DAY 6-MANDA

Having some major air conditioner issues this morning....hopefully we don't have to put a new one in.

Breakfast: English muffin (1), fruit smoothie with 1 1/2 cups of fruit and 8 oz. yogurt (3)=4/20
Lunch: baked potato (3), lean brisket (3), salad with ff dressing (0)=10/20
Snack: shake's with blackberries=16/20
Dinner: salad with little to no light dressing (0), veggie and chicken lasagna(10), Granny's birthday cake(12)=38/20 (18 weeklies used)

35-18=17 weekly points left


This evening we went out for Grannie's birthday, and I decided to use some of my weeklies so I could have some cake. It wasn't that great (mom didn't make it) and after I ate it I wish I hadn't eaten it, but there ya go. :) Definitely not a NSV for me in this situation....

I tracked all day, just wasn't here to update. Got my fruits and veggies, oils, sleep, water, lean protein= 6 points.

Not a great day as far as added sugar. I started off good with the dairy, but never got my second serving.

Day 6 - Postgrad

Breakfast: Kashi cereal -2.
Soy milk -1
Blackberries -0

Lunch: turkey sandwich-3
Frozen veggies - 2
WW bar- 3

Dinner: 1/2 piece a bread-2
pickled salad - 1
grilled chicken breast -4
weird pasta stuff -2
3 bites of mom's custard dessert - 2

Snack: fresh peach -1
V8 juice -1
24/24

Well we went to a weird German restaurant for mom's birthday. Now, at first she had picked Red Lobster and I was super excited for some grilled shrimp. The choice she finally opted for was bad. I looked on WW.com to see if they had any tips and they said to save weekly points. Well, I hate German food to begin with so at first I decided not to eat but then I decided to play along and be a good sport for mom. I ordered the only chicken item and had it grilled. It came with 2 chicken breasts so I ate the small one. There was really nothing on it besides some spice so it might be 3-4 points. The salad came out with vinagrette but it was just vinegar (how strange). So I ate the pickled green beans and tomatoes that came with the salad. I don't think that could be more than 1 point-there wasn't very much. I ate half a slice of the weird bread. It was flat and had no taste so I guessed at 2. The pasta stuff was just plain pasta and there was not more than 1/2 cup on the plate. I only ate about 1/3 of it but it had sauce so I guessed at 2 points. Then everyone ordered dessert but me. I had 3 bites of mom's custard cream puff thing. I'm guessing it came to around 2 bites. I could really care less. My family really pissed me off (what's new?) and I just wanted to come home and eat but instead I listened to music to calm me down on the drive home and just had a peach after I started the laundry. I will finish tonight with some V8 juice.

I definitely got my veggies, water and protein today, limited sugar/alcohol (that was a trick b/c I really wanted to drink at dinner b/c of the fam but I didn't), tracked all day as well as I could, I slept 8 hours, and a huge NSV for coming home and not grabbing some junk to make me feel better. I forgot to take my vitamin with me so I could take it with dinner so I will skip it tonight. I'm afraid the peach is not enough to counteract it and I really don't want to get sick. I have found out I suck at activity points, oil and dairy. So that's 7 for me today.

I hope the A/C is ok. I'm a little worried since you haven't posted since this morning that it might have been a serious problem. If you need anything give me a call!

DAY 5- MANDA

Weigh-In Stats:

• Lost: 1.2 lbs! (Wow, I think this is really working trying to get all of the healthy guidelines in! )= +5
  
• Lost: 1.5 inches from thighs and 0.5 inch from bust!=+2
• I tracked religiously every day to reach my weekly goal=+5
• I have lost a total of 3.4 lbs now since I started back at the end of May. Obviously, this is working better than anything I had been doing!

Total=+12 for the weekly points!
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I am so excited! I can't believe what a difference this has made already. I feel like I have been working all summer for this, but have just now figured it out! You know me, I usually only lose like 0.4 at a time...we must be doing something right! Also, I can't believe I finally lost1.5 inches from my thighs!!! I have lost inches everywhere else except from there since I started.

