Hard Not To Drink Wine On Friday!

Good evening Teaspoons

Here I am drinking my fizzy water, trying to drinking some wine from the bottle my (skinny) boyfriend opened.  How are you keeping on track today?  I received a text message yesterday from a friend of mine saying how my blog was motivating her to try to achieves her own goals even if though they’re not weight loss related.  I taught this was really interesting and great to hear.  We can also take advice from people who are trying to achieve different goals and apply them to out weight loss journey.  Take our Olympic athletes for example.  They definitely need patience, focus, determination and strength in order to be able to go to the Olympics.  We can definitely see our weight loss goal as a podium.  We, like the athletes, want to get on the highest step of the podium, which is, in our case, to reach our healthy weight and keep it.  So definitely do look for people in your life who are trying to achieve their own goals and see if you can use some of their tips in order to achieve yours.

Hope you will have a great weekend my Teaspoons.  I will be making a WW Chili.  I’ll post the recipe on here on Sunday so you can all have it and try it.

Till then, enjoy your weekend and keep tracking!

Point plus target: 29 pts

Breakfast:

Lightly sweetened quick oats (Apple cinnamon): 3 pts

1 banana : 0 pt

1/2 cup of skim milk: 1 pts

Snack: 

Apple: 0 pt

Lunch:

WW Bagle: 3 pts

Fat free cheese slice: 1 pt
Soup: 2 pts

Greek yogurt (0%): 2 pts

Snack: 

Pomegranate: 0 pt

Supper:

Macaroni (2 cups): 14 pts
Oil: 1 pt
Green salad: 0 pt

Snack: 

Fat free pudding: 2 pts

Day's total: 29 pts

Weekend Straight Ahead

Happy Thursday Teaspoons!

Only one more day of work before the weekend!  What are your plans for the weekend?  How will YOU stay on track?  Make sure to let me know in the comment box below! I love reading your comments!

I should have a pretty smooth sailing weekend diet wise since I do not have any big plans.  We are going to go watch the university boys and girls teams play some volley-ball.  Since they are playing at 6pm on Saturday, I'm planning to eat a good snack before going, bring a fruit with me to eat there and I'll put something in the slow cooker so that we'll be able to eat as soon as we get home because I'm sure that I will be famish!

We had a stir-fry tonight.  It was really good! I made my own sauce with Soy Sauce, Oyster Sauce, a drop of Sesame Oil, ginger and garlic.  I love stir-fry because you can basically eat as much veggies as you want.  I put a little bit of chicken to add protein and ate it on a bed of rice. Voila! Supper was  done!

Point plus target: 29 pts

Breakfast:

Lightly sweetened quick oats (Apple cinnamon): 3 pts

1 banana : 0 pt

1/2 cup of skim milk: 1 pts

Snack: 

Apple: 0 pt

Lunch:

WW Bagle: 3 pts

Cream Cheese Cheese (light): 1 pt
Soup: 2 pts

Greek yogurt (2%): 3 pts

Snack: 

Kiwi: 0 pts
Almonds (5): 1 pt

Supper:

Chicken: 3 pts

Stir-fry sauce: 2 pts

Veggies: 0pts
Rice: 4 pts

Snack: 

Fat free pudding: 2 pts

Rice Krispies: 3 pts
Milk: 1 pt

Day's total: 29 pts

Never Give Up

Good Day Teaspoons! 

Well it's another loss this week even trough I was sure I was going to gain! It proves that even if you have a few bad days, you shouldn't give up! I lost 1.2 pounds this week. 

As promised, I'm going to write today about a few tips to make out of town trips because of work a little easier. 

First of all, always, and I say ALWAYS, bring your WW calculator and your point plus book with you! It's not because your not home that you should stop tracking! So don't stop and try to make the best choices as possible! 

Second of all, before you leave, call the hotel for some infos. Ask for a room with a fridge so you can pack a few lunches before leaving and put them in your hotel fridge upon arrival. Most hotels have a few rooms with fridge and microwaves at the same rate as the regular rooms for people with small children or who need their meds in the fridge... Or for people on a diet! ;) Also, ask if there's a pool or a gym. If so, bring your workout cloths and sneakers and go for a quick workout after your meetings. It will also help you unwind and lose weight! While your on the phone with them, why not ask what they serve for breakfast and what restaurants are close to the hotel. There's a Subway restaurant a few blocks away? Great! A grocery store? Even better! You'll be able to buy fresh fruits and salads! 

Third of all, be flexible. Don't go off track completely because you ate ONE meal that you are not proud of! Just get back on track when the next meal comes around.

