Still on track.

I didn't post yesterday, but I stayed completely OP. I ate exactly the number of points I was supposed to, and I got in all my f/v and dairy servings. Woot!

So that brings us to today, and I am proud to report that today was a great day as well, and I now have 4 days under my belt of following this eating plan. Today I only got 3 1/2 f/v servings in though, but I'm not beating myself up about it!

Last weekend when I made my menu and grocery list, I didn't realize just how many points are in a lot of the foods that we eat. Which surprises me because I have done Weight Watchers many times in the past few years. I think a big part of my problem this week is that I did my grocery shopping mainly at Aldi grocery store, because they're cheaper than anywhere else. But in saving a little money, I sacrificed the availability to variety in my choices, which hurt me in my recipes this week.
Yesterdays chicken and dumplings would probably have been much less points if I had used reduced fat crescent rolls and fat free cream of chicken and cream of celery soups. Same with tonight's barbecue pizza that we had for dinner. I used the other half of the chicken recipe that I made on Monday, which was pretty low as far as points go, but I used Jiffy pizza dough mix (very high in points) and a bag of part-skim mozzarella cheese which was also high points (part-skim apparently doesn't really mean reduced fat). So a slice (1/6 of the pizza) was 7 points! Thankfully, I always plan out my meals and points early in the day, so I was able to work in 3 pieces by skimping the rest of the day on points. But I could have eaten a lot more food throughout the day if I had made the dinner healthier and therefore less points.

I will be shopping at two stores this coming week, Aldi for some things and Wal-Mart (the next cheapest option for groceries) for the reduced-fat and fat-free things I need.

Also, concerning what I wrote in my last post concerning healthy oils- I said that Weight Watchers wants you to get in 2 servings of healthy oils per day. I have always skipped that part of the plan, and planned to do the same this time around. Until I watched yesterday's airing of Oprah, and Dr. Oz was on. He said (in a round-about way) that lack of Omega 3 fatty oils can make you depressed, and since I often suffer from depression and just recently arose from months of battling with post-partum depression, I really want to steer clear from anything that may make me feel any depression at all.

My solution? It's actually my husband's solution. Softgel 'Fish, Flax, and Borage" pills that we already had in our medicine cabinet. He bought them for himself a while back, and no longer takes them. They provide Omega 3, 6, and 9 fats, and one caplet is only 0.2 points. So if I take 2 caplets, it still counts as 0 points. How awesome is that? And best of all, I don't have to try to work icky oil into my meals and waste valuable points on it.

I'm not sure how many I need in a day, the bottle says take 1-2 daily. I'll go back and watch the Oprah episode and pay attention to the amount needed daily.

Ok, so on to the good stuff.

I was allowed 32 points today.
Here's how I did:

B:
3/4 Apple Cinnamon Cheerios with 1/2 cup of milk- 3 pts

S:
10 carrots- 0 pts

L:
1 1/2 cups spinach with cucumbers- 0 pts
1/4 cup feta- 2 pts
1 slice turkey bacon- 1 pt

S:
10 carrots - 0 pts

D:
3 slices bbq chicken pizza- 21 pts

S:
3/4 cup Breyers Fat Free Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream- 3 pts
1 fun size M&Ms- 2 pts