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lsdiamondToday is the first day. It's been pretty good, so far! I printed out my points lists to fill in, and on the other side of the page, my "More Hours in My Day" lists. Now I'm forced to pay attention to both things.
But then, the first day is always easy. It's about the 4th day that I start running into trouble. ^_^'>
My daily points goal is 22-27, and I am doing pretty well keeping up with it.
For breakfast, I had a 6-point meal, measuring everything out. 1 cup Raisin Bran Wheaties & 1 cup 2% milk. (I just can't make do with 1/2 cup of milk. x_X)
For lunch, I had to scrounge, and the best I could come up with was pizza bread. It's pretty bad, pointwise, but it'll teach me to be careful. It would have been 9, but I think some of the cheese was bad, so I only ate 1 and a half of the 2 pieces I fixed. Mathematically, that's 7 points (rounding up for the sake of staying under my 27 point max.) I had water to drink.
While lunch was baking, I looked around the kitchen and discovered all kinds of horrendous things about our pantry. Most of the things in there are 4 or more points on their own. Granted, a lot of it is stuff that we just don't eat - stuff that we got free from the Piggly Wiggly, and should really be thrown out since neither of us eats it. (Anyone want about 10 boxes of NutriGrain bars?)
Cereal is going to be a good thing for me. Kashi GoLean cereal is a 1 point breakfast! (4 with milk & probably a little more with fruit.) Also, you can eat a LOT (26!!) of mini pretzels for only 2 points. LOL
Next time we go to the store (probably gonna have to be tonight LOL!), I will need to get better snacky stuff for me. Carrots, celery, lettuce / salad stuff, tomatoes, cucumber. Plain nonfat yogurt is only 2 point too. ^_^ With raisins, 4 points, which is a GREAT lunch.
I realize, however, that this is NOT going to work unless I can have some kind of chocolate sometimes. The free cookies we sometimes get are insane - 3-5 points apiece! I don't have any candies to check, but they can't be any better. IceFeather, help! x_X
That reminds me, I need to check out the points in the trifle I make every Easter. It's essentially fat free, but I wonder how many points it has. You can literally make yourself sick on this trifle, it's SO good. ^_^'>
Ah well, more to come as the day progresses...
But then, the first day is always easy. It's about the 4th day that I start running into trouble. ^_^'>
My daily points goal is 22-27, and I am doing pretty well keeping up with it.
For breakfast, I had a 6-point meal, measuring everything out. 1 cup Raisin Bran Wheaties & 1 cup 2% milk. (I just can't make do with 1/2 cup of milk. x_X)
For lunch, I had to scrounge, and the best I could come up with was pizza bread. It's pretty bad, pointwise, but it'll teach me to be careful. It would have been 9, but I think some of the cheese was bad, so I only ate 1 and a half of the 2 pieces I fixed. Mathematically, that's 7 points (rounding up for the sake of staying under my 27 point max.) I had water to drink.
While lunch was baking, I looked around the kitchen and discovered all kinds of horrendous things about our pantry. Most of the things in there are 4 or more points on their own. Granted, a lot of it is stuff that we just don't eat - stuff that we got free from the Piggly Wiggly, and should really be thrown out since neither of us eats it. (Anyone want about 10 boxes of NutriGrain bars?)
Cereal is going to be a good thing for me. Kashi GoLean cereal is a 1 point breakfast! (4 with milk & probably a little more with fruit.) Also, you can eat a LOT (26!!) of mini pretzels for only 2 points. LOL
Next time we go to the store (probably gonna have to be tonight LOL!), I will need to get better snacky stuff for me. Carrots, celery, lettuce / salad stuff, tomatoes, cucumber. Plain nonfat yogurt is only 2 point too. ^_^ With raisins, 4 points, which is a GREAT lunch.
I realize, however, that this is NOT going to work unless I can have some kind of chocolate sometimes. The free cookies we sometimes get are insane - 3-5 points apiece! I don't have any candies to check, but they can't be any better. IceFeather, help! x_X
That reminds me, I need to check out the points in the trifle I make every Easter. It's essentially fat free, but I wonder how many points it has. You can literally make yourself sick on this trifle, it's SO good. ^_^'>
Ah well, more to come as the day progresses...
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Date: 2002-03-25 02:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-03-25 07:16 pm (UTC)asparagus
beans (green or wax)
beets
broccoli
brussel sprouts
cabbage
cauliflower
celery
cucumber
eggplant
endive
escarole
greens
hearts of palm
jicama
leeks
lettuce
mushrooms (fresh, not canned)
okra
pepers
pickles (unsweetened)
pimientos
pumpkin
radishes
sauerkraut
scallions
snowpeas
spinach
sprouts
squash (spaghetti, summer and zucchini)
sugar snap peas
tomatoes
turnips
watercress
Everything else has a points value per serving, and remember that after a certain point EVERYTHING has a point value. :)