I am so glad we are doing this. I really feel we are doing it right and for the long term this time.
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Breakfast: English muffin (1), apple(1)=2/20 used
Lunch: Lean Cuisine: rigatoni with veggies(4), WW Bar (3)=9/20 used
Snack: PB&J (3)=12/20 used
Dinner: Lean, trimmed steak 3 oz. (3), corn on the cob (1), broccoli (0), cauliflower (0), 2 tsp EVOO (2.5) = 18.5/20
Snack: 2 cups milk(4), almonds (2)= 24.5/20
Activity: Walking and cleaning house=+8 APs

POINTS: f&v's, sleep, vitamin, oils, dairy, activity, lean protein, limited sugar/alcohol, water, tracking=10 points

Day 5- Postgrad

Breakfast: Kashi cereal - 2
Blackberries - 1
Soy milk - 1

Lunch: Turkey sandwich - 3
Peach -1

Dinner: WW Mac and cheese -6

Snack: cucumbers, asparagus, tomato (3 veggie servings) -1?
Veggie dip (made with dry dressing mix and greek yogurt) -3

Dessert: WW bar -3

Snack: frozen blackberries and peaches w/equal

Do you think that if I made it with a small thing of yogurt that was 80 calories and the dressing mix was 5 calories per serving and there were 8 servings that it would just be 3 points? mixing the two doesn't change anything does it?


I just realized that I forgot to measure on monday. I guess I will be a week behind on measurements but I think that will be fine. I pledge to get activity points today.

I hope today goes well! Best of luck.

I'm so excited about your weigh-in! That is awesome! We should write a book, haha.

Points for the day: water, vitamin, fruits/veggies, protein, Limited sugar/alcohol(no pop again!), dairy (i had milk and a huge thing of greek yogurt), tracked all day, I hardly sat down today and then I came home and cleaned until bed-no real activity but I'm exhausted so I'm counting it like I did activity. I did get my 8 hours last night. I still failed at the oil. Good job on getting yours! I had no real NSV today. 9 points total.

DAY 4- MANDA

Good morning!

I think that is a great goal for the day! I am going to work the concession stand again today, so I am going to pack food and hope it goes ok. I am determined to make today a better day. I went over yesterday by one point! For some reason I thought I had six left when I got home so I ate the can of raviolis (which were REALLY good). After I tracked them, I realized that I only had 5 points....oh well, no big deal.

Weigh-in is tomorrow...YIKES! I am going to try really hard to do well with the fruits and veggies today--and the dairy. Hopefully it will be ok, since I really haven't had much activity this week and am still recovering from the past weekend I think (on the scale).

Breakfast:

• 1: english muffin with spray butter and sugar free jelly
• 0.5: clementine

Snack:

• 2: EAS protein shake
• 3: WW bar
  

Lunch:

• 0: Progresso Soup
• 2: Special K crackers
  
• 1: Apple

Snack

• 1: rice cake
  

Supper:

• 6: kids's size chicken quesadilla with extra peppers and onions
  
• 0: salsa
• 2: tbs guacamole
• 3: chips

Snack:

• 3: cappucino-chunky-choc. on a cake cone

Activity:

• Walking for 30mins= +4 APs
• Concession stand for 3 hours: +6 APs
  

TOTAL: 24.5/20 4.5 AP's used
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Points: sleep, activity, tracking, lean protein, multi-vitamin, water, fruits/veggies, NSV (didn't eat anything at the concession stand even though I REALLY wanted to!)=8pts
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I am off to the baseball games...hopefully working in the concession stand won't tempt me too much.

Day 4 - Postgrad

Breakfast: Kashi cereal - 2
Blackberries - 0
Soy milk - 1

Lunch: turkey sandwich - 3
Peach - 1
WW yogurt - 1

Dinner: Frozen veggies -2
WW dinner - 7
Baked chips - 2
WW ice cream bar -3

Snack: Frozen peaches - 1
V8 juice -1

24/24

I am going to try and go the whole day with no pop today. I am also going to shoot at doing a workout dvd tonight because Betsy had to cancel drinks. I'm actually glad. Now I can just chill and go to bed early. And I don't have to use weekly points on alcohol.

I went all day without having a pop! and no headache! Total points for the day: protein, veggies, water, vitamin, NSV-they had cake at the office (what the heck is with offices and sweets?), tracked everything, limited sugar/alcohol. No oil again or dairy. I got no activity. Dad came in at 6:30 and didn't leave til 8:45. I also didn't get 8 hours which is why I'm getting in bed here in 4 minutes.

