Menu Ideas

B- egg wrap 5pts

L-fish sandwich 11pts

D- flat out wrap bbq grilled chicken pizza 11pts

S- dannon fit and lively yogurt 2pt

W- 72 oz

I thought i would add water I try to drink 48 to 80oz

Total- 29/35

*** joined Planet Fitness today(9-13-18 at 96lbs lost), i admit i was very intimidated with all those machines, plan on going tomorrow. I can do the treadmill at least until I get the orientation Tuesday.

Menu Ideas- Egg muffin cups

I knew I had lunch plans so I adjusted points. This is why I don't feel deprived while still losing weight. I eat fast food and restaurants just by tweaking the points and making better choices.

B- egg cup 1 pt, I make 12 in a muffin pans using 10 eggs, 1/2c cheese and veggies in oven 275 for 20 mins. In the morning I microwave for 30 secs. Fast breakfast.

L- Burger King 10 nuggets 12 pts, value onion rings 5pts, bbq 2pts

D- made by hubby ❤ smothered grilled chicken 3pts (for cheese, grilled veggies are 0), corn and potatoes 5pts.

S- dannon greek yogurt lite and lively 2pts

Total: 30/35

Menu Idea when shopping, lol.

Today was a shopping day with my aunt and sister do that means eating out.

B- Starbuck (sister's pick) egg white and turkey bacon sandwich 5pts and water

L- IHOP (aunt's choice) 2 pancakes 8pts, 2 turkey sausage links 2pt, no eggs took one bite but they werent good and syrup 3pts

D- tortellni alfredo with cheese garlic bread kids choice. I had a headache and took a nap so they made dinner. They woke me up with flavored water and a grilled chicken salad because they knew i wouldnt want the pasta. They are awesome kids❤❤❤. Salad 10pts (they measured all the toppings like i do...kids are observant, i didnt even know they were paying that close attention!)

S- baked lays 4pts

Total:34/35

What was in your kitchen today?

Menu Ideas

Todays menu:
B- i was bad girls no breakfast, got a late start for church but took a nice big ice water with me.

L- chicken sausage 4pt, potatoes 5pts

D- big ole chicken taco salad with lots of fixins' 12 pts

S- since i had extra points and haven't had chips in a couple months, i had double portion of bbq baked lays 7 pts.

Total- 28/35

The 3ps I live By! They helped me lose 100lbs

So I got to thinking....scary I know, lol. Looking back at the last 4 months, I have 3 p's that I have come up with and wanted to share.

1) Plan- plan your goals, plan your week, plan your day! Ex: baseball picnic, pizza and wings on the menu along with cake and dirt dessert...yummmmm but big no no's when you are losing at. What to do? Plan you points for the day, have a 0pt breakfast or under 200 cal. Have a lite lunch under 10 pts or 400 cal, save your points for the picnic or go a step further like I did and make my own tortilla chicken and veggie pizzas before you go. It came to 10 points for both, yummy! Plus I took fruit tray to picnic for 0 pts. Guess what, I didn't even miss the pizza and wings and 1 lost a lb that day! Score!

2)Prepare- prepare your own food. There is not much that is good in those middle aisles at the grocery store. Shop the perimeter of the store. You can control your calories when you make your own food. I am a "in the process reformed fast food junkie", lol. Prepare your food for parties and get togethers. My sister brings salads to EVERYTHING! Why? Because she can't eat heavy gluten foods so she brings something she can eat. People will notice more if you just sit there and have to say "no thank you, I am on a diet", boo who wants to say that?!

3) Portion- ok if you cheat...you cheat yourself. A 1/2 a cup serving is 1/2 cup. If the bag says 13 chips, its not 13 plus 5 more. Those extra servings will add up. Don't fool yourself because you can't fool the scale. So be honest with your portions because we all know the restaurants are not. Speaking of going out to eat, get in the habit of only eating half and taking half home or look for lighter portions if self control if hard for you. Most menus have fit and lite choices, look for those.

I hope these help as a jumping point to get you started. I will be adding more 3P tips and techniques each week as they come up for me and my journey.
xoxo Sandy

What I eat to lose the Weight...

What's in your pantry? What are your favorites? Post your normal foods that you eat daily to help lose the pounds.

In my kitchen you will find: chicken breast, steak, Healthy Choice steamers, FF Greek Yogurt, Dannon Greek Yogurt, cranberry and pecan salad topper, fruits, eggs, 6" 90 cal tortilla shells, bag lettuce, ground turkey breast, tilapia, turkey hot dogs and bacon, crumble feta and blue cheeses, diet dr pepper, skim milk, crystal light mix for my bottle water, baked lay chips, pint halo ice cream, Special K strawberry cereal, pepper, mushrooms and onion, self rising flour, oil cooking spray, Bob Evan Mashed Potatoes, Bolthouse Yogurt dressings only 35 to 45 cals, fat free cake mix, lite swiss cheese slices, turkey pepperoni, fat free cottage cheese, lite ricotta cheese sugar free jello and pudding, whipped topping in can, hershey chocolate sauce.... thats my diet in a nut shell!

Give me my Pizza!!!!

The pizza dilemma for a dieter... Craving pizza all the time? An ultimate comfort food? I hear you, we used to have it 3 times a wk. So ways to get that yummy pizza and still lose weight.
If you have a Pizza Hut, the veggie thin and crispy is the way to go. You can eat 2 or 3 vs the regular crust or you can eat a personal veggie pan if you have the points. I try to go for 1/2. The word is

try lol. I only had pizza 3 times since March.
Instead, I started making my own but using a soft tortilla shell or the Flat out wraps. Load it up with veggies, grilled chicken or turkey pepperoni. Splurge a little on the cheese and hit it with Italian seasonings. Bake 375 for 15 mins. It smells and tasting yummy. I have to keep the kids away because they always want mine. Now we dont even buy pizza, they make their own tortilla pizza. Bbq chicken is a big favorite with us. Heck you can do pineapple and chicken or mushroom and turkey pepperoni. The Flat outs are awesome because it is only 2pts. Picture below of my Flat out bbq chicken pizza.

