Week 3 Day 3

Breakfast:
1. breakfast sammich with ham: 6 PP
2. skim milk: 2 PP

Total: 8 PP

Snack:

Total: 0 PP

Lunch:
1. jello: 0 PP

Total: 0 PP

Dinner:
1. pizza with pepperoni: 17 PP
2. pizza with ham: 4 PP
3. pizza with pepperoni & sausage: 5 PP
Total: 25 PP

Water Drank: 9/8 c.

Total: 33/37

Weeklies Used: 0/49

Weeklies Left: 43/49
AP's Earned This Week: 2

Week 3 Day 2

Breakfast:

Total: 0 PP

Snack:

Total: 0 PP

Lunch:
1. whistle dogs: 13 PP

Total: 13 PP

Dinner:
1. broccoli: 0 PP
2. lasagna: 16 PP
Total: 16 PP

Water Drank: 3/8 c.

Total: 29/37

Weeklies Used: 0/49

Weeklies Left: 43/49

Week 3 Day 1

Breakfast:
1. breakfast sammich with chicken: 5 PP
2. skim milk: 2 PP

Total: 7 PP

Snack:
1. pepperoni: 2 PP
2. cheese: 2 PP
3. yogurt: 2 PP

Total: 6 PP

Lunch:
1. PB&J: 5 PP
2. grapes: 0 PP
3. jello: 0 PP

Total: 5 PP

Dinner:
1. mac and cheese frozen meal: 6 PP
2. grilled cheese and ham: 5 PP
3. chips x 2: 14 PP
4. coke zero x 2: 0 PP
Total: 25 PP

Water Drank: 6/8 c.

Total: 37/37

Weeklies Used: 6/49

Weeklies Left: 43/49

Tonight's meeting

At tonight's meeting I felt like someone who'd been on the plan for a long time. Why is that? Because I was almost on the plan for 1/3 of a year before I left last september.

Sitting in the meeting watching someone else get the SAS award felt sort of embarrassing and that I let myself down. I could be probably at goal by now but because I couldn't take the stress, I am back at square 1. Really, I'm BEFORE square one since I gained 10lbs beyond the weight that I originally lost.

I'm doing my best not to embarrass myself anymore. I'm sticking to it. I'm having a great time with it.

The only problem is... what on earth am I going to do when I get pregnant and am not allowed to be on WW anymore? How am I going to keep myself in check. Maybe I'll ask my leader about it when I get there. Maybe there's a way that I can calculate a maintenance DPT and then just certain extra foods to that to get the extra calories.

Recipe: Hot Dog Casserole

• 2 cans tomato soup
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 2.5 c boiling water
• 2 c macaroni
• 1 lb hot dogs

Preheat oven to 350. In a casserole dish mix together the tomato soup, chili powder and water. Add the macaroni. Cut the hot dogs into at least 6 pieces each and add. Bake for 45 min, stir and bake for another 15 min.

YUMMMMM!

Using the pasta I used (catelli smart in the purple box), campbell's soup and veggie dogs (YUCK!), my casserole was 47 PP for the whole thing. I can't remember how many it's supposed to serve but I'll do more math next time I make it. If you use hot dogs other than veggie dogs, calculate how many PP a pound would be and add those PP to 35 PP (the casserole minus veggie dogs).

Week 2 Day 7 Weigh In!

I lost THREE POUNDS! That makes a total of 8.6 lbs. I survived the week of two birthdays and three cakes!!

Breakfast:

Total: 0 PP

Snack:

Total: 0 PP

Lunch:
1. pepperoni: 2 PP
2. cheese: 2 PP

Total: 4 PP

Dinner:
1. whistle dogs: 13 PP
2. mac and cheese: 20 PP

Total: 33 PP

Water Drank: 2/8 c.

Total: 37/37

Weeklies Used: 0/49

Weeklies Left: 38/49

Week 2 Day 6

Breakfast:
1. egg white/ham/swiss sammich: 6 PP
2. 1 c skim milk: 2 PP

Total: 8 PP

Snack:
1. greek yogurt: 2 PP
2. carrots: 0 PP

Total: 2 PP

Lunch:
1. PB&J sammich: 5 PP
2. grapes: 0 PP
3. jello: 0 PP
4. pepperoni: 2 PP
5. cheese stick: 2 PP

Total: 9 PP

Dinner:
1. broccoli: 0 PP
2. teriyaki chicken: 4 PP
3. herb and butter sidekicks: 6 PP

Total: 10 PP

Water Drank: 7/8 c.

