What does 25 lbs look like?

Here is what I have lost...the equivalence of 25 lbs of butter!!!

Just for the record, my daughter does a lot of baking and I store her 'extra' butter in my freezer...so I won't be eating any of this!

Weight Watcher Wednesday - Week 18

Another milestone today...

Lost 0.8 for a total of 25 lbs.!!!

Thursday, May 21

BREAKFAST:

• Smoothie (WW yogurt, 1 C low fat milk, 4 strawberries)
• Points: 3

LUNCH:

• Progresso Light chicken/veg soup
• WW multigrain crisp crackers
• WW string cheese
• Points: 5

DINNER:

• 3 oz lean hamburger
• Arnold's whole grain bun
• toss salad
• grilled zucchini
• Points: 7

SNACKS:

• WW ice cream
• Fiber One bar
• Points: 4

Total Points: 19

Wednesday, May 20

BREAKFAST:

• Smoothie (WW yogurt, 1 C low-fat milk, 5 strawberries)
• Points: 3

LUNCH:

• Muffin pizza (Fiber One English Muffin; 2 tbsp Barilla Tomato/Basil Sauce; 2 tbsp WW Mozzarella cheese
• 1 C honeydew melon
• Points: 2.5

DINNER:

• WW Lasagna
• Summer Squash
• Points: 6

SNACKS:

• WW String cheese
• Fiber One Bar
• WW Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream
• 4 C 94% fat free popcorn
• Points: 6

Total Points: 17.5

Weight Watcher Wednesday - Week 17

Today's results:

2.2 lbs lost for a total of 24.2 lbs.

That's a great accomplishment for me because I was away in Lancaster, PA for 5 days! But I planned ahead, brought some nutritious snacks and was so busy shopping and walking that I didn't even think about food!

Tuesday, May 19

BREAKFAST:

• Smoothie: made with 1 WW Berry Yogurt, 1 C low-fat milk; 4 whole strawberries.
• Points: 3.5

LUNCH:

• 1 C Bear Creek Chili
• 1 oz. cooked chicken breast
• 1 C honeydew melon
• Points: 3

DINNER:

• 9 large shrimp
• grilled zucchini, summer squash, green beans
• 1 C honeydew melon
• Points: 3

SNACKS:

• 5 C 94% fat free popcorn
• Fiber One Bar
• 1 oz Fat Free Potato Chips
• 1 WW 1 point snack
• Points: 7

Total points: 16.5

Sunday...Mother's Day, May 10

Well, despite my best efforts to apply points to yesterday's wonderful lunch at Anthony's Pier 4 in Boston..I'm not sure I can do it accurately.


Lunch consisted of:

• Frozen strawberry daiquiri (which I shared with my daughter Samantha...and yes she is over 21)
• Broiled bay scallops (heavenly!)
• baked potato (no sour cream or butter)
• Popover (steaming hot...mmm)
• 1/2 dinner roll
• 2 fried shrimp (from my husband's plate!)

Later:

• 1 piece of delicious Angel Food Cake and fresh fruit that my daughter Sara made for me.

When I got home :

• Toss salad
• and what we weight watchers call B.L.T's...bites, licks and tastes. I had a case of the munchies...but didn't over do. The scale will tell on Wednesday, though!

My husband and I did go to the gym before we went to Boston for lunch. Hopefully that will help.

The restaurant was wonderful...the scenery spectacular, and we had the best seats (not sure how we got so lucky). There was a sail boat race right outside our window!!

I received some beautiful flowers and a gift card to Red Lobster from my son and daughter-in-law. Sara and Samantha bought me flowers, funky eyeglasses, and a Cuisinart Hand Blender to make smoothies! When it comes to having wonderful children, I hit the 'kid lottery'...I am truly blessed. Thanks for a wonderful Mother's Day!

Friday, May 8, 2009

BREAKFAST:

• WW yogurt
• WW chocolate smoothie
• Points: 2

LUNCH:

• Lettuce/tomato sandwich on whole grain bread
• 1/2 oz fat free potato chips
• Points: 5

DINNER:

• 4 oz baked cod
• home made baked french fries
• sauteed squash/zucchini/green beans
• shrimp/cocktail sauce
• POINTS: 10

SNACKS:

• Rice cakes
• WW ice cream bar
• Points: 4

Total daily points: 21

Thursday, May 7

BREAKFAST:

• 3 egg white omelet
• 1 Fiber One English Muffin
• 1 tbsp raspberry jam
• Points: 3

LUNCH

• Turkey Chili
• Toss Salad, FF dressing
• 6 shrimp/cocktail sauce
• WW chocolate cake
• Points: 5

DINNER:

• 4 OZ grilled chicken
• sauteed squash/green beans/zucchini
• 1 pear
• 3 Hershey dark chocolate kisses
• Points: 5

SNACKS:

• WW Ice cream bar
• WW peanut butter mini bar
• 1 homemade chocolate chip cookie (thanks to my sister!)
• Points: 6

Points total: 19

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

BREAKFAST:

• Fiber Plus Bar (I know...not much of a breakfast!)
• Points: 2

LUNCH:

• Arnold's whole grain bun
• 1 thin slice deli ham
• sliced tomatoes and lettuce
• pear
• 1 oz Fat Free potato chips
• Points: 3.5

DINNER:

• KFC grilled chicken breast
• KFC mashed potatoes and gravy
• KFC biscuit (I treated myself!)
• sauteed squash and zucchini
• Points: 12

SNACKS:

• Weight Watcher Peanut Butter Mini Bar
• 7 C 94% fat free pop corn
• Points: 2.5

Total Points: 20

Weight Watcher Wednesday - Week 15

Drum roll:

This week's weight loss 1.4 lbs. for a total of 21.8 lbs. lost.

