Being better.

I have had such a hard time tracking points the past few months.

I'm not surprised.. usually I get really into something and after about six weeks, I fade back. I was impressed with myself that I made it a few months.

But my weight loss has hardly been much the past what, two months, so I obviously need to do something more about it. Yesterday, the scale was up .4. On saturday it was down 1.5 and I saw a number that I haven't seen since the year 2000. I think that was the motivation to actually follow through tracking, etc.

And yesterday, I tracked all of my points. Every single one.

My friend Trish posted about what she ate the other day and I loved that insight- it was a big reminder that I wasn't getting enough fruits/veggies in. Plus I easily get stuck in ruts with what I'm eating (again, remember that 6 week thing??).

So here's what I ate yesterday. It was a lot- I was super hungry yesterday. But like I tell people, if you are choosing the right foods, it's just fine to eat that much. There's no starving on this end!!

Breakfast:
1 slice Sourdough Bread- 4 pt (it was a little larger than the serving size)
(this was given to me on Sunday, fresh from San Fran, when I picked up my friend from the airport.. I heart Sourdough Bread!)
1 mug Coffee- 0 pt
1 TBS fat free caramel vanilla creamer- 0 pt
1/8 cup skim milk- 0 pt

(met a friend mid-morning and then went to the store so no snack)


Lunch:
10 baby carrots- .5 pt
1 mini cucumber- 0 pt (sooo cute! found at Costco)
3 TBS Fat Free Ranch dip- 1.5 pt
(used fat free sour cream and fat free hidden valley dip mix)
4 romaine leaves- 0 pt
1 serving Chicken Salad- 3 pt
(I chose to eat the salad on the leaves rather than bread because I knew I'd want more sourdough bread later)
1 sheet Reduced Fat Graham Cracker- 1 pt


Snack:
1 serving Blender drink- 2.5 pt
(used 1 small can pineapple juice, 4 baby carrots, 1 banana, 1 clementine, 6 large frozen strawberries and about a cup of a 5 spectrum blend of frozen fruit from Costco. I usually use 1 cup of skim milk to get some dairy in but we ran out earlier in the day) Made 3 servings- each is 2 pt but I drank the rest of Carson's.
1 Eggo Lowfat Multi-grain waffle- 1 pt
5 squirts of I can't believe it's not butter spray- 0pt

Carson is enjoying his drink.. he loves it. Nice since Hayden hates it (the whole mixed items thing)

Little later snack when I was really munchy:
1 diet coke w/ lime- 0pt
10 baby carrots- .5 pt
2 TBS Fat Free Dip- 1 pt

Drew was almost home from work and I wanted something sweet:
1 Oreo stick thingy - 1 pt

Dinner:
Cilantro Cream Chicken- 7 pt
(I used 3/4 lb cooked chicken I had in the freezer and made 7 ounces (dry weight) of higher fiber Penne pasta (3.5 servings) but 1 ounce was for kiddos that wouldn't eat it all mixed together and I used mushrooms instead of red pepper). YUM! Oh, and I calculated 1 serving as 6 points but I ate a little extra.
1 slice Sourdough Bread- 3 pt

After dinner snack:
2 Ande's mints- 1 pt (yes, each one is just .5!!)

I really didn't need it because I wasn't hungry but I was really munchy snack before bed:
1 mini bag of popcorn- 1 pt

Water through out the day- 0 pt

Grand Total: 28
Daily Points: 28

I definitley could have made some healthier choices and nomrally I do- I pretty much never eat 7 points of bread in a day. mmmmm so yummy. Just can't resist so I made it work.

Scale: down a pound this morning. :-D