Day Two

These are some exciting post titles, huh? I've never been good at thinking of titles... :)

Today was another awesome day. It was a low point day, I was allowed 31 points and ate 31 exactly. We had an awesome dinner tonight, and I actually left the table feeling full.

I was perfectly on program (OP), ate 5 f/v servings and 3 dairy servings. Drank a ton of water-probably not quite 64oz, but a lot more that I normally consume. I think I got in about 50oz.
Weight Watchers wants you to get in 2 servings of healthy oil each day, but in the past I always skipped that rule and was still successful, so I'm opting out of it this time as well. Oil counts as a few points, and I can't see wasting my points on something nasty like oil. I am taking a daily vitamin, so I think that will hopefully give me what I need.

I was thinking about ordering Alli pills today. I have the money sitting in my Amazon account, and I'm thinking any little bit to help me along would be nice. Alli is supposed to block your body from absorbing 25% of the fat you take in each day, and reviewers on Amazon said that taken alongside a healthy diet and exercise, they lost 20-23 lbs in 5 weeks. That's twice what I typically lose while dieting, so I'm considering it.

Downside is that you pass greasy gas. Meaning that the fat that your body didn't absorb can be released in an oily form when you pass gas. Gross, right?

Sorry for the pretty picture there. I'm thinking if I wear a maxi pad, and try to avoid passing gas until I'm over a toilet, I may be able to avoid any nasty "side effects".

Anyways, something I'm thinking about.

Also, as far as exercise. So far, I'm doing nothing aside from normal physical activity that goes along with caring for 2 toddlers and cleaning house. We recently got a Wii Fit game, and before I took the opportunity to play it, my 2 1/2 year old put coins in the Wii's game slot, rendering it useless and making it necessary to send it in to Nintendo for repair. Now that I'm starting this Last Diet Ever, I'm anxious and eager to get it back (within the next 2 weeks) and see how good of a workout that Wii Fit really is.

Also, I'm gonna start walking on our Gazelle exercise machine tomorrow, my goal is at least 20 minutes a day, and getting longer as I get in better shape.

Lastly, I have a kick-ass Biggest Loser workout DVD. And by kick-ass, I mean it literally kicks my ass. It is TOUGH. Probably because I am ridiculously out of shape. But I'm trying to talk myself into doing it at least every other day, and doing the Wii Fit on the off days. I'm not quite to the commitment stage yet, I'm gonna give myself a good pep talk tonight and see where it gets me.

Ok, so what did I eat today?

B:
3/4 cup Apple Cinnamon Cherrios with 1/2 cup milk- 3
small orange- 1

L:
1 1/2 cup spinach with sliced cucumber (0) and 1/4 cup feta- 2

S:
10 baby carrots- 0

D:
5 Mexican Porcupine Balls (recipe below)- 10
1 cup yellow safron rice- 4
1 small ear of corn on the cob- 2
2 1/2 cups skim milk- 5

S:
Reduced Fat Cheddar Pringles (21 chips)- 4


One thing I'm noticing is that I am pretty hungry between lunch and dinner. I think it's because I'm having no protein for breakfast or lunch. I may start adding chick peas to my salad next week (after I go grocery shopping) to help tide me over. I was tempted to eat during the last hour before dinner, but I just munched some baby carrots and told myself that hunger is my friend. :)


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Mexican Porcupine Balls

I have made regular porcupine balls many times- ground beef or turkey, uncooked minute rice, and seasonings simmered on the stove in spaghetti sauce until done. But when shopping at Wal-Marts this weekend (which I never do) I was intrigued to find ground turkey in packages already seasoned. I picked up a 20oz package that was already seasoned for tacos. I then thought, 'What if I make porcupine balls with this taco flavored ground turkey, and simmered them in salsa instead?" The result was that they were phenomenal. I liked them better this way than the regular way.

The whole recipe is 38 pts. It would be less if you used a full can of salsa, but I only had half of a large jar, so I used that and a can of tomato soup. I don.t know if I would change it though, because it was really, really good this way.

• 20oz Ground Turkey seasoned with taco seasoning- 21 pts
• 1 1/2 cups Minute white rice (brown rice would probably be less points, and is what I typically use in porcupine balls, but I didn't have any)- 10 pts
• 1/2 large jar of salsa (sorry, don't know the oz. off hand, Hubs already took out the trash)- 2 pts
• 1 can condensed tomato soup, undiluted- 5 pts

In a large bowl, mix ground turkey and minute rice until well combined.
Form into golf-ball sized meatballs (I got 20 meatballs total) and place in a large pot.
Pour salsa and tomato soup over meatballs and holding the pot in both hands, swirl it around a bit to cover the meatballs. You don't want to stir them much at this point because they are soft and may crumble.
Put a cover on the pot and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, after that they should be cooked enough to stir them around a bit, and then cook for 10 more minutes.

We always serve this with yellow saffron rice as a side dish. Delicious!