Week 2 Weigh-In

aka: it's probably water weight!

14 Jan 2013: 204.2 lbs
07 Jan 2013: 208.9 lbs

I've been drinking a lot of crystal light and cutting down on our soda stream soda (although I do drink a liter or so each week of either "Cola Zero" or the diet raspberry soda which are both good) I drink Coke Zero or iced tea when we're out and about.. and I even still have a coffee treat now & again when we go to Peet's for beans or last night when I was desperate for a bathroom and had to stop in at Starbucks.. A grande "skinny" vanilla latte is 3 points plus. =)

I know I need to step up the exercising though. Sean said he'd hook up the wii fit so we'll see what happens with that! =)

One thing I've found out is taking the trash out is a great way to get the steps in! I made two trips yesterday: first to take out the trash and then the cat litter. That, along with our running errands last night put me just over 10,000 steps (10,103 steps actually). So if you wear an activity meter of some kind, keep it on! Every little thing counts!

Pizza!

Tonight's 49'ers/ Packers game meant one thing.. PIZZA!

We split a Fresh & Easy Pesto and Arugula Pizza.. Half a pizza is 9 points plus. Not bad... Of course I only had 7 points left by dinner time tonight, so I went "into the hole" using some of my weekly bonus points.. You get 45 for the week to use on 'special occasions' and whatnot, but since I had crazy chocolate and meat cravings.. I was down to 22 weeklies by dinner time tonight..

Good thing I only have one more day 'til the week starts all over again.. Oh, yeah I don't expect a lot of weight loss this first week. Not with all the chocolate I've been letting melt in my mouth this week. They really should come up with a 'chocolate patch' one day.. Just saying. =P

English Muffin!

Eastbay comfort food: fresh baked Arizmendi English Muffin w/ @BerkeleyBowl peanut butter (& organic strawberry spread from the San Leandro Costco) =)

was a lot of points.. so that was my brunch.. =P I followed up with a big Fuji apple though.. and it was pretty filling! =)

Veggie Meatballs!

Today we finished off our "Don Lee Farms" Veggie Meatballs. We bought them at Costco in a 2 lb package.

One serving is 4 balls for 3 points plus. We had put them in the freezer because it's a lot of perishable food for two people to eat. They aren't too bad. I keep thinking they would be good in a spaghetti dish but we never got around to trying that. Instead I nuked the last of them to share and for my part, I sliced up another Roma tomato and added some 'no salt' seasoning.

The veggie balls themselves have sweet corn, carrots, onions, low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese, and some other stuff that makes them bind like breadcrumbs. I think we like them enough, we'd get them again. Next time we'll do the spaghetti. =)

Veggie!

Today's lunch was an old favorite from Costco.. The Garden Lites Grilled Zuccini Soufflé. Garden Lites come on different soufflé varieties, but this is the one Costco carries at times.

Each soufflé is 4 points plus, so it's great for breakfast or lunch, whatever.. Today I diced up a medium Roma tomato while I heated it in the microwave. I placed the heated soufflé on top of that (after removing it from its little container) & then topped it off w/ a spoonful of salsa.

The box says it counts as 2 1/2 servings of veggies but I seriously doubt that! I did give myself credit for 1 serving though, which seems more realistic. =)

For dessert I had a Chobani Greek Yogurt w/ strawberry. Usually we like to keep a big container or 2 of Fage on hand (love it w/ a some preserves or honey added) but the Chobani was on sale this month..

Back on the Wagon Too

With the Christmas season over (Three Kings Day was yesterday) it's time to get back on the wagon...

In all the time I was off the Weight Watchers wagon, I climbed back to 246.2 pounds.  My first goal is to get below 200 pounds. If I can lose a pound a week, I'll reach that by Thanksgiving week.

So, how did day one go?

• Breakfast was a Garden Lites Grilled Zucchini Souffle (4 points), 1 cup of milk (2 points), and a banana (0 points). Total: 6 points.
• Lunch was Miso soup (3 points) with udon noodles (6 points) and 2 cups of carrots (0 points). Total: 9 points.
• Snack was two slices of Alvarado Street Bakery California Style Complete Protein Bread (4 points) and one tablespoon of Country Crock 39% Vegetable Oil Spread (1 point). Total: 5 points.
• Beverages included water (0 points), coffee (0 points), 2 cups of low sodium vegetable juice (2 points) and 22 oz of Drakes Drakonic Imperial Stout (11 points). Total: 13 points.
• Dinner was 12 Don Lee Farms Veggie Meatballs (9 points) and a mixed green salad (0 points). Total: 9 points.
• Dessert was a serving of Dannon Light & Fit Blueberry Greek Yogurt (2 points), Total: 2 points.

Total: 44 of 48 points.

Meatless Monday!

Since it's Meatless Monday I'm having an Amy's Vegetable Lasagne for lunch. It's 8 points plus and pretty filling!

I nuke it for 5 minutes & place it on a plate/ in a big soup bowl sauce side down so I'm not eating from a tiny paper thing. It's about #asthetics you know?

I also add a spoonful of diced garlic because there's no such thing as too much garlic! =)