I thought I would make a quick stop by here and post our meal plan.;
Monday- Beef Vegetable fried rice (4pts)
Tuesday- Crazy Good Turkey Taco meat loaf (3pts) with baked potato
Wednesday- Fried Catfish with potato sticks (8pts)
Thursday- Cheese stuffed manicotti (8pts)
Friday- Turkey Hot Dogs
Saturday- Carne Asada Tacos (if we can get the meat)
Sunday- Cheesey broccoli and cauliflower soup (2pts)
Monday- Linguine with asparagus and ricotta (5 pts)
Tuesday- Pulled Chicken Sandwiches (7pts)
Wednesday- Confetti meat loaf with Cajun bbq sauce (4pts)
Thursday- Pasta Pizza (8pts)
our weigh in on Sunday went well Grumpy is down another 2 lbs and .5 inches and I was the same. We are planning on hitting the gym Tuesday-Thursday (we went this am) since they will be closed on Friday but we will try to get there Saturday and Sunday. We already set the alarms for the rest of this week, so there really is no excuse.... well not a valid one anyway. I am trying almost all new recipes this week from Weight watcher and Hungry Girl cookbooks, so I will try to remember to take some pictures and post reviews.
12/28/09
12/21/09
Hello!
I thought I would let you all know that we are doing GREAT I am taking an obvious blog break until the begining of the year, since Snow White is on break and our scedules are a little hectic with Grumpy working a new shift we are going to the gym at 630am almost everyday, I just dont have the time to sit and write at the moment...
I would like to say that we are still working on our weight loss to date Grumpy has lost 22 lbs and 18 inches and I have lost 18 lbs and 14.5 inches. It hasnt been easy, but not too hard, and I imagine it will get a little rough this week, but we will do our best. If we lose track we will jsut get right back on.
If I get a few minutes to spare in I will stop by and post som more! If not I will see you all in 2010! Have a great Christmas!
I would like to say that we are still working on our weight loss to date Grumpy has lost 22 lbs and 18 inches and I have lost 18 lbs and 14.5 inches. It hasnt been easy, but not too hard, and I imagine it will get a little rough this week, but we will do our best. If we lose track we will jsut get right back on.
If I get a few minutes to spare in I will stop by and post som more! If not I will see you all in 2010! Have a great Christmas!
11/23/09
budget and menu
We went and did our shopping this weekend,and we did pretty good we started out with 100.00 for the week and then 68.00 for Thanksgiving and we went over 21.60 which was all mostly chicken breast from sunflower market. So for the rest of the month the budget will look like;
29-dec6-89.20
7-15-89.20
If I can find some more itty bitty turkeys after Thanksgiving I will pick up another (or 2) but we'll see what there is.
Here's the menu
Monday- southwest surprise from Hungry Girl Cook book 1 cup is 3 pts
Tuesday- Chicken pot pie from Hungry Girl cook book 1/4 pie is 5 pts
Wednesday Sweet and Sour chicken stir fry from Biggest looser family cook book 5
Thursday- Turkey Dinner with all the trimmings
Friday- turkey green chile tacos from 20 minute ww cook book 2 tacos is 8 points
Saturday- turkey and corn quesadillas from 20 minute cook book
Sunday Hoisin glazed pork chops from biggest looser cook book 4 points
I love when I have all of our meals planned, it makes life a thousand times easier!
29-dec6-89.20
7-15-89.20
If I can find some more itty bitty turkeys after Thanksgiving I will pick up another (or 2) but we'll see what there is.
Here's the menu
Monday- southwest surprise from Hungry Girl Cook book 1 cup is 3 pts
Tuesday- Chicken pot pie from Hungry Girl cook book 1/4 pie is 5 pts
Wednesday Sweet and Sour chicken stir fry from Biggest looser family cook book 5
Thursday- Turkey Dinner with all the trimmings
Friday- turkey green chile tacos from 20 minute ww cook book 2 tacos is 8 points
Saturday- turkey and corn quesadillas from 20 minute cook book
Sunday Hoisin glazed pork chops from biggest looser cook book 4 points
I love when I have all of our meals planned, it makes life a thousand times easier!
11/18/09
turkeys and grades
Last night we went to Walmart to return some things and pick up some things so I thought I would check out the turkey deals that they had.
