Day 46

TOTAL POINTS: 23

BREAKFAST: 6 PTS
Cereal and skim milk

LUNCH: 10 PTS
Chicken burrito
1/4 cup rice
lettace and tomato

SNACK: 1 PTS
1 point bar

DINNER: 6 PTS
1/2 chicken breast
Small baked potato
1/4 cup corn

Day 45

TOTAL: 24 PTS (over 1)

BREAKFAST: 6 PTS
Granola cereal with skim milk (heated)

LUNCH: 10 PTS
Egg salad on potato bread
Chicken & rice soup

SNACK: 2 PT
Grapes & tangerines
1 point bar

DINNER: 6 PTS
Tacos (2)

Day 44

So I'm over by 28 points for the week. If I use my 35 flex points, that means I'll not lose any weight. Since I'm only of the third day this week, and I have only 7 flex points left, it isn't looking very good. Can I stick to 23 points for the rest of the week? If I hadn't eaten the french fries at dinner, I would have been okay for today. Ah, I know better......

TOTAL: 30 Points (7 over)

BREAKFAST: 7 PTS
2 slices raisin toast w/margarine
1 cup slim milk

SNACK: 1 PT
Grapes

LUNCH: 6 PTS
1/2 pretzel break w/turkey & cheese
broccoli

SNACK: 2 PTS
Fiber One Bar

DINNER: 14 PTS
Burger on bun
French fries

Day 43

Today is my son's 21st birthday. We're going to eat at Granite City's brunch. TOTAL: 31 points (over 8)

BREAKFAST: 6 PTS
Cereal and skim milk

SNACK: 1 PT
1 point bar

LUNCH: 15 PTS
Scrambled eggs
Scone
Hash browns
1 slice bacon
Strawberries

SNACK: 1 PT
1 point bar

DINNER: 8 PTS
1 slice pizza
Skim milk

Day 42

Today is Saturday. I wasn't satisfied with anything I ate today - nibbled my way through the day. I'm not sure I can even remember all the things I ate. Part of the problem is I'm premenstral and moody. TOTAL POINTS: 36 (13 over)

BREAKFAST - 8 PTS
Cereal & skim milk
Latte with skim milk

SNACK: - 1 PT
1 point bar

LUNCH: - 6 PTS
zero point soup
ham and cheese sandwich
tomato slices
tangerine

SNACK: 6 PTS
1 point bar
2 point pudding
popcorn

DINNER: 13 PTS
Steak
roasted potatoes
green beans
break w/olive oil

Day 41 - Weigh in (Week 6)

Weight: 198.6
Loss: 9.6 pounds

TOTAL POINTS: 23 - Perfect

BREAKFAST: 6 PTS
Cereal and skim milk

SNACK: 1 PT
Tangerine

LUNCH: 10 PTS
Mini burger
Brocolli
White bean chicken chili

SNACK: 1 PT
1 point bar

DINNER: 5 PTS
zero point soup
corn muffin
Ham

Day 41

I don't know why I seem to do so badly the day before way in - probably too high of expectations. I'm sure the salty foods today will cause water weight gain tomorrow. Is it self-sabotage?

BREAKFAST - 7 PTS
Raisin toast w/light margarine
1 cup skim milk

SNACK - 1 PT
Tangerine

LUNCH - 7 PTS
Chinese Restaurant
1/2 cup white rice
meat and veggies

SNACK - 1 PT
Tangerine

DINNER - 13 PTS
Chips and salsa
Steak quesadilla (2/3)
Refried beans

Day 40

TOTAL: 26 Points (over 3)

BREAKFAST: 6 PTS
Cereal & skim milk

LUNCH: 10 PTS
Turkey sandwich w/cheese slice
1/2 cup Beer cheese soup
Pickle spear

SNACK: 2 PTS
15 m&m's

DINNER: 8 PTS
1 slice Calzone
Tangerine
Tomato
1 point bar

Day 39

BREAKFAST: 6 PTS
2 slices raisin toast
with lite margarine
1 cup skim milk

SNACK: 2 PTS
15 m&m'S

LUNCH: 7 PTS
Fettuccine noodles
Beef strogonoff
Carrot slices
Salad with ranch dressing

DINNER: 8 PTS
Steak
Mashed Potatoes
Green beans

Day 38

Today was the first day of the DTA conference. Conferences always over feed you. I was able to resist the cheesecake at lunch and the apple turnover at dinner. However, the mid-morning 100 calorie granola bar called to me - my stomach was growing. If I had resisted that, my day would have been nearly perfect. TOTAL: 26 points (3 over).

