On the Menu This Week

Greek Style Cheeseburgers
Vegetarian Black Bean Chili
Roasted Cornish Hens with Quinoa and Broccoli

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

September 30th Food Diary

Ate 26.5 of 26 points earned 10 activity points.

Breakfast(4)- Peanut butter, 1/2 Banana and Sandwich Thin
Lunch (10)-Mac and cheese, Fruit2day (2)
Snack (1)-Vitamuffin
Dinner (10.5)-Tuscan Chicken (8.5) Roasted Potato (2)
Snack (1)-Pudding

Burned 999 Calories walking on the Treadmill. I have already earned 35 activity points which is roughly 3500 calories burned in activity, 1 pound on exercise alone

Running Weekly totals used 31 of 35 weekly points earned 35 activity points.

September 29th Food Diary

Ate 28 of 26 points earned 7 activity points.

Breakfast(4.5)- Oatmeal and an apple
Lunch (14.5)-Pad Thai and Chicken with Spinach in Peanut Sauce
Dinner (9)-Mac and Cheese with Green Beans

Burned 729 Calories walking on the Treadmill, doing my challenges and using the bowflex. Thai for lunch was good nice mid week break especially after sitting in the Social Security office and department of licensing for a combined 4 hours...

Running Weekly totals used 30.5 of 35 weekly points earned 25 activity points.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

SSP Week One Day One

I'm lazy I have shortened the name of my squats, sit ups, push ups challenges to SSP

W1D1
Push-ups

set #/planned/completed
1/10/10
2/12/12
3/7/7
4/7/7
5/>9/11

W3D1
Squats

set #/planned/completed
1/19/19
2/24/24
3/19/19
4/19/19
5/>27/35

W3D1
Sit ups

set #/planned/completed
1/21/21
2/27/27
3/21/21
4/21/21
5/>30/38

So I hit all my marks and feel pretty good about that, my arms were jelly for a while and when I went to do my weights workout I couldn't do a bench press due to a sharp pain in my shoulder, so I will try to warm up a bit more next time. Day 2 on thursday...

Monday, September 28, 2009

September 28th Food Diary

Ate 25.5 of 26 points earned 10 activity points.

Breakfast(4.5)- Peanut butter, banana and sandwich thin
Snack (1)-2 small plums (1), fiberone yogurt (0)
Lunch (5.5)-BLT and Salad
Snack (2)-yogurt
Dinner (11.5)-Tuscan Roasted Chicken with Vegetables (8.5), Brown Rice (2) wine (1)
Snack (1)-Vitamuffin

Burned 970 Calories walking on the Treadmill. I did 2 walks again, hovering around 2 hours. Dinner was Tuscan Roasted Chicken and Vegetables turned out well and very easy walk away recipe.

Running Weekly totals used 28.5 of 35 weekly points earned 18 activity points.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

September 27th Food Diary

Ate 30 of 26 points earned 8 activity points.

Breakfast(9)- Cornmeal Blueberry Pancakes with syrup
Lunch (11)-Pulled Pork Sandwiches with coleslaw
Dinner (9)-Macaroni and 4 cheeses (8), Green Beans with butter (1)

Burned 814 Calories doing Bowflex and the Treadmill. The mac and cheese was made with pureed winter squash which turned out well. It made the cheese sauce thick and the taste of squash while there was not prominent. Recipe up later.

Running Weekly totals used 28.5 of 35 weekly points earned 8 activity points.

September 26th Food Diary

Ate 50.5 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.

Breakfast(6)- Latte, Pear, pluot, WW 2 point apple cinnamon bar
Lunch (6)-Turkey Bacon BLTA on a sandwich thin
Dinner (38.5)-Beer (8), Spinach Artichoke Dip (7) Hummus with Pita (6.5), Dungeness Mac and Cheese (9), Molten Chocolate Cake (8)

Ben and I shared 2 appetizers, an entree and a desert as well as several beer samplers over 3 hours, oh and yes Stanford won and rooting for them in bar full of husky fans was one of my funner moments (especially given my general distaste for football).

Running Weekly totals used 24.5 of 35 weekly points earned 0 activity points.