Finally, have fun with your coworkers! Go out and DO enjoy a nice supper with your coworkers because you never really get the chance to hang out with them out of work and frankly, because you only live once! They usually always serve chicken or another lean protein in any restaurants! Just stay clear of words like "sauce", "cheezy" and "fried" and you should be fine! Don't hesitate to ask your server for details on what's in the dish you're about to order or how they cook it. He's there to help you so don't be afraid to ask him! 

Hope these tips will help you! Give me some of your tips! Can't wait to read them! 

Don't Dwell On It

Good day teaspoons,

So if you have read my two last posts, you know that I have not been having the greatest week (diet wise) and that yesterday, I decided to turn the page and look at the start of the week for what it: a new start!

Yesterday went really well.  I kept on track and kept my head high.  I'm definitely planning on doing the same thing today.  I won't let myself dwell on last week's turn out and will concentrate on today!  Tomorrow is weight-in day and I'm guessing that I will have gained weight.  Tomorrow when I will hop on the scale, I'm planing on concentrating on what I'm writing right now and continue with my tracking since I know that it works.

Talking about yesterday, I want to give a shout out to my best friend, J.  I received a letter from her in the mail saying that she was reading my blog every day and that it helped her in her weight loss journey.  J is a great inspiration for me.  She has lost a huge amount of weight and got in shape at the same time by going to the gym.  I was happy to hear that I was also an inspiration for her.  She was also telling me in her letter that she was going out of time for work for 4 days and was already panicking a little because she didn't know if she could keep on track while out of town.  In tomorrow's post, I will talk about little things you can do to keep on track while out of town.  If you have some ideas, write them in the comment box below and I'll add them to tomorrow's post.

Till then, keep on tracking and reading my teaspoons!

Point plus target: 29 pts

Breakfast:

Lightly sweetened quick oats (Apple cinnamon): 3 pts

1 banana : 0 pt

1/2 cup of skim milk: 1 pts

Snack: 

1 pear: 0 pt

Lunch:

Green salad: 0 pts

Half an egg: 1 pts

Olive oil (2 tea spoons): 2 pts

Chicken: 2 pts
Cheese: 1 pt

Greek yogurt (0%): 2 pts

Snack: 

Strawberries: 0pt

Supper:

Chicken: 7 pts

Rice: 5 pts

Cauliflower: 0pts

Snack: 

Fat free pudding: 2 pts

Whole wheat soda crackers (6): 2 pts

Day's total: 28 pts

Temptations, Be Gone!

Good day Teaspoons!

Monday might have a lot of downsides but it does have one upside: the routine is back! And it sure feels good!  I find it much easier to follow the plan when I'm at work.  There's a lot less temptations!...Well usually! Today was the exception.  A teacher was selling chocolate bars for her acting club.  But guess what I did?  I brought my coin purse back in my car so I wouldn't have any money close by to buy some.  Small actions like that can make the difference between caving in the temptation or resisting it.  Looking back, I'm very happy that I resisted it.

I would love to hear how YOU resist temptations and what your usual temptations are!  So write me in the box below :)

Tomorrow, my goal is to figure out an exercise plan.  I am not sure what I want to try out this time around.  I'm thinking about yoga.  Anybody out there is a yoga fan?  What do you love about it?  What do you dislike about it?  Give me some input! It would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your help teaspoons!
Till next time, keep on tracking!

Point plus target: 29

Breakfast:

1/2 cup of skim milk: 1 pts
Banana: 0 pts
Lightly sweetened oats: 3 pts

Lunch:

Soup: 2 pts
WW wrap: 2 pts
Egg: 2 pt
Mayo: 1 pt
Hot sauce: 0 pt
Yogurt (0%): 2 pts
Strawberries: 0 pts

Snack: 
Apple: 0 pt

Supper:

Left over Rappie Pie (1 cup): 9 pts

Green Salad: 0 pts

Oil: 1 pt

Snack: 

Fat Free Pudding: 2 pts
Rice Krispies: 3 pts
Milk: 1pt

Day's total: 29 pts

It's a New Week

Good evening Teaspoons,

I am not a happy camper today and the only responsible person for this is me. Indeed, I have failed my week's mission. I have been eating even more "random bites" than I usually do. I am therefore dreading this week's weight in. This said, I can't let it get to me. I have to get back on the horse again right away and that's what I'm planing to do. My friend wrote in a e-mail she sent me this week that "dieting is a process and that sometimes, you have to give yourself some tough loveand confront yourself in order to succeed". So this is what I'm planing to do! I will NOT be mad at the scale if I gain weight this week. I will only be mad at myself and use that energy to better myself and my dieting plan.