R.I.P.

It's a great day! I have decided to 'retire' my well worn jeans. Those nasty elastic waist pants are just to darn BIG. I find myself stopping to pull them up every few minutes. So those awful 18/20 jeans are going away. Actually, I'm going to put them away. I'm going to keep them as a reminder that I never want to be that size again...EVER.

My next goal...

I bought these tan pants from LL Bean...size 16. They are a little snug and I hope to wear them by late June...or roughly 10 lbs less from now.

I also bought a pair of size 12 pants ...$5.00 on clearance. Hopefully they will fit by winter time.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

BREAKFAST:

• 1 C Cheerios
• 1/2 C 1% Milk
• 1C fruit salad
• Points: 4
  

LUNCH:

• English muffin pizza (Fiber One Muffin, 2 tbsp Barilla Tomato/basil sauce; 2 tbsp Weight Watcher Mozzerella cheese; 1/2 oz ground turkey)
• slice cucumbers
• WW chocolate cake
• Points: 3.5

DINNER:

• tossed salad
• 18 shrimp
• 1 Tbsp Hidden Valley Ranch Salad dressing
• sauteed veggies w/ 1 tsp olive oil
• 3 Hershey Dark Chocolate kisses
• Points: 6.5

SNACKS:

• Fiber One Bar
• Sundae: WW Ice cream, strawberries, sugar free/fat free Cool Whip
• Points: 5

Total points: 19

Monday, May 4, 2009

BREAKFAST:

• Fiber One English Muffin
• Raspberry Jam
• Weight Watcher Yogurt
• Points: 3

LUNCH:

• Arnold's Multigrain roll
• 2 slices deli turkey
• lettuce and tomato slices
• 1 oz Fat Free potato chips
• fruit salad
• Points:4

DINNER:

• 1C whole wheat pasta
• 1/2 C ground turkey
• 2/3C Barilla tomato/basil pasta sauce
• sauteed zucchini and summer squash
• cucumber slices
• Points: 7.5

SNACKS:

• Fiber Plus bar
• Pop Corn 5C 94% fat free
• 1 C strawberries
• Points: 4

Total daily points: 18.5

What's to eat today? Sunday, May 3, 2009

BREAKFAST:

• Weight Watcher Cherry Cheesecake yogurt (1 pt)
• pear
• Points: 3

LUNCH:

• English muffin pizza (Fiber One English Muffin, pasta sauce, and small amount of Weight Watcher fat free mozzerella cheese ( 2 pts)
• tossed salad (fat free dressing) (0 pts)
• fruit salad, 1 C (1 pt)
• Points: 3

DINNER:

• 4 oz grilled chicken
• 1/2 C mashed potatoes
• sauteed zucchini/summer squash in 1 tsp olive oil
• Points: 6.5

SNACKS:

• fruit salad, 1 C (1 pt)
• Fiber Plus bar (2 pts)
• Snyder's pretzel stix (2 pts)
• 1 oz fat free potato chips (1 pt)
• Points: 6

total points: 18.5

What's for dinner? Saturday, May 2

BREAKFAST:

• Weight Watcher Yogurt
• 1 C fruit salad
• Points: 2

LUNCH:

• Arnold's Whole Grain Bun
• 1 slice deli turkey breast
• lettuce/tomato
• 1 oz fat free potato chips
• banana
• Points: 4.5

DINNER:

• 3 oz bay scallops
• zucchini/green beans/corn/onions sauteed in 2 tsp olive oil
• tossed salad
• 6 shrimp with cocktail sauce
• Points: 6.5

SNACKS:

• Fiber Plus Bar
• Weight Watcher Cookie dough ice cream cup
• 1 C strawberries
• Points: 5

Total points: 18

Today's meal

I decided to chart what I'm eating every day...just because!

BREAKFAST:

• 3 egg white omelet
• 1 Fiber One light whole grain english muffin
• 1 tbsp raspberry jam

Total points: 3

LUNCH:

• 1 whole grain bun (Arnold's bread?)
• 1 tomato sliced
• lettuce
• small bag low fat potato chips (only 1 point!)
• 1 cup fruit salad

total points: 3 (6)

DINNER:

• 3 oz baked cod (small amount of bread crumbs and 1 tsp olive oil on top)
• sauteed veggies: summer squash, zucchini, green beans and sliced onion .. 1/2C of each
• home made baked french fries (1 small potato sliced and coated with 1 tsp olive oil)
• 10 medium shrimp (small amount of cocktail sauce)

TOTAL points: 10 (16)

SNACKS:

• 5 cups microwave popcorn (94% fat free) 1 point
• 1 Fiber Plus bar 2 points
• 1 C sliced cucumbers

total for the day: 19

Sunday's Hike update...

Did you notice that nice walking stick my husband found for me during our hike last Sunday? (see photo a few posts below). Well, Monday morning he woke up and said..."Look at this...what do you think it is?" OH NO...poison ivy!!

Fortunately, he treated it and covered the areas and is so good about NOT scratching, so it hasn't spread. What a good guy...poison ivy just for me!