I ended up getting my 2 turkeys, one for Thanksgiving (10.21) and the one for later (5.22) and an 8 pack of mini 100 grand for Snow White since she got all A's and 1 B+ and all 5's for behavior on her report card. S the new budget is below, after thanksgiving I may pick up one more turkey, just to have in the freezer.
*22-29 93.78
*Thanksgiving 57.79 I think this is WAY over budget but since we are cooking for 10 I thought I would rather be safe then sorry
*29-dec 6 100.00 (probably over budget here too since we are going to be eating alot of leftover turkey)
*7-15 100.00
I ended up getting my 2 turkeys, one for Thanksgiving (10.21) and the one for later (5.22) and an 8 pack of mini 100 grand for Snow White since she got all A's and 1 B+ and all 5's for behavior on her report card. S the new budget is below, after thanksgiving I may pick up one more turkey, just to have in the freezer.
*22-29 93.78
*Thanksgiving 57.79 I think this is WAY over budget but since we are cooking for 10 I thought I would rather be safe then sorry
*29-dec 6 100.00 (probably over budget here too since we are going to be eating alot of leftover turkey)
*7-15 100.00
11/17/09
Grocery budget
Our shopping goes from the 15th-15th since thats when I get paid so here is the shopping trip from this week, and the budget for the rest of the month;
Smiths
4 lbs chicken breast 6.96
cool whip free .88
5 bags frozen veggies .88 each
3 can tomato .53 each
2 dole salad manager special .75 each
2 # baby carrots .79 each
2 bunches green onion 1.00
2.54 # cabbage 1.27
1 bunch cilantro .44
4 VERY LARGE green peppers 2.00 (these were 2/1.00 so I always look for the biggest to get the most for our money these are like softball size if not bigger)
8.14# spaghetti squash 3.99
6.42 # banana 2.50
total 29.82
and we earned a 5.00 coupon from Smiths new rewards program that I will get in the mail @ the first of the year
Albertsons
2 packs baby back ribs 2.99#
total 16.20
we cant have these to often since they are pretty high in points but once in a while wont hurt, we had one rack last Sunday and then there is one more in the freezer.
Walmart
10 Cucumbers (price match) 1.00
roma tomato .68
limes (price match) 6/1.00
lettuce 1.24
3.58# pears 4.19
orowheat sandwich thins 1.50
orowheat double fiber bread 1.50 (this bread is HUGE and worth the 1 point per slice. there is 14g of fiber in each slice)
canned pumpkin (price match) 1.88
mushrooms 1.50
deli buffalo chicken 2.50
deli pepper ham 3.00
flat out wraps 2.48
WW cream cheese 2.48
4 WW yogurt 2.24
fajita seasoning .78
100 calorie cookies 4.38
100 calorie Reese's snacks 2.78
and a mystery item 3.66
total 38.12
For the rest of the month our budget will look like this
*22-29 100.00
*Thanksgiving 68.00 I think this is WAY over budget but since we are cooking for 10 I thought I would rather be safe then sorry
*29-dec 6 100.00 (probably over budget here too since we are going to be eating alot of leftover turkey)
*7-15 100.00
I know that 100.00 a week seems like alot to spend for 3 people just for food, especially since I love coupons and use to be able to do it for 60.00 or less, but we have changed the way we are eating, we are buying a lot of fresh produce, hardly any boxed side dishes. And instead of generic snack foods we are buying name brand since they are better for us (low calorie, and high fiber) I am using up mostly meat that we already have in our freezer and then we will be switching to ground turkey or chicken, and lean cuts of pork. Thats why you wont see too many meat purchases for the next few weeks, unless I can find a really good sale. I am hoping to get an extra turkey again this year so I can cook it @ March and we can have another week of (cheap) turkey meals we'll see how cheap I can get them for this year. Usually Grumpy gets a voucher for a turkey in November and then a 200.00 grocery gift card in December, but with the economy being what it is we arent going to count on either of those, which sucks, but a bi-weekly pay check is better.