So here's to the new week and to focusing my energy on my goal!

Saturday

Point plus target: 29

Breakfast:

1/2 cup of skim milk: 1 pts
Banana: 0 pts
Lightly sweetned oats: 3 pts

Lunch:

Soup: 2 pts
Pineapples: 0 pts

Supper:

Pasta (2 cups): 8 pts
Veggies: 0 pt
Oil: 1 pt
Brown Sugar: 1 pt
Soya sauce: 0 pt

Snack: 

Fat Free Pudding: 2 pts
Rice Krispies square: 4 pts
Popcorn (air popped, 6 cups): 6 pts

Day's total: 28 pts

Sunday

Point plus target: 29

Breakfast:

1/2 cup of skim milk: 1 pts
Banana: 0 pts

Lunch:

Soup: 1 pt
Strawberries: 0 pts
Boiled Egg: 2 pts
Light Mayo: 1 pt
WW wrap: 2 pts

Supper:

Rappie Pie: 13 pts

Snack: 

Fat Free Pudding: 2 pts
Rice Krispies: 3 pts
Milk: 1 pt

Day's total: 26 pts

Friday Fun Day

Good evening Teaspoons!

I am not going to lie. I arrived home tonight tired, cold and HUNGRY! Man was I ever tempted to pop fries in the oven. But guess what I did instead? I pop a bowl of soup in the microwave and made a little grilled cheese. It totally satisfied my craving for "pub food" and my hunger. Thanks to you guys, I resist the temptation to make fries since I didn't want to write that I had failed today...So thanks! 

Have a great weekend everyone and i'll write on here on Sunday :) 

Point plus target: 29

Breakfast:

Lightly sweetened oats: 3 pts

1/2 cup of skim milk: 1 pts
Banana: 0 pts

Lunch:

WW English Muffin: 3 pts
Slice of cheese: 1 pt
Ham: 1 pt

Pineapple: 0 pt
Apple: 0

Supper:

Chili (1 cup): 6 pts
Crackers: 3 pts
Cheese: 4 pts

Snack: 

Yogurt: 2 pts
Soup: 1 pt
Grilled Cheese: 3 pts

Day's total: 28 pts

Another Snow Day

Good day teaspoons!

Well we had another snow day today in beautiful Nova-Scotia! I found it quite hard to follow my challenge that I gave myself yesterday, which is not to eat random little bites here and there. I find it quite harder to follow my diet when I'm home rather then when I'm at work: it takes a lot more will power. This said, I am not beating myself up because I was still conscious of everything I ate today, tracked and went outside for some fresh air and a short walk.
I tried a new recipe today. It was a "freezer meal" which means you prepare it all and put it in a large Zip Lock bag and freeze it. The day you are ready to eat it, you unfreeze it and put it in the slow cooker. We had the Ranch Chicken today and I have to say that it wasn't our favourite. We both taught you couldn't taste much of the ranch and it was quite bland. I'm still happy we tried it out because you never know when you're going to try the best recipe ever! 

Hope your day went well too!
Keep me posted on your journey! 

Point plus target: 29

Breakfast:

Rice Krispies: 3 pts

1 cup of skim milk: 2 pts

Lunch:

Egg: 2 pts

Bread (1 slice): 3 pts

Ham: 1 pt
Hunter sauce: 1 pt
Mushrooms: 0 pt

Pinapple: 0 pt

Supper:

Chicken: 6 pts

Sauce (1/8th): 2 pts

Rice: 5 pts

Veggies: 0 pts

Snack: 

Fat Free Pudding: 2 pts

Day's total: 27 pts

Another Loss

Good evening Teaspoons, 

It's another Loss this week! Indeed, I lost 1.8 pounds since last Wednesday. This means that I've lost 10.6 pounds since January 6th. I'm really happy with this week's lost. This said, the "real work" now starts. As I said yesterday, I'm giving myself the challenge of not eating little bites here and there which can add points to my daily total quite fast. 

We had a snow day today, which meant no school. I had time to make another batch of cabbage soup! I also made a cake with fondant frosting that I will bring to the school tomorrow. Luckily, I don't like cake that much so it isn't hard for me to resist the temptation of eating some.. 

I wanted to shovel because that's great exercise but because of my recent surgery, I couldn't. Instead, my (skinny) boyfriend and I went for a walk on the beach in the blizzard. The weather was crazy! We came back with rosy cheeks. 