Total: 29/37

Weeklies Used: 0/49

Weeklies Left: 38/49

Week 2 Day 5

Breakfast:
1. egg white (1/2 c) omelette with processed swiss cheese and chicken: 4 PP
2. 2 slices toast with PB&J: 5 PP
3. 1 can coke zero: 0 PP

Total: 9 PP

Snack:

Total: 0 PP

Lunch:
1. WW steamer: broccoli/chicken/alfredo pasta: 7 PP
2. 1 can coke zero: 0 PP
3. 1 WW cookie: 2 PP

Total: 9 PP

Dinner:
1. broccoli: 0 PP
2. hot dog casserole without hot dogs: 10 PP
3. WW brownie: 3 PP

Total: 13 PP

Water Drank: 4/8 c.

Total: 31/37

Weeklies Used: 0/49

Weeklies Left: 38/49

My brain = my enemy

My brain is against me. I grew up thinking "eww veggie dogs/burgers/turkey," etc. Now, the low fat hot dogs that I used to eat on Weight Watchers last time aren't in any stores near me. So we are cooking hot dog casserole with veggie dogs tonight. I'm scared...

Ok, so they were mushy. I picked them out. Eww! I guess I have to keep looking for my low fat hot dogs.

Week 2 Day 4

Breakfast:

Total: 0 PP

Snack:

Total: 0 PP

Lunch:
1. 3 pieces pizza: 13 PP
2. 2 cans coke zero

Total: 13 PP

Dinner:
1. 1/2 box smart mac and cheese: 9 PP
2. "whistle dogs": 13 PP
3. 2 cans coke zero

Total: 22 PP

Water Drank: 1/8 c.

Total: 35/37

Weeklies Used: 0/49

Weeklies Left: 38/49


Today was a total splurge day. I didn't go over points but I hope that the heavy food I ate and lack of fruits/veggies won't hurt me.

On a side note, we finished a costco sized bag of broccoli in a week :)

Week 2 Day 3

Breakfast:
1. breakfast sammich with processed swiss cheese and ham: 5 PP
2. 1 c skim milk: 2 PP

Total: 7 PP

Snack:
1. carrots: 0 PP
2. 1 turkey pepperoni stick: 1 PP
3. swiss cheese 15g: 1 PP

Total: 2 PP

Lunch:
1. PB&J sammich: 5 PP
2. leftover cake: 5 PP

Total: 10 PP

Dinner:
1. (was a pig and starving) 7 (smallish) slices pizza: 23 PP
2. 2 cans coke zero: 0 PP

Total: 23 PP

Water Drank: 8/8 c.

Total: 37/37

Weeklies Used: 5/49

Weeklies Left: 38/49

Why Weight Watchers Works for Me

I think that I wouldn't be half as successful if I was doing this on my own. There are two main reasons why:

1. I wouldn't worry so much about staying on plan when the only person to be accountable to is me. I would tell myself, it's okay, I've still got lots of time to lose this weight after I binge. Being at WW makes me a) pay to be on the program where I want to succeed so I'm not wasting my money and b) keeps me accountable week by week.
2. I get told EXACTLY how much I can eat/drink. If I was doing this on my own it would be "eating healthier" and healthier in comparison to how I was eating before could still include lots of junk each day. Getting the PP totals for a day makes me eat healthy, as opposed to healthier than I was before.

Crisis Averted

I made it through two birthdays and only went into my weeklies by 6 PP on my birthday (and only because ice cream cake is so dang high in PP). Now the next test of how well I ACTUALLY did, is on Tuesday, but I'm not worrying about that.

Week 2 Day 2

Breakfast:
1. breakfast sammich with chicken and processed swiss cheese: 5 PP
2. 2 c koolaid made with splenda: 0 PP

Total: 5 PP

Snack:

Total: 0 PP

Lunch:
1. grilled cheese with chicken and processed swiss cheese: 4 PP

Total: 4 PP

Dinner:
1. 1 c herb and butter liption sidekicks: 6 PP
2. tons of broccoli: 0 PP
3. homemade chicken cordon bleu with bacon, ham and low fat swiss cheese: 11 PP
4. 1/10th of a boxed rainbow bit cake made with applesauce and egg beaters instead of oil and eggs, iced with homemade low fat cream cheese icing: 6 PP
5. Reese's PB cups off the side of my ice cream cake: 4 PP?

Total: 25 PP

Water Drank: 4/8 c.

Total: 34/37

Weeklies Used: 0/49

Weeklies Left: 43/49

One down, one to go!

Well I ate well today, had some cake at snack for 5 PP, skipped a 5 PP PB&J sandwich at lunch because I didn't really need it. I was content with fruit, veggies and jello. I only had to dip into my weekly points by 6 PP today. I'm proud of myself.

