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The day the post was late

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So since today is Thursday I think I’ve bi- weekly. I’m going to do Monday-Wednesday post on Thursday (Which obviously I missed this week). Then Thursday through Sunday, post on Monday. So there you have it- decision made.

Ah Monday, the start of a new week. Most dread it. I’m okay with it.

Breakfast- Banana

Total Breakfast Points: 0

Lunch Time! I am living for wraps currently. I found super low carb Ole Mexican Foods Xtreme Wellness High Fiber, low carb wraps (1pt) and they make life easy peasy. I just fill em, put em in a baggie and out the door I go. Here’s what mine has today:

Boar’s Head Fully Cooked Bacon – 3 slices (2pt)

Boar’s Head Chipotle Chicken Breast slices – 2oz (0pt)

Trader Joe’s Lite shredded Mexican blend cheese- 1/8 cup (probably less but this is what I track) (1pt)

Total Points for wrap: 4

I added a side of Baked Ruffles Cheddar & Sour Cream chips (4pt)

Total Lunch Points: 8

Snack time- I’m mad at myself still for spending so much on Hormel Turkey Pepperoni sticks (1pt) but they are good, quick, and great for on the go. Same with Frigo Light String Cheese except those are cheap (1pt).

Total Snack points: 2

Dinner Time- This was a chore. We had plans but they got busted. The swister ended up cooking and it typically goes two ways: Asian or Mexican. This night it went Asian.

Trader Joe’s Kung pao chicken (1 cup prepared 6pt)

Veetee Dine In Long Grain Rice (1/4 cup 2pt)

Ikea Foods Vegetable balls (3 balls 2pt)

Total Dinner Points: 10

Ended my day with a blue dot and 10 points left.

 

Tuesday Try it out day

Ah new stuff try out day. I adopted this mindset. Every Tuesday I will try something new to me. Today it’s Kind Fruit Bites – Cherry & Apple are the only two ingredients. It’s a small bag and I added it with breakfast today with a banana.

Total Breakfast Points: 3

Lunch was 1/3 cup long grain white rice (2pt), bell peppers, grilled chicken breast chunks and a little bit of soy sauce.

Total Lunch Points: 2

Snack #1 was a Frigo light string cheese- are we surprised? Later I had ½ a cup of Halo Top Vanilla Bean Light Ice Cream with Walden farms 0 calorie Caramel Dip, and fat free Redi Whip and a Banana (2pt)

Total Snack Points: 3

DINNNNNNNNNNER TIIIIIIIIME and it’s close to Taco Tuesday lol Turkey Enchiladas. We put these in the recipe builder and it’s 1 for 3 or 2 for 7 pts and they are decently sized. We use the following items:

99% Lean ground Turkey 0

Diced Green Chiles 0

Corn- drained 0

Low Sodium Black Beans not in any sauce drained. 0

Seasoning Packet

Ole Wellness wraps (1pt each)

Red Enchilada Sauce (top) 0

Trader Joe’s Lite Blend Mexican cheese 2 for ¼ cup

Kraft Fat Free Mild Cheddar cheese 0

So good. So easy. Not a lot of points.

I was SO low in points that when we did our Popeyes Blackened Chicken Tender run for lunches the rest of the week I got their Cajun Mashed Potatoes and gravy (individual size ya’ll) for 4pt.

Dinner Total: 11pt

Ended the day with a blue dot and only 20 points consumed.

 

Wacky Wednesday

You’ll see that when we hit dinner time today there was a snafu. Failure to plan left us in a pickle.

Breakfast- I bet you already know what I had for breakfast.

Total Breakfast Points: 0

Lunch: Wrap Wrap Baby Same as Monday but substitute 2 Popeye’s blackened chicken tenders for the chipotle chicken and not enough bacon bits to hit points, plus a spicy pepperjack cheese wedge. 3pt and baked Cheetos 3pt. I had some fresh fruit as well for 0 points

Total Lunch Points: 6

Snack Time means string cheese time 1pt! I also had a Buddig Chicken pack for 2pt. To try to get my points higher (Two days at 10 points under typically leaves me without a loss) I ate a tbsp. of Jiff whipped peanut butter for 2 pt.

