Chik-Fil-A Breakfast Menu and Weight Watchers Points

Breakfast:

Chicken Minis -- 3 pk. -- 6 pts.
Bacon, Egg, Cheese Biscuit -- 12 pts.
Biscuit -- 7 pts.
Biscuit and Gravy -- 10 pts.
Chicken Biscuit -- 10 pts.
Chicken Breakfast Burrito -- 9 pts.
Chicken, Egg, Cheese Bagel -- 11 pts.
Cinnamon Cluster -- 9 pts.
Hash Browns -- 7 pts.
Sausage Biscuit -- 15 pts.
Sausage Breakfast Burrito -- 11 pts.
Yogurt Parfait -- 4 pts.
Yogurt Parfait with Granola -- 5 pts.
Yogurt Parfait with Oreo -- 4 pts.

Saturday, 1/30 -- Weight

Weight: 207.0

UP .4 from yesterday. :(

Thanks a lot, Whataburger!

I'm heading to Chik-fil-a for breakfast today, so I probably won't do better on the scale tomorrow.

I shouldn't have eaten that WW meal at 10:00 last night.

Friday, 1/29

Breakfast:

Whataburger biscuit and gravy -- 14 pts. (WHAT??!?!! What was I thinking??)

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Lunch:

Special K strawberry shake -- 3 pts.

Grilled chicken breast -- 3 pts.

About 1/2 c. spinach -- 0 pts.

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Snack:

Special K crackers -- 2 pts.

Fiber One bar -- 2pts.

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Dinner:

WW meal -- 6 pts.

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Water: 3 pts.

Still not enough!

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Weight: 206.8

Down .6 from yesterday!

Thursday, 1/28

Breakfast:

Thomas bagel-thin -- 1 pt.

WW cream cheese -- 1/2 pt.

Dannon Light & Fit yogurt cup -- 2 pts.

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Lunch:

Special K protein shake -- 3 pts.

Fiber One oats & caramel bar -- 2 pts.

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Snack:

Soy Joy mango coconut -- 3 pts.

Bite of oatmeal cookie from a student -- 1 pt.

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Dinner:

Rice: 6 pts.

Chicken: 6 pts.

I didn't measure my rice or chicken. I don't really know how much I had, so I'm just over-estimating the points here. I'd rather over estimate the points than over do it on food.

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Total points: 24 1/2

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Water:

3 16 oz. bottles

Still not enough!

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Weight:

207.4 lbs.

Down .4 from yesterday.

2.4 lbs. to my first incremental goal!

Then 25 more to the next goal.

Tuesday, 1/26

Breakfast:

Thomas bagel-thin -- 1 pt.

WW cream cheese -- 1/2 pt.

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Lunch:

(forgot my lunch today! grr!)

chicken -- 3 pts.

spinach -- o pts.

corn -- 1 pt.

raisins -- 1 pt.

funyons -- 2 pts.

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Snack: M&M's -- about 4 pts.

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Dinner:

WW chicken enchilada meal -- 6 pts.

Special K chocolatey pretzel -- 2 pts.

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Weight: 208.7

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Water: 3 pts.

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Exercise: none, except walking around my classroom all day!

Monday, 1/25

Dessert:

WW Triple Fudge cake (which, by the way, wasn't that great) -- 3 pts.

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Water:

not enough. only 32 oz. today.

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Breakfast -- 2 1/2 pts.

Lunch -- 5 pts.

Snack -- 2 pts.

Dinner -- 6 pts.

Dessert -- 3 pts.

Total -- 18 pts.

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I think I may go have some juice or something to up my points a little for the day. I don't think it's good to just have 18 points.

I need to find good recipes for soup. Especially vegetable soups. I dislike vegetables as a general rule, but if I could make them like V-8 soup, I'd get enough.

Monday, 1/25

Breakfast:

Thomas bagel-thin -- 1 pt.

WW cream cheese, 1 T -- 1/2 pt.

WW yogurt cup -- 1 pt.

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Lunch:

Special K shake -- 3 pts.

Special K crackers, 17 -- 2 pts.

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Snack:

Fiber One oats and caramel bar -- 2 pts.

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Dinner:

Lean Cuisine meal -- 6 pts.

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Water:

so far, just 2 16 oz. bottles

Sunday, 1/24

Just as suspected, I gained yesterday.

Weight:

210.4 pounds

A gain of 2.6 pounds.

I have a net weight loss this week of about 4 pounds.

I have 5.4 pounds to go to reach my first incremental goal, then another 25 pounds to the next goal.