Daily Menu ideas

B- egg, cheese and bacon wrap 8pts 

L- wendys small chili w crackers 4pts

D- bbq chicken with cheese and mushrooms, 1/4 c mashed potatos 6pts

S- Little Ceasers pizza slice 9 pts and mug cake 4 pts

Water goal met
Total: 31/37

Menu Ideas

Menu Ideas:
B- turkey bacon 3pts, 1 serving banana egg pancakes with dollop of cool whip and blue berries 1pt

L- bbq chicken pizza with flat out wrap 6pts

D- turkey dinner 14pts (stuffing on top of turkey baked)\

S- chocolate mug cake with whipped pb2 is 4pts, added a squirt of hershey syrup 0pts

Total: 28/37
Water- goal met 72oz

TIP: put your dinner on a smaller salad plate, it actually works to trick the eye and you will feel full

3 2 1 Mug Cake

OMG!!! Found a mug cake that is yummy and a nice treat! It is only 4pts total. 3pts for the cake and 1 for the peanut butter cook whip. Texture is a fluffy sponge cake. You don't have to use the sugar free mix. Regular cake mix is fine. This will make 28 mini cakes.

1t PB2 + 2 T COOL WHIP= 1pt.

Menu Ideas

Today's menu
B- watermelon 0pts

L- Wendys grilled chicken sandwich 7pts and sm fry 10pts

D- bbq chicken and roasted veggie pizza 7 pts

S- mug cake 3pts and watermelon 0pts

Water- goal met
Total 27/37

Water goal is 96 oz a day. Trying to knock my Diet pop addiction.

Menu Ideas- Lazy Lasagna

 menu:
B- egg and bacon wrap 5pts

L- Mcchicken sandwich 11pts

D- Lazy lasagna  10pts and berry salad 6pts

S- no snack, just not hungry, was going to have watermelon but i took a nap instead.

Total: 32/37 pts

Lazy Lasagna
SmartPoints™ value: 10
Servings: 12
Prep Time: 15
Cooking Time: 25
Level of Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients
2 item(s) egg(s)
2 cup(s) Great Value Finely shredded mozzarella cheese
1 ¾ cup(s) Great Value Part skim ricotta cheese, 1 sm container
16 oz Harvestland Fresh ground chicken (92% lean 8% fat)
16 oz Great Value Penne rigate pasta, 1 box
2 tsp Italian seasoning
4 Tbsp Reggano 100% grated parmesan cheese
5 serving(s) Reggano Marinara pasta sauce, 1 jar

Instructions
1. cook Ground Chicken
2. Boil pasta
3. combine all cheeses, eggs and seasoning until mixed
4. drain pasta and add to cheese
5. add chicken and pasta sauce to cheese and pasta, combine together
6. transfer to 9x13 baking dish
7. bake for 25 mins at 375, top will bubble

Menu Ideas

Today's menu:
B- veggie omelet 1pt, 1/2c low fat cottage cheese 1pts and watermelon 1c 0pts

L- leftover lazy lasagna 1.5c 15pts

D- turkey sausage 4pts, with veggies 0pts and 3/4c mashed potato 7pt

S- mug cake 4pt

Total pts: 32/37 (might have another mug cake lol)

Menu Ideas

Menu Ideas:

B- Special K cereal with skim milk 4pts

L- McDonald fish sandwich 13pts

D- Tried my first recipe out of the WW Freestyle recipe book. Alaskan Polock with cherries.Very hummy but no nuts so it came to 0pts. Had a berry salad as my side, 5 points with the blue cheese and cranberries/pecans plus 1pt for the dressing. Total dinner 6 points!

S- Halo Dr Pepper Float 3pts and Dannon Fit and Lively yogurt 2pts

Total for the day: 28/38 and rolled over 4 for weeklies which I dont touch.

0 and 1 pt snack list

Zero WW snacks List … Fruits and vegs!

Load up on as many of these as you can!

• Bananas
• Apples
• Strawberries
• Blueberries
• Raspberries
• Grapes
• Tomatoes
• Watermelon
• Oranges
• Cucumber
• Broccolli
• Pineapple
• Cantaloupe
• Sweet red peppers
• Pears
• Mango
• Peaches
• Zucchini

• 1 WW Pts Snacks List :

  • Almonds (7)
  • Rold Gold Pretzel sticks (20)
  • One-half cup nonfat cottage cheese and a piece of fruit
  • A medium apple or pear with 1 stick of Sargento Light mozzarella string cheese
  • Mini Baybel Light semisoft cheese (1) and fruit
  • One Laughing Cow Light Garlic & Herb wedge spread on cucumber slices
  • 3 slices white meat turkey rolled in 3 lettuce leaves
  • Butter flavored popcorn (1 cup)
  • grapes and 1 oz. low-fat cubed Swiss cheese
  • 1 /4 cup light vanilla yogurt and blueberries
  • 1 Tbsp. low-fat cream cheese in 4 small pieces celery drizzled with hot sauce
  • 1/4 c. fat-free black bean dip with fresh veges
  • 1 pretzel rod
  • Boca Original vegan veggie burger (1 burger)
  • Old Wisconsin Snack sticks, turkey sausage (1 stick)
  • A bowl of blueberries and 2 Tbsp. lite whipped topping