Recipe: Boxed Cakes (Josh's Birthday Cake)

Josh decided he wanted a rainbow bit cake. I made it today, sub egg beaters for eggs and applesauce for oil. The portion they suggest (1/10th of the cake) is only 4.7 PP, so with icing on it, I'd call it 6 maybe! :) It smells SOOOO good.

Week 2 Day 1

Breakfast:
1. breakfast sandwich with chicken and bacon: 6 PP

• 2 slices toast: 2 PP
• 1/4 c egg white: 1 PP
• 4 slices 99% FF chicken: 1 PP
• 1 slice FF processed swiss cheese: 1 PP
• 1 slice bacon: 1 PP

2. 1 c skim milk: 2 PP

Total: 8 PP

Snack:
1. banana cake: 5 PP
2. carrots: 0 PP
3. 2 sticks turkey pepperoni: 2 PP

Total: 7 PP

Lunch:
1. grapes: 0 PP
2. SF raspberry jello: 0 PP

Total: 0 PP

Dinner:
1. diet pepsi: 0 PP
2. tiny piece of bread: (gonna count it as...) 2 PP
3. chicken cannelloni: 16 PP
4. Reese's blizzard cake: 10 PP

Total: 28 PP

Water Drank: 8/8 c.

Total: 37/37

Weeklies Used: 6/49

Weeklies Left: 43/49

It's a game!

Shopping and looking for new low point things is really a game for me. It's a numbers game to plan to stay in my points. I really enjoy Weight Watchers.

Week 1 Day 7 Weigh In!

DOWN 5.6 LBS! And I'm at 37 PP for the day now :)

Breakfast:
1. breakfast sandwich with chicken and processed swiss: 5 PP

• 2 slice toast: 2 PP
• 1 slice fat free processed swiss cheese: 2 PP
• 1/4 c egg white: 1 PP
• 4 slices chicken deli meat: 1 PP

2. 1 c skimmed milk : 2 PP
3. grapes: 0 PP

Total: 7 PP

Snack:
Total: 0 PP

Lunch:
Total: 0 PP

Dinner:
1. "whistle dogs": 13 PP
2. broccoli: 0 PP
3. banana cake with icing: 6 PP
Total: 19 PP

Water Drank: 8/8 c.

Total: 26/38

Weeklies Used: 0/49

Weeklies Left: ?/49


My weigh-ins happen before dinner so it will be posted by then.

Rough Week Ahead

Tomorrow ends my first week back on Weight Watchers.

This week includes my birthday and Josh's birthday and the cakes that come with it as well as the cake I'm taking to work.

I have decided that I want an ice cream cake for a few reasons.

1. I just love it.
2. I can pick a blizzard flavour to have in it.
3. We can eat 1 pc each every Tuesday night after weigh-in and it will keep as long as we need it to. A normal cake would be stale or moldy :)

My work cake is the low fat banana cake with low fat cream cheese frosting on it. I'm going to calculate the points and decide what I'm eating before I go to work on Wednesday.

Josh wants a rainbow bit cake with cream cheese frosting so I decided that I'm going to make my own low fat frosting and ice it like that and use applesauce instead of oil for the box mix.

Now as far as dinner goes, I've already decided between two things that I might want to eat. We're going to Macaroni Grill and I think I might have chicken cannelloni, or else the kids spaghetti and meatballs with broccoli on the side. I have good memories from Chili's kids menus.

Josh's birthday dinner will be rougher to figure points out but at the same time it might be easier... He wants to have broccoli in garlic olive oil, with homemade chicken cordon bleus and other things. He can't even remember what. Shhh don't tell him but I'm planning on having one pc. of his broccoli and having the rest steamed xD

Oh Weight Watchers, how happy I am to be back!

Recipe: A&W Whistle Dogs Re-Done

These were so good, I'm sad that Josh was the only one who made them the first time we tried them in 2010.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 thin bun, hamburger or hot dog style works
• 1 low fat hot dog (or turkey or chicken)
• 1 slice low fat processed cheese (you can also use unprocessed)
• 1 slice bacon or turkey bacon
• any normal hot dog toppings you desire

DIRECTIONS:

• Cut the hot dog in half “hot dog style” and leave it slightly attached. Put the flat sides down into a frying pan (without oil is okay since hot dogs have enough moisture inside). Let it brown.
• In the mean time, put the bun in the toaster or the broiler to toast it. Cook your bacon in another frying pan or the microwave.
• When the hot dog is done on the flat side, flip it over and put the cheese on the now-browned side while the opposite side browns.
• Dab the grease off the bacon and lay the bacon on top of the cheese. Place the hot dog on the hot dog bun and leave it under the broiler until the cheese melts.
• Place hot dog toppings on.
• Eat.