Squats, Sit-Ups, and Push Ups Challenge

Ok so I decided to do the 200 squats, 200 Sit ups, 100 Push Ups Challenges. These are 3 different challenges. Here are the websites

Sit-ups http://www.twohundredsitups.com/
Push ups http://www.hundredpushups.com/
Squats http://www.twohundredsquats.com/

I plan to post my progress here. Basically you do a pre-test and based on the results you follow a plan to be able to complete 200 squats or 100 push ups or 200 sit-ups in 6 weeks. If you want to join me please post your results below.

I did the pre-test today and my results were good for sit-ups and squats and ok for push ups. I have been working on all of them for a while as a part of my regular workouts so if I did better than you don't despair.

Initial Test Results
Pushups 20
Sit ups I stopped at 70... since this put me well past skipping to week 3
Squats Again I stopped 57 since this put me well past skipping to week 3

So my plan for This week is

Squats (5 sets)
Day One 19/24/19/19/max i can do at least 27 rest 60 btwn each set
Day Two 27/34/21/21/max at least 34 rest 60 btwn each set
Day Three 30/38/27/27/max at least 40 rest 60 btwn each set

Push ups (5 sets)
Day One 10/12/7/7/at least 9 rest 60 btwn each set
Day Two 10/12/8/8/at least 12 rest 90 btwn each set
Day Three 11/15/9/9 at least 13 rest 120 btwn each set

Sit Ups
Day One 21/27/21/21/at least 30 rest 60 btwn each set
Day Two 30/38/23/23/at least 38 rest 60 btwn each set
Day Three 33/42/30/30/at least 45 rest 60 btwn each set

I will continue to do my regular strength training on these days as well after the challenge.

So come on join me, the more the merrier. Let's motivate each other and if you want to share your log with me via email instead just let me know that below.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

The Weekly Round up 9/19-9/25

I got in 8 workouts this week.

OK so down to the details of the week.

Summary I used 25.5/35 Weekly Points and I earned 35 Activity Points.
I'm up 1.6 pounds!!!!! Grrrr usually I can point to something I did in the week that led to a gain but not this week, which is what frustrates me. It's not the loss that is frustrating it's the not knowing what led to it. Logically it is upping my workouts and having alot of sore muscles, sore muscles retain water to help them heal, but there is no eating incident that pops out and says me me pick me.
This week I cooked a pork shoulder on monday and made it into 3 different meals all of which turned out well and some of which will be remade with chicken for a lighter option.

Saturday 41 of 26 points Cooking class tasting and pizza for dinner. No activity

Sunday 25 of 26 points Cherry Vanilla Oatmeal, grilled cheese for lunch and greek style stuffed peppers for dinner, these turned out very well, hearty filling and only about 2.5 oz of meat in each serving. No activity

Monday 25 of 26 points Peanut butter and banana on a sandwich thin, leftover peppers and the first of the many pork meals this week, Roasted Pork with salsa verde, brown rice and greenbeans. Earned 4 activity points

Tuesday 26 of 26 points leftovers. 4 activity points

Wednesday 27.5 of 26 points. Chipotle pork tacos, YUM. Earned 9 activity points

Thursday 28.5 of 26 points, leftover tacos. 9 activity points

Friday 33.5 of 26 points chopped chicken salad and chicken wontons for lunch, pulled pork sandwiches with coleslaw. Made the dressing with low fat mayo and it turned out really well.

I had a goal of 24 activity points this week and I exceeded it! I have upped my activity this week and plan to continue that. My goal for next week is 35 activity points, this includes walking in the afternoon 5 days (I earn about 4 points on these walks) so that's only 15 activity points elsewhere, I will probably exceed this but the goal is 35.

GOALS. Ok so with the lose for good campaign I decided I could lose 10 pounds, well no. When will I learn that setting myself a number and a date always backfires for me????? So instead my new goal is to lose and to up my activity and make progress on the 200 squats, 100 push-ups and 200 sit up challenges. These goals are much more realistic and achievable.

Next Week's Menu
Saturday- Eating Out
Sunday- Mac and 4 cheese (sounds decadent but its only 8 points and made with winter squash)
Monday-Tuscan Roasted Chicken and Vegetables
Tuesday-leftovers
Wednesday-Sweet and Sour Shrimp with Brown Rice
Thursday-Leftovers
Friday- Leftovers

Friday, September 25, 2009

September 25th Food Diary

Ate 33.5 of 26 points earned 10 activity points.

