My day so far...

Hello Blog Readers! Ok, where do I start? How about it's 7pm and I have four points left for dinner!!!!! WHAT THE H?!?!? So, thus far today I have had my breakfast which consisted of pb, kashi go lean crunch and a banana, all mixed together. This was 7pts. Lunch was bulgur and veggies for 5pts. I also had a yogurt and cereal snack for 3.5pts. Those three items cost me nearly 16pts. Now, I've realized breakfast is so high in points because even a small banana is1.5pts. Maybe next time I should try having an apple for 1pt? Or since the pb is 5pts. for two table spoons, maybe just have 1 1/2 TB? This alone would save me 1.5pts. Hmm....things I should consider. Lunch- sorry, I think 5pts. for lunch is acceptable. My snack- I think a 3.5pt.snack is very high. I used a 3pt. yogurt and I should have used a 2pt. This would have saved me 1pt at least. So, there are ways to make this better, but right now I'm trying to figure out my 4pt. dinner :-p How did your day go?

Snacking.....

Shortly after my wonderful Lentil Salad lunch I went on a snacking fritz. Although I snacked a lot, I still stayed within my points range and chose healthy snacks. I started off by having a half cup of Kashi Heart to Heart cereal with a quarter cup of fresh blueberries. This snack was only 1 point. About an hour later I had my All Bran crackers. This was 2 pts per serving. Shortly after this I had an Oikos yogurt with a quarter cup of cereal. This was 3 pts and my last snack for the day. Now, here is what I'm wondering: if I had a higher point lunch would I have needed to snack as much? I had my breakfast at 9:00am and this was a 6pt meal. I did not have the urge to snack in between breakfast and lunch at all. In fact, this kept me full for 4.5 hours! Sure, if I have a higher point lunch I'll still use the same amount of points as if I have been snacking, but at least I'll feel full and not keep having to go back for snacks. So, here is what I'm going to do tomorrow: I'm going to have a 6pt breakfast, a 6pt lunch and a 6pt dinner. Let's see how this works out. How have you guys been doing today? PS: I was also able to get to the gym and get some activity points earned :-)

My Day...

Today was a pretty busy day, but I managed to eat pretty healthy and even get a workout in. To start off, for breakfast I made myself a smoothie which consisted of half a cup of plain nonfat yogurt, 3 tablespoons of skim ricotta, 1 cup of frozen berries and one teaspoon of EVOO. I would have used skim milk to thin this out, but I ran out so I used water. Still, not bad for a 4 point breakfast! My breakfast kept me full for a little over 3 hours and then I went for a snack. These days I'm snacking on 2 point string cheese. I tend to eat a late lunch, so a couple of hours later I had another snack. This time it was a cup of plain, non fat yogurt, with a teaspoon of honey - a filling 3 points. After a couple of more hours I was ready for lunch. Oh yes, lunch consisted of 100 percent whole wheat pasta (3 pts.), with steamed broccoli and spinach, with a 1 pt. tomato sauce. Now this kept me full for a few hours, then I had another string cheese snack. After work I managed to get a great workout in, where according to the machines I burned 400 calories. A few crunches and weights later, I was ready for dinner. Dinner was a burrito bowl from Chipotle, however I am really particular about this. I always order the bowl with NO rice, a little bit of black beans, green peppers and onions, barbacoa meat (its the lowest calorie meat), a little bit of corn, tomato salsa, a little bit of guacamole and a whole lotta salad. For those of you who want to know, I really do say "a little bit" when ordering :-) I was also craving something sweet today at work. My wonderful coworker had mini reeses peanut butter cups - I had one. Overall, today was not a really bad day. My workout also helped me out a lot -considering its been a while since I got one in. Right now its after 10pm and I'm heading home, but still a little bit hungry but I think I'm too tired to even try to eat :-p. How has your day been? Did you stay on track today?

Questions, Questions, Questions...

There are many days where I do go over my points, usually within a 5-10 range. However, I also know that for 5 days a week I am working out very hard and am burning around 600 calories, so I know I can go a bit over with activity points. How are you guys doing with your daily points? Do you go over? Do you feel they are sufficient? Do you guys have a system? For example I try to keep my snacks to 2 points, and my meals 5 points each.