Short On Ideas

Good day my Teaspoons!

Today is my 4th day of being back on track and I feel like I'm already out of ideas of lunch to pack and dishes to make for supper.  I remember, my last time around when using WW, that I always kept eating the same thing every day for lunch.  Same thing was happening in the evening: every week, I would see myself serving the same dish on the table.

So today, I decided to pack a lunch that was a little different even if it was based on the same things that I usually pack.  You will see below that instead of my regular WW bagel ham sandwich, I decided to bring a bagel and toast it at work.  I ate it with some laughing cow cheese.  I also had some soup to make sure that I would be filled up enough to pass trough the afternoon.  You will probably thing "well that's not much of a change from her usual".  But hey! It is one step away from my usual sandwich.  Small and steady steps will get me to a lunch packing creative queen!  To get this royal title, I invite you guys to leave some comments on what you pack for your lunch!  That way, I'll have some new ideas to try out.

Here's a picture of me while walking today.  It was mighty cold.  But with a view like the one below you don't even feel like you're working out.  I only burned 2 points walking since I only did it for 30 minutes and had to go at a slow pace because of the doctors orders.

Thanks so much for ready again today.  Can't wait to read (and try) some of your ideas!

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 (1 and a half cup): 2 pts

WW bagel: 3 pts

Laughing Cow (2): 1 pt

Greek yogurt (2%): 3 pts

Snack: 

Melon: 0pt
Black coffee: 0 pt

Supper:

Hamburger Helper- Beef Noodles (1 and a half cup prepared): 12 pts

Snack: 

Regular pudding: 3 pts

Whole wheat soda crackers (6): 2 pts

Doritos (4 pieces): 2 pts

Activity points earned: 2 pts

Day's total: 32 pts

Hump Day And Still On Track!

Good day my teaspoons (wanted a name for you guys and decided to call you after one of the smallest tools in the kitchen! Hope you like it!)

Today is hump day! Only 2 more days before the weekend! But who says weekend, often says friends, wine, food and everything else that can sometimes put us off track from the diet path.  I know the weekend can be quite frightful when on a diet.  So here's a few of my tips to survive it.

1) Make a list of things you can do with friend that does NOT revolve around food:
- Walk on the beach
- Ski day (pack a lunch so you won't want to order anything from the pub at the lodge)
- Get together for board games (with trays of veggies and fruits)
- Coffee dates (coffee is zero points! Let's celebrate that by drinking one (or two) with friends)
- Go to the farm market and eat brunch there (Make sure to plan what you are going to eat ahead of time.  I find that it's easier to make better choices before leaving home so you have a clear head before having all the different options in front of your eyes (and nostrils!))
- Have a mani-pedi date with some girlfriends
- Go to a yoga or a zumba class with your friends
- HAVE FUN but just always make sure to plan ahead what you're going to eat and pack a lunch if you need to.

2) Reserve some of your weekly point allowance for the weekend.
You do not have to save them all.  I actually don't really recommend this because it means you are depriving yourself during the week and then you go all out on the weekends.  For example, if you're like me and love wine, keep 21 points from your weekly point allowance so you can drink a bottle of wine during the course of the weekend.  You don't have to drink it all in one sitting.  You can have one or two glasses on Friday night and another one or two glasses on Saturday night.  Cheers!

3) Never stop planning:
It's not because you're off work for the weekend that you shouldn't plan ahead.  If your friend/boyfriend/husband wants to take you out at your favourite breakfast joint on Sunday, don't automatically say "no, I'm on WW".  Instead, take the time to see if you can look up the menu on their website and plan what you are going to eat ahead of time.  I might sound redundant BUT I really truly believe that planning is the key to losing weight.

All this said, I don't think it will be easy to survive my first weekend back on WW.  Luckily, I still have two days to plan it all and make sure I stay on track.

Here's a picture of the chicken I prepared last night and that is cooking in the slow cooker today while I'm at work.  Hope it will be good!  If it is, I might just post the picture on here tomorrow.

Till then, just keep on planning my teaspoons!

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: 1 pt

WW bagel: 3 pts

Cheese Slice (Fat Free): 1 pt

Ham (50g): 1 pt

Greek yogurt (2%): 3 pts

Snack: 

Melon: 0pt
Cafe Latte: 1 pt

Supper:

Chicken (5 oz): 7 pts
Rice (3/4 cup): 4 pts
Broccoli and carrots (cooked): 0 pt
Butter (in rice): 1pt

Snack: 

Fat free pudding: 2 pts

Whole wheat soda crackers (6): 2 pts

Day's total: 30 pts

Second Day, Haven't Failed!