Total Snack Time Points: 5

The day we all were late for dinner…. My sister and I both got stuck in horrific traffic. Neither of us made it home until almost 7pm and at that point what we had planned for dinner would have taken too long to make, we would have eaten late as well. Kylie stopped at Wendy’s to grab her dinner while I headed to Taco Bell. What- I had 24 points left!

What I get at Taco Bell sometimes changes. Note there are lower point options. The Fresco style shredded chicken taco is only 3 points and the fresco style crunchy or soft beef tacos are 4 each. . I hate tomatoes and onions, so that option isn’t for me. A chicken taco is 5 points and when I eat chicken every day of the week it’s nice to get something “beef”. I urge you to go on the app and look at Taco bell because they have several items in the 3-7 pt range so you can actually splurge a little bit J

Doritos Nacho Cheese Locos Taco (5)

Pintos & Cheese (6)

Shredded Chicken Mini Quesadilla (6)

Total Dinner Points 17

I ended Wednesday with 2 points left.

Wait until you see Thursday’s randomness. I’ve been craving some weird combos (nope not pregnant) and things are getting creative to say the least. Saturday is Cinco De Mayo and will be the first time I’ve had alcohol since starting Weight Watchers at the end of January. My weeklies reset on Saturdays of course so we’ll see what happens hah. ❤

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The day that just didn’t go right.

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Let’s start from the very beginning; it’s a very good place to start. (Who has this song stuck in your head now?) Hi friends. Today just… isn’t a glass half full day.

  1. I woke up late.
  2. We were out of coffee! (Insert scream face here)
  3. I was running late. (Which means no stopping to get coffee)
  4. My blog post about my day yesterday- gone. My system rebooted and I didn’t save it or send it to my phone.

So here’s how this is going to go. This post is going to be way less funny and cool than what I originally wrote.

Thursday

I closed ALL of my activity rings. This is an apple watch thing but I believe you can do this with your iPhone. Don’t shoot me if I’m incorrect there. I did 874/380 calories, 45/30 minutes of exercise, and 15/12 stand hours. I did 11,490 steps. I also got to try some more of the Weight Watcher branded snacks. Thursday it was Sea Salt & Hummus Chips and a Mocha Coffee Crunch mini bar.

0pt Breakfast: Boring today as it was just a banana.

2pt Mid-Morning Snack: Mocha Coffee Crunch mini bar by Weight Watchers. NOT.A.FAN. Cardboardy taste. Not getting this one again.

5pt Lunch: White Chicken Chili (1pt) which is only points because of seasonings. It’s a McCormick seasoning packet, water, chicken breast, and cans of white beans (make sure you scan yours).

Hormel Turkey Stick (1pt) Now I like these but a bag of 5 were over 5$ and so we won’t buy these again. Not unless we find a coupon or they are on sale. It can just eat 16 pieces of turkey pepperoni from the bag and call it a day.

Sea Salt & Hummus Chips by Weight Watchers (2pt) but 0 flavor. I ended up using a Spicy Pepper jack Laughing Cow Wedge (1pt) to make these edible.

1pt Afternoon Snack: Frigo Light String Cheese. We love a staple low point food.

14pt Dinner: Hear me out on this. You’re going to say “Kelly, how did you eat pizza for only 14 points?” Jet’s Thin Crust Pepperoni & Cheese Pizza. It’s only around 3pt per square. It’s in the tracker as 14 points for 5 squares. I also ended up eating 2 Popeye’s Blackened Chicken tenders after our walk which I counted as part of dinner. 2 is 0pts.

