I've gained so much weight that my current scale won't even acknowledge my weight. So, I'll keep stepping on it every damn day until a number shows up instead of that elusive "E" for "Error". I would guess that my weight is anywhere between 355 and 360, though. I honestly never thought I'd be this heavy.
Meanwhile, I'm feeling very in control and very positive. Days One through Five went off without a hitch. The weekend is where I hit some slight snafus, but all is well again.
This week's plan is based very heavily on the first week plan found here at the Can You Stay For Dinner blog. I made a few adjustments. Instead of counting calories, I'm counting Weight Watchers Points Plus. At my current estimated weight, I get 53 Points Plus each day. Also, Andi's mom, Mary Ellen started out at 210 pounds. I'm starting out at over 350 pounds, so my body requires more calories. I'm adding in a few healthy snacks to make up the difference. I thought I would be very uncomfortable straying from this plan at all, but I'm not. I'm already seeing that this is going to happen and I feel confident that I can make good choices. However, for the first several weeks, anyway, I want to stick as closely to it as possible.
There are several meals that Mary Ellen ate out at restaurants, so I'm substituting other recipes and things for those meals.
Here's what I ate my first week:
Monday
Breakfast
2 cups Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Cereal
1 cup 2% milk
1/3 cup fat free Coffeemate Creamer
1 cup coffee
Snack
1 box (1 oz.) raisins
1/4 cup mixed nuts
Lunch
Chicken, Cranberry, Feta Salad
3 tbsp Great Value Light Honey Dijon Dressing
Fage Greek Yogurt with Honey
Snack
1 cup grapes
1 cup baby carrots
1/4 garlic hummus
Dinner
4 oz. marinaded pork tenderloin - marinade recipe here
6 oz sweet potato
1 tbsp Earth Balance margarine
1 cup green beans - steamed with lemon juice, garlic, 1 tbsp sliced almonds
POINTS PLUS TOTAL 55
Tuesday
Breakfast
1 serving Frosted Mini Wheats
1/2 cup 2% milk
1/3 cup fat free Coffeemate Creamer
1 cup coffee
Snack
1 oz raisins
1/4 cup mixed nuts
Lunch
Tuna Salad
2 cups fresh spinach
1 cup grapes
Snack
1 Sargento Cheddar Cheese Stick
Dinner
Stir-Fry using 6 oz leftover pork tenderloin
Snack
Skinny Cow Cookies & Cream Ice Cream Sandwich
POINTS PLUS TOTAL 44
Wednesday
Breakfast
1 serving Frosted Mini Wheats
1/2 cup 2% milk
1/3 cup fat free Coffeemate Creamer
1 cup coffee
Snack
1 cup grapes
1 Sargento Cheddar Cheese Stick
Lunch
3 cups salad greens
1 oz feta cheese
3 oz turkey lunch meat
3 tbsp Great Value Light Honey Dijon Dressing
1 container Fage Total 0% Greek Yogurt with Strawberry
Snack
1/4 cup mixed nuts
Dinner
Turkey Avocado Bacon Wrap
Snack
Skinny Cow Cookies & Cream Ice Cream Sandwich
Pop Chips
POINTS PLUS TOTAL 53
Thursday (HALLOWEEN!)
Breakfast
1 serving Frosted Mini Wheats
1/2 cup 2% milk
1/3 cup fat free Coffeemate Creamer
1 cup coffee
Snack
Peanut Butter & Dark Chocolate KIND Bar
Lunch - Halloween Luncheon at Work
2 cups Chicken Tortilla Soup
About 10 tortilla chips
1/4 cup shredded cheese
1 fancy Nutterbutter
Dinner
2 servings Crockpot Cheese Tortellini Soup (I adapted this slightly, adding some celery for more veg and using low fat cream cheese, instead of whole fat. I also used fresh carrot slices instead of frozen.)
Snack
1 regular-sized (as opposed to King Size) pack of Peanut M&Ms
POINTS PLUS TOTAL 61
Friday
Breakfast
1 serving Frosted Mini Wheats
1/2 cup 2% milk
1/3 cup fat free Coffeemate Creamer
1 cup coffee
Snack
1 Fuji Apple
2 tbsp Earth Balance Creamy Peanut Butter
Lunch
Fage Yogurt with Honey
3 cups salad greens
3 oz ham luncheon meat
1/8 cup Craisins
1 oz feta
3 tbsp Great Value Light Honey Dijon Dressing
Snack
1/4 cup mixed nuts
Dinner
Jason's Deli - Chicken Salad Wrap and steamed veggies
Snack
Deep Chocolate Vita Top
POINTS PLUS TOTAL 50
Saturday
Breakfast
1 Ezekiel Cinnamon Raisin English Muffin
1 tbsp. Whole Foods Strawberry Fruit Spread
1 tbsp Earth Balance Buttery Spread
1 egg scrambled in 1 tsp butter (couldn't eat the whole thing. I truly hate eggs. Especially eggs that are cooked poorly and as I am an egg hater, I don't really know how to cook eggs properly!)
1 cup coffee
1/3 cup Coffeemate Hazelnut creamer (all we had at my gf's)
Lunch
1/2 medium thin crust pizza loaded with veggies
about 10 Parmesan bread bites
Dinner
Didn't happen....
Snack
Deep Chocolate Vita Top
POINTS PLUS TOTAL 72
Sunday
Breakfast
1 serving Frosted Mini Wheats
1/2 cup 2% milk
1/3 cup fat free Coffeemate Creamer
1 cup coffee
Snack
Dark Chocolate Chili KIND Bar
1 Blow Pop
Lunch - Family Birthday Party @ my Grandparents' House
Chicken with Rice Casserole
Tomato Casserole
Green Bean Casserole
***My family CLEARLY loves a good casserole
Green salad with dressing
1 roll with 1/2 tbsp margarine
1 slice chocolate mousse cake
1 small Blue Bell Ice Cream cup
Dinner
leftover Chicken Alfredo from Pizza Hut
Snack
Vita Top Banana Nut Muffin
Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks - a grande, I think...my sister ordered it for me. I'd requested a tall, but she admittedly messed up on ordering, not being the coffee drinker that I am.
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Something AWESOME I did this week: I received a package of peanut M&Ms at work when I was BOOed by a co-worker on Tuesday. I saved them for Thursday night for my already planned Halloween treat!
Something I would do differently in the future: Controlled my portion considerably better at the family birthday party on Sunday. Possibly even measuring them out. I attacked that food with wild abandon and didn't like that out of control feeling. And what's worse is that I let it continue to spiral out of control more than I like as the evening went on.
My official weigh-in day is Friday, so I will post my results then. Meanwhile, after a rocky start on Monday, this week has picked back up! I'll be back next week with what I ate this week.
Thanks for reading!
