Daily Food Log 5/19/12

Today was good! I'm still working on changing my mentality--to stop feeling the need to eat a lot. Part of my problem is that I spent the last 7 weeks eating 500 calories a day. I did pretty darn good, and it didn't bother me. But now I just love that I can actually EAT more. I really do want to work into more proper portions of things, but I am not there yet. So the way I handle it is to make vegetables the bulk of my eating. I know that fruit is also free points, but I'm not sure it's too smart to load up on fruit--vegetables are the very best of the best options for zero point food.

Also, I have set myself a goal to earn a minimum of 40 activity points per week. (And not use them). It may work out to be 10 points for 4 days, or 8 points for 5 days. I don't know. I also think that if I earn more than 40 activity points, I'll go ahead and let myself use them for a treat or something.

And now--today's food:

In the morning, before the yard saling =) I ate another serving of oatmeal, fat free milk, and sliced banana.

5 points

After hours of driving around from one yard sale to another, I went to Walmart and got a few things--including some of the one point WW candy. I was really wanting something good, and I loved the idea of one point chocolate. =) And I had 2. I have a picture of 4, because throughout the day I ate two more. The package said that if you eat three (which is a serving size) it ends up being 4 points, with how they round the numbers in figuring points. SO...

another 5 points

Later, (after I cleaned up from 5 hours of the kids being left alone with their dad) I had some lunch. A repeat of yesterday for the veggies,

0 points

And a Smart Ones meal, chicken ranchero (which was SO yummy).

5 points

Later on I had some steamed cabbage with salt and pepper.

0 points

Everybody else had breakfast for dinner, and I picked at the eggs. I don't think I ate this much, but to be on the safe side I counted the points for 2 eggs. I have to quit picking at the kids' food! Stop it! Stop it! (Luckily I didn't pick at the sausage or french toast!)

4 points

For dinner I ate an absolutely huge salad. An entire head of romaine lettuce, half a bell pepper, 2 green onions, 2 carrots, a bit of chopped broccoli, a tomato, and some of that fat free cheddar cheese I bought for last night's pizza. I used the wishbone salad spray: Ranch. I didn't count any points for that, maybe I should have. ? I don't know. Anyway, it was all zero points except the cheese, so that was good.

2 points

Then I had so few points left (and I wanted to fit in a dessert) that I chose the same 3 point meal I had for lunch yesterday. 

3 points

I finished off the day with a WW turtle sundae dessert for 4 points. Talk about portion control! This thing was tiny! I'm sure it would have easily fit into a 1/4 cup measuring cup. But that's okay! I ate it with one of our baby spoons, which helped me take smaller bites and let it last longer. =) It was good. 

4 points

And there you have it! A total of 28 points.

I did horrible with my water today. I maybe got 8 ounces. Ugh, our tap water tastes awful! Probably because I've been drinking bottled water for so long, I don't know. Jared says there's nothing wrong with it at all. But I hate it. I think he's going to have to go to Home Depot on Monday for the part he needs to fix the Brita. 

I am curious to see what will happen this week with the scale. It seems really hard to believe that I can eat so much and actually lose weight. 

Oh...it is also a goal of mine to get off the sweets, and have a maximum of one candy a day (save it for night when I really want something sweet) and only have dessert once a week or so. I don't really like using my points on sweets. For now, I'm just doing what I can to stick to my points and get enough of a balance. But yeah, the sweet thing does need to be dealt with.

Just remember--as bad as 4 pieces of WW candy and a turtle sundae are, it's WAY better than diving into the freezer for 5 or 6 or 15 balls of frozen cookie dough. Baby steps.