Leftover Schmorgasborg!

Hello Friends! Happy Tuesday! Do you know what tomorrow is??? The premier of ECLIPSE! Yes, I've been counting down. I'm super excited!

So last night, just as my last post said, we went to Olive Garden for dinner. Yummy! Like I said before, Olive Garden has all of their nutritional information on their website and it makes it super easy to figure out your points for your dinner out. Fabulous! It even shows you the nutritional information of the bad stuff....like......Chicken Alfredo! Oohhh, it is soooo good but you better believe it is SOOOOOO BAD! Check it out! After reading that, I don't think I'll ever eat it again....even to use my extra points. And in case you didn't know, their salad is pretty bad too. I think I serving came out to 9 points. EESH! Here's what I had to eat:

Minestrone Soup - 2 points :)
Linguini Alla Marinara (1/2 dinner serving) - 4.5 points
Breadstick (I had to have one they are SO good) - 3 points

That brings my entire dinner out to 9.5 points. Not bad!

So tonight for dinner I had a schmorgasborg of leftovers. I am a leftover girl. I am so used to cooking for one, and saving my food so I can eat it for several days - I am a penny pincher people! So leftovers are GREAT for me because it just means I don't have to cook that night. Tonight's dinner was a variety of tastes. Here's what I had:

Chicken, Bean and Cheese Burrito - 4.5 points (1 mission carb smart soft taco sized flour tortilla, 1/4 cup ff refried beans, 1/4 ff cheddar cheese, 1 oz chicken breast)
Roasted Red Potatoes (see my post from Sunday) - 2 points
1/2 corn on the cob - 0.5 point
Salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, 2 tbsp. reduced fat feta, 2 tbsp ff italian dressing - 1 pt

Total dinner points: 8 points

Here's what else I've had today:

Breakfast - Thomas 100 Calorie English Muffin with spray butter - 1 pt

Lunch - WW Smart One Pasta Primavera - 5 pts.

Snack: FF Jell-O Pudding - 1 pt.

It doesn't seem like I've had a lot of food before dinner, and I didn't. I have been drinking LOTS of water, and it seems to be keeping me full. Nice! Hopefully its flushing the sodium out of my system too, because I weigh in tomorrow. :-/ I SHOULD do great, but based on the scale Monday morning, we'll see. But I still have not gone over my points at ALL. So I should lose weight! Wish me luck!!

Ok, I'm going to wrap this up and enjoy a little Weight Watchers Giant Cookies and Cream Bar. Yummmmm - I'm out of VitaTops! :( That's ok, I'll get more tomorrow. Those little babies are delicious!

Thanks for reading, and until next time, Happy Eating!!

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Wrong direction, scale!

Eclipse is almost here!!!

That's right! I got my tickets for Wednesday's premier of Eclipse today! Woo hoooooo! I cannot wait to see this movie! Yes, yes, I am a Twilight fan. I read all four books and absolutely LOVED them. And I am not usually into the supernatural stuff...like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings....but Twilight I LOVE!

Ok, so I got on the scale this morning even though today isn't my weigh in day, and I'm up two pounds from the day before (yes, I have weighed myself twice this week....not supposed to officially weigh in until Wednesday). I don't understand! I have been eating so well. I haven't used ANY extra 35 points. I think I must be retaining water. So today it is my mission to drink as MUCH water as possible to flush any sodium out of my system before Wednesday. :) Hopefully it works, because I've been working SO hard! So far, I've had two 700 mL bottles of water. I'm working on my third. Wish me luck.

On to food. Here's what I've had to eat today:

English Muffin for breakfast - 1 pt.

WW Smart One (Lasagna Pasta Bake) - 5 pts.
Sugar Free Jell-O Pudding - 1 pt.
1 bag 100 calorie smart pop - 2 pts. (probably not the best for sodium but I was hungry and needed a snack)
Nectarine - 1 pt.

Tonight is dinner with my sweetheart, and then one of my weekly shows The Real Housewives of New Jersey. :) I think maybe we'll hit up the Olive Garden for dinner. I love eating there because they have all nutritional information on their website, and I can figure out the exact points of what I'm eating. Which is GREAT, especially for eating out!

OH, and guess what just came in the mail? My heart monitor watch! Going to pick it up today from my mom's. Yeah! Can't wait to start using this gadget!

Ok, I'll be back soon. Until next time thanks for reading and happy eating!

-Sommer

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End of the weekend...

Hello friends! Well, it's the end of the weekend. :( That always makes me so sad, but I've enjoyed a nice relaxing weekend with my bf. It's actually been quite a lazy day today, I only left the house once to go get dinner supplies from the grocery store. :) BUT, the dinner we made was FANTASTIC. We (well I should say HE) grilled pork tenderloin and asparagus....and you'll see a sausage link there too, but I did not partake in that. I also made roasted red potatoes (not pictured), corn on the cob, and a HUGE salad with tomatoes and cucumbers. It was delicious, and the entire dinner was only 7.5 points. See picture below...

This was such a good and healthy dinner. Here's the points breakdown:

3.5 oz pork tenderloin (grilled) - 3 pts.

1 cup asparagus (seasoned with salt, pepper and a little spray butter) - 0 pts

1/2 cup roasted red potatoes (2 lbs. of red potatoes cubed and cooked with 1 package McCormick Onion and Garlic Potato Seasoning and 1 tbsp EVOO, bake for 45 min at 400 degreees) - 2 pts.

Corn on the cob (1/2 cob) -0.5 pts

Salad with 1/8 med. avocado, 1/8 cup reduced fat feta, tomatoes, cucumbers, fat free italian dressing - 2 pts.