3pt Evening Snack: Maybe I bit unconventional- a Buddig Beef Packet. I wanted extra protein because of all the walking I did today and I needed to kill 3 more points. You can only roll over 4.

On our evening stroll my sister told me about a cult in Oregon that somehow flew under the radar called Rajneeshpuram. She apparently watched a Netflix documentary called Wild Wild Country. Let’s just say it’s pretty crazy to listen to. She went into how they picked up homeless people and brought them to their town in order to try to stay in control politically and sensing there was fraudulent behavior they stopped voter registration. That’s only happened twice ever to my knowledge. She saved me from having to tune in though. Check it out if you’re intrigued. If you prefer to read apparently there is a book called The New Republic and also The Oregonian’s 20 part investigation. The things you find out when you get outside.

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The day I wore my apple watch on my ankle

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First off LET me tell you all about how I almost died at the gym last night. 9.1 Inclines. That’s how. It was killer but I made it through! 300 calories burned in 35 minutes. My apple watch committed a hate crime when it failed to calculate a single step during that time. Apparently I cannot hold on to the heart rate monitors or it will not count my steps. Since I use the fat burn program the treadmill requires my heart rate or it slows me down/lowers my incline automatically. Thus the title of today’s blog- as I’m truly wearing my apple watches on my right ankle. Since my orientation is left wrist… I probably should have switched it to right wrist (after several hours I now think of this). I will say it was quite annoying that every single time I had a phone call my ankle vibrated. This is more than likely the highlight of my day.

Oh for the record- this is Wednesday and you’ll be reading it on Thursday 😉

Don’t get too excited, it’s a semi boring food day in my land.

2pt Breakfast, 123 calories

Oh wait! I tried the Weight Watchers Cinnalicious Swirls today! This is one of those gifted snacks. I swear I’ve tasted these somewhere previously. I just can’t recall who made them. Nevertheless- I’d eat these in almond milk like cereal if you miss it! Only 2 pts for the bag (17g) and if you use ¼ c of almond milk it’s 0 pts. I didn’t- but I would.

Red Seedless Grapes, Mandarin Oranges, Strawberries rounded out my breakfast as well.

Why is my stomach growling at 11:45? This is a problem I’ve not had ever. I typically eat anywhere between 12-1pm. I normally do not hear this noise before 12:30. Could this be due to my crazy workout last night?

8pt Lunch, 337 calories

Wrap: You can see yesterday, 1.5 blackened Popeye’s chicken tenders, 1 wedge Laughing Cow pepperjack cheese, 2 slices Boar’s Head fully cooked bacon, 1/8 cup (but not really) Trader Joe’s Lite Mexican Cheese in a Ole Mexican Food Xtreme Wellness Wrap: 257 calories 6pt

Nacho Cheese Supreme 80 calories 2pt

It’s 2:30 pm and that growling noise happened AGAIN. Now- I skipped my second round of coffee and I bet that’s why this snack attack is early.

3pt Work

Snack, 100 calories: Skinny Pop Ultra Lite White Cheddar Popcorn individual bag

You may be wondering- Kelly why are you counting calories in blog #3? Well this is something my sister started. There was a fear that her lack of loss was being caused by caloric starvation mode. I saw a chance to play with data and it excited me (Hi I mentioned I was in IT right? I am in fact a nerd.)

Based on my weight and my first goal MyFitnessPal.com determined I should be eating 1750 calories a day to meet my goal. As of right now I’ve used 560 calories. To lose 1 pound you have to essentially burn 3,500 calories.

5pt Dinner: It was soupalooza in my house last night. White Bean Chicken Chili (1pt) and Vegetable Beef Soup (3pt) which I of course ate with Nabisco Goo Thins Corn Ones (1 pt for 15pieces).

We took a brisk short walk and I put together an IKEA Alex Shelf which was exhausting.