7 points total. Activity is a must tomorrow!

I hope the game and concessions went well.

Day 3

Breakfast: Kashi cereal - 2
Blackberries - 1
Soy milk- 1

Lunch: turkey sandwich on english muffin with tomato and spicy mustard - 4
Ww yogurt - 1
Granny smith apple - 1

Snack - Tomato -0

Dinner: frozen veggies - 1
WW Dinner - 6
Frozen peaches -1

Dessert: Braums ice cream cone - 3
21/24

That's awesome that you didn't have to go over on points yesterday! That's a great feeling. I may have to try the wii active. I actually brought my lunch today so that's a positive. I forgot my vitamin but I may take it at night so if I get sick I won't be sick at work.

I'm excited about tonight as well!

I've been thinking about pop. I really do love Diet Coke. Do you think that one a day is bad?

Points for the day: Protein, water, vitamin!, fruits and veggies, 8 hours of sleep, low sugar and alcohol, tracking all day. No activity today-bummer, no oil and no NSV. I had no temptations today. Yesterday there were cookies for a party and punch and I said no but nothing happened today at the office. I'm also pretty sure I did not get the dairy. I had one WW yogurt, 1/2 cup of soy milk and ice cream which I don't think it counts. So I guess that's 7 for me.

DAY 3-MANDA

Hey! Well, last night was pretty bad as far as being on plan, but I managed to use my activity points and have just enough not to go over! YAY! Your menu looked AWESOME yesterday! I am in love with the subway kids meals-they are my new favorite thing! I updated our running totals of points this morning, so we can see where we are. I also signed us both up to get emails when someone publishes on here...that way you can see what is published (I think) just on your email if you are at work. If it doesn't work, just let me know and I can disable that feature (or if it is annoying) I haven't eaten or done anything yet today, but will be back when I do, lol.

I tell ya, my calves are killing me today from doing that EA Active thing! I could barely walk after they stiffened up all night, lol!

I am excited for our date!

Breakfast:

• blackberry and strawberry smoothie with 2 yogurts: 3
  
• English muffin with sugar free jelly and spray butter: 1
• Multi-Vitamin....ya for it not making me sick today...I had a more substantial meal this morning....lol

Lunch:

• shrimp cocktail: 2
• tortilla chips: 3
• salsa: 0

Snack:

• cocoa almonds: 2
• fat free hot dog: 1
• ice cream: 3

Dinner:

• Raviolis: 6

Total: 21/20

POINTS: veggies (since I am counting the raviolis!), sleep, limited sugar and alcohol, tracking, protein, multi-vitamin, and water=7

Day 2

Breakfast: Kashi cereal -2
blackberries -1
Soy Milk - 1

Lunch: Subway Turkey sub - 5
Apple slices -1

Snack: Cherries -1

Dinner: Frozen Veggies -2
Lean Cuisine -5
WW Ice Cream Bar - 3

Snack: 2 WW yogurts - 2

23/24

Protein, Fruits and veggies, dairy, NSV, activity points, tracked everything, limited sugar, slept 8 hours. Points =8

I went out and walked tonight. It was super nice. I still suck at water and I'm just not good at the vitamin. That will be a goal tomorrow!

DAY 2-MANDA

BREAKFAST:

• English muffin: 1
• Coffee: 1

SNACK

• EAS Chocolate Protein Shake: 2
  

LUNCH:

• Progresso Soup: 0
• Special K crackers: 2
• baby carrots: 0
  

SNACK:

• fruit smoothie: 2

DINNER:

• hot dog and bun: 8
• apple: 1
• chips: 3
• M&M's: 5

ACTIVITY EARNED: 5
TOTAL:

• 25/20
• Activity used: 5
• Weekly Used:0

Well, I really thought last night was going to add up to be much worse and am very please that it didn't go over my activity points. I think that in itself is a NSV! YAY!

• didn't get oils
• somehow got fruit and veggies! (2 servings in smoothie!)
• didn't get dairy
• Had M&M's=sugar
• Got: sleep, tracking, fruits/veg, activity, vitamin, NSV, and water=7 points
  

The First Day

Breakfast: Water...Don't judge, It's that time of the month and I'm not very hungry.

