Aug 16th – after the WW meeting

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.

Weekend of August 23&24

Woohoo! I lost another 3.4lbs, making the total 8.2lbs. I keep telling myself this is to the good, I need to lose the weight so that the hell I went through last year for the surgery will be all worth it. So I do have a long-term goal as WW suggests. My short-term goal right now is to lose another 5-10 pounds before my trip to England on September 13th. Not sure if I can make it, but I am focussed and journaling daily (even if I don’t update this blog daily).

August 23rd (weigh-in day)

I have to admit, I don’t eat before the weigh-in as I just feel a little too queasy in the mornings to eat that early. I was hungry and Lydia came with a little baggie of caramel rice cakes, to the meeting.

I ate:

1 rice cake – 1 point

Breakfast/Lunch – 3 egg omlette (I’m assuming it was 3 eggs as it was fairly large at the restaurant I went to with Lydia and Puck) with veggies, 2 pita quarters and I’m assuming 2 tsp of oil – 8 points

Snack/Drink at the Comic Exp – 500ml of a strawberry smoothie (not sure of the exact points so I’m going to overestimate to be safe) – 5 points

Dinner – went to Fran’s and had the Sheppard’s Pie – 2 cups of it – 20 points

Used 6 of my extra 35 points, down to 29

August 24

I woke up super late, around 11:45am so I mostly grazed through the day.

Breakfast/Lunch:

2c corn bran squares, 1 1/2c 2% milk – 8 points

Snack:

3 slices rye bread, 3 tsp margarine – 9 points

Dinner:

85oz whole wheat pasta, 1/4c crushed tomatoes, mushrooms/greenpeppers/onion, 3oz ground pork, 1oz old cheddar, 1 tsp oil (for the cooking) – 13 points

I point under my daily 31. Still have my 29 extra points, if I choose to use them.

Aug 17th – Lunch with Tarotcub, oh the carbs

Breakfast – 1c corn bran squares, 1c 2% milk, 1c pineapple chunks – 7 points

Lunch – 3 naan pieces, 6oz tandoori chicken, 2c steam basmati rice – 28 points

Dinner – 85g whole wheat pasta, 1/4c sauce, 3oz lean ground beef, mushrooms, green peppers, 1oz shredded old cheddar, 1 tsp oil – 15 points

I used up 19 of my extra points, leaving me with 6. I tried to be careful at the Indian restaurant but after noshing there and totaling my points for the lunch I was shocked. I love naan, but obviously it isn’t a good choice unless it is a treat. As a potential weekly lunch I don’t think I could do.

I did manage to walk for about 35-40 minutes with Mr Tarotcub, so though it wasn’t a lot of walking it was still an accomplishment.

I don’t really want to count my activity points as “banked points”.

I actually managed to eat only 29 points

shocking, I know.

Today’s points were spent onL

Breakfast – 1 slice of bread, 1 boiled egg, 1c peaches – 6 points

Lunch – chicken thigh with skin, 1c broccoli, roasted potato – 6 points

Afternoon snack – Cadbury Thins (1 bar) – 2 points

Dinner – whole wheat pasta (85g), 1tsp oil (for cooking), 3oz ground very lean beef, 1oz old cheddar, 1/4c tomato sauce, some mushrooms & green pepper – 15 points

Total points = 29 points out of a possible 31

I managed to do a spot of grocery shopping today after work and stocked up on grapes, bananas, eggs, some gluten-free soft tortilla wraps, pork slices, mushrooms & green pepper.. and I got some breakfast cereal. I chose a cereal that has 1.5g of fat and 5g of fibre to 120 calories. My intention tomorrow morning is to have a bowl of cereal and a single medium sized banana for breakie.