With the hamburger bun we used tonight, I had to cut the hot dog at about the 3/4 mark and lay the 1/4 next to the 3/4, filling most of the round bun. One square slice of processed cheese covered perfectly.

Soooooo good!

UPDATE: as I make these now I toast the bun, lay the bacon on the toasted bun, then the cheese, then the hot dog, add my toppings and just let the cheese melt like that. I don't use the broiler

Food Review: Smuckers Seedless Strawberry Jam

Smucker's Seedless Strawberry Jam

1 PP per tbsp.

No chunkies to get in my way :)

Week 1 Day 6

I decided that I'm going to put my meals online like a blog I found the other day. This will let me remember my points plus and will let me post recipes like we were doing on our tumblr (but blogger is so much better).

Breakfast:
1. breakfast sandwich with chicken: 6 PP

• 2 slice toast: 2 PP
• 30g low fat cheddar: 2 PP
• 1/4 c egg white: 1 PP
• 4 slices chicken deli meat: 1 PP

2. 1 c skimmed milk : 2 PP

Total: 8 PP

Snack:
1. carrots: 0 PP
2. greek yogurt: 2PP

Total: 2 PP

Lunch:
1. PB&J sandwich: 5 PP

• 2 slices bread: 2 PP
• 1 tbsp. low fat peanut butter: 2 PP
• 1 tbsp. seedless strawberry jam: 1 PP

2. 1/2 c. lemon jello sugar-free: 0 PP

3. grapes/strawberries: 0 PP

4. 2 sticks turkey pepperoni: 2 PP

Total: 7 PP

Dinner:
1. 2 whistle dogs: 13 PP

• 2 thin hamburger buns: 4 PP
• 1 chicken hot dog: 2 PP
• 1 turkey hot dog: 3 PP
• 2 slices bacon: 2 PP
• 2 slices fat free kraft singles: 2 PP

2. broccoli: 0 PP
3. 1/2 WW cookie: 1 PP
4. 1/2 WW brownie: 1.5 PP

Total: 15.5 PP

Water Drank: 8/8 c.

Total: 32.5/38

Weeklies Used: 0/49

Weeklies Left: ?/49

Pizza night on friday came mostly from my weeklies but I'm going to calculate next week :)

Recipe: Banana Cake

This is a repost of a tumblr post I made in summer 2010. I baked this cake to take to work for my birthday.

BANANA CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE ICING

Mmmmm this cake was so good. It all started last year when my neighbour brought a banana cake with cream cheese icing to work. It was so good and she gave me a HUGE piece. Luckily it was on a Wednesday so I didn’t have to answer to the WW scale for another 6 days.

Since that time, I’ve been obsessed with it and I was lazy in trying to find a recipe. This recipe is my neighbour’s changed-up recipe that was already WW friendly but I changed it a tiny bit more. I changed the oil for applesauce and changed the time to put it in a cake pan instead.

I served it for an early birthday cake for my mom and then took it to my WW meeting last week and shared little pieces with the WW members there. I heard NOTHING but compliments on how moist it was and how yummy, etc. It was amazing and totally made me feel better about my cooking skills… Josh always mocks them lol.
I got the frosting recipe from a WW cookbook we bought this summer.

BANANA CAKE:
INGREDIENTS:

• 1 1/2; cups whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 c. Splenda
• 2 medium bananas, mashed (about 1 ½ cups)
• 1/2 c. egg beaters
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/4 c. applesauce
• 3/4 c. fat-free yogurt (I used greek yogurt)

DIRECTIONS:
Mash bananas and dump in mixing bowl. Add in the eggs, vanilla, applesauce and yogurt and mix with a fork until well blended. Add sugar, flour and soda on top and mix it all together. Grease loaf pan (I used calorie free margarine spray). Be sure to grease the sides of the pan as well. Bake at 350 degrees for 55-60 minutes in a loaf pan or about 30 minutes in a cake pan. I doubled the recipe (2011) and cooked in a lasagna pan. It’s done when a knife poked in comes out clean.

FROSTING:
INGREDIENTS:

• 1 8 oz. package fat-free cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 1/4 c. confectioner’s sugar
• 1/2 c. fat-free Greek yogurt
• 3/4 tsp. vanilla extract

INSTRUCTIONS:
Using an electric mixer on high speed beat cream cheese, confectioner’s sugar, yogurt and vanilla in a medium bowl until smooth, about 1 minute.