SO GOOOOOOOOD!!!! :) :) Kudos to my bf for grilling the meat and asparagus!

Now, on to my FAVORITE after dinner snack/dessert! VitaTops! See above. These bad boys are DE-LISH and are only 1 point! Yes, I said it, 1 point!! Now, I usually just eat it by itself, but it tastes like a brownie and I've heard of people putting a scoop of low fat ice cream on top. Sounds yummy! They make these in all different flavors, and they can be found in the freezer section of your grocery store. LOVE them!

This is my cute little dog hoping for some food to fall on the floor. :) This is her favorite past time.

This week I am so excited because my new Polar Heart Monitor watch is here!!! Courtesy of my mom and step-dad for my birthday! I can't wait to start using it so it will tell me how many calories I'm burning. ALSO, Eclipse comes out this week in theaters!! Woo hoo, can't wait!

Ok, well I am going to turn in and watch a little Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami before bed.

Thanks for reading my posts and until next time Happy Eating!

-Sommer

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Delicious new food adventures!

Good evening friends! Well, I have only good news to report! Since Wednesday I have stayed within my daily points range EVERY day! I am simply taking it one day at a time, and it's working. I am feeling great, and VERY motivated! In my last post I said I'd be back to share some of my recent Weight Watchers friendly recipes....so here I am. :) I also have some lovely pictures of my meals to share! My most recent food adventure is WW friendly chalupas!!! YUMMMMM. They were delicious, and the idea was courtesy of my wonderful boyfriend. So thanks, honey! See picture below.

Don't these look SO good? Well they were. Here's the receipe:

2 Mission BAKED Tostada Chips (serving is 3 chips for 3 points, I used 2 chips for 1.5 points)
1/4 cup fat free refried beans - 0.5 point
1/4 cup fat free cheddar cheese, shredded - 1 point
3 oz ground 96% lean ground beef (with low sodium taco seasoning) - 3 points
1/2 cup each (or whatever amount you like) lettuce and tomatoes
2 tbsp picante sauce
Total of 6 points!! Now you can also garnish with sour cream if you choose, and I chose to add 1/8 of a medium avocado. This was so good! So good in fact that my honey and I enjoyed leftovers two nights afterwards!! (You can also use the leftover meat, lettuce and tomatoes to make a low point burrito, which is what I did for lunch today).

The above picture is my Chicken Teriyaki stir fry with 1/2 cup of brown rice, also delicious!

The stir fry cooking up!! Here's the recipe:

10 oz chicken breast, cut into pieces

One head of broccoli

Asparagus

Snow peas

Match stick carrots (which I forgot to put into my last batch so you don't see them here)

1/4 cup teriyaki sauce (I use Kikkoman original)

Saute your chicken with 1 tsp of olive oil. When chicken is almost done, put in veggies and an additional tsp olive oil. When veggies are tender, chicken is cooked through add teriyaki sauce and mix well. Serve 1/3 of your pan over 1/2 cup of brown rice = 7 points! A great low point dinner!

This is my honey's AWESOME chicken and veggie kabobs!! They are DELICIOUS and very low points! Just use the amount of chicken you want, choose your veggies (we used squash, zucchini, mushrooms, red bell pepper, purple onion and tomatoes). They just looked so pretty I had to take a picture. Season however you like!

Ok I'm wrapping this up so I can watch a movie with my honey. Taking this one day at a time has been key to getting back on track this week. And the best part is, all of the food I've been cooking has been so fresh and delicious that I haven't even needed to use any of my "extra" 35 points. :) :) :)

I'll be back soon to tell you more about what I've been eating lately - including VitaTops!! So good! More later. Thanks for reading and until next time, happy eating!

-Sommer

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My 28th Birthday!!

Gorgeous sunflowers from my boyfriend for my birthday!

Hello friends! I know it has been a long time since I've written on here. I have really been struggling with my weight over the last couple of months, as you may have read in my previous posts. Well, up until now it didn't get much better. I was good for a short while, then I went out of town for the weekend and lost it again. I had started to feel really bad about myself, but I told myself that after my birthday it was time to get serious again. And I am back on track now, taking it one day at a time. Each day it gets easier, just like it used to be. And I've been cooking some really good new recipes, which I will share soon (I've taken pictures of the food but left my camera cord at my boyfriend's house and can't upload any of my pics!). Recently I've made chicken teriyaki stir fry and last night I made DELICIOUS Weight Watchers friendly chalupas! There were YUMMY, and the idea was courtesy of my fantastic boyfriend, who is very supportive of my weight loss goals. We made everything the Weight Watchers way. :) Pictures and recipes to come, I promise!

Now, on to my birthday. I just turned 28!!!! The number 28 seems so.....old. I hate to say that! But it does. I only have two more years left in my 20's! Noooooooo!! LOL. My birthday celebration was a lot of fun. Friday, a group of 17 friends and I went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner, and then a few of us hit up Howl at the Moon afterwards for drinks and entertainment. Very fun! Then on Saturday (my actual birthday) the celebration continued at my mom's house, where she and my step-dad cooked dinner and we celebrated with my grandparents, brother and his gf, and of course my bf. It was so nice to be with family! Below are some pictures from Friday night.

So to wrap this up...I'll be back SOON to share pictures and recipes from my latest food adventures, along with points values and what I have been eating lately. I just need my camera cord!

Thanks for reading and until next time, Happy Eating!

-Sommer

Arena and me at Howl having a nice big drink!!

Cheesecake Factory for my birthday

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