Happy Sunday all! This morning at weigh in I was reminded of the one thing that ALWAYS makes the Weight Watchers program work for me ~ Tracking! Oh and what happens when you only kinda sorta do it. I LOVE that when I took to twitter and Facebook today to chat about it, you all jumped in on my let’s challenge each other to a 100% Tracking it ALL week. I want to make the challenge do-able for everyone so tell me what you think.
Should I start a thread each day here and/or on Facebook and we can all share our journal summaries this week for the challenge?
I was thinking you could post it in any format and it could be as simple as B, L, D, S
- B ~ 2 slices Spanish Tortilla (4), 2 Clementine’s
- S ~ Banana
- L ~ Miso Soup (2), 1/4 cup Edamame (1), Japanese Salad (3), Incredible Roll (10)
- D ~ 1/2 cup Black Eyed Peas (3), 1 cup Greens (1)
- S ~ Trader Joe’s Lite String Cheese (1), 1 c grapes
- Total ~ 26 Daily Points+, 0 WPA
That being said, I was up 1.2 lbs this week ~ the TWO things I can improve on this week to make the scale go down are:
1. Tracking EVERY single BITE!
2. Working out for a minimum of 3 days
As Tiffany reminded me of today, I am STILL ahead of the game since I am down 5 LBs since my post vacation restart a month ago.
Now, my leader today brought back her Spanish Tortilla ~ this time with potatoes and pimentos. I am totally re-creating this because it was amazing! (4 points+)
Rounded out with 2 cuties….
Powered up to be a 100% Simply Filling Breakfast for 4 points+!
We ended up taking our nephews for the day to celebrate one of their birthdays. I really cracked up when the youngest told The Husband he wanted to go to the really big garage sale (the Sacramento Antique Fair).
I snacked on the banana I brought as we spent 4 hours walking around!
When we did stop for lunch we ended up at Mikuni’s!!! Can I just say I LOVE that one of my nephews eats sushi just like I do!!!
My go-to start ~ 1/2 cup Edamame in their pods (1 points+) & Simply Filling!
Miso Soup (2 points+) and Simply Filling!
Side Salad ~ 3 points+ for the dressing….
The INCREDIBLE ROLL! I LOVE any place that will put 2 lines of Sriracha down for dipping!
I count this roll just like a Tempura Shrimp Roll at 10 points+ ~ it’s seriously amazing!
Spicy tuna, panko shrimp,tuna, white tuna, avocado, sauce, torched,masago and onion
Before we left this morning, I put some Black Eyed Peas in the crockpot. The only thing is they were done before we were ready to eat ~ oops.
Recipe coming up tomorrow ~ it’s so easy.
I was really tempted to make some healthy “Fried Chicken” to go with our Beans and Greens, but, I resisted.
1/2 cup Black Eyed Peas (3 points+) with 1 cup Greens (1 points+)
HERE IS WHAT IS ON THE MENU THIS WEEK:
- BBQ Chicken, Sweet Potato Fries, Swiss Chard
- Burgers without a Bun, Green Beans “fries”
- Chicken & Lemon Leek Pasta with salad
- Bacon Sweet Potato Skins, Salad
- Flat out Amazing Pizza, Salad
- Other ideas that may show up ~ Apple Cinnamon Chip Mini Muffins, that Spanish Tortilla & Spaghetti/Meatball Casserole
Oh and just for fun…..10 days til my Birthday ~ but who is counting 
Q’s
What is on your menu this week? What is ONE thing you are looking forward to eating?
Night all!
I like that idea. Posting all food is a great way to stay accountable. Format is easy enough.
Question: would be post as we eat, or at the end of each day? Or both? Posting on FB might be a little too much out there for everyone to see, so maybe just on here. But I would like a link posted on FB to get over here. (I hope that made sense!)
Hi Meg,
You can post whatever is easiest for you. I would imagine posting at the end of the day or the next day for the prior day might be easiest.
Thanks for the feedback ~ I agree and decided to host the tracking challenge on here.
Danica
I think maybe just on here. FB would be crazy every time some post we would all get alerts… 🙂 format is easy. Here is my day..oh and up 1.6 today BLAH!
B-1 cup oatmeal with 2 eggwhites beaten into it (5) 1 tsp unsalted butter (1) 1 tbsp sugar free pancake syrup (0)…soo good I had this after WW at about 10 and it kept me full till about 4!!
S- apple (0)
no lunch since I had a late breakfast.
D- 2 grilled shrimp tacos with cabbage, cilantro, salsa (10) 12 tortilla chips with salsa (4)
S-parline and nut bar (2)
Total: 22 pts+ 🙂
Definitely count me in on the tracking challenge! I was only down .6 at weigh in yesterday. I thought it would be more, so I really need to step up my game.
