Weigh In Day: What a Month! (and coupon winner)

This morning I weighed in at 215.6, a .8 gain from last week. Like I said yesterday, I’m not letting that get me down- I’m just moving forward. December was not a good month for me- I gained 2.2 lbs- I’m supposed to be LOSING weight! But gaining weight over the month NEVER happens- so I’m not going to worry about it. With a rocky start on the new WW plan and a weekend of bad eating- it’s understandable. I just need to keep FOCUSED and I will lose weight this month.

For breakfast this morning, I had 2 slices of light whole wheat toast topped with peanut butter and a sliced banana along with 1 cup of 1% milk for 8 points.

Wednesdays are my rest days, but I decided I would try to fit in a little activity. I got on the bike when I could and totaled 30 minutes, it wasn’t all at once so the calorie burn wasn’t as high, but I did burn 111 calories and that’s better than nothing! Now I can put another sticker on my calendar. hehe I’m not sure how many miles I logged because my bike reset without me telling it to…

For my first break, I had Clementine Greek yogurt- I LOVE THIS STUFF! along with 1 clementine mixed in for 5 points.

I was feeling hungry this morning, so I brought back a 100 calorie bag of Kettle Corn Smart pop to munch on for 3 points.

I had kind of a weird lunch today. I started off craving oatmeal with cinnamon, but I knew I needed to get my veggies in. So I made 1/2 cup oatmeal with cinnamon and a little Splenda mixed in, 1/2 cup of egg beaters with a light Swiss Laughing Cow wedge mixed in, and a green smoothie. The green smoothie was made up of 1/3 cup FF vanilla yogurt, 1 cup of ice, 1 banana, 1 orange and 1 cup of fresh spinach. YUMMM! I forgot how good these are. If you add enough fruit, you can’t even taste the spinach but yet you get all of those benefits of it! Sweet! This was a total of 5 points. Unbelievable!

Call me crazy, but I was still kind of hungry! So I had a small Mission carb balance tortilla with a light Laughing cow blue cheese wedge spread on it along with 1 oz. deli chicken for 3 points. And then I felt just perfect.

On my first break, I was craving something sweet- so I had 2 hugs and 2 kisses for 3 points. I realized I was tracking these wrong because if I put them in the WW tracker as 2 of each it comes out to 2 points.

Ok, and then I had a couple bites of Lori’s granola and 5 whoppers (the candy- not the burgers) for 2 points. That was some mindless eating- and I didn’t get a picture of it- so obviously it was mindless and uncalled for- but I had a mad sugar craving for some reason! I guess it happens to all of us from time to time- at least I didn’t just keep going! I have found that when I am tired I crave sugar- so I bet that’s what it was. I should have just brewed a cup of coffee instead.

I brought back a cup of Vanilla Chai tea to sip on throughout the afternoon for 0 points.

I don’t drink this flavor that often but it was really good!

For supper, I had a small side salad made of lettuce, tomato, avocado, a little FF sour cream and salsa for 2 points.

I also had 2 slices of leftover Shrimp and Feta pizza for 9 points.

For dessert, I had 1/2 cup of vanilla pudding for 4 points.

That puts me at using 10 weekly points today- woah! I guess I was hungry today. I can always see areas that I could improve- but I’m not so rigid with my points right after weigh in and I usually do use some weekly points on Wednesdays, that’s what they’re there for! But I don’t like using 10 weekly points in one day, so I will work on that for tomorrow! The 9 point slice of pizza was a little excessive and I probably won’t make that again because of it. Anyone have a good whole wheat pizza crust recipe that is low in points? I know I could use tortillas, etc- but I’m talking about a real pizza crust recipe- let me know if you have any light recipes!

The winner of the No Pudge! Brownie coupon is Sarah:

You do not have a profile, so I cannot contact you! Please email your mailing address to me at Bloggergirl23@aol.com. Since I have no way to contact you, please respond within 1 week or I will draw a new winner. You have until 5 PM CT on Wednesday January 12th. I hope you’re a regular reader so you see this!! By the way, I do plan on sharing that fish taco recipe this weekend- so stay tuned for that! It will be part of my New Years Resolution to post 1 new recipe a week. Congrats, Sarah!