BREAKFAST: 6 PTS
Cereal and milk

SNACK: 2 PTS
Granola bar

LUNCH: 11 PTS
Grilled chicken
Spaghetti noodles
White sauce
Mixed veggies
Dinner roll w/butter

DINNER: 6 PTS
Fish
Wild rice
carrots
Cucumber

Day 37

TOTAL: 25 PTS (over 3)

BREAKFAST: 6 PTS
2 Lite waffles
1/8 cup chokecherry syrup

LUNCH: 6 PTS
Broccoli bacon quiche
Orange juice
Cucumber and tomato slices

DINNER: 12 PTS
Small bun with ham
2 chicken wings
3 meat balls

SNACK: 1 PT
Tangerine

Day 36

Today is Saturday. I worked outside at the bus roadeo all day - not many chances for snacking - YEA !! I've discovered that I'm getting full faster, or at least recognizing I'm satisfied and don't need to eat everything on my plate.

BREAKFAST: 7 PTS
Light yogurt and granola
Juice

LUNCH: 5 PTS
3" turkey sub
1/2 cup chicken wild rice soup

SNACK: 4 PTS
1 point bar
1 bag cguos

DINNER: 8 PTS
1/2 bowl tomato basil soup
1/2 chicken salad sandwich

Days 33-34-35 Weigh In (Week 5)

Weight: 199.4 (Loss 0.4)
Down: 8.8 pounds

I got behind on my blogg, which made me worry that I'd gain weight because I didn't write everything down. Fortunately, that didn't happen. On Thursday before weigh-in, we went out to eat Mexican for both lunch and supper (birthday party for twin nieces). Wednesday, we also went out to each for both lunch and supper. That makes it hard to lose weight. Friday, I was in a hurry as I worked late and to be back to work with only 45 minutes for supper. So I made a frozen pizza. I didn't check the points.

TOTAL: 32 PTS (Over 9)

BREAKFAST: 7 PTS
Cereal & skim milk
Juice

LUNCH - 8 PTS
1/2 turkey sandwich
Baked chips

SNACK: 2 PTS
(2) 1 point bars

DINNER - 15 PTS
3 slices chicken pizza

Day 32

Had a good day today. I wasn't as tired as I've been these last few days. We went to look at new mattresses for our bed, which should help the tired problems. Now if I can just get my dogs to quit waking me up. TOTAL 27 POINTS (OVER 3).

BREAKFAST - 7 PTS
Cereal & skim milk
1/4 cup juice

LUNCH - 8 PTS
Chinese Restaurant
1/2 cup white rice
meat and veggies
Broccoli

SNACK - 2 PTS
Pretzel sticks

DINNER - 10 PTS
Cheese burger (lite bun)
1 corn on the cob
salad with light italian dressing
grapes

Day 31

TOTAL: 24 points (1 over)

BREAKFAST - 6 PTS
Cheerios and skim milk

LUNCH - 7 PTS
Small burger on bun
3 strawberries
lettace with non-fat dressing

DINNER - 11 PTS
Brats on bun
Broccoli with cheese
Grapes
2 pt. chips

Day 30

Not the best day for eating today. Brunches are never good - even when you make the best choices you can. Then I unexpectantly took care of the nieces while my sister-in-law went to the emergency room for stitches in her finger. I let the kids pick supper and we ended up with KFC (vs. pizza or Burger King). TOTAL 30 PTS (over 7).

