Meatloaf

Meatloaf
POINTS® Value: 7
Servings: 8

Ingredients
2 pound(s) 90% lean/10% fat raw ground beef
1/2 cup(s) ketchup
1/2 cup(s) Egg Beaters Egg Beaters
2 tbsp dehydrated onion flakes
2 cup(s) uncooked oatmeal
1 tsp table salt
1 tsp black pepper

Instructions
Bake all day on low in crockpot. OR 350 for 1 1/4 hour.

Menu Planning

Having done Weight Watchers successfully once before, I know how to do it well. It takes a lot of planning. It takes organization. One must be prepared.

It means having a menu plan and sticking to it. I make up a list of our weekly meals. Usually we follow it to the letter, but I may switch things around. It also means doing the shopping and having the proper foods on hand. I'm most concerned with dinner, because that's where I spend most my points.

I have typed up a cheat sheet full of my favorite recipes and food ideas. I plan my menus by this.

Weight Watchers 2009
My Basic Recipes

Italian:
Ziti
Spaghetti
Pizza
Chicken:
Chicken and
stuffing
Cheesy chicken
Sweet and sour chicken
Cola chicken
Italian Chicken
Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings
Beef:
Roast
Hamburgers
Meatloaf
Sloppy Joe’s
Chili
Steak
Other meats:
Ham
Potato casserole
Fish sticks
Tuna
helper
Pigs in a blanket

Misc.:
Nachos
Burritos
Omelets
Breakfasts

Vegetables:
Salad
Pumpkin pie
Corn
V-8
V-8 soup
Carrots
Potatoes
Yams

Fruit:
Bananas
Apples
Oranges
Orange juice
Smoothies
Peaches
Breakfasts:
Bran flakes & Fiber One
Egg McMuffins
Eggs -> scrambled, fried, poached
Toast and juice
Oatmeal

Lunches:
Soups: tomato, chicken, noodle,
potato, veggie ala Vitamix , V-8
Sandwiches : ham, peanut butter and jelly,
lunch meat, tuna salad, grilled cheese
Eggs, egg McMuffins

Snacks:
Frozen pretzels
Toast
Popcorn
Muffins
Sandwich
Jell-o

I then try to plan a varied menu, so we don't get sick of the same thing over and over.

Obviously, my list isn't long and it's sorely lacking veggies, fruits, nutritious snacks...one step at a time for me. I'll add to the list as I go.

I have a 3-ring binder in which I place all my recipes. So as I write my menus, I am able to check ingredients and make my shopping list. I post the menu on the fridge for the entire family to see. I then get off my butt and go to the grocery store so I am prepared.

This helps me stay OP.

Goals

~~Goals~~

Goal:............................................ Obtained:
Weight:
277.5 = 5-pound loss 3-2-09!!!!!!!
272.5 = 5-pound loss 3-16-09!!!!!
267.5 = 5-pound loss 4-6-09!!!!!!!
262.5 = 5-pound loss 4-27-09!!!!!
257.5 = 5-pound loss 5-18-09!!!!!!!
257.5 = 25-pound loss total (25) 5-18-09!!!!!252.5 = 5-pound loss 6-22-09!!!!!
247.5 = 5-pound loss 7-13-09
242.5 = 5-pound loss 8-10-09
237.5 = 5-pound loss 9-7-09
232.5 = 5-pound loss 9-28-09
232.5 = 50-pound loss total (50) 9-28-09
227.5 = 5-pound loss 11-5-09222.5 = 5-pound loss 12-28-09
217.5 = 5-pound loss 2-1-10212.5 = 5-pound loss 2-22-10207.5 = 5-pound loss 4-12-10
207.5 = 75-pound loss total (75) 4-12-10202.5 = 5-pound loss 7-13-2010
197.5 = 5-pound loss 10-4-2010
192.5 = 5-pound loss 10-10-11
187.5 = 5-pound loss 10-24-11
182.5 = 5-pound loss 11-7-11
182.5 = 100-pound loss total (100) 11-7-11
177.5 = 5-pound loss 11-21-11
172.5 = 5-pound loss
167.5 = 5-pound loss
162.0 = 162 = GOAL
11-14-11 Um, great initial goal when things seemed overwhelming to me! 162 isn't going to cut it at this point. I don't have a specific weight in mind, but I have a feel in mind. I want to look good in clothes, but more importantly, I want a very FIT body. I want muscle. Will reach goal when I feel I am where I need to be...to be announced!!!


PERCENTS:
254 = 10 percent 6-8-09!!!
226 = 20 percent 11-23-09
197 = 30 percent 10-4-2010
For now, I am choosing to a goal of 172.5 pounds. I may go beyond when I get there, but it's overwhelming to think lower than that. (Changed to 162.5)
169.5 = 40 percent
141 = 50 percent
To get to a 39.9, CLASS II OBESITY, I will have to weigh 240. Obtained 8-16-09 on my six-month anniversary!!! I am NO longer morbidly obese!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To get to 34.9, CLASS I OBESITY, I will have to weigh 210. 3-8-10
To get to 29.9, OVERWEIGHT, I will have to weigh 179. 11-21-11
To get to 24.9, NORMAL, I will have to weigh 149.