Since it’s only 6am here and I’m about to be out the door to work, I haven’t eaten yet. I’ll be back tonight to post my daily eats!
Have a great Monday!
your pictures always always blow me away…
This will be great! I agree with the others posting here will be great. I look forward to getting to know you all.
Miso soup and salad is my fave way to start a meal at a sushi restaurant… BTW, your eats this week sound delic! Have a good Monday 🙂
I like the idea of posting here. Does not get mixed with all the FB postings.
That sushi looks amazing! Yum! I recently discovered the wonder that is Srircha sauce. It is soooo good! I had it on my egg whites this morning. 🙂
The recipe I am most looking forward to on my menu this week is baked chicken fajitas. I dont know why I never thought to make them in the oven! It sounds so warm and comforting. I’m serving them with tortillas, 2% sharp cheddar & low fat sour cream. I can’t wait for dinner! (Recipe: http://realmomkitchen.com/9318/oven-baked-chicken-fajitas/)
Menu this week–
On the menu this week! All from http://www.laaloosh.com
Tonight-honey lime pork chops w/ bacon & shallot dressed green beans
Monday-stuffed French toast
Tuesday-grilled flank steak w/ asparagus & onions
Wednesday- lemon garlic crock pot chicken e/ cheesy baked tomatoes
Thursday-hamburgers w/ roasted sweet tater wedges
Friday-crock pot peppered beef brisket in beer w/ roasted broccoli
Super excited for tonight’s dinner/breakfast and Wednesday, Thursdays & Fridays!
This is my try new recipes week, all came from the http://www.laaloosh.com site. Love your
blog, Danica!!
Have a great week!
Peggy
YES, let’s do it!!! I’m going to set a reminder on my phone to remember to post every night…this will keep me accountable!! Love it!
I am so glad I found your site. Your pictures and food are real and it’s stuff I can find easily in the store. I NEED a challenge. I think we might almost be neighbors. I live in Suisun..
Thank you for all your motivation! I might need to start going to your meeting because your leader has it going on!
That roll looks incredible. Yum! I am going out to dinner with my mom tomorrow for her birthday so I look forward to a fancy meal. Not sure yet what I will get.
After losing 11.7 pounds in december, I am up 1.3 pounds this week. I know what caused it (not tracking & over eating) so my goal is to track every single bite and up my water. We can do it!
Am I missing something…why would 1 cup of grapes be (1)? I eat this almost everyday at (0)…
I was wondering the same thing! I always count grapes as 0.
HI Judy,
It was a mistake on my part ~ grapes are 0 ~ fixing it now.
Great catch!
Danica
Danica, the coconut cupcakes were…..delicious….Thank YOU!
I love the tracking challenge…I am starting today too. I want to be down for my personal goal by Valentine’s Day.
Going to do my best to post on here each day this week!!
B – peach chobani greek yogurt (3), banana, vitalicious banana nut vita top (3), coffee with s/f peppermint syrup and 1/8 cup 2% milk (0)
S – oops, no snack today…no good because i had a spin class at noon!
L – One serving of Danica’s amazing lazy enchiladas recipe (6), 2 squares Lindt dark chocolate with chili (sounds gross but tastes amazing)
S – carrots with 2 TBSP roasted red pepper hummus (1)
D – jennie-o turkey burger (3) with a light wheat bun (2) and slice of kraft 2% american cheese (1). 1 cup unsweetened applesauce (0), and a Smart Ones cookie dough sundae (4).
OOPS…I was so excited about the Lindt chocolate that I forgot the PP value…it’s 3 points for 2 good-sized squares
My eats for Monday:
B – low sugar instant oatmeal (3), apple (0)
S – WW string cheese (2)
L – Salad (mixed greens, spinach, kidney beans, olives, sweet & spicy chicken, leftover from last night, 1 Tbsp lite ranch) – all for 5 points+
S – WW praline nut cluster (2)
D – 1 oz smoked sausage (2), 1/4 cup “fried” canned potatoes (2), steamed broccoli/cauliflower (0)
Dessert – coconut pound cake muffin (6 or 7)
**coffee creamer (5)
**one of the things I’ve had to figure out is how to lighten my coffee…..my coffee creamer was costing me 4 to 6 points+ a day. I bought some fat free half and half tonight and it’s 0 points+ for 1 Tbsp. That’ll give me more points to spend on food. 🙂
Shannon – I used to have the coffee problem, too…I now use 1/8 cup of 2% milk for 0 points!
I love the idea of a tracking challenge. Now I just have to track!!
PS. Mikunis is my absolute FAVORITE sushi restaurant. Mmmmmmm.