BREAKFAST - 6 PTS
Cereal & milk

LUNCH - 12 PTS
Brunch at Granite City
Cantelope and strawberries
Blueberry scone
Scrambled eggs with ham, onion, green pepper, cheese
Hash brown potatoes

DINNER - 12 PTS
Fried chicken (1 wing and 1 tiny back)
Mashed potatoes with gravy
Cole slaw (1/4 cup)

Day 29

Saturdays never seem to be a good eating day - just too much time on my hands maybe. I was going to do yard work and work off some of those calories, but I had vertigo and couldn't do it. Took medicine for that, which caused me to sleep most of the day. TOTAL 27 points (over 4).

BREAKFAST - 6 PTS
Cereal & milk

SNACK: 1 PT
1 point bar

LUNCH - 8 PTS
Peanut butter
dill pickles
bread
2 pt. chips
Cucumber

DINNER - 10 PTS
Steak
Potato
Green beans
Bread w/oil

SNACK: 2 PT
Latte

Day 28 - Weigh In (Week 4)

Weigh-in Day: 199.8
Loss: 0.8 Pounds
Total Loss: 8.4 Pounds

My WW instructor, Krissy, told me to celebrate going under 200 pounds. I've gone below 200 many times, and on my scale at home I weigh 194, so it's not quite so exciting. I'm happy to have a loss this week - especially after the eating out spree last weekend. My celebration is going to be planning next week's menu.

BREAKFAST - 6 PTS
Oakmeal
1/4 cup cran-grape juice

LUNCH - 9 PTS
1/2 bean tostada
1 beef enchilda
6 chips with salsa

SNACK - 3 PTS
1 point bar
2 point chips

DINNER - 6 PTS
Applebee's Herb Chicken with Herb Potatoes (good but salty)
Broccoli

Day 27

I had one of those evenings when I wasn't satisfied and kept nibbling on things - so frustrating.

BREAKFAST - 6 PTS
Yogurt with granola

LUNCH - 9 PTS
Turkey sandwich on white bread
Taco soup

DINNER - 9 PTS
Meatloaf
mashed potatoes
Canteloup
Skim milk

SNACK - 4 PTS
zero point jello
Chips
1 point bar

Day 26

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - TOTAL 26 points (3 over)

Had a full-day meeting on NDSU for the transit advisory committee. There were LOTS of temptations, such as muffins, bread, chocolate mints, cookies, juice....but I resisted all day.

BREAKFAST - 7 PTS
Light yogurt
Granola

LUNCH - 7 PTS
Chicken breast
Rice
Green beans

SNACK - 1 PT
1 point bar

DINNER - 11 PTS
2 small slices pizza
Strawberries

Day 25

Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - TOTAL 21 Points (2 under)

BREAKFAST - 6 PTS
Cereal & milk

LUNCH - 9 PTS
Chicken dumpling soup
sweet potato biscuit

DINNER - 5 PTS
Chicken & broccoli hot dish
Cucumber and tomato slices

SNACK - 1 PTS

Day 24

Monday, September 7, 2009 - 30 Points (7 over)

Yea, it's a holiday - Labor Day. I love having a three-day weekend. I actually have time to do housework and play. I had a miserable night last night - vomited most of the night. One of my medications upset my stomach terribly. Not the best way to manage your weight - ha!

BREAKFAST - 8 PTS
Cereal and milk
Latte

SNACK - 3 PTS
Granola bar
1 point bar

LUNCH - 10 PTS
Chicken wild rice soup
Salad with Italian dressing

DINNER - 9 PTS
BLT on potato bread
Canteloupe

Day 23

28 Total Points (5 over)

Today is Sunday. Went to Fort Abercrombie and toured the grounds - so I got a walk in today. Otherwise, too much food again. This has got to stop.

BREAKFAST - 8 PT
Cereal & milk
1/2 cranberry juice

SNACK - 1 PT
1 point bar

LUNCH - 11 PT
Acapulco Mexican Restaurant
12 Chips and salsa
1/2 steak quesadilla

SNACK - 1 PT
1 point bar

DINNER - 7 PT
Lasagna
Grapes

Day 22

Today is Saturday. I got a lot of exercise today mowing the lawn - more than usual because the self-propel feature wasn't working very well. What a terrible day for eating though. I made lunch, but didn't care for the cocktail buns (kind of soggy) so I kept nibbling and never was satisfied. The rest of the week I had better be careful and eat lots of vegetables and fruit. I want to keep going down, not maintain or go up....sigh....