3pt Evening Snack: Hormel Turkey Pepperoni Stick 1pt, Halo Top Vanilla Bean Ice Cream (1/2 cup 2pt) with Walden Farms Caramel Dip (0pt)

I ended my day with 10 points left. I just wasn’t hungry after.

❤ I bet I sleep well tonight ❤

 

 

 

 

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What I ate on Weight a Watchers: It’s a Monday!

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April 23rd, 2018

Let me preface. I’m a weird human. Most reading this already know this and I’m writing this for those just now dippin’ their toes in my realm. It feels like I always doing stuff and it’s never a dull moment.  I work full time as an Applications Engineer (Fancy IT title) as well as own and operate my Scentsy business full time with a team of over 60 people. I’m in an accelerated leadership program as well with Scentsy currently. I am on the go a lot. Things happen after 5 pm quickly and sometimes weird combos happen. 😉 Disclaimer over. Let’s go!

I drink a 32-ish oz coffee every morning throughout the duration of my work day. It’s Starbucks Blonde Roast Iced Coffee that you can purchase from the grocery aisle and it’s 0 points. I add 2 tbsp of Torani Sugar Free Smores Syrup (also 0 points), and 1 tbsp sugar free creamer or unsweetened almond milk for 0 points- because I personally do not like to drink calories or points. This is a personal preference. I drink a LOT of bean juice as I am in IT and it’s like a job requirement basically. Now let’s start the day!

0pt Breakfast: I eat around 9:30-10. I get to work between 7-8:30 am but I do not get hungry before then typically. I have a 9 am meeting daily so this works out.

2 cup fruit (mandarin orange segments, strawberry slices, red seedless grapes)

This gets me through to lunch. I switch my fruit up so some days it’s a banana. You’ll see as you read on.

8 pt Lunch: 4 oz Boar’s Head lemon pepper chicken breast lunch meat, 1 Laughing Cow cheese wedge Asiago flavor, Thomas Bagel Thins in Everything Bagel flavor, and PopChips BBQ flavor potato snack.

This was a new flavor we found at a supreme grocery store near Cincinnati, Ohio. It was super tasty with the Asiago cheese wedge so I hope I can find it somewhere in Columbus. I toasted my bagel thin the night before to keep it from getting soggy. I didn’t miss mayo or mustard because the cheese wedge was so creamy. The PopChips were a great swap for real potato chips. It’s 4 points though just for a serving.

7 pt Snack: So snack 1 while at work. That 3 pm need something to not crash snack was a Frigo Light Cheese Stick for 1 pt. It reminds me of my childhood and you basically get to play with your food. Nothing wrong with that.

I also had a guilty pleasure splurge snack. I do not typically eat a snack over 4 pts. The grocery in Cincinnati also has the most amazing Pepperoni & Cheese bread. I ate 1/8th of a serving which calculated to 6 pts. It was worth every.single.bite.

My life is semi crazy. You can plan and things go wrong. Tonight we were supposed to have black pepper chicken and peppers. Peppers were prepped however the chicken did not thaw. IN FACT- it was still frozen solid after being in the refrigerator for 24 hours. Lesson learned. This meant scrambling around. Which led me to this lovely dinner.

8 pt Dinner: Egg Whites, scrambled with Lite Trader Joe’s Mexican blend cheese. 2 oz Boar’s Head Cajun roast beef fried in a skillet with 1 slice thin sliced provolone cheese (we used Meijer brand). 1 piece Aunt Millie’s Lite potato bread spritzed with I Can’t Believe it’s not butter spray. 1/4 cup Bob Evans Mashed potatoes with 1/8 cup Heinz Fat Free Savory Beef gravy. Like a deconstructed Beef Hash with a different kind of potato. It was good contrary to being written on a screen. It was quick which was important because out the door I went to deliver Scentsy to a customer. I also was gifted some fun Weight Watcher branded snacks to try so stay tuned for tomorrow’s blog! ❤

**Eventually I will remember to take pictures of my food before devouring it.**