How did your weight-in go this week? Sometimes we think we are going to lose more than we actually do and it can be quite discouraging. Just remember that during this whole weight loss journey, you are working hard on making healthier choices and that's what's important. And you have to remember that you will more than likely gain weight some weeks. You just have to keep your head high and keep on tracking! 

Point plus target: 29

Breakfast:

WW English Muffin: 3 pts

Light Penut Butter: 2 pts

1/2 cup of skim milk: 1 pts

Lunch:

Egg: 2 pts

Bread (1 slice): 3 pts

Cheese: 2 pts

Potatoes: 3 pts

Supper:

Chicken Pizza (2 slices): 14 pts

Beer: 5 pts

Snack: 

Half a Kit Kat: 3 pts

Day's total: 38 pts
Weekly Point allowance used today: 9 pts

Last Day Before The First Weight In

Happy Tuesday Teaspoons!

Tomorrow is THE day.  The day I'll get weighted after a week and a half of being back on track.  I'm apprehensive at the idea of getting weighted because the number that will appear on the scale could either motivate me to continue or I could get totally discouraged.  This said, I'm deciding right now that no matter what number appears on the scale, I will be overjoyed. Overjoyed because I will have tracked my meals every day.  Overjoyed because I will have written something in my blog every day.  Overjoyed because I'm finally doing something to feel better and to lose weight instead of just wishing upon a star.  Overjoyed because I have taken my life and health into my own hands!

I'm very happy to announce that I have finally found a place where they give Zumba classes which is close to home.  This means that as soon as my doctor gives me the ok to workout again, I will have a place to move to the music again.  I've been missing Zumba so much since moving to Nova-Scotia.  I really can't wait to try this place out.  I'll let you know how it is.  For those of you out there who have never tried Zumba, I recommend that you try it at lease 3-4 times.  The first time is never really fun because you can hardly follow the moves.  You will soon find out that once you get the groves of things and the basics down, Zumba becomes a real workout but where there's still place to have fun and to laugh (at yourself mostly).

My friend Nicole gave me the idea of making a mini pizza on a wrap for lunch to mix things up.  I will be trying it this week so stay tuned...

Don't miss tomorrow's post for some more dish on my weight loss journey!

Point plus target: 30

Breakfast:

Lightly sweetened quick oats (Apple cinnamon): 3 pts

1 banana : 0 pt

1/2 cup of skim milk: 1 pts

Snack: 

1 apple: 0 pt

Lunch:

Green salad: 0 pts

Half an egg: 1 pts

Olive oil (2 tea spoons): 2 pts

Chicken: 2 pts

Greek yogurt (0%): 2 pts

Snack: 

Melon: 0pt

Banana Bread muffin: 2 pt

Supper:

Chicken: 7 pts

Rice: 5 pts

Broccoli: 0pts

Snack: 

Fat free pudding: 2 pts

Whole wheat soda crackers (6): 2 pts

Day's total: 29 pts

Moment Of Truth

Good day Teaspoons!

Tomorrow is the moment of truth.  The moment where I'll see if I just had beginners luck last week or if I will lose weight again this week.  Can't wait to hop on the scale and see.  If I lost, great! If I didn't I know exactly what to change.  I realise that I often eat bites here and there of food.  I'll grab bites off my (skinny) boyfriend's plate (as if he needs less calories in his day!) or grab some in the teacher's lounge at work. These "little bites" can make quite an impact on the scale.  So whether I lose or gain this week, my goal for next week not to eat any of these "little bites".

Today went pretty good all in all.  Went for a walk after work with the (skinny) boyfriend.  It's definitely more fun to go for a walk with someone.  So next time you're heading out, why not invite your loved one, a member of your family or your friend to stroll along with you?  You'll be able to catch up AND lose weight! THAT's what I call a winning combo!

I'll definitely let you know what the scale said tomorrow in my blog.
Till then, keep on tracking and on commenting in the box below!

Point plus target: 29

Breakfast:

Lightly sweetened quick oats (Apple cinnamon): 3 pts

1 banana : 0 pt

1/2 cup of skim milk: 1 pts

Lunch:

Green Salad: 0pt
1/2 egg: 1 pt
Olive Oil (2 tspoon): 2 pts
Chicken: 2 pts
Cheese: 1 pt

Greek yogurt (2%): 3 pts

Snack: 

Apple: 0 pts

Supper: Leftovers

PC Blue Hamburger Bun: 4 pts
Extra Lean Ground Beef (4 oz.): 4 pts
Potatoes (5 oz.): 3 pts

Snack: 

Fat free pudding: 2 pts
Banana bread: 2 pts

Day's total: 28 pts
Exercise Gained Points: 1 pt

A Quick Turn Aournd

Hello my dear Teaspoons!

