Tuesday for Mishka

Breakfast (about 460 calories)

1 egg scrambled
2 egg whites scrambled
1/2 serving of grated mozzarella
1/2 serving of salsa
1 large flour tortilla
2 slices of roasted turkey
2 cups of coffee w/sugar
Water

Lunch (late, about 400 calories)

2 pieces of General Tso's chicken
2 tbs of Kung Pao Chicken
2 tbs of steamed white rice
1 tbs of beef w/broccoli
Water

Snack (about 100 calories)

Chocolate

Dinner (at Halloween party)

2 small slices of pizza
1 handful of chips
16 oz of Coke

No candy, can you believe it?

Chicken's Tuesday

Breakfast
1 cup healthy ohs 2 points
1 1/2 cup 1% milk 3 points

Snack
Banana 1 point

Lunch
1 piece Broccoli 0 point
2 celery sticks 0 point
2 tbs Hummus 1 point
10 wheat thins 3 points
1 oz cheese 3 points
1/2 apple .5 points
3 pieces of kiwi .5 points

More points than I wanted to eat but not bad for a Halloween party that had cupcakes, candy and cheesecake.

Dinner
Gardenburger 2 points
1oz cheddar 3 points
2 tsp mayo 2 points
2 pieces wheat bread 2 points

Mishka's Monday

Breakfast

Oatmeal w/milk
Milk
Water

Lunch

Turkey and cheese sandwich
1/2 can Pepsi
1/2 Powerbar
Box of raisins
Serving of pretzels

Exercise

18 holes of golf
3 sets of abs

Dinner

General Tso's chicken
Beef and broccoli
Kung Pao Chicken
Steamed rice
2 vodka and cranberry drinks

Snack

1/2 Fuji apple
1/2 serving of lite pears

Chicken's Monday

Breakfast
Kashi Bar 2 points
Medium Banana 1 points

Lunch
WW Creamy Rig w/Chick and Broc 6 points

Dinner
English muffin 2 points
2 tsp mayo 2 points
turkey burger 4 points
2 oz cheedar cheese 6 points
Slice of Tomato 0 points
Bay Dill Pickles 0 points

Off the Bandwagon

Sorry guys,

My life this weekend is covered in schoolwork and I can't even begin to think about what I have eaten. So far, it hasn't been totally bad but I am not getting much exercise. I plan to do my soccer game tomorrow but other than that, I have barely been out of the house...I will get back to logging on Monday (assuming I have turned in my rough draft by then...haha).

Friday for Mishka

Breakfast ( about 250 calories)

Cereal w/milk
Water

Lunch (about 720 calories)

2 fajita tortillas
1/2 serving of mozzarella
1/2 serving of fajita meat
2 tbs of guacomole
1 serving of tortilla chips
1 can of Pepsi

Mishka's Thursday

Breakfast (at Panera Bread, about 980 calories)

Egg, spinich artichoke souffle
Coffee (first one in weeks)
Asiago cheese bagel with plain cream cheese

Lunch (about 150 calories)

Roasted unsalted peanuts
Water

Dinner (about 1020 calories)

3 fajita sized tortillas
1 serving of mozzarella cheese
1 serving of lite sour cream
1 avocado
1 serving of tortilla chips
1 serving of fajita meat
Tomato, onion, bellpepper
Water

Snack

Lite cottage cheese, and peaches, lite

Way too many calories, no gym and only two meals....so I broke all the rules. Will spend some time at the gym tomorrow to work out and will definitely eat better. Grrrrr I am mad.

Chicken's Thursday

Breakfast
1 scrambled egg 2 points
1 piece of wheat toast 2 points
1 laughing cow wedge 1 point

Mishka's Wednesday

Breakfast (about 300 calories)

Cheerios w/ 1% milk
Banana
Water

Lunch (about 650 calories)

1 serving of Thai fried rice w/chicken
1 serving of Crying Tiger steak
1 serving of Pepsi
1/2 serving of crunchy peanut butter
1 serving of cheddar cheese

Exercise (about 1000 calories)

Soccer practice for 1 1/2 hours

Dinner (about 1000 calories)

8 pieces of sushi roll
3 pieces of sushi
1/2 large salad w/vinegarette dressing
1 serving of cantaloupe
1 serving of roasted salted almonds
1 Carlsberg beer
Water

Sprite's update

I haven't been meticulously tracking my points, but I have been keeping a general eye on what I'm eating and watching the scale.

I weighed in at home last night (I wasn't feeling up to going to the meeting) and I have lost one more pound since hitting my "goal" weight, so I'm doing fine on maintenance.

