WW was quite successful, but I didn’t have breakfast before the meeting (I can’t eat that early in the morning) so my food intake for Saturday was a little off compared to the weekdays.
Breakfast (at the Purple Onion with Lyds and Andrew) – 2 eggs overeasy, 2 slices of whole wheat toast, 1c hash brown/potatoes, 6oz steak – 23 points
Lunch – 1c corn bran squares, 1c 2% milk – 5 points
Dinner – 85g whole wheat pasta, 1/4c sauce, 3oz lean ground beef, mushrooms, 1tsp oil, 1oz shredded old chedder – 15 points
I ended up using 10 of my “extra 35 points”, 25 remain.
At my last WW meeting Lyds suggested I post the recipe of a dish which I credit with my 4.6lb one week loss.
This recipe will produce what WW calls 4 portions, but since the points value is quite low I double up on the portions for eating at a single meal. Each portion is 4 points, but even at 8 points if you eat 2 portions that is a very reasonable amount of points for a single meal.
- 200g ground lean pork (I’ve tried it with chicken and it works just as well)
- 6 spring onions
- 4oz chopped mushrooms
- 1tbsp low sodium soya sauce – I use kikkoman (sp?) as I find the flavour quite pleasant
- 1tbsp crushed ginger
- 4 chopped cloves of garlic
- 1/3c low sodium chicken stock
- half a pack of cellophane noodles or asian rice noodles – about 2oz (they are extremely light so it is a fair bit)
- 1tsp oil
Boil some water and then pour over the noodles – the noodles, much like couscous will “cook” while you are preparing everything else.
Fry the pork, the spring onions (finely chopped) along with the garlic & ginger. Add the soya sauce when the pork is nearly cooked through. Add in the chicken stock and then the noodles. Mix together and let it cook gently until all the liquid is absorbed by the noodles.
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Where this recipe varies from the WW recipe is that I don’t add in hoisin sauce, I find that the flavour is just as excellent without it. The original WW recipe doesn’t include mushrooms, but I love ’shrooms and I just needed to include them. Bulks up the recipe and they have virtually no points. As I mentioned, officially this serves 4 portions. But when I get home at night and I’m quite hungry I can eat 2 portions at once. Comes out to 8 points and it’s fabulous. Takes hardly any time to prepare, at the most 20 minutes, and is a great way to create a lovely meal really quickly.
…so far 11.4lbs. I was having a hard time and had actually gone up for 3 weeks in a row, but I stuck to it and this week I saw results. Lyds has suggested I post the recipe for Cellophane Noodles w/ Pork which has been a godsend for me.
I stuck to it and refocussed my energies and the result has been that I have broken the 10lb barrier. My next goal is to break the 15lb barrier – small goals, that’s why I am looking at this, achieving small goals/milestones is the best way to focus on my overall need to lose nearly 100lbs.
Breakfast – nature valley cereal 1.5 & 2% milk 1.5c – 9.5 points
Lunch – chicken breast with skin & frozen veggies – 6 points
Snack – Cadbury Thin – 2 points
Dinner – Cellphane noodles w/ pork (WW recipe) 2c – 8 points
Snack – 1oz cheddar cheese – 3 points
Total 28.5 points
