usually my problem is when I get off track. I have a hard time getting right back on the wagon. Instead, I keep on and on and on until eventually I forget what dieting is. My diet reverts back to the old ways, rarely any veggies, OD’ing on fried, fatty, carbs, and sugary goodness (at least at the time). I usually get tired of eating like that and start craving veggies and non fried stuff. It’s crazy. On top of that, all the weight I usually lose, I gain back. I just need to find a happy medium. I need to realize that yes, on occasion a goody or treat meal is fine, in moderation but then I need to refocus, get a plan, and adapt.

I drank an excess amount of water today while eating the baked Doritos and rotel tomatoes due to the spiciness. I need to be careful doing that before I have to leave the house. Even though I tinkled twice before leaving, I was ready to break the oars out on the way home. Thank goodness my bladder is still intact after having three kids.

The Diet Coke Lemon Cake is really good. All you do is take a lemon cake mix, add one can of diet soda (I used a can of Fresca citrus flavor, but diet sprite, 7-up, or other diet lemon lime would work too)and mix. Pour into a pam sprayed 9×13 cake pan and bake per cake box temps and times. When cake is cooled down, mix an 8 oz fat free coolwhip and one pack of pour in bottle lemonade mix ins (you know, the ones you mix a bottle of water) Any brand, I used Wyler’s because that is what I had on hand. Spread on cake and refrigerate. I cut mine into 15 pieces. I count mine as 4, but I was looking at other diet coke cake recipes and they are saying 3. If anyone cares to figure it, just let me know.

Breakfast
Fiber One Clusters cereal (2)
½ c 2% milk (2)

Lunch
coffee w/ 2 tsp amaretto creamer, 1 tsp sugar (1)
pb sandwich (3)

Supper
sauerkraut and turkey smoked sausage (4)
lima beans (2)
mashed potatoes (3)
jalapeno corn muffins (4)

Snack
baked Doritos (3)
lime and cilantro rotel (0)
diet coke lemon cake (4)

Total points allowed/used: 37/28
Total Flex allowed/used: 35/0

Today was an easy day. No food cravings, no snacking. Just an easy day. I love days when my thought isn’t entirely on food. I’m trying not to sweat the little stuff. When I’m hungry, I eat, sensibly. When I am not hungry, and even though I think I am, I’m trying to figure out why and occupy my thoughts on other things.

Another thing about today, well, even this week, it has just flown by for me. It’s almost like a blink and a whole week of my life is gone. Maybe this weight loss thing will fly by.

Breakfast
breakfast burrito (5)
1 c 2% milk (3)

Lunch
coffee w/ 3 tsp amaretto creamer, ½ tsp sugar (1)
100 cal Lorna Doone cookies (2)
orange (1)

Supper
bbq chicken thigh (5)
pinto beans (3)
mashed potatoes (3)
broccoli and cheese (2)
biscuit (3)

Snack

Total points allowed/used: 37/28
Total Flex allowed/used: 35/0

I am SO not good at post titles. lol

Today was a good day. I had one of those on-the-go-all-day, no-time-to-just-chill days. Eh, keeps me from thinking about food all day.

About the Bullet. After my mom and I ran to town today, she invited me to stay for lunch. She got a Magic Bullet for Christmas (my brother got it for her from Walmart), and after we had our sandwich, she made us a Strawberry-Banana smoothie. All she used was fresh strawberries, a fresh banana, a splash of OJ, and crushed ice. It was SO good. I am almost positive I want one now. Except, when I went to Amazon, some of the feedback on it is terrible. So far, my mom loves hers. I’m anxious to try the fresh salsa recipe!

Anyway, I keep babbling over stuff, typing and rewording. I think this is my cue to exit… ::curtsy::

Breakfast
Fruit and granola parfait (4)

Lunch
turkey and cheese sandwich (5)
fat free cheddar and sour cream chips (1)
Magic Bullet Strawberry-Banana smoothie (2)

Supper
tuna helper (6)
green peas (1)
Mexican corn muffins (4)

Snack
honey wheat braided twists pretzels (4)
string cheese (1)
mexican corn muffin (2)
1 c 2% milk (3)
100 cal pack oreos (2)

Total points allowed/used: 37/35
Total flex allowed/used: 35/0

So, while waiting for the storm to pass, I watched Ugly Betty and Grey’s Anatomy while laying in bed. I was going to get up and post this last night, but I figured if I got up out of bed, I would start eating. I know I had more points left for the night, but I really wasn’t hungry and all I was thinking about was string cheese and honey wheat pretzels. It would have added 5 points to my day and I knew I had the extra points, but still, I kept wondering, would it trigger me to eat more? So, thankfully, I was just sleepy enough that I decided to turn the t.v. off and call it a night. Not one time yesterday (before breakfast any ways) did I think to myself, “I’m starving”. So, no, I didn’t eat the total of points I should but I was listening to my body. And I do believe if I ate less than my points all the time, that it would hinder the scale to.

