Week one

• My week in eating

Daily points - I'm allowed 41, but that's nuts, so I say 36

• Monday -

Protein shake - 2 points
1/2 cup cheerios - 1.5 points
1/4 cup 1% milk - 1 point
Lean Cuisine BBQ Chicken Pizza - 9 points
15 Peanut butter Pretzels, the bane of my existence - 6 points
Cheese bread soup - 7 points
Lean Cuisine Chicken Club sandwich - 9 points
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points used so far - 35.5
Exercise - 30 min walk
water - ?

• Tuesday-

Busy day. Ate late, so I snacked a lot.
Protein drink - 2 points
3 cheez-its - 0.5 points
15 pb pretzels - 6 points :-(
1/2 slice wheat bread - 1 point
1/4 tsp peanut butter - 0 pts
1/4 tsp grape jelly - 0 points
LEAN CUISINE Thai Style Chicken - 7 points
2 baked chicken nuggets - 2 points
1/4 tsp ketchup - 0 points
5 chicken baked wings - 5 points
Tamale Casserole - 7.5 points
Bavarian berries and cream - 4 points
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points used so far - 35 points
Exercise - 20 minute walk & 10 pushups/situps
water - ?

• Wednesday -

Daughter woke me early, so I got hungry early. I think I was confusing sleepiness with hunger throughout the day too.
Lean Cuisine spinach and artichoke dip - 5 points
Protein Drink - 2 points
15 Peanut Butter pretzels - 6 points (so far. Ugh. I gotta tell my hubby he can't buy these things anymore.)
Lean Cuisine Chicken Parmesan - 8 points
Cheese bread - 6 points
Sauerkraut - 0 points
Polish sausage - 6 points
pb&J - 6 points
peaches and whipped cream - 1 point

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points used so far -40 points (still within my 41 daily points)
Exercise - 30 minute walk, pushing double stroller w/ 1 minute uphill climb
water - ?

• Thursday -

5 year Anniversary - dinner might be big and unaccounted for because we're going to a local place that caught our eye. Might be a nutritional menu, but hubby and I always share anyhow.
2 chicken nuggets - 2.5 points
Protein drink - 2 points
Lean Cuisine Roasted Honey Chicken - 7 points
4 slices of Naan -  16 points
1/4 cup Choela - ?
1/4 cup shyakpa - ?
1 tablespoon chocolate peanutbutter ice cream - 1 point
Hot chocolate - 4 points
FF Whipped Cream - 0 points
Baileys Irish Cream - 2 points
1 sip red wine - 0 points

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points used so far - 34.5 + some for the soup and chicken vege stuff we got, but I can't find the points.

Exercise - 5 mins walking in place 2 mins running in place, waist twists, pushups, situps, just dance - 5 songs

water - 60 oz so far

• Friday -

Protein Powder - 2 points
3/4 waffle - 1.5 points
1/2 tsp peanut butter - 1 point
1/4 tsp grape jelly - 0 points
2/3 Lean Cuisine Thai egg rolls - 3.5 points
1/2 Lean Cuisine Thai style noodles with chicken -  4 points
5 Chicken Nuggets - 6 points
1/3 can tuna - 1 point
Salad - 4 points
onion bits - 1 point
Cheese bread soup - 7 points
Pastry pie - 5 points


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points used so far - 36 points

Exercise - Just dance 40 mins - yoga 10 mins
water - 32 oz

• Saturday -

1/4 bagel - 2 points
1 tbsp cream cheese - 1.5 points
1/2 turkey burger 13 points (this is an assumption because I was at a meeting at a restaurant.)
Lean Cuisine Swedish meatballs - 7 points
1/4 tortilla - 1 point
1/4 tsp butter - 1 point
1/4 oz cheese - 1 point
1 chunk chicken -  1 point
Thai style chicken egg rolls.- 5 points
1/2 Smart Ones Turtle desert - 2.5 points

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points used so far - 35 points

Exercise - walk 10 minutes walk 10 minutes pushing double stroller, walk 10 minutes holding 30lb baby. 10 Pushups & 30 situps

water -46 oz

• Sunday -

Protein drink - 2 points
12 fish crackers - 1 point
Lean Cuisine BBQ chicken quesadilla - 7 points
1 slice deli turkey breast - 0 points
5 chicken nuggets - 6 points
Lean Cuisine Garlic Chicken Spring Rolls - 5 points
Failed bell pepper meatball sub recipe (yuck) - 7 points
1/2 slice wheat bread - 1 point
1 tsp peanut butter - 1 point
Berrie crumble - 5 points
1/8th english muffin (all wheat) - 1 point
2 tsp jelly - 1 point

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points used so far - 37 points (Still lower than my actual 41 points)

Exercise - walk 30 mins - Just Dance 5 songs - 10 pushups, 15 situps

water - 32 oz

• What I learned

This is a work in progress and I'm serious about it, so each week I will evaluate what's working and what's not and i will adjust accordingly. Hopefully that will keep me from getting discouraged and giving up. 

I've discovered, from my diet log, that I need to drink my protein when I first wake, then eat on a regular schedule. I'm going to try 4 x a day this week. I've also come to the conclusion that I need to work out more. I'm going to interval train at least once a week, and I'm a writer so, since I sit at the computer and work a good portion of the day, I'm going to see what types of workouts I can do while I sit and type. Maybe one of those foot pedal things, but since I type with the keyboard on my lap, that might not work. We'll see.

I'm going to start eating lots of stir fry with veges and chicken and see how that works with my numbers. I'm keeping up with the protein drink in the morning, and I'm dialing back the fruit deserts a bit.

I want to start drinking green tea, because I heard it helps with metabolism. I also need to focus on drinking more water. I've added a water log to my weekly food journal. I'm considering adding sugar/protein columns too. We'll see how this week goes.

All in all, this week was productive and I'm happy with the weight I lost, but not as good as I think it might have been.
Wish me luck on another week of dieting.