Happy Monday all! I definitely think today was an AWESOME start on Day 1 of the new Weight Watcher’s Points Plus Program. I LOVE that I wasn’t starving all day, enjoy my food and I have POINTS left for a treat tonight!
In the morning I NEED protein or I am hungry like an hour later. So, I figured I’d whip up my usual “EggWich”.
2 slices Nature’s Pride Oatmeal Bread
1 Egg “fried” with nonstick spray sea salt & black pepper
I learned a lesson on BREAD today with the new Weight Watcher’s Points Plus Program. Normally bread on the old points program 1-2 points a slice and 3-4 points for 2 slices.
POINTSPLUS = 1 slice for 2 pts or 2 slices for 5 Points!
No worries though, my ZERO POINT apple made up for my 7 point+ sandwich 
All together with the BEST travel coffee mug ever from my awesome Meals & Moves Friend! It seriously NEVER leaks or spills even when dropped on the concrete
My breakfast kept me going for 5 hours, no AM snack needed. That, my friends, is why I LOVE protein in the morning.
Lunch today was some leftover 17 Bean Soup I whipped up with our Christmas Dinner on Thanksgiving Leftovers.
Check out the 17 bean goodness ~ I really just LOVED the colors.
Simplest soup ever ~ simply, chop, drop and pour.
17 Bean Vegetable & Ham Soup
INGREDIENTS
16 oz Dried Soup Beans
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped carrots
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 can fire roasted diced tomatoes with green chiles
1 ham bone or hamhock
32 oz chicken broth
32 oz water
2 cups chopped and cooked lean ham
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Soak your beans overnight according to the package instructions. Drain and rinse.
2. Combine everything, except the ham in a large stock pot. Bring to a boil, reduce and simmer 1 hour or until beans are soft. Add in ham and simmer 5 minutes until ham is heat through.
Makes 10 heaping cups, 5 points+ each
Nutritional information per serving
I think leftover soup is even better the next day!
Veggies with 2 Tablespoons ranch (4 pts+)
I had that ZERO POINT orange for dessert! I <3 points plus just for the FREE FRUIT!
I was wanting to eat my BANANA all day long now that it’s ZERO points, but, I managed to refrain until the afternoon. Paired with a 2 pts+ Sargento Colby Jack Cheese.
My focus through the New Year is to work on using what we have on hand and getting creative. I have our freezers packed lol.
Two types of Potatoes tossed in a little olive oil, sea salt and black pepper.
His & Her Potatoes! The Husband won’t touch sweet potatoes. Baked at 400 for 15 minutes, then, I added the chicken in the “secret sauce” on top and cooked for 35 minutes longer.
Secret Sauce
2 Chipotles in Adobo Sauce
2 Tbsps Trader Joe’s Raw Honey
2 tsp cider vinegar
2 cloves garlic
1 tsp cumin
Whirled in my mini processor then tossed with 4 chicken breasts.
3 ounces Chipotle Glazed Chicken Breast (3 pts+) ~ sweet, spicy, GOOD! I LOVED hearing The Husband go “hot, hot, hot” LOL 
3 oz roasted sweet potatoes (4 pts+, added 1 for the Olive Oil) These potatoes totally pair well with the chicken and cool your mouth off.
Grilled Asparagus (0 points+)
Believe it or not, I still have lots of points left!!! I am off to find a way to use them up I am really thinking about an apple with my Biscoff Cookie Spread and a cup of milk!
I am so humbled by all of your comments, stories and the fact that you all want to be in a support group together. It is already SO MOTIVATIONAL to me to read your comments. I cannot wait to at least get something up and running for us all to share ideas.
I am working on in it my “spare” time, but, I promise, something will be up soon!
Help me with ideas for designing our support group and win a Points Plus Calculator!
Q’s:
1. If you started Weight Watchers Points Plus today, how did your day go???
2. What is the most FAVORITE thing you ate at Thanksgiving this year?
FUN!!! I got to SHINE ON YAHOO today. Check out this fun article sharing The Skinny on Weight Watchers New Plan written by Piper Weiss.
Night all!
haha did you drop it on the concrete?! i have done that a few times 🙂 when they get back in stock i will send jay one. i felt bad that i didn’t get to get him one!
love the recipe. and of course i love trader joes. i brought home some of the cranberry sauce so i can make your scones.. wahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xoxo
I had many ole fashioned favorites this year at Thanksgiving..some were healthy some were not…I loved absolutely LOVED my mom’s apple-cranberry sauce i bet i will take awhile to figure out how many points that was..
she used 1 cup of sugar MAX for many jars of sauce and lots of craberry and so many apples yum..i also loved the stuffing meat one, i bet that one would have been regularly 4 pts for 1/2 cup..NOW it would probably have been 3 pts more.