Breakfast
2 Breakfast burritos (10)

Lunch
slowcooker enchilada (7)

Supper
WW’er Italian vegetable soup (2)
Grilled cheese sandwich (4)

Snack

Total points allowed/used: 37/23
Total flex allowed/used: 35/0

The bad weather that is. It’s approaching us. Already on the West side of Alabama. I love rain. I could lay in the bed all day and listen to the rain. It just never fails though, the nights dh is gone, the bad weather comes and it almost ALWAYS arrives at night. So, it will be my responsibility to gather up my three children, 10, 7, and 4 and my grandmother, 77, and head to the storm shelter. That part wouldn’t be so bad, but the fact that most likely it will be pitch black. We don’t have the first good flashlight (although the kids each got one for Christmas) and we have to go down a hill to get to it (the storm shelter). Oh well. Maybe it won’t be too bad tonight.

I had to go to Walmart today and buy some cat and dog food. While I was there, I picked up another Betta fish. Yes! I’m addicted. So, after breakfast and while listening to the weather, I decided to fix him up in his new home. That task is completed and now I have an hour to spare until time to pick up the boys from school.

I have no idea what we are going to have for supper. I’m just not in the mood to cook anything. We have a few leftovers. I may give everyone the choice of leftovers or a sandwich. So far, I’ve only had the burritos. I’m not hungry right now. I think I’ll go lay down a bit before time to leave. I’ll add my food journal for the day later.

Mmm’mm. (Darn! I keep forgetting to take pictures of the food, too anxious to eat it I guess) I made these this morning. So good. Actually, one was pretty filling, but I’ve got like a gazillion points and since I was eating such late breakfast, I figured I would have plenty of points to spare.

Breakfast Burrito
5 pts

1 fat free tortilla (I used fat free La Banderito or use your favorite 1 pt one)
1 egg (scrambled)
1/2 oz 2% shredded cheese
1 slice bacon
Rotel lime and cilantro tomatoes or salsa

Place tortilla on plate. Add scrambled egg, cheese, bacon, and tomatoes. Roll up burrito style.
You can make it less points by using egg beaters. Those of you familiar with Rotel tomatoes, I just found the lime and cilantro kind this past week. I loved the taste of it and it went really well on the burritos.

but, since I went ahead and weighed this a.m……..

I had a 4.4 lb loss!!! Go me!!!!

Just thought I would go ahead and post my journal for today. It will be hectic tonight after church. I’m sure I won’t eat anything else after supper because it is usually late when we eat on Wednesdays anyways and since I’ve posted lots of stuff for you to read tonight, no guilt if I don’t post any more stuff today. lol

Breakfast
Grits bowl (fried egg, 2 slices bacon, pk grits) (6)
Coffee w/ creamer and ½ tsp sugar (1)

Lunch
grilled turkey and cheese sandwich (4)
baked Doritos (3)

Supper
Crockpot chicken and rice (5)
Green beans (0)
Salad w/ Hidden Valley Light Ranch (2)
biscuit (3)

Snack
fruit and yogurt parfait (4)

Total points allowed/used: 37/28
Total flex allowed/used: 35/15

Crockpot Chicken and Rice
5 pts per serving makes 4 servings

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1/2 cup uncooked brown rice
1 can 98% fat free cream of celery soup (you can also use mushroom or chicken)
1 small can sliced mushrooms (drained)
1 pack dry onion soup mix

Pam spray crockpot. In separate bowl mix rice, soup, and mushrooms. Pour into crockpot. Layer chicken breasts on mixture. Sprinkle onion soup mix on chicken. Cook on low 4-6 hours until chicken is cooked. One serving is one chicken breast and 1/4 rice mixture.