Chicken's Wednesday

Breakfast
1 piece of wheat bread 2 points
1 scrambled egg 2 points
1 laughing cow wedge 1 point
1 cup 1% milk 2 points

Lunch
Subway Turkey sub 6 points

Snack
2 pieces of lite Jarlsberg 2 points

Dinner
Stovetop Stuffing 8 points

Chicken's Weigh In

Yaaaahoooo!! I met my 10% goal!! Actually I surpassed it. I lost 2.4 pounds bringing my total weight loss to 23.6 pounds.

The Easiest Diet to Stick With

"A study at the Tufts-New England Medical Center found that the Zone and Weight Watchers diets both had 65 percent adherence rates after one year, while the Atkins and Ornish diets had only 53 percent and 50 percent adherence, respectively. Another point for Weight Watchers: Experts at the University of Pennysylvania deemed it the only popular plan backed by quality scientific research."

Quoted from Fitness magazine May 2005.

Mishka's Tuesday

Breakfast (about 400 calories)

Eggs w/veggies and potatoes
Whole grain toast
Milk
Water

Lunch (about 350 calories)

1 serving Thai fried rice w/chicken
1 serving of crying tiger steak
Diet Coke

Exercise

20 minutes running and walking hills on the treadmill (about 190 calories)
20 minutes of weight lifting shoulders and abs (137 calories)

Dinner (about 730 calories)

1 serving of Newman's spaghetti sauce
1 serving of turkey meatballs
1 serving of whole wheat spaghetti
1 serving of sauteed enoki mushrooms
1 serving of toasted bread w/margarine and garlic
1 serving of milk

Snack (about 150 calories)

4 strawberries
3 pieces of Hershey's chocolate

Chicken's Tuesday

Breakfast
16oz Mango Mantra smoothie 3 points
1 Kashi Bar 2 points

Lunch
Kashi frozen chicken pasta meal 5 points

Snack
15 Kashi crackers 2 points
2 pieces lite Jarlsberg 2 points

Dinner
WW chicken pot pie 6 points

Monday for Mishka

Breakfast (about 320 calories)

2 packets of instant Cream of Wheat
2 tsps of sugar
1 tsp of margarine
Water

Lunch (about 450 calories)

1 serving of Kraft Mac n Cheese
1 serving of tortilla chips
1 tbs of guacamole
2 tbs of skim mozzarella cheese
Diet Coke
Water

Dinner (at home, made by me, about 710 calories)

1 serving of Thai fried rice w/chicken
2 eggrolls lightly fried in olive oil (not deep fried)
1 serving of crying tiger steak (medium rare)
Assorted nam priks (fish sauce, lemon juice and Thai pepper concoctions)
Sliced cucumber

Exercise

20 minutes on elliptical (184 calories)
20 minutes of circuit training (backs) 100 calories
10 minutes of walking to and from gym (80 calories)

Snack (40 calories)

1/2 Fuji apple

Not fabulous but my first day at the new gym felt great and I think I am feeling some motivation. I just need to get my school work under control so I am not feeling so overwhelmed by it and procrastinate my workouts off into never never land....

Chicken's Monday

Breakfast
16oz Orange A Peel smoothie 5 points

Snack
Kashi Bar 2 points

Lunch
WW Turkey and potato 4 points

Dinner
Gardenburger 2 points
1oz reduced cheddar 2 points
2 tsp mayo 2 points
2 pieces wheat bread 2 points

Snack
1 apple 1 point
2 pieces lite jarlsberg cheese 2 points

Exercise
45 minute walk

Chicken's Sunday

Breakfast
English Muffin 2 points
1 lite laughing cow 1 point
1 cup 1% milk 2 points

Lunch
Subway Turkey sub 6 points
1/2 bag sun chips 2 points

Dinner
Homemade WW chicken pot pie 5 points
1/2 chocolate wafer bar 1 point

Exercise
20 minute walk

Chicken's Saturday

Breakfast
English Muffin 2 points
2 Tbs reduced fat cream cheese 2 points
2 slices turkey 1 point
1 cup 1% milk

Snack
15 Kashi crackers 2 points
2 tbs cream cheese 2 points

Lunch
2 pieces of wheat bread 4 points
2 tsp mayo
1oz cheddar cheese 3 points
Gardenburger 2 points
pickles 0 points

Dinner
For the life of me I can't remember. I should have written it down.