I really need to start on my Thanksgiving menu, I guess I will go start that now, I dont know why I am procrastinating.... oh well
Smiths
4 lbs chicken breast 6.96
cool whip free .88
5 bags frozen veggies .88 each
3 can tomato .53 each
2 dole salad manager special .75 each
2 # baby carrots .79 each
2 bunches green onion 1.00
2.54 # cabbage 1.27
1 bunch cilantro .44
4 VERY LARGE green peppers 2.00 (these were 2/1.00 so I always look for the biggest to get the most for our money these are like softball size if not bigger)
8.14# spaghetti squash 3.99
6.42 # banana 2.50
total 29.82
and we earned a 5.00 coupon from Smiths new rewards program that I will get in the mail @ the first of the year
Albertsons
2 packs baby back ribs 2.99#
total 16.20
we cant have these to often since they are pretty high in points but once in a while wont hurt, we had one rack last Sunday and then there is one more in the freezer.
Walmart
10 Cucumbers (price match) 1.00
roma tomato .68
limes (price match) 6/1.00
lettuce 1.24
3.58# pears 4.19
orowheat sandwich thins 1.50
orowheat double fiber bread 1.50 (this bread is HUGE and worth the 1 point per slice. there is 14g of fiber in each slice)
canned pumpkin (price match) 1.88
mushrooms 1.50
deli buffalo chicken 2.50
deli pepper ham 3.00
flat out wraps 2.48
WW cream cheese 2.48
4 WW yogurt 2.24
fajita seasoning .78
100 calorie cookies 4.38
100 calorie Reese's snacks 2.78
and a mystery item 3.66
total 38.12
For the rest of the month our budget will look like this
*22-29 100.00
*Thanksgiving 68.00 I think this is WAY over budget but since we are cooking for 10 I thought I would rather be safe then sorry
*29-dec 6 100.00 (probably over budget here too since we are going to be eating alot of leftover turkey)
*7-15 100.00
I know that 100.00 a week seems like alot to spend for 3 people just for food, especially since I love coupons and use to be able to do it for 60.00 or less, but we have changed the way we are eating, we are buying a lot of fresh produce, hardly any boxed side dishes. And instead of generic snack foods we are buying name brand since they are better for us (low calorie, and high fiber) I am using up mostly meat that we already have in our freezer and then we will be switching to ground turkey or chicken, and lean cuts of pork. Thats why you wont see too many meat purchases for the next few weeks, unless I can find a really good sale. I am hoping to get an extra turkey again this year so I can cook it @ March and we can have another week of (cheap) turkey meals we'll see how cheap I can get them for this year. Usually Grumpy gets a voucher for a turkey in November and then a 200.00 grocery gift card in December, but with the economy being what it is we arent going to count on either of those, which sucks, but a bi-weekly pay check is better.
I really need to start on my Thanksgiving menu, I guess I will go start that now, I dont know why I am procrastinating.... oh well
11/16/09
W 4
We weighed in yesterday and I am just getting around to posting. So here are the results
Grumpy lost 2 lbs and 1.5 inches, for a total of 12 lbs and 11.5 inches since 10/18!
She reached her first goal and is working on #2 so I will put new tickers in the side.
I lost 3 lbs and 2 inches for a total of 10 lbs and 11 inches since 10/18!
I also reached my first goal and am putting a new ticker for my second one.
See you next week!
Grumpy lost 2 lbs and 1.5 inches, for a total of 12 lbs and 11.5 inches since 10/18!
She reached her first goal and is working on #2 so I will put new tickers in the side.
I lost 3 lbs and 2 inches for a total of 10 lbs and 11 inches since 10/18!
I also reached my first goal and am putting a new ticker for my second one.
See you next week!
11/10/09
Because I am sick thats why!!
Yeah I am sick, I dont know if it "the flu" (you know the one...) or just a virus that i picked up from babysitting. Either way I feel blah! My throat hurts, my head hurts, my right ear is starting to hurt and I just want to hibernate in bed. So I am sick and thats why;
*I am not going to the gym tonight
*I am not really caring that I eat all my points. I dont want to get out of bed and make food if Im not really hungry.
*I have a load of laundry in the washer, one in the dryer and 2 loads on the floor (oops)
*I ate 13 itty bitty tootsie rolls after my lunch (pita with 2oz chicken, mushrooms, bell pepper and onion with melted cheese... I am sure that it was really good, but I couldn't really taste it) it was still only 3 points and I added them into my tracker.
*I will be going to bed at 430 pm and try not to get up unless necessary. (you know a sighting of a Zhu Zhu hamster!)
so with that said... goodnight!
(2 new WW soup recipes coming sometime this week)
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