How was your day?  I had one of those days.  The kind of day where you feel like you've gained weight because your pants are tight and you feel a little discourage.  I'm sure you've all felt like that at one time or another.  Well guess what, instead of dwelling on it, I decided to do something about it! When I got home from work, I put on my sneakers and went out in the freezing rain for a walk! Yes! Freezing rain!  At one point, I was walking against the wind and hail started to fall down.  I almost called my (skinny) boyfriend to come pick me up but instead, I started jogging.  I don't have the endurance to run far BUT it did warm me up pretty quickly which help me finish my walk.

When I got home and sat down at the computer, I saw that a friend of mine had wrote me on Facebook. When I clicked it open, I was so happy to read that my blog made her decide to join Weight Watchers! She might live in Austria but my words did get across the ocean to her.  This really turned my day around!  Even if I'm feeling a little discourage today, I'm happy to know that I'm taking small steps towards having a better and healthier life.

Let me know what YOU do to turn your day around when you are having "one of those days"!
Until tomorrow, keep on tracking my Teaspoons!

Point plus target: 29

Breakfast:

Lightly sweetened quick oats (Apple cinnamon): 3 pts

1 banana : 0 pt

1/2 cup of skim milk: 1 pts

Lunch:

WW English muffin: 3 pts
Fat free slice of cheese: 1 pt
Soup: 3 pts

Greek yogurt (0%): 2 pts
Blueberries: 0 pts

Snack: 

Apple: 0 pts

Supper:

PC Blue Hamburger Bun: 4 pts
Extra Lean Ground Beef (4 oz.): 4 pts
Oil (2 t.spn): 2 pts
Green Salad: 0 pt
Potatoes (5 oz.): 3 pts

Snack: 

Fat free pudding: 2 pts

Day's total: 28 pts
Exercise Gained Points: 2 pts

Rain Rain Go Away

Happy rainy day Teaspoons!

How did your weekend go?  Was it as grey and rainy as mine?  It rained all weekend here in beautiful Nova-Scotia so we had to stay indoors all weekend.  This means, I did not go walking.  Hopefully it won't rain tomorrow and I'll be able to go.  We had nothing to do my (skinny) boyfriend and I so we ended up at the University to watch some women Volley Ball.  It was fun!

Diet wise, it went pretty good too.  I tracked all weekend and used some of my weekly allowance points. You will find my weekend meals in details below.  

Tonight I made some Maple Glazed Pork Tenderloin.  I calculated the Point Plus value of all the ingredients and divided the total by four since I ate about 1/4 of it.  It was yummy! Here's a picture of it.  You can find the recipe if you follow this link: http://www.ricardocuisine.com/recipes/3011-maple-glazed-pork-tenderloins

Let me know how YOUR weekend went! What were your success?  What would you have done differently?

Till tomorrow, keep on tracking!

Saturday

Point plus target:29 

Brunch:
Milk (1/2 c.): 1 pt
Bagel: 8 pts
Egg: 2 pts
Butter: 1 pt

Snack: 

Yogurt (0%): 2 pts
Blueberries: 0 pt
Oats (1 T.s.): 0 pt

Supper:

Whole Wheat Spaghetti (2 c.): 8 pts

Sauce (1/2 cup): 0 pt
Cheese Wiz: 1 pt

Snack:
Fat Free Pudding: 2 pts

Day's total: 25 pts

Sunday

Point plus target:29 

Brunch:
WW English Muffin: 3 pts
Eggs (2): 4 pts
Ham: 1 pt
Fruits: 0 pt
Milk (1/2 c.): 1 pt

Snack: 

Yogurt (0%): 2 pts
Blueberries: 0 pt
Oats (1 T.s.): 0 pt

Supper:

Pork Tenderloin (6 oz.): 9 pts

Sauce: 2 pts
Veggies: 0 pts
Rice (1 c.): 5 pts

Snack:
Fat Free Pudding: 2 pts

Day's total: 29 pts

Oh Happy Days

Good evening Teaspoons,

How did your day go?  Mine actually went well.  Better than I thought it would. Turns out, this morning, there was oatmeal served at the breakfast buffet at the hotel.  I ate that with some fresh fruit.  It started my day well and showed me that even if I was out of town, I could still stay on track! So here I was, determined to stay on track and follow the WW guidelines.

