Eats for Friday 4/8/11

MB and I had a delicious, healthy, home-cooked dinner tonight and it felt great.

Then, we decided to have dessert. I got some regular fat-full ice cream for him and some WW fat-free ice cream for me.

My first WW ice cream bar was small and not really satisfying, so I had my other WW dessert too.

All together, the points weren't that bad. It's just that old self control issue again. It seems that sweets are my nemesis and always will be. Even the fat free ones.

(sigh)

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Daily points allowance: 25
Weekly points remaining: 25.5
*Remember that I'm using the old WW points system, not the new one.

Breakfast:
1 cup light vanilla yogurt(2), 1/2 cup Special K(1), strawberries(1), 4 pts - 21

Snack:
32oz water with crystal light, 0 pts - 21
1 serving veggie chips, 3 pts - 18

Lunch:
Curried chicken vegetable soup, 4 pts - 17
1 cup peaches in light syrup, 1 pt - 16

Dinner:
1 chicken breast (4) with tomatoes, garlic, basil and asiago cheese, 5 pts - 11
1 serving broccoli rabe with garlic and parmesan, 1 pt - 10
1 serving noodles with garlic and herbs, 5 pts - 5
unsweetened iced tea, 0 pts - 5

Snack:
1 WW dark chocolate dulce de leche bar, 3 pts - 2
4 pieces coffee flavored candy, 1 pt - 1
WW ice cream sundae, 6 pts - 0/26

Total points used: 30
Weekly points remaining: 26
Exercise points earned: 0
Fruits/veggies: 5
Water: 4

Thought for the day:
Maybe I just shouldn't keep ice cream in the house at all.

Eats for Thursday 4/7/11

The Beast reared it's ugly head today.

I think it's a combination of the onset of TOM, the change in the weather and the fact that I wore my glasses to work, squinting all day at the computer screen. It could also have something to do with the fact that I've been taking 800mg of Ibuprofen twice daily for a week for my sore and swollen throat. That's a lot of Ibuprofen and I think there may be some sort of rebound effect from it.

Whatever the reason, The Beast showed up.

I came home from work and crashed in bed for an hour or so because my head hurt so badly.

When I got up, I had no desire to make dinner. MB wasn't feeling too hot either so we ended up ordering pizza. Not the best decision, but we needed something.

I was pretty sure I was going to be hurling mine up later due to The Beast, but I didn't. I kept everything down and was able to fight off The Beast for the night.

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Daily points allowance: 25
Weekly points remaining: 31
*Remember that I am using the old WW points system, not the new one.

Breakfast:
1 cup light vanilla yogurt(2), 1/2 cup Special K(1), strawberries(1), 4 pts - 21
8oz Green Goodness, 3 pts - 18

Snack:
1 orange, 1 pt - 17
32oz water with crystal light, 0 pts - 17

Lunch:
Curried chicken vegetable soup, 4 pts - 13
1/2 cup carrots (0) with 1 tbsp hummus (.5), .5 pts - 12.5
1 light pineapple upside down cake flavored yogurt, 2 pts - 10.5

Snack:
2 servings pretzels, 4 pts - 6.5

Dinner:
cheese pizza, 12 points - 0/25.5
unsweetened iced tea, 0 pts - 0/25.5

Total points used: 30.5
Weekly points remaining: 25.5
Exercise points earned: 0
Fruits/veggies: 4
Water: 4

Thought for the day:
I hate The Beast.

Eats for Wednesday 4/6/11

So, we got a new fridge. Yay!
I heart it big time. It feels so good to actually have fresh food in the house again.

My plan for the day was to make soup and have it for lunches, but I didn't get all the ingredients. I was able to pack breakfast, but no lunch. The food cart at work was my healthiest option. The salad was 12 points, so I only ate half.

For dinner, I was going to make a tomato basil chicken, but hadn't gotten the basil yet. I had to improvise and make something a little different. The points were a little higher than what I had planned for, but it still turned out pretty well.

While making dinner, I had a mini cardio workout. I have to do a lot of jumping around and fancy stepping to avoid the 45 pound food seeking furball who plants herself directly on, under and over my feet while I'm cooking.


She's such a helper.

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Daily points allowance: 25
Weekly points: 35
*Remember that I'm using the old WW points system, not the new one.

Breakfast:
1 serving special K cereal (2) with raisins (1) and 8oz FF milk (2), 5 pts - 20

Lunch:
1/2 chicken caesar salad from the lunch cart, 6 pts - 14
1 packet caesar dressing from the lunch cart, 6 pts - 8
32oz water with crystal light, 0 pts - 8

Snack:
1 apple, 2 pts - 6

Dinner:
1 chicken breast (2) with crunchy onion coating (1), 3 pts - 3
1 cup Pasta Roni shells and white cheddar, 6 pts - 0/32
1 cup veggie mix w/ broccoli, cauliflower and carrots, 0 pts - 0/32
unsweetened iced tea, 0 pts - 0/32

Snack:
1 sugar free vanilla pudding, 1 pt - 0/31

Total points used: 29
Weekly points remaining: 31
Exercise points earned: 0
Water: 4
Veggies/Fruits: 3

Thought for the day:
I really heart my new fridge.

Weigh in and a new beginning.

Okay. So, I've been on a little unofficial hiatus from the BLitz. As you can see, it showed up on the scale. I've gained 2.4 pounds since last weigh in.

It was entirely unintentional, but it still happened. Due to various circumstances, I found myself falling further and further off track each week. Hell, each day.

I stopped posting my daily eats. I didn't move my fat ass. At all. I stopped preparing healthy meals. I ate out way too often. I gave up on portions and points and paying attention to what was going into my mouth.

I relapsed.

It does happen. It happens to all of us. This journey can take us on many paths. Some good. Some bad. Some in between. We have decisions to make along the way and we all hope that we make the right ones. Sometimes we make the wrong ones and they send us further down a path we don't want to be on.

The most important thing to remember throughout this journey is that we always have the chance to turn around and find the right path again. We are in control of this journey.

I am in control of my journey and I'm turning myself around. I've been down this particular path before. Many times. I've done the wrong things before. Many times. I know where the wrong path leads me.

It leads me to a dark place where I feel miserable about myself. I avoid socializing. I tug at my clothes constantly. I don't let MB touch me. I get disgusted every time I look in the mirror. I drown my sorrows and insecurities in ice cream and potato chips and all the bad foods that put me in the dark place to begin with.

So, how do I get out of the dark place?

Well, we all know the answer to that. I certainly do. I need to start planning and eating healthy meals. I need to track my eats. I need to count points and watch portions. I need to exercise.

I know it works.

So, am I ready to do it? Yes. Have I said it before? Yes. Am I sure I'm not going to relapse again? No. I'm not sure. The potential for straying off the right path is always there. But, is that going to keep me from trying? No.

I'm going to keep plugging away until it becomes second nature again. I'm going to keep doing it every day until it sticks. I may have little failures and I'll deal with them as they happen. But, I'm determined to get back on the right path and stay there.

I'm getting ready to go to the farmer's market and the grocery store. I'm stocking my new fridge (yes, we finally got that situation resolved) with all the right foods.

I apologize for being less than supportive to all of you, my fat fighting peeps. Along with my own slacking, I've been slacking on that part of the journey also. I've failed to check in with all of you. I've failed to stop by and check in on your journeys. I've failed to return the support you've all shown me. For that, I am sorry.

The BLitz is back on. Day one (repeated) is tomorrow. See you then.