Earned 8 activity points on the bowflex, then the treadmill in the afternoon.
Breakfast(5)- Cherry Vanilla Oatmeal
Lunch (16.5)-Chicken potstickers(3), Chopped BBQ chicken salad (10) beer (3.5)
Dinner (11)-Pulled Pork Sandwiches for coleslaw (11)
Snack (1)-Chocolate pudding

Burned 767 calories. Worked out twice again. The pulled pork sandwiches were really good going to try them with chicken soon.

Running Weekly totals used 25.5 of 35 weekly points earned 35 activity points.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

September 24th Food Diary

Ate 28.5 of 26 points earned 10 activity points.

Earned 9 activity points on the treadmill, the bowflex, then the treadmill again.
Breakfast(4.5)- Banana, peanut butter and sandwich thin
Lunch (6)-Eggs (4), sandwich thin (1), laughing cow (1)
Snack (3)-pudding (1), cottage cheese (3)
Dinner (11)-Chipotle Pork Tacos with Avocado (11)
Snack (3)-Apple, Peanut butter

Burned 1007 calories. Worked out twice again. Ironically burned more calories in the shorter workout since i was working much harder. I'm doing my afternoon workout at a strolling 3.0 mph pace.

Running Weekly totals used 19 of 35 weekly points earned 27 activity points.

Biggest Loser

So I HATE HATE HATE reality TV. Really it's just lame. HOWEVER, I love The Biggest Loser. Unrealistic, yes, no one can lose that amount of weight on their own at home. But it's still very inspirational. It reminds me that I can work out out alot more than I currently do and given that I have a big goal in the next 4 months that's the plan.

I see these people who are so much larger than me doing much harder workouts and I KNOW I can up my game. So my commitment is to earn at least 35 Activity Points a week starting next week. This is a 1 pound loss from exercise alone and should bring me to my goals along with following the WeightWatchers eating plan. I also plan to try to clean up my eating some, and make smarter choices of more filling foods.

Recipe of the Week 9/11/09

Turkey Meatloaf

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup quick-cooking oats
  • 1/2 cup skim milk
  • 1 medium onion, peeled
  • 2 pounds ground turkey breast
  • 1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 cup ketchup
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/4 cup tomato paste
  • 1/3 cup tomato ketchup

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

In a small bowl, stir together the oats and milk. Thinly slice 1/4 of the onion and set aside. Finely chop the remaining onion. In a large bowl combine the turkey, oat mixture, chopped onion, bell pepper, eggs, Worcestershire sauce, 1/4 cup ketchup, salt and a few grinds of pepper. Mix just until well combined.

Transfer the mixture to a 9 by 13-inch baking dish and shape into a loaf about 5 inches wide and 2 1/2 inches high. Mix the 1/3 cup tomato ketchup and the tomato paste. Pour the tomato mixture over the meatloaf and sprinkle with the sliced onions. Bake for about 1 hour or until an instant-read thermometer registers 160 degrees.F.

Remove from the oven and let rest for 10 to15 minutes before slicing.


Nutrition Facts

Nutritional Analysis per Serving (approximate)
Serves 8
Serving Size: One 1 inch thick slice
4 points per slice
Calories 205
Total fat 3.5 g
Saturated fat 0.5 g
Protein 32 g
Carbohydrates 13 g
Fiber 2 g

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

September 23rd Food Diary

Ate 27.5 of 26 points earned 9 activity points.

Earned 9 activity points on the treadmill, the bowflex, then the treadmill again.
Breakfast(5)- Cherry Vanilla Oatmeal
Lunch (6.5)-Sandwich Thin (1), Laughing Cow (1), 1 cup cucumbers(0), 1/2 cup tomatoes(0), lettuce (0), ham (2), zucchini with feta (2.5)
Snack (3)-Apple (1), Peanut butter (2)
Dinner (12)-Adobo Pork Tacos with Avocado (11), Tomato Salad (1)
Snack (1)-Vitamuffin (Banana Fudge)

Burned 866 calories. Biggest loser has inspired me to up my workouts again so I worked out 2 hours today and burned lots of calories. in light of this I have upped my weekly activity goal from 20 activity points to 24. Post to follow soon about my new plans...
Dinner was very good pork tacos, super tasty.