Exercise
35 minutes Eliptical

Sunday for Mishka

Breakfast (about 350 calories)

Egg, potato and veggies
Bagel
Milk

Lunch (at home about 400 calories)

Yakisoba
Handful of roasted cashews (no salt)
Water

Exercise (about 862 calories)

Soccer game (about 1 1/4 hours)

Dinner (at China Buffet with soccer team)

Sauteed green beans
Calamari
4 sauteed shrimp
1 piece of teriyaki chicken
1 pieces of sushi roll
1 serving of steamed white rice
Pineapple
Cantalope
2 chocolate chip cookies
1 small scoop of soft serve icecream
1 Pepsi

Saturday for Mishka

Breakfast

Milk
Egg, ham, cheese biscuit
Handful of peanuts
Water

Lunch (at Taco Bell)

1 Burrito Supreme
1 Taco Supreme
1 Pepsi
1/2 bag of M and Ms (dark chocolate, only 120 calories)

Dinner (at home)

2 tacos
Guacamole
Chips
Water
Hot Chocolate

Mishka's Friday (camping)

Breakfast (about 300 calories)

Bagel w/lite cream cheese
Milk

Lunch (at home)

Yakisoba
Water

Dinner (at Wendy's)

1/2 freshcata sandwich
1/2 sw salad
1/2 fry
1/2 pepsi
1 miller lite
Water

Chicken's Friday

Breakfast
16oz Mango Mantra 3 points
1 Kashi bar 2 points

Lunch
Turkey sub 6 points
Baked lays 2 points

Dinner
5 oz chicken breast 5 points
1/2 cup mushrooms 0 points
2 tsp olive oil 2 points

Thursday for Mishka

Breakfast (550 calories)

Omelet
Toast
Milk
Water

Lunch (325 calories)

Kraft mac and cheese
Diet Coke
Water

Dinner (way too much to count....this day was shot completely to hell here)

2 Tacos
Beans
Guacamole
Chips
1 lite beer

Snacks....guess we'll be working out extra at the gym tomorrow, huh?

Chicken's Thursday

Breakfast
1 cup Ohs 2 points
1 cup 1% milk 2 points

Snack
1 Banana 1 point

Lunch
WW Rig w/chik & broc 6 points

Dinner
3/4 chicken breast 3 points
2 tsp olive oil 2 points
3 small fingerling potato 2 points

Exercise
45 minute walk
35 minute eliptical

Chicken Update

I haven't been posting because things have been super hectic. Work is crazy and my back has been bothering me. So I can't log at work and when I get home I have been laying down immediately. The last thing I want to do is sit at the computer. I feel better after my adjustment and things have calmed down at work. I'll be posting my food again starting today.

By the way, even though I didn't post my food I was on point or below. I didn't weigh in this week because Aunt Flo was visiting and I knew it wouldn't be good. I know I'll hit my 10% goal next week.

Sprite's Thursday

I'm taking a pass from tracking points today. I've been sick for five days and I'm just plumb worn out today. Everything tastes funny and I've been passing up food because I'm trying to stick to points.

For today, I'm going to eat what sounds good and what seems filling and nourishing and not worry about points. I'll deduct 5 points from my weekly bonus points though.

I've starved the cold, not let's see what happens when I feed it!

Mishka's Wednesday

Breakfast (about 390 calories)

Oatmeal
Milk
Water

Lunch (about 468 calories)

Steamed jasmine rice
Massuman curry w/chicken
1 Hershey's miniature dark chocolate
Water

Dinner (about 568 calories)

Steamed jasmine rice
Massuman curry w/chicken
2 Hershey's miniatures
Water

Exercise

Walking 20 minutes (about 92 calories)
Soccer practice 1 1/4 hours (about 800 calories)

Snack (172 calories)

Lite yogurt
Fuji apple

Sprite's Wednesday

1/2 bagel w/peanut butter 3 points
banana 1 point

Kashi bar 2 points
yogurt 2 points

can of Double Noodle soup 3 points
2 mini candy bars 2 points
handful of fat-free animal cookies 1 point

1/2 Tbsp peanut butter 1 point
sausage soup 2 points

hot cocoa 2 points

popcorn 1 point
3/4 cup Honeycombs 1 point
fat-free, sugar-free pudding 1 point

Total: 22 points

Sprite's weigh in

Since I hit my goal, more or less, last week, I was allowed to up my points by 4 a day. I figured that would be too much, so I did 2 extra points a day instead.

When I weighed in last week, I immediately went home and weighed on my new digital scale there. It weighed exactly one pound heavy.

Today at WW, I had gained 0.6 pounds, still within my allowed 2 pounds of wiggle room. When I went home and weighed right after, my home scale was 0.1 pound lighter than the WW scale, instead of a pound heavier like I was expecting.

About 90% of the time, I go to one particular scale at the WW meetings. Today, I went to the other one. Now I'm wondering if the two scales at WW are different? I just have a hard time believing that my digital scale could be that far off in a week.