Clothing-size goals:
(going by pant size here) (the last time I lost, it took a long time before I dropped clothing size.)

22-24 starting size
20 August -0918 Some size 18s in August 0916 1-17-10
14 11-7-11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12  5-15-2012!!!!!!!!!!Being below a size 14 is incomprehensible to me today. Will update when I get there.
The above was my original post. Now being below a 14 is NOT incomprehensible to me, it is something I WILL experience. Will update size changes as they occur here!
Exercise goals:
exercise 20 minute 3-4 times a week
exercise 20 minutes 6 times a week
exercise 60 minutes 3-4 times a week
exercise 60 minutes 6 times a week Started daily workouts 4-18-09!!!
go for short walks with the dogs*
go for long walks with the dogs

*This is weather-dependent. I cannot walk on ice. I fear falling. It's either a psychological quirk of mine, or the fact I have no balance because I'm so fat. It could also be the fact that I am not graceful and have been known to fall while walking on flat, dry pavement.


Misc. goals:
Feel better tons!
More energy tons!
Being able to bend comfortably oh yeah!
Sit on the floor comfortably oh yeah
Flexibility greatly improved
Sleep better much better
Eat more fruit yup
Eat more veggies yup
Eliminate High Fructose Corn Syrup vastly improved
REDUCE REAL AGE
On March 26, 2009, I took the Real Age test. At 43.7 years old, I scored an age equivalent of 58.4. My goal is to greatly reduce that!
On May 3, 2009, I took the Real Age test. At 43.8 years old, I scored an age equivalent of 52.4, shaving 6 years off! Woo-hoo.

On September 25, I tookthe Real Age test. At 44.2 years old, I scored an age equivalent of 48.2. I shaved off another 4 years 2 months. Woo hoo!

Yesterday

Yesterday was odd food wise.

One would never guess that someone who weighs as much as I would forget to eat. I do forget to eat frequently. Not healthy.

Lunch was breakfast. I was behind on points all day. At 10 pm last night, I was at 23 points with a target of 36. I scrounged the cupboards and nothing looked good. Still, I knew that I had to consume more than 23 points for the day. I made a pot of No Egg Noodles. Eight points, plus 1 tablespoon of Promise Light spread. A 9-point snack. I made it to 32 and could eat no more. If we had not been out of milk, I would have had a glass.

I blew it on the fruits and veggies department, only consuming an apple and a potato.

Friday, February 20

Last night I got sick. Had lots of "pain." I get the same pain all the time in my belly, and it was high last night. 7-8 out of 10.

Stayed on plan, though. Had leftovers for supper, potato casserole and eggs. Was very good and filling.

Decided to not tell anyone about being on a diet. Well, any of my close friends. Why? Because everyone is always full of advice, do this, or this is the healthiest, or don't diet, just eat whole foods, or blah, blah, blah.

My husband just said there are so many diets out there because everyone is different. I love Weight Watchers, it works for me, and it's healthful. So I don't want to have to defend my choice or listen to all the garbage from people.

Sometimes I want to say to my buddy if Atkins is so great for you, why are you fat? I don't, though, as I believe in manners. I may not have the best manners in my thinking, but I do with my mouth.

Today I ate well, short on veggies and fruits...go figure. That's one thing I really need to work on. Veggies taste like dirt to me. They always have. I like the sugary veggies, the roots. Can't stand cruciferous veggies at all.

Start with salads, work my way up to healthier greens in the salads, and then expand.

I'm still in shock that I got so high with my weight.

I did notice a different feeling in my stomach today. I can't describe it in words, but I know the feeling...my body is shifting. The first couple weeks of a diet, I always lose a lot. Water weight. I can feel it, though. I don't feel better yet, and I won't for a long time. I remember when I got my 10% award at Weight Watchers the last time (I started at 264 then) and the leader asked me if I had more energy and felt better. I smiled and lied through my teeth. I didn't.

I didn't feel better and have more energy until I got below 220. When I got below 200, I really felt better. It takes awhile, the heavier you are.

I put a ticker on this blog. My goal weight is 175. High by WW standards, but attainable to me. Who knows what will happen when I get there. What struck me, though, is that I only have 107.5 to lose. That didn't seem so bad to me. In my brain, it feels like I have 200 to lose. I don't. And time goes fast, weight comes off steadily and slowly, but it won't take that long in the scheme of things. Patience is a virtue.

282.5

naked...

Monday morning...

how in the h*ll did I get so fat!

Day four with Weight Watchers.

I lost 72 pounds once before, I will do it again.

I'm more realistic this time. I have no goal of weighing 120 pounds. Right now I'm shooting for 250. Then 225. Then 200. Then 175. I think I'll call 'er good at 175.

Reminder to self:

I feel like sh*t.
I hurt all the time. Physical pain daily.
My ankles are huge.
My face is fat.
Everything is fat.
I can't bend.
I have constant IBS, according to my doc. I say it's a localized pain and it hurts like h*ll. It's hurting now, bad.

I'm not motivated by being pretty, getting skinny, showing someone, being the best...my motivation is two-fold: fear of diabetes and PAIN.

I am lethargic.
I am tired.
I have headaches every day.

Whoever said it's easy to be fat doesn't know what it's like.