Running Weekly totals used 16.5 of 35 weekly points earned 17 activity points.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

September 22nd Food Diary

Ate 26 of 26 points earned 4 activity points.

Earned 4 activity points on the treadmill.
Breakfast(5)- sandwich thin, laughing cow, pear, reduced fat cheddar
Lunch (5)-Stuffed Peppers (4), Salad with Vinagrette (1)
Snack (1)-Bluebran vitamuffin(1)
Dinner (14)-Roasted Pork with Salsa Verde (10), Brown Rice (3), green beans(1)
Snack (1)-Vitamuffin (Banana Fudge)

Running Weekly totals used 15 of 35 weekly points earned 8 activity points.

Monday, September 21, 2009

September 21st Food Diary

Ate 25 of 26 points earned 4 activity points.

Earned 4 activity points on the bowflex and treadmill.
Breakfast(4)- peanut butter, banana and sandwich thin
Lunch (5)-Stuffed Peppers (4), Salad with Vinagrette (1)
Snack (1)-Fiberone Yogurt (0), Pear (1)
Dinner (14)-Roasted Pork with Salsa Verde (10), Brown Rice (3), Greenbeans with butter (1)
Snack (1)-Vitamuffin (Banana Fudge)

Running Weekly totals used 15 of 35 weekly points earned 4 activity points.

September 20th Food Diary

Ate 25 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.

Breakfast(5.5)- Cherry Vanilla Oatmeal w/ brown suar
Lunch (10.5)-Grilled Cheese(7.5) and coke (3)
Dinner (9)-Greek Style Stuffed Peppers (4), sauteed zucchini with oregano and feta (1), corn on the cob with brummel and brown (2), wine (2)

The stuffed peppers turned out well, very hearty and tasted good.

Interesting article on grass fed beef.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1200759-1,00.html

Running Weekly totals used 15 of 35 weekly points earned 0 activity points.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

The Weekly Round Up 9/12-9/18

I got in 5 workouts this week

OK so down to the details of the week.
Summary I used 21/35 Weekly Points and I earned 18 Activity Points.

Saturday 25 of 26 points went out for brunch then had steak and salad for dinner

Sunday 33 of 26 points made a strata for breakfast that turned out really well. Had sage rubbed pork chops with a warm apple slaw, it was good but needs some work.

Monday 17 of 26 points laughing cow sandwich for breakfast, strata for lunch, turkey meatloaf with smashed potatoes for dinner, the turkey meatloaf was super moist and yummy.

Tuesday 17 of 26 points leftovers

Wednesday 27.5 of 26 points. leftovers for dinner and salad and fruit for lunch

Thursday 20 of 26 points

Friday 45 of 26 points went out to dinner for our one month anniversay.

I had a goal of 15 activity points this week and I exceeded it! I was very happy with this and this week's goal is 20 activity points. The Turkey Meatloaf was so delicious and moist it will be the recipe. I lost 1.2 pounds which was not as much as I had hoped but I'm feeling it in my clothes so I hope to see the results on the scale soon. I took a great cooking class that focused on one large (cheap) cut of meat and making 3 dished out of it. So this week we are doing the pork as you will notice from the menu...

Next Week's Menu
Saturday- Pizza
Sunday- Greek Style Stuffed Peppers, Oregano and Feta Zucchini
Monday-Roasted Pork with Salsa Verde
Tuesday-leftovers
Wednesday-Chipotle Pork Tacos with Avacado
Thursday-Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Coleslaw
Friday- Leftovers

September 19th Food Diary

Ate 41 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.

Breakfast(8)- latte and breakfast sandwich
Lunch (15)-Tasting cooking class
Dinner (18)-Pizza

Went to a cooking class and tasted lots of stuff nothing super high calorie and I plan to try some of the items at home.

Running Weekly totals used 15 of 35 weekly points earned 0 activity points.

September 18th Food Diary

Ate 45.5 of 26 points earned 4 activity points.

Breakfast(2)-Sandwich Thin (1), Laughing Cow (1)
Lunch (7)-Grilled Cheese
Beer Tasting (6.5)
Dinner (30)-Cesaer Salad (5), Veal (5), Pasta (14), Tiramisu (6)

Did bowflex and made Ben do it too! We went out to dinner used some weekly points

Running Weekly totals used 21 of 35 weekly points earned 18 activity points.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

September 17th Food Diary

Ate 20 of 26 points earned 4 activity points.