Sprite's Tuesday

1 1/2 cups Honeycomb cereal 2 points
2 pieces cinnamon toast 2 points

3/4 bottle of orange juice 3 points
Kashi bar 2 points

can of Double Noodle soup 3 points

apple 1 point
2 graham crackers 2 points

Dinty Moore beef stew 7 points
corn bread muffin 2 points
chocolate pudding 1 point

Total: 25 points (27 bonus points left)

Tuesday for Mishka

Breakfast (about 360 calories)

Onion bagel w/lite cream cheese, slice of turkey
Milk
Water

Lunch (about 500 calories)

Cashews
Vienna sausage
Lite cottage cheese
Lite pears
Water

Dinner (628 calories)

Steamed jasmine rice
Massuman curry w/chicken
Water

Snack (about 72 calories)

Fuji apple

Ugh!!!

J came home on Friday and my schedule has been helter skelter since...I am trying to get some schoolwork done and get this filthy house (and you know it is not really filthy but it is driving me nuts in its state) cleaned up.

I can't for the life of me pull out of my head all the food I ate this last weekend (okay, update is that I managed it but didn't get the calories in)...I know it wasn't too bad or too much and I did play soccer on Sunday and walked my ass off at the race on Saturday and went geocaching for a bit on Friday....so it can't all be bad right?

Anyhow, enough excuses...I am back and will get my posts up and going again.

Mishka's Monday

Breakfast (about 250 calories)

Oatmeal
Milk
Water
Coffee

Lunch (at Sweet Tomatoes)

Big green salad
Small bowl of chili w/onion, cheese and sour cream
Small piece of cornbread
Small piece of garlic asiago foccacia
Lemonade
Small brownie w/icecream, fudge and nuts (tiny really)

Snack

Small orange julius

Dinner

Steamed broccoli
Small chicken breast grilled
Baked potato w/ margarine, lite sourcream
Cranberry and vodka drink

Exercise

Walking all over the place all day long

Soup recipe

As the weather is turning cooler, I thought you might appreciate an easy soup recipe. It's yummy and good for you!

Shannan's Sausage Soup

Non-stick cooking spray
1 pound ground mild Italian chicken sausage
2 cans low-sodium, fat free beef broth
2 cans (or ½ bottle) V-8 Hot n’ Spicy tomato juice cocktail
½ cup dried lentils, rinsed
3 small potatoes
3 carrots
1 zucchini (or green beans, celery, squash, broccoli, cauliflower, etc)

· Spray large soup pot with non-stick cooking spray. Cook sausage over medium heat until cooked through. Drain oil and return to pot.
· Add beef broth and V-8 juice and cover. Bring to boil.
· Meanwhile, peel and cut up potatoes, carrots, and any other veggies you want to add.
· Add lentils and veggies and re-cover. Simmer at low boil for 30-40 minutes, or until veggies are easily pierced with a fork.

Divide into 6 even servings. Prepared as above, 2 points per serving. It refrigerates very well for leftovers, thickening up to be more like stew!

Sprite's Monday

Kashi hot cereal 2 points
banana 1 point

can of chicken noodle soup 4 points
mini Twix 1 point

yogurt 2 points
Kashi bar 2 points
apple 1 point

Sausage Soup 2 points

Chicken's Monday

Breakfast
Mango Mantra 5 points

Snack
Baked Lays 2 points

Sunday for Mishka

Breakfast

Cereal w/milk
Water

Lunch

Boboli leftover
Grapes
Baby carrots
Chips and salsa

Snack

Powerbar
Mexican sweet bread
Hot Chocolate

Exercise

45 minutes of soccer game

Dinner

Sandwich w/turkey and cheddar
Water

Sprite's Sunday

1/2 bagel and peanut butter 3 points
3/4 cups Honeycomb cereal 1 point

1 peach 1 point

Subway club sandwich 6 points
Baked lays chips 1 point
pudding cup 1 point

1 serving homemade chicken sausage/veggie soup 2 points
2 corn bread muffins** w/butter 5 points
1 cup skim milk 2 point

1 serving apple-pumpkin bread** w/butter 4 points

Total: 26 points (31 weekly bonus points left)

**every baked good item I have tried from the WW cookbooks (these and the biscuits last weekend) have turned out very dry and a little bland. It's not encouraging me to keep trying recipes and wasting food and points!