All Day Saturday, 1/23

Weight: 207.8 -- stayed the same

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Water: 1 big cup, about 24 oz.

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Exercise: Does walking around the mall count?

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Breakfast:

Dunkin' Donuts egg white and ham on english muffin -- 5 pts. (I'm not exactly sure on points here, because Dunkin' Donuts' website menu puts cheese instead of ham on the sandwich.)

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Snack: Special K crackers -- 2 pts.

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Lunch: 2 bowls of Olive Garden's Pasta e Fagioli soup (LOVE IT!) -- 4 pts.

1 1/2 breadsticks -- 4 1/2 pts.

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Snack: Special K crackers -- 2 pts.

Harry and David sample white chocolate covered pretzel -- 1 pt?

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Dinner:

Milo's hamburger meal: hamburger with sauce, french fries, with sauce for dipping, sweet tea (I started with the tea sweetened with Splenda and got my refill of regular sweet tea.) -- 22 points (HOLY COW!)

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Total: So, yesterday I had a little more than 40 points. It's a good thing I don't eat like that every day anymore. To think that I used to do worse! I'd eat at least 4 breadsticks, plus order a meal. I'd have cheese on that Milo's burger and sweet tea all the way! A normal breakfast at Dunkin' Donuts is a light year from what I ate today.

Still, I may see an increase on the scale tomorrow. That's okay. I don't have guilt feelings, at least on yet. I was so careful all week. Even if I do see an increase, I will still have a loss for the week as a whole.

Friday, 1/22 -- Breakfast, Lunch, Water, Weight

Breakfast:

Thomas bagel-thin -- 1 pt.

WW yogurt cup -- 1 pt.

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Lunch:

Fiber One bar -- 2 pts.

Special K protein shake -- 3 pts.

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Water: 1 big cup, about 24 oz. so far

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Weight: My sister made her scale available to the whole house by putting it in the hall closet, so I can use hers again! Hurray!

207.8 today!

Only 2.8 away from my first incremental goal!

Then 27.8 to the next goal.

Thursday, 1/21 - Lunch

Lunch:

1/4 dry Ronzoni Smart Taste pasta, cooked (made a little over 1/2 cup) - 1 pt.

1 Tbsp. Ortega taco sauce -- 0 pts.

Just a tiny bit of grated cheddar cheese. I didn't measure, I just used a tiny bit, like maybe 1 Tbsp. I'm saying -- 1 pt.

Special K protein shake -- 3 pts.

Total: 5 pts.

UNTIL . . .

Mandy came home with food from Zaxby's. I figured I'd been so good lately that I could eat a bit without too much guilt. (Actually, I feel no guilt at all!)

1 chicken tender -- 3 pts. (estimated)

3 french fries -- 1 pt.

1/2 Tbsp. Zax sauce -- 1/2 pt.

SO . . .
my actual total for lunch is 9 1/2 pts.

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I had a 2 pt. snack between breakfast and lunch, so my grand total so far today is 15 pts. I still have 11 points left for dinner and dessert.

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I'm feeling much better this afternoon, with the exception of my right lower sinus, which still feels like someone punched me. Because I'm feeling better, I'm seriously considering exercising. Right after I check the blogs I follow and add to my own if there's anything good out there. :)

About Me and Mine

All of the following pictures are from our family vacation in May/June of 2009.

From left to right: My nephew, Ayden Thomas, now 3; my daughter, Dianna Noell Keloe, now 4; my son, Jarod James Talani, now 3.


My wonderful husband and me at Disney's Boardwalk resort. We were blessed to stay for 3 days while the children went to Grandma and Grandpa's house. What a nice get-away!

Almost the whole family at Downtown Disney. My husband, Talani, is taking the picture. From left to right: (back row) Dad, Mom, Me, Will (my sister's ex-boyfriend), and my sister Mandy; (front row): Jarod, Dianna, and Ayden.

Just the four of us at Disney's Contemporary Resort.

Back at Downtown Disney.


So here's a family history:

I moved to Pensacola, Florida to go to college in 1995. It was at college in 1996 that I met my husband. We were married in July of 2003. Talani went on staff with the college, and I began grad school. Nine days before I graduated with my master's degree in 2005, our daughter, Dianna Noell Keloe, was born by C-section. How I managed the energy and posture to cross the stage 9 days later, I don't know. I began teaching for the Christian school associated with the college. In January of 2007, our son, Jarod James Talani, joined our family. In June of 2008 we purchased our first home. We love our life in Pensacola; perhaps so much that we convinced my parents without even trying to move here!