As I was saying in yesterday's post, I was scared about what they would be serving at lunch.  Turns out, it was chicken pot pie with salad and fresh rolls.  I piled some salad up high on my plate and ate it with one tablespoon of Kraft Italian Vinaigrette.  I ate half of the roll and threw the rest out to make sure that I wouldn't be tempted to eat all of it.  There was some Babibel Cheese so I took one and saved it for the drive home.  Turns out, I was able to easily stay on track in the end. For supper, I took out some frozen chili from the freezer and we ate that.  I ate my first half cup and was going to eat another half cup of chili when my (skinny) boyfriend decided to put some hot sauce in it which made it WAY too spicy for my liking.  Because of this, I ate some more egg noodles instead of my other half cup of chili.

Hope your day went as well as mine!  Like last weekend, I'll post something at lease once during the course of the weekend.
Keep on tracking Teaspoons!

Point plus target:29 

Breakfast:

Lightly sweetened quick oats (Apple cinnamon): 3 pts

1 banana : 0 pt

Snack: 

1 apple: 0 pt

Lunch:

Green Salad with veggies: 0pts
Kraft Italian (1 T.spoon): 0pts
Half Roll: 2
Diet Coke: 0pt

Greek yogurt (0%): 2 pts

Snack: 

Kiwi: 0pt
Babibel Cheese: 2 pts

Supper:

Egg Noodles (1 cup): 5 pts
Chili (WW Recipe. 1/2 cup): 3 pts
Ham (50g): 1pt
Wine (10oz.): 10 pts

Day's total: 28 pts

Out Of Town For The Night

Good evening Teaspoons,

I'm quite tired tonight but still wanted to check in with you.  How did your day go?  Was it a successful one?  If not, what would you change about today?

I'm in Halifax tonight because I have meetings tomorrow.  I find it hard to leave my (eating) routine behind and come to the city.  So many food temptations: sushi, Italian, pubs, steak house, and the list goes on!  So how did I decide what I was going to eat tonight?  I planned a head of course!  Last night, I went online and search for the nutritional information of my favourite Thai place and found it! I calculated how much my favourite dish was (Pad Sew).  It was 19 points.  I then planned the rest of my day around those 19 points.  I just finished my Pad Sew and it was yummy (although a little too spicy for my liking).

Tomorrow is scaring me a little since I can't plan ahead.  I do not know what they will be serving us for lunch at our meeting.  This said, instead of eating a hot breakfast at the hotel tomorrow, I brought a pack of oatmeal with me and I plan on asking the server for hot water tomorrow morning and I'll eat that for breakfast.  You don't have to be shy about asking these kinds of things to the waiters.  If you had allergies, would it bother you to ask for different things? No! Then why be shy if it's for your diet?  I'll choose what I will eat for supper when I get home according to what we got for lunch.  I'll let you know how it all went down tomorrow.

Till then, keep on dishing about you weight loss in the comment box!

*** New Daily Point Target***

Point plus target:29 

Breakfast:

Lightly sweetened quick oats (Apple cinnamon): 3 pts

1 banana : 0 pt

1/2 cup of skim milk: 1 pts

Snack: 

1 apple: 0 pt

Lunch:

Soup: 1 pt

WW English Muffin: 3 pts

Fat Free Cheese Slice: 1pt

Greek yogurt (0%): 2 pts

Snack: 

Kiwi: 0pt

Supper:

Thai Express: 19 pts

Diet Coke: 0pt

Day's total: 30 pts
Weekly Allowance used today: 1 pt

Weight-In Day Has Arrived!

Happy hump day Teaspoons!

If you read yesterday's post, you know that today was weight-in day.  I must admit that I'm ecstatic about the results.  After a week and a half of being back on track, I've lost 8.8 pounds.  This means that I'm back at my before Christmas weight (I had gained a whopping 8.4 pounds over Christmas break).  It sure feels good to have a little more "room in my pants".  Hopefully your weight in will go as good as mine did this week. Even if you don't lose, don't forget to still celebrate the fact that you are back on track and taking the faith of your health in your own hands. Just remember not to celebrate with food but to still reward yourself.  You may want to go watch a movie with your best friend, go bowling with your family or go to chapters to find a good book to read.

This said, I now have to concentrate on the week that is coming up.  My goal is to go walk at lease 4 times this week. Think I'll make it? I went one today already so that's one down, three to go.  I'm sure that with your words of encouragement, I'll be able to reach this goal.