Sprite's Saturday

1 1/2 cups Honeycombs cereal 2 points
apple 1 point

grilled cheese sandwich 4 points
1/2 can chicken noodle soup 2 points

Kashi bar 2 points

1/2 Taco Bell nachos bel grande (w/o sour cream) 8 points
Sprite Zero 0 points

fat-free hot chocolate w/marshmallows 1 point
3 graham crackers 3 points

mini oatmeal cookies 1 point

1/2 mac and cheese 4 points

Total: 28 points (5 bonus points left for the week)

Sprite's Friday

Kashi hot cereal 2 points
banana 1 point

yogurt 2 points

1 1/2 cups Honeycombs cereal 2 points

can of chicken soup 4 points
mini brownie (in a meeting) 1 point

popcorn 1 point

2/3 small sirloin steak 6 points
1/2 cup garlic mashed potatoes 4 points
1/2 garlic bread 2 points
1 cup broccoli 0 points

sugar-free chocolate pudding 1point

Total: 26 points

Sprite's Thursday

1/2 bagel & peanut butter 3 points

Kashi bar 2 points
apple 1 point

Kashi frozen chicken pasta meal 5 points
3 mini Twix bars 3 points

pretzels 1 point
banana 1 point

can of soup 4 points
2 pieces of toast 2 points

skinny cow 2 points
graham crackers 2 points

TOTAL: 26 points

Mishka's Saturday at the Races

Breakfast

Cereal w/milk
Water

Lunch

Sandwich w/turkey and cheddar
Chips and salsa

Snack

Bbq beef
Jack Daniels Splash

Dinner

Nachos w/fake cheese
1/2 hamburger
Jack Daniels Splash

Exercise

Walking all over the place (at least 5 miles)

Mishka's Friday the 13th.....

Breakfast (about 410 calories)

Onion bagel toasted with lite cream cheese and ham
Coffee, large
Milk

Lunch (about 470 calories)

Boboli w/veggies, and ham
Lite cottage cheese
Pears
Water

Exercise (about 250 calories)

Walking for 45 minutes

Dinner (about 550 calories)

Steamed jasmine rice
Cashew chicken
Milk

Miskha's Thursday

Breakfast (about 450 calories)

Scrambled eggs w/onion and mozarella cheese
Toasted onion bagel
Water

Lunch (about 405 calories)

Pears
Cottage cheese
Powerbar Nut Naturals
Diet Coke
Water

Dinner (about 465 calories)

Boboli w/veggies and ham
Lite Yogurt
Water

Snack (about 250 calories)

Roasted peanuts, no salt
Medium sized Fuji apple

Exercise

Some housework, and some walking...nothing to brag about.

Chicken's Thursday

Breakfast
1/2 scrambled egg 1 point (I threw the rest out because it was icky)
1 bite hashbrowns 0 point (I threw the rest out because it was icky)
1 apple 1 point
Kashi bar 2 points

Lunch
WW Three Cheese Ziti Marinara 6 points

Exercise
45 minutes

Sprite's Wednesday

Jamba Orange-a-Peel smoothie 5 points

can of chicken noodle soup 4 points
toast w/butter 2 points
sugar-free chocolate pudding 1 point

Kashi bar 2 points

slice of pizza 7 points
yogurt 2 points

skinny cow ice cream bar 2 points

TOTAL: 25 points

Chicken's Wednesday

Breakfast
1 cup ohs 2 points
1 cup 1% milk 2 points

Snack
1 Kashi bar 2 points

Lunch
WW Creamy Rig w/Chick & Broc 6 points

Dinner
1/4 cup falafel 3 points
2 tsp hummus 2 point
2 tsp nf tsatsiki sauce 1 point
1 tsp feta cheese 1 point
1 tsp canola oil (absorbed by falafel) 1 point
1 pita 4 points
Lettuce, tomato, onion, cucumber 0 points

Exercise
45 minute walk

I didn't go to the gym...I was exhausted after work :-(

Chicken's Weigh In

I lost 1 pound making my total lost 21.2. I am .8 away from my 10% goal. I am determined to hit it next week. To make sure this happens I am going to the gym after work. I already went on Monday and I plan to exceed my exercise goal by at least two more trips to the gym.

Sprite's Weigh in

It was a great weigh in.......another 2.8 pounds, which put me over my 10% weight loss goal. It also put me firmly into my goal range of 135-138 pounds. I was very pleased with the weigh in, but once again there seemed to be no real correlation between what I ate and what the scale said.

They gave me information on maintenance, which basically says I can have an extra 4 points a day, up to 28 more a week. It's a relief to have a little more food to work with. That feels like a reward unto itself!

I think I'm going to aim for 22 a day and not use the bonus points any more than I have for the first week, just to see how I adjust. I wouldn't mind losing another pound or two but I'd be happy to maintain for the next six weeks :)

I'm expecting to clap for Chicken next week when she reaches her 10% goal!

