First, yesterday's food:
Breakfast: cottage cheese/pineapple tidbits/dunks with skim milk
Lunch: turkey and cheese on sandwich thin, 2 hard-boiled egg whites, Stonyfield lemon fat-free yogurt
Dinner: CHINESE RESTAURANT - steamed chicken and vegetables (ate about 3 ounces of the chicken), 1 cup of brown rice
Snacks/Dessert: fortune cookie
Total Points: 19
So, the first week was just about getting used to Weight Watchers, understanding different points, trying to eat the right amount. This week, I'd like to start focusing on a little bit of balance in the diet. I'm trying to target a good chunk of protein (60 g if I can, with 40-50 during the day before dinner), lower fat contents, and, if possible, the other key factor in the WW plan -- getting good sources of fiber.
I did an excel spreadsheet yesterday (I'll spare you the details) to try and track the breakfast/lunch daytime eating I was doing on week days. Turns out, I'm certainly in the 50g of protein range. Between the cottage cheese, the turkey and cheese sandwich, the yogurt, and the hard boiled eggs or the baked chicken tenders, I'm doing very well. The fat is pretty low, too. Under 10 grams. The problem? My fiber is kind of like Fiber One, only for me, that means I get about One gram of Fiber. Okay, maybe 8. And most of that is from my Arnold's whole wheat sandwich thin. And I think I'm supposed to be looking at closer to about 3 times that or something. Don't even get me started on soluble v. insoluble. That's a lost cause.
So, for this week, I'm trying to figure out where I can ADD additional fiber food, and where I can SUBSTITUTE fiber. For instance - can I substitute my 2 or 3 point Stonyfield Fat-Free Yogurt for FiberOne yogurt? Sure I can! Can I substitute Trader Joe's Heat and Eat Steel Cut Oatmeal for my cottage cheese and fruit ? Well, sure, I can do that, too... but what about the dip in protein? Maybe stir in some peanut butter? We're back on track! How about one of those FiberOne bars? Sure! So, that's my tweak for this week. The Quest For Fiber.
Oh. Also, I'm not a strong hard-boiled-egg-peeler. I'm going to have to get much better at this if I think that hard boiled egg whites are going to be a regular part of this shindig.
One other piece of good news -- I did find out that Tuckerman's Ale has about 160 calories in a pint... only 3 WW points! At that rate, I'll have TWO!
Thanks for reading!
1 comment:
well... i think you should add a fiber one bar, at any rate. don't minus anything out. that will get you 35% of your daily fiber, much more than you're getting now. don't drop the yogurt either, because you need the calcium. as for your egg-straveganza, older eggs peel easier. also, i find that a drop of white vinegar in the boiling water helps peel them, too.
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