Not too bad. I felt the weekend got a little out of control. There wasn’t enough consistency and some not great food choices, but I did stay within my points.
Between the AP, WPA and my points, I felt I had enough to eat w/o feeling terribly deprived. That was good b/c it really helped me not to binge!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Morning
3/4 Tbsp chopped walnuts, 1
1/2 cup Plain, 1.5
1 cup blueberries, 1
1 slice high-fiber bread, 1
1 large egg(s), 2
1/2 tsp butter, 0.5
Midday
Turkey w/cheese half sand & salad – from restaurant so points estimated, 10
Evening
1 cup cooked spaghetti, 4
1 cup cooked asparagus, 0
1 tsp olive oil, 1
1 srvg. Carbonara sauce with smoked salmon, 3
Anytime
banana split - Quick-added food, 9
Food POINTS values total used, 34
Food POINTS values remaining, 0
Activity
60 min walking, brisk, 5
Activity POINTS values used, 5
Day 7 
One of my new favorite breakfasts is yogurt & an egg in a nest for a points value of 7.
I used to make eggs in the nest occasionally when my kids were little and they thought they were cool. But I was having a dilemma b/c I wanted eggs & toast for breakfast but if I did it the way I wanted, it would typically be 2 eggs, 2 pieces of toast and 2 tsp. of butter for a points value 8 (or 10 if I used white bread). However, with 1 egg in the nest plus yogurt, fruit & nuts, I feel perfectly satisfied and it is a pretty good breakfast on the go type meal.
In case you are unfamiliar with these, it is just an egg cooked in a hole made into a piece of bread.
I use a 2” cookie cutter and cut hole in the middle of the bread (I use Rudi’s organic 7-grain + flax and it is yummy). I melt ½ tsp. butter in a very small fry pan (it is either 6 or 8”) and surprisingly it looks like a quite a bit. I then rub the little bread hole piece in the butter on both sides, which butters the hole piece nicely but still leaves a thin coat of fat on the fry pan. I put in the bread, crack an egg into the hole, lift the bread slightly to let a little bit of the egg white run out the bottom (otherwise the white sometimes doesn’t cook completely) and cook on both sides until it is done to how I like it. I cook the butter covered little hole in the pan at the same time and let it toast on both sides. It is very buttery & yummy.
My teenage daughter also loves loves loves these, even with the high fiber bread and she doesn’t notice that I use just a teeny bit of butter.
I have a carbonara sauce that I make that is very easy, but when I double checked the points last night, it was 8 points for one teeney little serving. I lightened it up a bit and you know what? Nobody noticed! I’ll post the recipe here shortly.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Morning
1/4 cup 1% low-fat milk, 0.5
1 cup cooked oatmeal, 2
1 Tbsp dried currants, 0.5
1 tsp unpacked brown sugar, 0
Midday
1/2 cup Black Beans, 1
1 small potato(es), baked, 1.5
1 oz Mexican four cheese shreds, 2
1 cup cantaloupe, 1
1/2 Southwest Crockpot Stew, 1
Evening
1/2 item Ciabatta Bread, 3
1/2 cup avocado, 4.5
oven fries - Quick-added food, 4
coleslaw w/light dressing - Quick-added food, 2
1/2 item cooked chicken fillet, 1.5
1 slice Sliced Lite Cheese, 1
Anytime
1 cup fat-free ice cream, sweetened with sugar, 3.5
Food POINTS values total used, 29
Food POINTS values remaining, 0
Activity
60 min walking, brisk, 5
Activity POINTS values earned, 5
Day 6
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Morning
1/4 cup 1% low-fat milk (0.5)
1 cup cooked oatmeal (2)
3/4 Tbsp chopped walnuts (1)
1 Tbsp dried currants (0.5)
Midday
1 Subway 6-inch Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki Sub (7)
2 Subway White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie (10)
Evening
1/2 cup Black Beans (1)
1 6-inch flour tortilla(s) (2)
1 cup cooked zucchini (0)
1 cup cantaloupe (1)
3/4 oz Mexican four cheese shreds (1.5)
1/2 serving Southwest Crockpot Stew (1)
Anytime
Whole wheat lf banana bread (3)
1/3 oz bittersweet chocolate (1)
1 cup 1% low-fat milk (2)
1 medium marshmallow(s) (0.5)
Food POINTS values total used (35.5)
Food POINTS values remaining 0
Activity
60 min walking, brisk (5)
Activity POINTS values swapped (5)
WPA used: (1.5)
I had planned for 1 cookie from Subway, but they gave me 2. I was home alone when I ate my lunch and tried to resist the 2nd cookie, but in the end, I folded and ate it. I was playing my typical mind games trying to justify only counting it as 1 (I was thinking they looked smaller than normal and maybe b/c of that, they are now giving out 2). After having a little talk with my inner brat, I am being accountable. Yay me!
My Menu for Monday, July 28, 2008
Morning
Whole grain wheat English muffin (2)
1 large egg(s) (2)
1/2 oz cooked crisp turkey bacon (0.5)
1 slice Reduced fat 2% American cheese (2)
Midday
Gourmet on the Go/Pasta (4)
1 Yogurt w/Blueberries & nuts (3)
Evening
3 oz Pork, tenderloin, cooked (3)
1 cup mixed greens (0)
1 large potato(es), baked (3)
1 cup pineapple (1)
1 tsp grated Parmesan cheese (0)
1 tsp unsalted butter (1)
Anytime
Vegs/beans/edamame (3)
1/3 cup aerosol whipped cream (1)
2 servings home made Vanilla Pudding (6.5)
Total points used (32)
3 WPA used
Activity - None