Sprite's Tuesday

1/2 bagel & peanut butter 3 points

apple 1 point
Kashi bar 2 points

Jamba Orange-a-Peel smoothie 5 points

popcorn 1 point
2 mini Twix 2 points

piece of pizza 7 points
1 cup skim milk 2 points

popcorn 1 point
6 mini cookies 2 points
hot chocolate 1 point

Total: 27 points

Chicken's Tuesday

Breakfast
16 oz Mango Mantra 3 points
Kashi Bar 2 points

Lunch
Subway Turkey 6 points (I was counting wrong the whole time)

Dinner
Another sandwich ( I know too much bread and not enough veggies....I was super hungry)
2 pieces bread 4 points
3 pieces lite jarlsberg cheese 3 points
2 tsp mayo 2 points

Exercise
15 minute walk

Sprite's Monday

Kashi hot cereal 2 points
banana 1 point

Kashi bar 2 points

can of Italian meatball soup 5 points
small piece milk chocolate 1 point

yogurt 2 points

Sprite's Sunday

apple 1 point

veggie scramble (3 egg whites 1, tomato spinich & onions 1, cheese 1) 3 points
1/2 cup fried potatoes 3 points
1/2 piece sourdough toast w/butter 2 points

1/2 chocolate milkshake 6 points

1 piece Papa Murphy's speciality pizza 7 points
yogurt 2 points
TOTAL: 24 points (31 weekly bonus remaining)

Sprite's Saturday

**may be subject to change, as I did this from memory! I will check my tracker tonight**

1/2 bagel & peanut butter 3 points

apple 1 point

Arby's regular roast beef sandwich 8 points
1 potato cake 3 points

1 serving Shepherd's pie 9 points
2 WW biscuits 2 points
1 serving pear cobbler 2 points
TOTAL: 28 points (3 bonus points left)

Activity: 3 hours heavy lifting, laying sod

Chicken's Monday

Breakfast
1 cup Healthy Ohs 2 points
1 cup 1% milk 2 points

Snack
Banana 1 point

Lunch
2 falafel patties 2 points
1 tsp hummus 1 point
2 tsp tsatsiki sauce 1 point
Lettuce, tomato, onion, cucumber 0 points

Dinner
2 pieces of wheat bread 4 points
1 oz cheddar 3 points
2 tsp Mayo 2 points
1 Gardenburger 2 points

Exercise
45 minutes of walking
30 minutes on the eliptical machine

Chicken's Sunday

Breakfast
1 1/2 scrambled egg 3 points
2 oz Gimmie Lean 2 points

Lunch
2 slices spouted wheatbread 4 points
2 slices turkey breast 1 point
2 slices Lite Jarlsberg cheese 2 points
1 large slice tomato
2 tsp Mayo 2 points
2 pickles 0 points

Dinner
1/4 cup falafel 3 points
1 tsp hummus 1 point
2 tsp tsatsiki sauce 1 point
1 tsp feta cheese 1 point
1 tsp canola oil (absorbed by falafel) 1 point
1 pita 4 points
Lettuce, tomato, onion, cucumber 0 points

I Will Try

I am leaving at some horrible hour of the morning to fly to parts unknown for a couple of days. I might be able to post, and if I can, I will post my food, but if not...I will pick up when I get back on Wednesday night.

Mishka's Sunday

Breakfast

2 fried eggs
2 pieces of multigrain toast w/a bit of margarine
Milk

Lunch

Rice
Gyozas
Brussel Sprouts w/lite sourcream
Diet Coke

Dinner

Baked potato w/a bit of margarine and lite sour cream
Lite Yoplait yogurt

Chicken's Saturday

Breakfast
2 pieces spouted wheat bread 4 points
2 laughing cow wedges 2 points

Lunch
2 slices spouted wheatbread 4 points
2 slices turkey breast 1 point
1 oz medium cheedar cheese 3 points
1 lareg slice tomato
2 tsp Mayo 2 points
2 pickles 0 points

Dinner
3 servings of Stive Top Stuffing 6 points

Mishka's Saturday

Breakfast

Onion bagel w/lite cream cheese and turkey slice
Milk
Water

Lunch

Rice
Gyoza
Diet Coke

Dinner

Ramen w/ veggies
Brussel sprouts w/lite sourcream
Water

Snacks today

Fudgecicle
Powerbar
Hot Chocolate w/marshmellows

Mishka's Friday

Breakfast

Cereal w/milk

Lunch

Rice
Thai scrambled egg
Water

Dinner (at the Ironwood Cafe)

Steak
Roasted veggies
Rice Pilaf
Glass of White Zin
1/2 piece of cheesecake

Sprite's Friday

1/2 bagel & peanut butter 3 points

popcorn 1 point

Jamba Juice Orange-a-Peel smoothie 5 points

Kashi bar 2 points
banana 1 point

chips & salsa 5 points
beef enchilada 6 points
beans & rice 8 points
bunuelas 2 points
TOTAL: 33 points (11 bonus points left)