Breakfast(5.5)- Cherry Vanilla Oatmeal (5), Brown Sugar (0.5)
Lunch (6.5)-Salad with Vinagrette topped with Steak (6.5)
Dinner (7)-Smashed Potatoes (2), Turkey Meatloaf (4), Creamed Spinach (1)
Snack (1)-Vitamuffin (1)

Did the treadmill and 80 sit ups. Thinking of doing the two hundred sit-up challenge and the 100 push-up challenge that I read about on roni's weigh and maybe throw in the 200 squat one too, we'll see. Is anyone interested in joining in? You do a "pre-test" then follow the plan to hit those targets in 6 weeks. These are great general measures of fitness and might be fun to do with others. Here is the link to the sit-up one you can link to the other 2 from there. http://www.twohundredsitups.com/index.html

Running Weekly totals used 1.5 of 35 weekly points earned 14 activity points.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

September 16th Food Diary

Ate 27.5 of 26 points earned 4 activity points.

Breakfast(5)-
Vitatop (1), skim milk (2), laughing cow (1), sandwich thin (1)
Lunch (7)-Meatloaf (4), Smashed Potatoes (2), nectarine (1)
Snack (2.5)-Walnuts (2.5)
Dinner (13)-Pork chops with warm apple slaw (7), baked potato (4), wine (2)

Did bowflex and treadmill and had leftovers.

Running Weekly totals used 1.5 of 35 weekly points earned 9 activity points.

Recipe of the Week 9/4/09

Cheesy Chicken Pasta Shells

Serves 4
Cooking time 50 minutes: 20 minutes prep, 30 minutes cooking
9 points each

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
  • 3/4 cup Grated Part Skim Mozzarella
  • 1 Tbsp Dried Oregano
  • 1 Tbsp Dried Basil
  • 1 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 3/4 cup Chopped Frozen Spinach
  • 4 oz skinless chicken breast, cooked
  • 1 3/4 cups low fat ricotta
  • 2 egg whites, beaten
  • 1 1/2 Cups no salt added tomato sauce
  • 12 uncooked jumbo pasta shells

Directions

Preheat oven to 350ºF
Cook shells in boiling water according to the package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water to prevent them from cooking further. Set aside.
Coat a 9 x 13-inch pan with cooking spray. Spread 1/2 cup of sauce evenly over bottom of pan and set aside.
For filling, in a large bowl, stir together egg whites, ricotta cheese, chicken, spinach, garlic powder, oregano and basil. Stir in 1/4 cup each of mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese.
To assemble, spoon cheese mixture into shells and place filled shells in a single layer in baking dish. Spread remaining sauce on top. Sprinkle with remaining cheeses and bake about 30 minutes. Yields 3 shells per serving.


Nutrition Facts

Nutritional Analysis per Serving (approximate)
Serving Size 3 shells
Calories 447
Total fat 15 g
Saturated fat 8 g
Protein 36 g
Carbohydrates 43 g
Fiber 4 g

September 15th Food Diary

Ate 17 of 26 points earned 3 activity points.

Breakfast(4)- Peanut butter (2), Sandwich Thin (1), 1/2 banana (1)
Lunch (6)-Strata and Salad with Vinagrette
Dinner (6)-Smashed Potatoes (2), Turkey Meatloaf (4)
Snack (1)-Vitamuffin (1)

Worked out again.

Running Weekly totals used 0 of 35 weekly points earned 5 activity points.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

The Weekly Round Up 9/5-9/11

I got in 0 workouts this week, BUT my knee feels better so I plan to get some in next week. My goal for next week is 15 activity points.

OK so down to the nitty gritty of the week.
Summary I used /35 Weekly Points and I earned 0 Activity Points.

Saturday 31 of 26 points tried Balsamic Chicken, a polenta dish with Spinach, and the Zucchini with oregano and feta which was the real star.

Sunday 28 of 26 points went out for brunch and made cheesy chicken pasta shells for dinner which was good.

Monday 26 of 26 points Made Garlic Cream Shrimp which i really liked, Ben wished it was saucier.