Good evening my friends!

Second day of getting back on track was a success!  Kept to my planned meals and didn't go over my points plus allowance.  This said, it wasn't easy.  I was quite hungry coming back from work.  But instead of going trough the refrigerator and eating everything that's in it, I open my little food diary and asked myself "What can I eat that won't make me go over my daily points but that will satisfy my hunger?".  The answer you ask? Home made cabbage soup!  And let me tell you, it was yummy! You'll see bellow that for supper, I made spaghetti.  Last weekend, I made some home made spaghetti sauce that I sealed in some Mason Jars.  It was an easy and quick supper to make and it was great on this cold winter night.  Here's a picture of the dish!

I realise this morning while driving to work that I didn't write much about me yesterday.  So here it goes! I'll make it fast and to the point.  My name is Andrée-Klaude.  My friends call me AK.  I'm a 27 years old school guidance counsellor.  I work and live in Nova Scotia in a beautiful house on the beach that my boyfriend and I are renting.  I'm 5 foot 5 and am the youngest of 4 girls.  I'm originally from New-Brunswick.  Work is what brought me to Baie Sainte-Marie, this beautiful acadian place on the south coast of Nova-Scotia.  In Yesterday's post, I said that I wished I had a picture of me at my ideal weight.  Well guess what! I found one! Here it is for you all to see.  Don't mind the head piece.  We were having a theme night.

You might ask yourself: why is this girl not talking about exercise yet?  Don't worry, I will soon enough.  I had surgery before Christmas break and now have to wait a month before even thinking of doing any exercise.  Coming soon...stay tuned!

Here's what my day looked like today! Thanks for reading and come back tomorrow some more dish on weight loss!

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 (2%): 3 pts

Snack: 

Melon: 0pt

Home made cabbage soup: 1 pt

Supper:

Pasta (2 cups): 8 pts
Spaghetti sauce: 4 pts

Snack: 

Fat free pudding: 2 pts

Whole wheat soda crackers (6): 2 pts

Day's total: 29 pts

Here We Go!

Start of January. How typical to start a diet (and a blog) at this time of year.  I'll agree with you, with all the talks about the new year resolutions we should take, we feel like we HAVE to jump on the band wagon.  I sure felt the pressure to lose weight again this year since Im part of a family who is very health concious and with weight loss always on its mind.  But this year, im doing it for ME!  

Here's a picture of my friend Fannie and I in 2010 (im the one on the right in the first picture).  The second picture is one of her and I a few months ago. We've both come a long way since then thanks to Zumba and Weight Watchers.  I HAD lost almost a 100 pounds (98 pounds to be exact).  "Had" is the key word here.  Since two summers ago, I have seen myself gain more and more weight.  I've gain a total of 30 pounds. Im still quite happy I lost some weight, I feel way more energized than before but I wish I had a picture of myself 30 pounds lighter so you could see for yourself.  All this to say that I am not impress with myself.  But I am not going to make any excuses on here (since I vowed to myself to write the truth, and only the truth).  Im not going to lie, I did enjoy every sip of wine and every bite of chocolate that made me gain this weight again. So basicly, this is why I deceided to start Weight Watchers once more.  It won't be easy but I know it works for me.  And with your help, im sure i'll be able to get to my goal, which is to lose those 30 pounds again! 

So here I am, sitting in my living room with my supportive (skinny) boyfriend helping me start this blog so that I have something to help me trough some of the difficult days that that are sure to come thanks to this roller coaster called weight loss.

Im going to try to post something every day for you guys to read and will write down what I have eaten that day (in case you need some new ideas).  If I come along great recipes, i'll make sure to let you know! Keep on reading and hope my dishing can help you too!

Point plus target: 30

Breakfast:

Weight Watcher (WW) Whole Weat Bread (2): 2 pts

Light Penut Butter (1 T. spoon): 2 pts

1 banana : 0 pt

Home made Café Latte: 2 pts

Snack: 

1 apple: 0 pt

Lunch:

Home made cabbage soup: 1 pt

WW bagle: 3 pts

Cheese Slice (Fat Free): 1 pt

Ham (50g): 1 pt

Greek yogourt (2%): 3 pts

Snack: 

Melon: 0pt

Supper:

Skillet pork chop with onion gravy (WW recipe): 6 pts

Baked potato (5oz.): 3 pts

Cooked brocoli: 0 pts

Snack: 

Fat free pudding: 2 pts

Whole wheat soda crackers (6): 2 pts

Day's total: 29 pts