Chicken's Friday

Breakfast
1 cup 1% milk 2 points
1 original Mango Mantra Smoothie 5 points

Snack
1 Babybel 2 points

Lunch
6 inch Subway turkey sandwich v/cheese, veggies, light mayo 7 points

Snack
1 slice Lite Jarlsberg cheese 1 point

Dinner
Stove Top Stuffing 6 points

Exercise
30 minute walk

Mishka's Thursday

Breakfast

Onion bagel w/lite cream cheese, onions, and tomato
Milk
Plum

Lunch

2 small quesadillas w/onion and ham
Salsa
Diet Coke
Baby Carrots

Exercise

Yardwork for about 1/2 hour

Dinner

Chicken patty
Steamed jasmine rice
Asparagus
Water

Snacks

Popcorn
Applesauce cup
Fudgecicle

Sprite's Thursday

Kashi hot cereal 2 points
banana 1 point

yogurt 2 points

minestrone soup 4 points
apple 1 point

Kashi bar 2 points

Subway club w/olives 7 points
mini oatmeal cookies 3 points

2 pieces cinammon toast 2 points
TOTAL: 24 points (24 bonus points left)

Activity: 3 hours frantic house cleaning

Chicken's Thursday

Breakfast
1 cup healthy Os 2 points
1 1/2 cups 1% milk 3 points

Snack
Kashi Bar 2 points

Lunch
WW Creamy Rig w/chic & broc 6 points

Dinner
2 slices bread 4 points
4 slices turkey breast 2 points
3 slices light Jarlsberg cheese 3 points
2 tsp Mayo 2 points
3 pickles 0 points

Exercise
45 minute walk

Mishka's Wednesday

Breakfast

Cream of Wheat w/milk, sugar and raisins
Grapes
Milk
Hot tea w/sugar and milk

Lunch

Mac and Cheese
6 turkey meatballs
Water

Exercise

Soccer for 2 hours for about 1000 calories

Dinner

Leftover mac and cheese
6 turkey meatballs
Asparagus
Fudgecicle

Chicken's Wednesday

Breakfast
1 Original Tropical Awakening Smoothie 5 points

Snack
Kashi Bar 2 points

Lunch
Roasted Turkey and Mashed Potatoes 4 points

Dinner
2 slices bread 4 points
4 slices turkey breast 2 points
2 slices light Jarlsberg cheese 2 points
2 tsp Mayo 2 points
3 pickles 0 points

Exercise
30 minute walk

Chicken's Weigh In

I didn't lose anything and I didn't gain anything. I am exactly the same weight that I was last week. I'm bummed that I didn't hit my 10% loss. I have decided that I need to log my weekend food and bump up the exercise. Hopefully by next week I will hit my goal.

Sprite's Wednesday

1/2 bagel with peanut butter 3 points

Kashi bar 2 points

WW southwest chicken abodo 5 points
1/2 cup cauliflower 0 points

soup 4 points
banana 1 point

2 pieces of cinammon toast (YUM!!!) 2 points
1 cup skim milk 2 points

12 Runt candies 1 point
TOTAL: 20 points

Sprite's weigh in

Only 0.2 pounds lost this week. I'm a bit discouraged and I'm struggling with my motivation. I am technically in the "healthy" range for my height and all my clothes are too big. If I keep going to my "goal", which is really just some arbitrary number I settled on, I will realistically have to buy all new clothes. Since I can't afford that, that's not motivating me like it once would have. So do I keep losing and look bad because none of my clothes fit?

I'm not going to quit, but I hope the weight comes off a little faster. I don't really want to fork out $40 a month to lose a pound. Those last five pounds are going to cost a fortune.

Sorry to be such a downer. I'm just having a bad day, struggling with way too much to do, which makes the dietary restrictions harder to deal with.

Tomorrow is another day.

Tuesday for Mishka

Breakfast

Onion bagel w/lite cream cheese, onion, tomato
Banana
Water
Milk

Lunch

2 small pizzas
Diet Coke

Snack

Cheddar w/peanut butter
Diet Coke

Exercise

Walking leisurely geocaching for about 1 hour

Dinner

Pizza
Hotwings
Milk
Water
Fudgecicle

Chicken's Tuesday

Breakfast
English Muffin 2 points
1 Laughing Cow wedge 1 point

Snack
1 Large banana 2 points
1 cup skim milk 2 points

Lunch
WW Creamy Rigatoni w/Chicken and Broc 6 points

Dinner
3oz Chicken Breast 3 points
1 1/2 cups roasted vegetables 1 point
1 tsp olive oil 1 point

Snack
20 Rye Crisps 2 points
1 Babybel 2 points

Sprite's Tuesday

Kashi hot cereal w/banana 3 points

2 cups chicken & wild rice soup (from the cafeteria, no less!) 4 points

banana 1 point

leftover spaghetti 8 points
1 cup skim milk 2 points
1 cup cauliflower 0 points

popcorn 1 point
skinny cow ice cream bar 2 points
TOTAL: 21 points

Willpower

Okay, a couple of things...