Tuesday 25 of 26 points leftovers

Wednesday 26 of 26 points. leftovers for dinner and salad and fruit for lunch

Thursday 45 of 26 points went to dim sum for lunch which I hadn't planned for and went to Dahlia Lounge in Seattle for dinner which was excellent had a tomato salad and crab cakes, tasted Ben's 5 spice duck which was excellent and we shared a bunch of yummy desserts.

Friday 33 of 26 points went to naan and curry excellent yummy.

I earned no activity this week, my knee felt better and I'm ready to start working out again. I am working towards 15 activity points this coming week. I did not weigh in this week, my mom was visiting and I didn't feel like driving up to Kirkland. Plus I could feel the bloat from the dimsum.

Next Week's Menu
Saturday- Steak and Salad
Sunday- Sage Rubbed Pork Chops with Warm Apple Slaw
Monday-Turkey Meatloaf with Smashed Potatoes and Sour Cream
Tuesday-leftovers
Wednesday-Greek Style Stuffed Peppers, Greek Salad and Zucchini with Oregano and Feta
Thursday-Leftovers
Friday- Leftovers

September 14th Food Diary

Ate 17 of 26 points earned 2 activity points.

Breakfast(3)- Sandwich Thin with laughing cow (2), nectarine (1), fiberone yogurt (0)
Lunch (6)-Strata and Salad with Vinagrette
Dinner (8)-Smashed Potatoes (2), Turkey Meatloaf (4), Zucchini (0), Wine (2)

The meatloaf was awesome so moist and the potatoes were very good, not my favourite barefoot contessa ones but a great lower calorie substitute.

Running Weekly totals used 0 of 35 weekly points earned 2 activity points.

September 10th-13th Food Diaries

9/10
Ate 45 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.

Breakfast(4)- Peanut Butter (2), Sandwich Thin (1), 1/2 Banana (1)
Lunch (20)-Dim Sum
Dinner (21)-Tomato Salad (1), Crab Cakes (10), Desserts (10)

9/11
Ate 33 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.

Breakfast(4)- Breakfast Sandwich
Lunch (3)-Popcorn
Dinner (26)-Indian Curry

Running Weekly totals used 33 of 35 weekly points earned 0 activity points.

9/12
Ate 25 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.

Breakfast(15)- Pancakes
Dinner (10)-Steak (5), salad (2), wine (3)

9/13
Ate 33 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.

Breakfast(5)- Strata (5)
Lunch (11.5)-Chips (8.5) and Beer (3)
Dinner (7)-Sage Rubbed Pork Chops with Warm Apple Slaw (7)


Running Weekly totals used 0 of 35 weekly points earned 0 activity points.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

September 9th Food Diary

Ate 26 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.

Breakfast(4.5)- Peanut Butter (2), Sandwich Thin (1), Banana (1.5)
Lunch (8)-Cheesy Chicken Pasta Shells (7), Creamy Cucumber and Red Onion Salad (1)
Snack (1.5)-Blueberries and WW Chocolate Caramel Bar
Dinner (12)-Garlic Cream Shrimp (10), Sautéed Zucchini with Oregano and Feta (1), Creamy Cucumber and Red Onion Salad (1)

Running Weekly totals used 7 of 35 weekly points earned 0 activity points.

September 8th Food Diary

Ate 25 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.

Breakfast(4.5)- Peanut Butter (2), Banana (1.5), Sandwich Thin (1)
Lunch (8)-Baked Shrimp with Tomatoes and Feta (7), Salad with Vinagrette (1)
Dinner (9)-Balsamic Chicken with mushrooms (3), Polenta with spinach (4), Creamy Cucumber and Red Onion Salad (2)
Snack (3.5)-Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate

The Red onions were too strong in the salad but other than that it was excellent kind of like a tsatsiki, ben even put his in a pita.

Running Weekly totals used 7 of 35 weekly points earned 0 activity points.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

September 7th Food Diary

Ate 26 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.

Breakfast(8)- Breakfast Sandwich (5), Blueberries and Nectarine (1), Skim milk (2)
Lunch (3)-Cilantro Lime Shrimp
Dinner (14)-Garlic Cream Shrimp (10), Sautéed Zucchini with Oregano and Feta (1), Beer (3)
Snack (1)-Vitatop Fudgy Banana

This shrimp dish was good, but Ben wanted it to be more saucy, I think I have definitely found a new favourite veggie dish for Ben...