My parents are planning a move to the Pensacola area once they sell their house near Jacksonville, Florida. They have lived in that house for just over 20 years. It will be a bittersweet thing for them to leave that house. My sister, Mandy, who has recently finalized her divorce, had been living with Mom and Dad again for quite some time. When they told her that they were wanting to move here, Mandy put in for a transfer with Wal-Mart. (She's worked at Wal-Mart for almost 7 years now.) She had a few offers (we have 5 Wal-Marts within easy driving distance of our house), but none for full-time. She rejected those part time offerings, even though she had no guarantee of finding a full-time position at all. When the offer came in May of 2009 for a full-time position at one of the closest Wal-Marts to our home, she was told that she'd better snap up this opportunity because Wal-Mart just WASN'T hiring full time. This might be her only chance. We urged her to accept the job and move in with us. So, since June 2009, my sister, Mandy, and her son, Ayden, have lived with us. Ayden is exactly 1 month older than Jarod, so it's nice for the boys to have a playmate so close in age so close at hand.

It's not always easy. Mandy is very young, at least in her mindset. It's a great burden and inconvenience to provide some transportation and child care for Ayden, primarily for my husband, since I often spend the evening hours on school work leaving him to care for all three kids after dinner. God is good. I hope that I learn a little about compromise; I hope my sister gains maturity, wisdom, and personal growth.

Ode to My Sister's Scale

My beautiful daughter and myself in Little Rock, Arkansas, with two strangers in the background. This picture was taken in July 2006, when I was 3 months pregnant with my son. I weighed in this picture just slightly more than I weigh now.

So, yesterday I weighed with my sister's scale and with Wii Fit. My sister's scale said 211.4, which is what I posted for my weight on yesterday's weigh-in post. My weight on the Wii Fit was a little higher.

Today, I made the determination that, since I can't always get into my sister's room to get her scale, I should probably just stick to using the Wii Fit, since it belongs to my husband and me. (I realize that our living situation is somewhat unusual. I will have to make a post about our family soon.)

My weight on the Wii Fit today was the same as what it was on Mandy's scale yesterday. Which means, technically, no progress. That's okay, because I'm switching to Wii Fit from now on, so today will be the only inconsistency, I hope. My next OFFICIAL weigh-in is Sunday, but I can't help but weigh every day.

Well, after Mandy got up this morning, I was able to get on her scale. This is NOT my official weigh-in for the day; I'm sticking with the Wii Fit weight of 211.4. BUT it was SOOO nice to see my weight on Mandy's scale: 207.8! I weighed twice to make sure it wasn't a fluke. That's a loss of 3.6 pounds from yesterday. Again, I am not using that weight as my official weight. I know that 3.6 pounds is not a healthy loss for one day. All I can say is: I've been sick and without appetite, I have a lot of weight to lose, and I'm in my first week of dedicated dieting and we all know how quickly one loses weight in the first week.

So, this post is about my devotion to my sister's scale. I love it. I want to make a little dress for it and take it with me wherever I go. Maybe I can get a purse that it will fit in; then I can take it all around and treat it like Paris Hilton's dog. Okay, just kidding. But after weighing on that scale unofficially today, I feel like it's my new best friend.

Thursday, 1/21 -- Breakfast, Weight

My new regular breakfast today:

Thomas bagel-thin -- 1 pt.

WW cream cheese, 1 Tbsp. -- 1/2 pt.

Dannon Lite n Fit yogurt cup -- 2 pts.

Total: 3 1/2 points

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Weight on Wii Fit today: 211.4

Down 1.4 pounds!

Total lost: 14.6 pounds!

Only 6.4 to my first incremental goal!

Then an additional 25 pounds to the next goal.

I have weighed on my sister's scale some of the time and on Wii Fit some of the time. My sister's scale reads about 1 to 1 1/2 pound lower than Wii Fit. I don't know which is right, although I prefer the scale! I can't always get to Mandy's scale, so I'm going to stick with Wii Fit for a while, just for consistency's sake.

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Still sick. I feel like somebody has punched me in the face. The sinus cavity on the right side of my face below my eye hurts incredibly. I've never had this much discomfort from one sinus like this. None of the other sinus areas hurt. This one is so bad that I feel it from my eyebrow down to the roof of my mouth. I took some medication that I hope helps. I had a very restless night because the pain in my face kept waking me up. I'm praying for relief soon. I miss being in my classroom.

Wednesday, 1/20 - Dinner

Snacks: none today. Just don't feel like it.

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Water: 2 or 3 big cups. I think I made it to the required amount, even if I didn't get much more.