BREAKFAST - 6 PT
Cereal and milk

LUNCH - 14 PTS
2 cocktail buns
2 oz. ham
1 T. peanut butter
Mini bag chips
1 point bar

DINNER - 10 PTS
HuHot Restaurant
Chicken, veggies, rice
Asian Salad

Day 21 - Weigh In (Week 3)

Weigh: 200.6
Loss this week: -2.4
Total Loss: -7.6

Finally, a good weigh-in with a loss. Sometimes you have to wait for it to catch up to you. I was sure I lost last week, but I didn't. I needed this to keep my motivation up. Friday ended up being a really crappy eating day - ate out both meals (never good). Didn't eat dinner until 8 p.m., which means I was really hungry and ate too much, too fast. Went to the Drunken Noodle for supper. There weren't any salads on the menu. I really lacked veggies yesterday.

32 PTS Total - supposed to have 23. Better get out and exercise tomorrow.

BREAKFAST - 6 PT
Cereal and skim milk

LUNCH - 11 PT
Mini burger with cheese
Bowl of white chicken chili

SNACK - 2 PT
2 one-point bars
1 peach

DINNER - 14 PT
Penne noodles with Pesto sauce and tomatoes
Chicken

Day 20

Had a good day today. Left work on-time and cooked supper.

BREAKFAST - 6 PT
Cereal & skim milk

LUNCH - 8 PT
Pretzel sandwich - turkey & cheese
Broccoli

DINNER - 9 PT
Sausage potato soup
Cucumber
Peach

SNACK - 1 PT
DQ Fudge Bar

Day 19

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. Had a pretty good day - although I'm extremely tired. Whenever I felt like eating to get energy, I drank more hot tea. It worked. Got groceries on my way home from work - so I'm restocked for the next few days.

BREAKFAST - 6 PTS
Light yogurt
Granola cereal

LUNCH - 8 PTS
1/2 wrap - chicken
Chips and salsa

DINNER - 9 PTS
Chicken
Salad w/light Italian dressing
Strawberries
Dinner roll
Devil's food cake 1 PT

Day 18

Had an early morning meeting today. Left on-time from work and stopped at a farmers market stand for some fresh (wonderfully tasty) vegetables. Hopefully, I'm back on track....alas....

BREAKFAST - 6 PT
Cereal and skim milk

LUNCH - 6 PT
1/2 cup white rice
Chinese meat and vegetables
Fruit

SNACK - 1 PT
1 point bar

DINNER - 10 PT
Steak
Baked potato with butter
1/2 corn on the cob
Cucumber and tomato slices

SNACK - 1 PT
1 point bar

Day 17

Today is Monday. We ate a hot breakfast at the hotel and then drove home from Bismarck. Ate leftovers for lunch and went back to work in the afternoon. Kind of nibbled my way around the kitchen in the evening. Tried to cook, but everything turned out a flop. I need to go grocery shopping.

BREAKFAST - 14 PTS
2 eggs over easy
2 pancakes with maple syrup
Bacon
1/2 cup orange juice

LUNCH - 7 PTS
Spaghetti noodles
Chicken strips
Green peppers

SNACK - 1 PT
1 point bar

DINNER - 8 PTS
Oatmeal
Peach
Skim Milk
Small bag of chips

Day 15 - 16

I was in Bismarck all weekend at a NAVHDA dog event - my husband was judge apprenticing. We ate at weird times (liked 5 a.m. and 8 p.m.), and I snacked between meals on apples and granola bars. So I don't think I did really good, but also didn't go off the deep end.

Didn't journal my food. Isn't that convenient? Always a mistake.

Day 14 - Weigh In (Week 2)

Today is weigh in. I gained 0.8 pounds, bringing my total loss to 5.2 since I rejoined 4-17-09. Crap. You work hard all week and have 1-2 weak moments and poof - you fail. It's so depressing. I left town for Bismarck right after work on Friday, so I wasn't able to journalize what I ate. I didn't bring my WW journal or points book with me either.