This week is going to be hard on me...I have so much to do, I have to really make an effort to get more exercise in. I will have soccer twice no matter what but last week, I did a lot of geocaching and yardwork so I was getting exercise and this week, with the school work piling on my head, I don't know if I will be able to do it or not. The other bad side of being so busy is that I don't have time to really cook. Last night I bought a small pizza and hot wings and will be eating leftovers for dinner and lunch today, I am sure...since it requires no effort. I am hoping to get some of this school crap off my chest early this week so I can relax some. I haven't hit golf balls in weeks...grrr...

The other thing is that in reading the article that Chicken sent me last week (which was not new news but a good reminder) I am trying to eat more small meals...yesterday each of my meals was pretty small and that is why I felt okay having the snacks at the end...and I thought that I would end up feeling full when I went to bed and when I got up. Nope....at about 3am, I was starving in my sleep so I guess it is true about how it speeds up your metabolism to eat a bit throughout the day rather than saving it up for those three big meals. I just feel like such a pig grazing all the time, and when I am home doing school work, it is so easy to graze, believe me...

Anyhow, those are my revelations for the day....hope they help someone.

Monday for Mishka

Breakfast

Oatmeal
Banana
Hot tea w/milk and sugar
Water
Milk

Lunch

Baked potato w/lite sour cream, margarine, onions, and skim mozzarella
Handful of no salt, roasted peanuts
Water

Dinner

Pizza
Chicken wings
Water

Snack

Fudgecicle
Lite Yoplait yogurt
Popcorn, no salt, no butter

Sprite's Monday

1/2 bagel w/peanut butter 3 points

Kashi bar 2 points

can of chicken soup 4 points
small piece of chocolate 1 point

Subway club sandwich with olives 7 points
1/2 bag Baked Lays 1 point

popcorn 1 point
banana 1 point

yogurt 2 points
popcorn 1 point
mini cookies 1 point
TOTAL: 24 points (29 weekly bonus points left)

Sprite's weekend

SAT
Kashi bar 2 points
yogurt 2 points

WW enchiladas 6 points
apple 1 point
3 mini cookies 1 point

Boo Boo's hash (ground turkey, potatoes, onion) 7 points
1/2 cup peas 1 point
1 cup skim milk 2 points

skinny cow ice cream bar 2 points
popcorn 1 point
TOTAL: 25 points (still had 13 bonus points left for the week)

SUN - new week
Kashi hot cereal 2 points
banana 1 point
1/2 cup skim milk 1 point

Taco Bell taco 4 points
1/2 Taco Bell nachos bell grande w/o sour cream 8 points

baked halibut in cornflake coating 3 points
small baked potato w/Butter buds 1 point
1 cup mixed veggies 0 points
Skinny Cow ice cream bar 2 points
TOTAL: 22 points (33 weekly bonus points left)

Sprite's Friday

2 pieces toast w/peanut butter 2 points
banana 1 point

salad w/turkey, cheese, olives, tomatoes, hard boiled egg and very little dressing 5 points
roll 2 points
small cookie 3 points
several handfuls of M & Ms 5 points

potato soup 3 points
apple 1 point
TOTAL: 22 points

Chicken's Monday

Breakfast
1 1/2 Kashi Hot Cereal 3 points
1 cup skim milk 2 Points

Snack
Kashi Bar 2 points

Dinner
2 pieces of wheat bread 4 points
2 oz cheedar 6points
2 Tsp Reduced fatMayo 2 points
1 Gardenburger 2 points

Snack
20 Rye Crisps 2 points
1 laughing cow wedge 1 point

New Goal

I haven't been logging my weekend food because I was counting it in my head. Well I slipped up yesterday and ate way to much food. So my new goal is to start logging my weekend food.

I'm heading to the gym today after work to try to make up for it.

Mishka's Sunday

Breakfast

Onion bagel w/lite cream cheese, onion, tomato
Water
Milk

Lunch (at S's)

Som tom (Thai green papaya salad)
Sticky rice
1/2 piece of cheese cake w/strawberries
2 baby back ribs

Exercise

Soccer game for about 45 minutes

Dinner (at G's)

Spanish rice
Chicken mole
BBQ goat
Refried beans
Corn tortillas
3 cans of beer