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Exercise: none. Unless blowing my nose counts. :)

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Dinner:

Weight Watchers lasagna meal -- 6 pts.

Thomas bagel-thin -- 1 pt.

water and diet coke

Total: 7 pts.

My day's total is something like 13 pts. That's terrible. My friends Bob and Jillian, the trainers on The Biggest Loser (who aren't really my friends, although I have been watching since season 1 and feel like I know them :) ) always say that if you don't eat to fuel your system, you can't lose weight.

Oh well. I'll try again tomorrow.

Wednesday, 1/20 - Lunch

After sleeping from 10:00 until 2:15, I decided to get some lunch.

I was hungry, but didn't have much energy to get around to making food.

I heated a Lean Cuisine chicken enchilada meal.

5 points.

More water and a diet coke.

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p.s. I like the Weight Watchers chicken enchilada better.

The LC meal was 1 point less than WW.

Still, if given the choice, I would go with WW.

Wednesday, 1/20 - Breakfast

Because I'm sick, I haven't eaten much.

I need to go eat something else so I don't go overboard and pig out later.

I had a WW Boston cream pie yogurt this morning.

1 pt.

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I'm still working on my first big cup of water. I've had just under 16 oz. so far.

Wednesday Weigh In, 1/20

Still sick today.

Stayed home from school.

A teacher can't very well teach without a voice.

So, staying home, avoiding the kitchen, working on finding bargains and deals on the internet.

Going back to bed after Rachael Ray.

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Weigh In:

211.4 pounds

Down 1.4 pounds today!

6.4 pounds away from my first incremental goal!

Tuesday, 1/19 - Dinner, Exercise, Water

Dinner:

Weight Watchers chicken enchilada meal -- 6 pts.

diet coke -- 0 pts.

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Total: 6 pts.

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Exercise:

zilch

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Water:

More than enough -- at least 72 oz.!

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Day's total, so far:

Breakfast: 3 1/2

Lunch: 3 1/2

Dinner: 6 pts.

Snack: 2 pts.

Total: 15 pts.

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Planning for snacks for after kiddos' bedtime:

cheerios and milk -- 3 pts.

skittles -- 2 pts.

Special K bar? -- 2 pts.?

Tuesday, 1/19 - Lunch

Curse this illness. I haven't had much appetite today, but I've been trying to eat. Have you heard that old tale about how if you don't eat enough, everything you consume is converted to fat and you gain weight instead of losing? I don't know if that's true or not, but I'm terrified of it happening. I'm much lower in points, though, than the past couple of days.

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Lunch:

Special K protein shake (yummy!!) -- 3 pts.

1 boiled egg white -- 1/2 pt.

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Total: 3 1/2 points

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Water: at least 64 oz. already!

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I tried to weigh today, but I couldn't find my sister's scale. I guess it's a good thing since I'm trying to not be so compulsive about it. Tomorrow is a scheduled weight in for me! If I can't find my sister's scale, I will have to use the Wii. I hate the thought of changing the scale I weigh on, though.

Tuesday, 1/19 - Breakfast 3 1/2 points

Ready for a busy day!

Breakfast:

Thomas bagel-thin -- 1 pt.

WW cream cheese, 1 T -- 1/2 pt.

Dannon Lite n Fit yogurt -- 2 pts.

A BIG cup of water (24 oz.)

Total: 3 1/2 pts.

Monday, 1/18 - Snack

It's snack time!

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1 c. Cheerios - 2 pts.

1/2 c. 1% milk - 1 pt.

1/8 c. skittles (did I say 1/4 c. earlier? it's only 1/8 c.) - 2 pts.

Total: 5 pts.

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Today's total: 23 1/2 pts.

I'm supposed to make it to 26. I feel like I ate a lot today. Maybe tomorrow I can add in some popcorn or a dessert with dinner.

Regarding water: I'm still working through that last big cup of water. I don't know if I'll finish it. I'll be up half the night, regardless, thanks to all the water I've had today. Sheesh.

Monday, 1/18 - Dinner, Dessert, and Water

Dinner:

Weight Watchers Three Cheese Penne Marinara -- 6 pts.

BIG glass of water

Total: 6 pts.

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Breakfast - 2 1/2

Lunch - 6

Dinner - 6

Snacks - 4

Total so far: 18 1/2

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Since I can have 26 points, I'm planning on working for a while yet, then enjoying a little bowl of Cheerios and milk (4 pts.) and 1/4 cup of my greatest weakness, Skittles (2 pts.). That will bring my day's total to 24 1/2 points. I resisted eating Krispy Kreme today, even though I wanted to really badly!

