Happy New Year!!

Wishing you a Happy New Year!! I wish for you many blessings and joyful moments and good health in 2010!!

(I'm talkin' to you, Sarah. My lone reader) :-)

Week 6, Day 7

Today's weight - 128.4! Yay!! I hit the 120s!! Only 8.4 pounds until I hit my goal! (Although I'd love to get to 115, but that's my secret goal)

I tried on a bunch of pants this morning that used to be too tight, and they all fit! Very exciting and motivating!

Only one more holiday to get through (NYE) and I'll have survived the 2009 holiday season with not putting ON weight, but taking it OFF!

I really love WW. I never, ever, ever thought I could lose weight through dieting since I love to eat so much... but I can honestly say it hasn't been that hard and I don't feel terribly deprived!

I really do think I can make WW a part of my life forever. (famous last words?)

anyway, back to the regularly scheduled program:

breakfast
coffee (1 pt)
english muffin + 1/2 Tb pb (2 pts)

lunch
1 serving WW Mexican Meatloaf (3 pts)
1 cup berries -blueberries and raspberries (1 pt)
10 baby carrots (0 pts)
7 whole wheat Triscuits (2 pts)

Week 6, Day 6 (snack attack!)

I've had the munchies something terrible lately! :-( Luckily I'm stocked up on healthy snacks like fruit! My local Safeway has been having a sale on berries and the blueberries and raspberries are surprisingly sweet and delicious for this time of year! yum!

breakfast
coffee (1 pt)
english muffin + 1/2 T margarine (2 pts)

lunch
Lean Cuisine (6 pts)
10 baby carrots (0 pts)
1/2 cup blueberries, 1/2 cup raspberries (1 pt)

snacks
90-cal snack pack of mini rice cakes drizzled w/chocolate (2 pts)
20ish jelly bellies (2 pts)
7 baked lays (1 pt)

dinner
1 serving WW meatloaf (3 pts)
1/2 cup green beans (0 pts

snack
2 cups cherries (2 pts)

Total points = 20 pts
Allowed points = 18 pts
2 flex points used


If you're looking for a really yummy and easy WW recipe that's only 3 pts a serving, try this Mexican Meatloaf! :-)

Ingredients:
Cooking spray
1/2 pound extra lean ground beef
1/2 pound lean ground turkey breast
2 large egg whites
2 oz. cornbread stuffing dry mix (about 1 cup)
1 medium chopped onion
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/4 tsp ground cumin
4 oz canned green chili peppers, diced
8 oz canned enchilada sauce

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Coat a broiler pan with cooking spray. In a large bowl, mix beef, turkey, egg whites, stuffing mix, onion, chili powder, cumin, chilies, and half of enchilada sauce together. Shape into an oval with your hands and place on prepared broiler pan. Cook for 1 hour, top with remaining enchilada sauce and bake for 5 minutes more. Slice into 6 pieces and serve.

Week 6, Day 3

breakfast:
2 slices turkey bacon (2 pts)
1 orange (1 pt)
low-cal english muffing + 1/2 T pb (2pts)

lunch:
1 slice vegetarian lasagna (6 pts?)


snack:
popcorn (1pt)
Jello pudding cup (1 pt)
1 oz Baked Lays (2 pts)

ACK! I got the munchies!

Week 6, Day 2

Merry Christmas!! (Happy Birthday to our Savior!!)

I hosted Christmas dinner, but it was potluck so it wasn't too much work. I made two WW main course recipes (Herbed Rib Roast- 6 pts and Roasted Pork with Sage Berry Dressing- 7 pts) and two WW sides (Roasted Acorn Squash with Orange-Ginger Dressing- 3 pts and Millet Pilaf with Cranberries, Sweet Potatoes and Thyme- 3 pts).

Unfortunately, even though dinner was supposed to start at 4:00pm, my BIL's family didn't show up until close to 5:30pm!! GRRRRRR. So the rib roast was cool by the time I served it and the roasted pork was completely dried out. ugh. Not surprisingly, the WW recipes was NOT a hit. :-( If we had eaten an hour earlier, I think it would have been 10X better.

I barely ate anything b/c I was so busy running around in the kitchen, but here's a list of what I can remember eating:

two bites rib roast w/2 T horseradish dressing (2 pts?)
two bites roast pork (3 pts?)
two bites millet pilaf (1 pt)
1/2 roasted acorn squash (2 pts)
1 slice sweet potato tempura (2 pts?)
2 pieces california roll (2 pts)
1/2 slice wheat beer bread (? pts)

I only nibbled for dinner. I was too exhausted to eat. I woke up the next morning with a growling stomach. I was so hungry!

Week 6, Day 1

lunch
lean cuisine (5 pts)

dinner
1 slice vegetarian lasagna (6 pts?)
salad w/balsamic vinegar (0 pts)
1 slice choc. chip bundt cake (3 pts)
1 slice beer bread (4 pts?)
1 glass white wine (2 pts)

Week 5, Day 7

breakfast
coffee (1 pt)
low-cal English muffin + 1/2 T pb (2 pts)

lunch
thai red curry with shrimp
1 cup white rice (4 pts)