Lunch: Junior Burger -7.5
Apple slices w/caramel - 3
Small Diet Coke - 0

Dinner: Tomato Soup - 4
Baked Tortilla chips - 2
frozen veggies - 3
cherries - 1
WW Bar - 3

23.5/24

I got my veggie servings. I had not nearly enough water, no vitamin, no oils, I didn't work out, but I did go to the meeting and went grocery shopping afterwards. Work is starting to make me depressed and I wanted to come home and overeat but instead I ate the only healthy thing in my house which was my can of Progresso tomato soup with baked chips.

I am just happy that I'm not going to bed feeling sick from eating too much. It's amazing how much I turn to food when I'm unhappy. I am gonna give myself another point a day I think if I get 8 hours of sleep. That's what I've been shooting for and it really makes a difference to me.

I will try and get meal ideas and post them. We should try and get together face to face this week, I would enjoy that. Hope your first day was splendid.

DAY 1-MANDA

NOTICE: I edited the points values a little bit from what was posted last night. The official points system is on the right, but is still up for editing. Let me know what you think we need to change ! I didn't like the whole -5 for gaining, so I changed it...there's no way the numbers are going to always be in multiples of 5 anyway, so screw being nice round numbers, lol.

PRO for the day: I feel very motivated to start fresh!
CON for the day: I'm still on lake time and just want to lay around and nap!

Maybe tomorrow morning I will have a smoothie with frozen fruit and some yogurt so I can actually count my meal towards the healthy guidelines. See? I am already learning from this experience.

So I got on the scale this morning to check on the damage from this past weekend, and amazingly enough, I somehow lost 0.8 lbs!! This was probably just water weight since my time of the month was last week, but hey, I'll take it! Don't officially weigh-in until Friday morning, so hopefully I can keep it up.

Will update as the day goes by. Hope your day has started off well!
I am about to go walking and maybe do some stuff on the stability ball. I am really trying to plan ahead more this time, but I think I need to go grocery shopping for that....perhaps this afternoon.... Its like I forgot everything I used to eat when we first started WWs and now I am clueless. Have any good meal ideas? I really want to start planning a whole week's worth of menus.

Alright....back later.
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BREAKFAST:

• 1: light, whole grain English muffin with spray butter and sugar free jelly
• 1: coffee with mocha stuff
• 0: daily multi-vitamin

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SNACK:

• 0.5: cantaloupe
  
• 2: 1/2 cup Wal-Mart cottage cheese

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LUNCH:

• 0: 1 cup progresso soup
  
• 0: baby carrots
• 2: Special K crackers
• 0.5: Cantaloupe

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SNACK:

• 2: glass of skim milk
• 1: 2 squares of chocolate graham crackers
  

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DINNER:

• 3: turkey meatballs
• 4: whole wheat spaghetti with sauce
• 0: carrot sticks

SNACK:

• cocoa roast almonds
  

ACTIVITY: EA Active on Wii=5 points

USED: 22/20 for the day + 2 Activity Points Used

The Beginning of Week 1

We are both to post at least once per day with the following:

• Your tracking for the day. What you ate, the points for everything, whether you used any weekly or activity points, any activity points earned, and any PROS/CONS for the day.
• If you have any NSV's for the day.
• If it is your weigh day, post your stats for weight loss and inches lost, and your goals for the coming week.

The following are worth one point each:

• 6 (8oz.) servings of water
  
• getting your daily multi-vitamin
• At least 5 servings of fruits/veggies
• 2-3 Servings of dairy
• 2 teaspoons of healthy oils
• getting your AP's for the day
• Non Scale Victory (NSV): passing up a free doughnut, saying no to cake, taking a break to walk some extra steps, etc. Anything that you feel proud of yourself for!
• Limited intake of sugar and alcohol
• 1-2 Servings of Lean Protein
• Tracking every bite, lick and taste (BLT)

There are 10 possible points each day, one for achieving each of the previous. (I was unsure of how to break up the fruits and veggies...how many per day do you need when you split them???) Every week, on your weigh-in day, there are also weekly points for achieving certain goals.

• 5 Points for losing on the scale, 0 for maintaining, and -5 for gaining.
  
• 10 points for dropping a pant size
  
• 5 Bonus points for eating OP EVERY day of for the week
• 5 Bonus points for getting at least 1 AP EVERY day of the week
• 5 Bonus points for choosing a goal and reaching it each week