Funny, I have been trying to sign in and have been told my password is not correct. I finally realized that i had not capitalized my name. I am so used to not that it took a while to even notice.
OK, on subject: Weight Watcher Meeting. I did not lose anything this week. I am not surprised. 1) I have been hungry all week. 2) I ate Thursday and in past weeks I have not. and 3) I wore heavier clothes. It is cold.
I figure I have reset weigh-in to eating on Thursday and winter weight clothes.
The meeting was interesting. The leader put a list of Thanksgiving food up and we were all given a paper plate to write on. (nice memory tool, the plate) On the plate we wrote all the things we planned to eat on Thanksgiving. Then she put up the same list with points for all the foods. We all added up our points. Wow. I plan to eat more than a day’s allowance in one meal.
We then went on to talk about how this is once a year, and if we do not nibble all day and if we send the leftovers home with guests and do not continue to eat this way for several days, it is fine. We also talked about how we can earn extra food points with exercise. I have never used those extra points (they are optional) but I may consider them this week. We did not talk about saving points from other days, but I am doing that too. If I eat only 2 points less each day, that should give me enough saved points for Thanksgiving.
To give an idea of points on Thanksgiving, here is my list:
1 slice of turkey – 2 points
½ cup stuffing – 4 points
¼ cup cranberry sauce – 2
¼ c gravy – 2
1 c green beans – 0
½ c sweet potatoes – 3
1 roll – 3
fresh veggies – 0
½ slice pumpkin pie (1/16 of a pie) – 4.5
½ slice apple pie – 4.5
½ slice pecan pie – 6
½ c whipped cream (light) – 2
Total – 33 points
Goal – 31 for the day
That is a reasonable Thanksgiving meal. I usually eat larger portions. Especially considering the whole day. I also eat black olives and dip my fresh vegies. On the other hand, i intend to count up the points in the recipies i actually use. Mine are sometimes lighter than traditional.
The less you weigh, the less your get to eat. I feel for those whose goal is 2o points.
all that pie is a KILLER =(
for me…i have to watch it on the pie…
i am picky on my stuffing…so I probably won’t eat terrible lots of it
yes…think of us who have way fewer points!!! =P
holidays are hard..so many good things….so little time
lots of raw veggies for all of us, i suspect
oh how much is 1 slice of turkey…. 4 oz or less than 4 oz
It would be interesting – would help me gain perspective and be able to more intelligently sympathize with the plan – to have the points for one of my meals (like my full spread office Thanksgiving meals) tabulated.
Would you be able – willing – at all interested – in doing this? It would interest me, but that’s because it’s my food. :}