My friend Natalie send me some "freezer meals" to try.  I'm going to try to make some this weekend and freeze them.  If ever I try one that's really good, I'll make sure to let you guys know.  I'm also planing on calculating the point plus value of each recipe.

You will notice that I'm going to use a good chunk of my weekly allowance points today.  At the end of the week, if I have some left over weekly points, I usually try to use them up a little.  Not on "fatty foods" but usually, I might put a little bit more peanut butter on my morning toast or eat some leftovers for lunch (which I usually wouldn't do).  You can see what I ate today bellow.

Let me know how YOU did this week in the box bellow.  Can't wait to read all of your success stories!

Until tomorrow, keep on tracking!

Point plus target: 30

Breakfast:

Whole Wheat English Muffin: 4 pts
Light Penut Butter (2 Tbspoon): 4 pts

1 banana : 0 pt

1/2 cup of skim milk: 1 pts

Snack: 

1 apple: 0 pt

Lunch:

Chicken: 5 pts

Rice: 5 pts

Greek yogurt (0%): 2 pts

Snack: 

Melon: 0pt

Supper:

Rappie Pie: 13 pts

Snack: 

Aero Chocolate Bar: 6pts

Day's total: 40 pts
Weekly Allowance used today: 10 pts

 

Cabbage Soup Recipe

Happy Monday my teaspoons!

I’ve started to receive some comments and feed back from you guys and wanted to say a big THANKS to all of you out there who are supporting me and helping me get new ideas to help me succeed.  Hopefully, my blog will also help YOU succeed.

Some of you have been asking me for the recipe for my cabbage soup.  It’s my mom’s home made recipe.   It’s quite easy and you can pretty much put in whatever you have on hand (or in your refrigerator).  Here it is!

Cabbage soup recipe

Broth:

I make my own broth.  I use a pressure cooker.  You could easily use a normal pot but you will have to let it boil about double the time (about 3hrs instead of an hour and a half).

To make my broth, I use the bones and the skin of a whole chicken that I’ve made earlier in the week (you can also freeze the bones and skin and use them when you want to make soup).  You can also use the skin and bones of a rotisserie BBQ chicken that you have bought at the grocery store.

So here are the ingredients for the Broth:

• Bones and skin of one chicken
• 2-3 celery stalks cut in thirds
• 1 onion cut in a few chuncky pieces
• Water (you will want to fill your pot or pressure cooker to about the 2/3 with water)
• Salt
• Pepper
• Dry Thyme

Put all the ingredients in your pressure cooker or you pot and let boil for about 1 and a half hour (if using a pressure cooker) and about 3hrs if using a normal pot.

Once the broth is ready, use a strainer to separate the solid ingredients from the broth.  Throw the solid ingredients in the trash.  Let the broth cool over night in the fridge.

The next day, peel out, with a spoon, all the fat that will have hardened on top of your broth overnight.

Bring the Broth to a broil.  This is where you can get creative.  Put whatever veggies you like in your boiling broth.  I usually put the following:

•  A Can of diced tomatoes
•  Carrots
•  Turnips
• Celery
• Cabbage
•  Mushrooms

Just remember that some veggies take longer to cook then others.  So put them in according to their cooking time (i.e. the veggies that take the longest to cook should go first and then add the other ones, like cabbage for example, later on).  You can add cooked rice or uncooked pasta at the very end (when all your veggies are cooked) if you desire.  Just remember that this will add points to the total point value of your soup.

Once all the veggies are cooked, you are done.  You can either freeze your soup in portions or you can seal it in Mason jars.

Enjoy J

If you have any questions or need more explanations, let me know.  I tried to write it down the best I could.

Point plus target: 30

Breakfast:

Lightly sweetened quick oats (Apple cinnamon): 3 pts

1 banana : 0 pt

1/2 cup of skim milk: 1 pts

Snack: 

1 apple: 0 pt

Lunch:

Cabbage Soup (2 cups): 4 pts
Soda crackers (6): 2 pts
Fat Free Cheese Slice (2): 1 pts

Greek yogurt (2%): 3 pts

Snack: 

Kiwi: 0pt

Supper:

Pork trimmed (4 oz.): 4 pts
Mashed potatoes (3/4 cup): 5 pts
Broccoli: 0 pts
Mango: 0 pt

Snack: 

Fat free pudding: 2 pts

Banana Bread muffin: 2 pts

Day's total: 27 pts

The Weekend is Almost Over

The weekend is almost over and so is my first week of being back on track. How did your weekend go my little teaspoons? 