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Water intake: about 9 cups, after I finish my current big cup. Right on track.

Weight Loss Goals

I began a sort-of diet in September. I weighed 226 then, my highest weight ever except when I was pregnant. I can't believe I'm revealing that. I don't talk about my weight with anybody; I even try to avoid using numbers when talking with my husband.
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I lost 12 pounds between September and December.
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I have set my weight loss goals in increments so that I might feel like I've been successful sooner. ;) Because I need affirmation like that. Here are my incremental goal weights:

205 pounds

Significance: the weight I was at when I got pregnant both times

a weight loss goal of 21 pounds

I am 7 pounds away from reaching that goal!

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180 pounds

Significance: the weight I was at when my best friend, Summer, got married in September 2002

a weight loss goal of 25 pounds, or 46 pounds total

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165 pounds

Significance: the weight I was at when I got married in July 2003

a weight loss goal of 15 pounds, or 61 pounds total

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150 pounds

Significance: the weight I was at through most of college

a weight loss goal of 15 pounds, or 76 pounds total

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135 pounds

Significance: the weight I always wanted to get to when I was at my most fit in college

a weight loss goal of 15 pounds, or 91 pounds total

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I have told myself that I will be very happy to get to the 165 goal. The truth is that I don't know if I CAN get down to less than that. My body just isn't the same shape (let alone size) since I had my children. I do get encouraged by looking at all the ladies (like on The Biggest Loser) who have children but still get skinny. I just don't know if MY body can do that. I wore a size 14 when I weighed 165, and I WOULD be happy with that.

Monday, 1/18 - Weight

Because I am obsessive-compulsive about weighing myself when I am dieting, I got on the scale today, even though I determined not to do it until Wednesday. (Sunday and Wednesday, I'd decided, would be my weigh-in days.) I was very excited to see that I weighed in at:

212 pounds

That's a loss of 2 pounds since yesterday! Now, I have to wait -- I WILL try to wait! -- until Wednesday to see how much else I can lose! I'm hoping for 8 pounds this week, and am well on my way!

Monday, 1/18 - Exercise

I tried the treadmill for about 6 minutes today while my lunch cooked in the microwave. I burned about 30 calories and got way too out of breath for a 6 minute walk. I also coughed miserably the whole time and have had increased coughing since. I want to try again later, but I don't know if it's wise. I do have to work tomorrow, and I don't want to wheeze and cough my way through the day.

Monday, 1/18 - Snacks

I went to Whataburger today to get out of the house. I can set up a little station for myself at a large table and grade and grade and grade without being disturbed, especially if I bring my Ipod. I am very happy to report that I didn't order any food, even though the patty melt was ever so tempting. I bought a diet coke and kept it filled so I could avoid buying any fatty foods. I also brought along 2 snacks that I ate at 10:00 or so and 12:00 ish. (I put off lunch until 2:00 when I got home.)

Fiber One chocolate mocha bar - 2 pts.

Special K blueberry crisp bars - 2 pts.

Total: 4 temptation-avoiding points

Monday, 1/18 - Lunch

Weight Watchers Smart Ones chicken enchilada and rice meal -- 6 pts.

Total: 6 points

Monday, 1/18 - Breakfast

Thomas bagel-thin -- 1 pt.

Weight Watchers cream cheese, 1 T -- 1/2 pt.

Weight Watchers white chocolate raspberry yogurt cup -- 1 pt.

Total: 2 1/2 delicious (!) points.

Sunday, 1/17

Breakfast:

Thomas bagel-thin -- 1 pt.

WW cream cheese, 1 T. -- 1/2 pt.

Dannon Lite n Fit yogurt cup -- 2 pts.

Total: 3 1/2 pts.

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Lunch:

WW Mac n Cheese -- 6 pts.

Thomas bagel-thin -- 1 pt.

WW cream cheese, 1 T -- 1/2 pt.

Total: 7 1/2 pts.

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Dinner:

Homemade chili -- ??

Pasta -- 3 pts.

Cheese -- 1 pt.

Total: ???

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Snacks:

Fiber One bar -- 2 pts.

Special K blueberry crisp bars -- 2 pts.

Special K choclately pretzel bar -- 2 pts.

Total: 6 pts.

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Water:

SOOOO much!

I didn't count, but it was a lot.

I probably made the 8 oz. times 8 today for the first time in a LONG time.

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Exercise:

Not a bit.

No energy, since I'm sick.

I can't even talk without coughing.

Maybe by the middle of the week I'll be ready.

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Weight:

214

I've lost a total of 12 pounds since I started trying (albeit half-heartedly) in September.