AND my favorite treat of the night was brownie..but Better than that was this new desert ahh i don’t want to torture you girls..i had an average slice of Pumpkin cheesecake wow!!!
🙂
But that will be much more rare occurence now.
I really want to succeed at this plan..one of the reasons i did not last time was all the tempting foods that i was eating at my stepfather’s house i lived there..NOW i have my own place so i can make more stuff 🙂
i have my own omelette maker..that would work :))
quick question to the blogger..
How many points do you think an omelette could be on a new plan’??
My fave omelette is with 2-3 eggs, mushrooms, a little bit of cheese, and 1/5 or 1/6 of an avacado.
But i can definitely eat 1 egg and 2-3 egg whites and all the rest the same..
I know back on the old plan my concotion used to be with regular eggs around 8-9 points or even 10..with egg whites it was sweet only 5 pts.
But now it is probably so much more 🙁
But that’s Ok i can still do this!
I am also so glad we still have our Aps and the 49 weeklies!
Well enough rambling for now new friends 🙂
Sorry that i can’t answer the 1st question…i will have my answer at the meeting either Tomorrow or Wednesday 🙂
Blessings :))
I’ve seen you mentioned several times on some of my favorite blogs–a la Elise and Janetha–but haven’t looked at your site until I saw you mentioned in an article on the new WW plan that popped up on my Yahoo page. As soon as I saw “Danica” referenced, I was 99% sure it had to be you! I’m definitely adding you to my Google Reader…keep up the good work! 🙂
So glad this new point system is working for you. How cool that fruit is FREE!!! Fruit should never make anyone feel guilty. 😉
A fantastic day one, Danica! And delicious looking, too! Congrats on the Shine article!!!! You are fab 🙂
ooh, I’d love to win that! I start WW tomorrow. They offer it free at work, which is fantastic. I just had a baby so can’t wait to get started!
Fantastic start to the new program!! I can’t wait, it’s launched here in Canada next week. I’ll zip over to Shine and check out the article! Have a great day.
My most favorite thing I ate at Thanksgiving was Allie’s (Live Laugh Eat) goat cheese stuffed pears! So good!
oh, that soup looks amazing! and your dinner is such a wonderful color!
I feel like with this program, using all my daily points will be a struggle! I had left over sweet potato pie since I had like 11 points left after dinner. But this is a huge change from pre PointsPlus when I had to dip into my flex often. I guess we’ll see what happens in the long run, but I definitely won’t feel hungry on this plan!
You’d probably like this recipe – I points listed are the old points but I think it’s only 1 or 2 more on the new system http://myheartartbygeri.blogspot.com/2010/11/30-days-of-gratitude-day-25-yummy-low.html
try weight watchers bread – multi grain bread and wheat bread – two slices 2 points and a power food!!!
Great Blog!
I also feel like I had a great first day. I felt a little woozy even though I’d had 8 points before lunch but I think that was from drinking a LOT of water. I had a steak salad for lunch (10 pts), and I was surprised that I wasn’t more full afterwards. I think my body needs time to adjust to less fat. I did two workouts (elliptical and aquarobics) and was down 1.3 this morning, so if this keeps up I can lose 20 lbs in no time.
Already the challenges: a friend is making me lunch today, and I’m meeting girls for dinner. I downloaded the IPhone app so I can look things up. Good time for the weekly points if necessary!
So fun to see you quoted on Yahoo! That soup looks amazing! I’ll make a Trader Joe’s run this week but now I’m off to buy a new food scale (since I broke mine over a year ago).
Hope you’re having a great 2nd day!
My first day on the new program was ok. It’s going to be a huge change for my mind, but I know I can handle it. I think it’s a great change, just one that I need to learn.
It’s like I said earlier today, it’s like I’m in a different country and I have no idea what the exchange rate is on anything yet. In time i’ll learn it and how it works.
Love the soup recipe, I always buy it at the store and then randomize the ingredients, but yours looks fabulous!
So many beautiful colors in that soup! Love it! I wonder if I could make a vegan version with liquid smoke?
I started Sunday. Sunday went good. I felt like I over ate on Monday even though I was within my points. Today seemed to go a little better.
My favorite thing I ate during Thanksgiving was some sage stuffing I made.
I am with you on the protein thing for breakfast. If I don’t eat protein for breakfast I feel sick and hungry all day!