Running Weekly totals used 7 of 35 weekly points earned 0 activity points.

September 6th Food Diary

Ate 28 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.

Brunch(17)- Eggs Benedict (12.5), 1/2 Raspberry Scone (3.5), Orange Juice (1)
Dinner (11)-Cheesy Chicken Pasta Shells (9), Spinach (0), Wine (2)

New Brunch place it was good, the eggs benedict had a mornay parmesan sauce and roasted tomatoes, rather than hollandaise, it was quite good.
Cheesy Chicken Pasta Shells turned out pretty well, needs a few tweaks but ultimately fine as is.

Running Weekly totals used 7 of 35 weekly points earned 0 activity points.

Septmeber 5th Food Diary

Ate 31 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.
Breakfast(3)- WW Apple Cinnamon Bar (2), Nectarine (1), Fiberone yogurt (0)
Lunch (11.5)-Caprese Salad (4.5), sourdough (1), Salad with Vinagrette (1), Cilantro Lime Shrimp (5)
Dinner (10)-Balsamic Chicken with Mushrooms (3), Polenta with Baby Spinach (4), Sauteed Zucchini with Oregano and Feta (2.5), wine (2)
Snack (5)-Ice Cream

Balsamic Chicken with Mushrooms was not very pretty but tasted pretty good. The polenta could use a bit more flavour, but the zucchini was so good we each had 2 serving instead of one...

Running Weekly totals used 5 of 35 weekly points earned 0 activity points.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Recipe of the Week 8/30

One Ingredient Banana Ice Cream

2 points

Ingredients

  • 2 Frozen Bananas

Directions

Cut up the frozen bananas and place in a food processor or blender. Blend until light and fluffy and the consistency of ice cream. The bananas will go through a sort of liquidy phase, don't panic just keep blending it will become light and fluffy!
2 servings
For variations try adding peanut butter yum!

The Weekly Round up 8/30-9/4

I got in 0 workouts this week.

OK so down to the nitty gritty of the week.
Summary I used 23.5/35 Weekly Points and I earned 0 Activity Points.

Saturday 44.5 of 26 points went out to dinner and had Mexican

Sunday 27.5 of 26 points Steak, baked potato and green beans for dinner, pancakes for brunch

Monday 28 of 26 points Feta Chicken pasta such an easy standby.

Tuesday 26 of 26 points made teriyaki sauce tasted so good, so much better than the stuff from a jar put it on pork tenderloin and a veggie stir fry.

Wednesday 21 of 26 points. leftovers for dinner and salad and fruit for lunch

Thursday 22 of 26 points way too many sloppy joes...

Friday 27.5 of 26 points made Baked Shrimp with Tomatoes and Feta, and made homemade "ice cream" which will be the recipe of the week

I earned no activity this week, my knee is pretty much in constant pain, but it was subsiding at the end of the week if this continues i'll work out on monday again. I'm looking forward to it as not working out is showing on the scale and that just sucks!
So today was the first week of WeightWatchers Lose for Good Campaign where WW will give up to a million dollars for weight members lose. My personal goal for this campaign is to get to 50 pounds lost which is 10.2 pounds which will be a challenge but doable.

Next Week's Menu
Saturday- Balsamic Chicken with mushrooms, Polenta with Baby Spinach, and Sautéed Zucchini with Oregano
Sunday- Cheesy Chicken Pasta Shells and Cucumber and Red Onion Salad
Monday-Garlic Cream Shrimp with Penne and Zucchini and Pinenut Pancakes
Tuesday-leftovers
Wednesday-leftovers
Thursday-Eating out
Friday- Eating out

Friday, September 4, 2009

Septmeber 4th Food Diary

Ate 27.5 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.

Breakfast(6)- Pancakes (5), kiwi (1)
Snack (1)-WW 1 point bar
Dinner (11)-Baked Shrimp with tomatoes and Feta (7), Sourdough (4)
Snack (4.5)-Banana "ice cream" with peanut butter
Pita chips (3)

MMMMMMMM banana "ice cream" really nothing but frozen bananas put in the food processor til they get creamy and light, so good so healthy what's not to love?