As I said on Friday, I saved some of my weekly allowance points to be able to eat a homemade bagel at the market. Well turns out when my boyfriend and I got there, out bagel master wasn't. Sure I could of went off track and stopped at a restaurant and order breakfast. Instead, we decided to go the the groceries store, buy some eggs and English muffins and made some Eggs Benedict's without the Hollander's sauce. Here's a picture of it. I added 3oz of potatoes mixed with mushrooms and onions and a little bit of yogurt with pomegranate. It was a mighty good brunch! You will find the point plus value of everything below. 

We got a rain storm on Saturday night so we didn't do much which helped me stayed on track. What did you do this weekend and how did you stay on track? Let me know by writing in the comment box bellow. 

Here's my weekend's tracking. Can't wait to read what you did this weekend!

Until next time, keep on tracking my teaspoons!

Saturday

Point plus target: 30

Brunch:

Banana: 0 pt

1/2 cup of skim milk: 1 pts
English muffin: 4 pts
Eggs (2): 4 pts
Ham: 1 pt
Potatoes: 3 pts
Yogurt: 2 pts
Pomegranate: 0 pt
Oil: 1 pt

Supper:

Pulled Pork: 8 pts
Pie crust: 1pt
Oil (2 tsp): 2 pts
Green Salad: 0 pts

Snacks: 
Fat Free Pudding: 2 pts
Banana Bread muffin (1): 3 pts
Chocolate: 2 pts

Activity points earned: 0 pt

Weekly Point allowance used today: 3 pts
Day's total: 33 pts

Sunday

Point plus target: 30

Lunch:

Fricot: 9 pts
Half a bun: 2 pts

Supper:
Leftovers mix:

Pulled Pork Pie: 6 pts
Pasta (1 cup): 5 pts
Chicken (2 oz.): 2 pts
Brown Sugar (1 Tbsp): 1 pt

Snacks: 
Fat Free Pudding: 2 pts
Soda crackers (6): 2 pts

Activity points earned: 0 pt

Weekly Point allowance used today: 0 pts
Day's total: 29 pts

TGIF

Happy Friday my Teaspoons!

The weekend is finally here! Did you plan in consequence?  I sure did.  I will be going to the Farmer’s Market tomorrow morning and made sure that I had enough weekly allowance points left so I could get one of those homemade bagels that are so good. I also save some points to be able to drink a glass of wine with my honey tonight. 

I am anxious to see how much weight, if any, I lost this week.  I will get weighted on Wednesday. I’ll write my results on here for you to see.  I’m bracing myself because I know that often, the first week on Weight Watchers, you don’t see much result on the scale.  This usually happens because your body, who is receiving less calories then before, thinks that you are starving it.  Because of this, it will try to keep in all the calories you are eating.  But don’t get discourage!  The second time you’ll hop on that scale (the second week), you’ll usually have dropped some weight.  So just keep on tracking!  This brings me to another thing I wanted to write to you about.  I think that it is very important that you take your measurements.  My first time around on Weight Watchers, I would sometimes get discourage because I would hop on the scale and wouldn’t see any results even though I had exercise a lot.  It’s important to take note of your measurements since often while doing a lot of exercises you’ll lose inches but not pounds.  I’m going to take my measurements this weekend!

Here’s a picture of tonight’s supper.  I wanted to make something that was easy (it IS Friday after all, i.e. Time to RELAX).  I had some left over chicken from that chicken I made two nights ago in the slow cooker so I decided to make some club sandwich.  You’ll find the point plus value of it all below.

Have a great weekend my Teaspoons! Can’t wait to hear from you and your achievements with your weight loss!

Point plus target: 30

Breakfast:

Lightly sweetened quick oats (Apple cinnamon): 3 pts

1/2 cup of skim milk: 1 pts

Snack: 

1 apple: 0 pt

Lunch:

Home made cabbage soup (2 cups): 3 pts

WW bagel: 3 pts

Light Philadelphia Cream Cheese (1 T. spoon): 1 pt

Greek yogurt (2%): 3 pts

Snack: 

Banana: 0pt
Black coffee: 0 pt

Supper:

WW Bread (2 slices): 2 pts
Cheese slice (Fat Free): 1 pt
Bacon (1 slice): 3 pts
Turkey (2 slices): 0.5 pt
Chicken Breast (2.5 oz.): 2.5 pts
Frozen fries (85g): 3 pts
Red wine (5 fluid oz.): 4 pts

Snacks: 
Fat Free Pudding: 2 pts

Activity points earned: 0 pt

Weekly Point allowance used today: 2 pts
Day's total: 32 pts