Weight watchers - Day 8

I've decided to blog about my current issue of weight loss (and anything else). My wife and I started Weight Watchers (WW from now on) 8 days ago and I do all the cooking and preparing of meals. Since last Tuesday I lost 10 pounds, gained two back Sunday night and lost one by this morning. The two I gained back was after a day where I hardly drank any water. Every day, except that one, I have drank about 8 glasses of water or more. I use the same style glass and it holds 2 cups of water when full.  Also that day I didn't really make anything and we ate sandwiches.


So far we have a favorite WW recipe and we have found a few we didn't agree on and one we just didn't enjoy at all.  My wife normally grabs a WW snack or a snack of another brand for breakfast and her lunches vary according to her Boss (work spouse) desires or whatever she grabs. My mornings are usually a cup of cooked oatmeal with splenda and a fruit mixed in or 2 eggs scrambled or over easy. When scrambled I add a lot of veggies.


Here is what I made this morning. I sauteed some tomato, bell pepper, green onion and mushroom. I poured my 2 well-scrambled egg (with a dash of water for moist eggs) over it and added almost an ounce of           goat cheese.





For lunch I used a whole wheat sub roll with 2 ounces each of ham and turkey and one slice of WW cheese with a squirt of Dijon mustard.

Dinner I made Chicken with scallion sauce which is a WW recipe. This is the one that my wife and I agree on so far.  This with 1 cup rice is only 9 points. I doubled my chicken portion for 13 points total. I fixed up some canned green beans with some minced onion that I nuked for three minutes and let steep for same time. Taste just like KFC green beans.

Gotta tell ya, this is awesome.


For dessert I simply cut up some strawberries and added a FiberOne haystack on it. The strawberries are 0 points and the haystack is 2








I just finished my 8th glass of water so I expect good results tomorrow. I try to drink a full glass before meal, during meal and then a third one after a meal.

So how do I feel?  Crappy and good at the same time. I want a fast food meal and I know I can stay within points doing it, but afterwards I'm gonna want it again and again and that's how I got this big (244.5 last week was my heaviest!). I feel good knowing I can do this and every now and then I do plan on eating out, but because we are eating no prepackaged meals and a lot of fresh fruit and veggies I have noticed our food bill has gone up. Eating out is already expensive so doing both would just put us further in debt. I'm saving myself for Red Lobster next week when the in-laws come to visit and take our son out for dinner. What will I eat? Most likely broiled fish or something. I have to make a list of what I can have when we go.

I seem to be coming down with a cold or something so it's gonna be rough feeling well enough to cook, but I gotta do it!

Today's weight was 235.5 this morning (I always weigh in the morning before I eat).