Running Weekly totals used 23.5 of 35 weekly points earned 0 activity points.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

September 3rd Food Diary

Ate 27.5 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.
Breakfast(2.5)- latte
Lunch (15)-Chicken Teriyaki (6), rice (2), gyoza (4), Shrimp (3)
Dinner (10)-Pork Tenderloin (3.5), Veggie stir fry (2), rice (2), skim milk (2.5)


Running Weekly totals used 23.5 of 35 weekly points earned 0 activity points.

September 2nd Food Diary

Ate 21 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.
Breakfast(5)- Sandwich Thin (1), Peanut butter (2), banana (2)
Snack (1)-WW 1 point bar
Lunch (8)-Sandwich Thin (1), laughing cow (1), Cheddar (2), ham (2), salad with vinagrette (1), blueberries (1)
Dinner (6)-Feta-Chicken Pasta (6), Broccoli with cheese sauce (0)
Snack (1)-Vitatop fudgy peanut

Running Weekly totals used 22 of 35 weekly points earned 0 activity points.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

September 1st Food Diary

Ate 26 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.
Breakfast(5)- Sandwich Thin (1), Peanut butter (2), banana (2)
Lunch (6)-Sandwich Thin (1), Laughing cow (1), turkey sausage (3), blueberries (1)
Dinner (11)-Teriyaki Pork tenderloin (4.5), stir fry (2), wine (2), rice (2.5)
Snack (4)-ice cream

The teriyaki turned out great.

Running Weekly totals used 22 of 35 weekly points earned 0 activity points.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

August 31st Food Diary

Ate 28 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.
Breakfast(5)- Sandwich Thin (1), Peanut butter (2), banana (2)
Lunch (7)-Steak (4)with salad (lettuce, celery, carrots, cucumber) and vinagrette (1)
Snack (5)-Walnuts
Dinner (13)-Feta Chicken Pasta (6), Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Bar (7)

Feta Chicken pasta was a hit again, and so easy, perfect weeknight supper.

Running Weekly totals used 22 of 35 weekly points earned 0 activity points.

August 30th Food Diary

Ate 27.5 of 26 points earned 0 activity points.
Brunch(11)- pancakes with syrup and brummel and brown(8), turkey sausage (3)
Snack(4)-WW gingersnaps (2), Pita crackers (2)
Dinner (12.5)-New York Steak (4), green beans with butter (1), potato with light sourcream and brummel and brown (5.5), wine (2)

The grass fed steaks were great, so low in fat they dry out faster though so really have to enjoy medium rare maybe medium.

Running Weekly totals used 20 of 35 weekly points earned 0 activity points.
My Plan

I did WeightWatchers once before in 2004-2005. I lost 50 pounds. I gained some back going through my divorce but the good news is I kept off 20 of them until I restarted WeightWatchers in January 2009.

For the first time, I have found a plan that was easy to stick to. Something just felt right this time. Before embarking on WeightWatchers I re-read some books I had found helpful in the middle of my last journey. The books are listed under "Weight Loss" Books on the side bar, and a blog post about them will follow soon. These books helped get me mentally prepared to lose weight and they are the reason I think I am finding losing to be less of a struggle. I am not letting myself get discouraged by small gains and I am seeing far more consistent results.

WeightWatchers gives you a points target based on weight and basic daily activity level. Every food has a points value based on calories, fiber and fat. Then its like a checkbook you start with your daily balance, subtract for foods eaten and add for activity done which can earn you points. Exercise=More Food. Each food point is roughly 50 calories and each activity point is worth roughly 100, I use a heart-rate monitor to calculate my activity points earned.

You also get 35 weekly points to use as you want anytime during the week. For me the most successful both mentally and on the scale is to use most of those points on Saturday night for a splurge and to then stick to my daily points fairly closely the rest of the week. It helps me to know my favourite foods are only a week away if I want them. People can manage the plan however they want but for me this is the most successful. When I'm working out a lot I try to eat some of those activity points as well. Ironically I get much smaller losses the weeks I don't eat those points on Saturday, maybe it shakes up my metabolism, who knows I just know it works

Finally my last key to my plan is attending meetings. It helps keep me accountable and on track.

Weight Loss Slideshow