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**2bearichards**

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Hi!  You responded in my post below about filling foods and said to post my daily menu.  Here it is, any suggestions would be great!  Thank you so much for your help!  Oh, I should mention I get 20 points a day.  Since starting WW I have only used my 35 points one week.  The other weeks I had about 10 left at the end of the week.  When I do use them it's generally on weekends, either all in one night or split up between Friday and Sunday. 

B-fast: 1 T peanut butter (2); 2 pcs WW tst (1)

lunch: Deli turkey (1); bun (1); cheese (1); apple (1)

Snack:  100 calorie cookies (1); WW mini bar (1)

Dinner:  Boca burger (2); 2 pcs WW tst (1); cheese (1); potato (3)

Snack: WW ice cream bar (2); WW mini bar (1); pear (1)

Starting yesterday I decided to focus on filling foods and oil so my menu looked like this:

Bfast: Oatmeal (3); Banana (1)

Snack: Apple sauce (1)

Lunch: Egg (2); WW eng muf (1); cheese (1); pear (1)

Snack: salad (0); 2 tsp oil (2)

Boca burger (1); WW toast (1); cheese (1); cottage cheese (2)

Snack: WW mini bar (1); WW ice cream bar (1);

Looking this over I feel like I know one problem already-it's the WW bars and ice cream I'm eating.  I just love chocolate and a snack after I put DS down.  Any other suggestions you can give would be great!  Maybe even snack suggestions that you eat.  Thank you!

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  • 2bearichards2bearichards

    Sorry for the late reply!

    I am a little confused, you are eating all 35 extra points over the weekend?  That is probably a big part of the problem.  I almost never eat those points, only on a special occasion.  Are you exercising?

    Just looking at your menu, it looks a little carb heavy.  I would add some more fresh foods and a little less processed foods.

    Here is a sample of what I eat:

    Breakfast:
    *I typically have 1/2 cup of egg substitute, one wedge of laughing cow cheese on a sandwich thin.  Hungry-girl.com has some great "egg in a mug" recipes, https://www.hungry-girl.com/week/weeklydetails.php?isid=1907  I cook my egg substitute in the microwave, it doesn't smell very good, but tastes fine.
    *I also like the garlic/herb laughing cow cheese wedge on a sandwich thin with tomatoes

    Lunch:
    *Open face veggie sandwich on a sandwich thin:  mustard, spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes and Sargento low fat provolone, put all that on both sides of the sandwich thin and then put it in the oven or toaster oven until the cheese is melted
    *Veggie burger on a La Tortilla Factory low carb tortilla or sandwich thin
    *baked chips (be sure and watch the portion size)

    Snacks:
    *my all time favorite: 1/2 cup cottage cheese, apple or banana cut into chunks, one packet of splenda and cinnamon, mix all together
    *Weight Watcher yogurt
    *90 calorie Fiber One bars
    *carrots or other veggies and fat free Italian dressing

    Dinner:
    I would say 95% of our dinners are from the Cooking Light cookbook I got from Costco (I was trying to find it online, but can't) The biggest thing I found with dinner is to really watch portion sizes, that, I think, was my biggest problem.  Instead of just lumping rice or pasta on my plate, I measure out one cup, if I am making a casserole or something, I look at how many it serves or what the portion size is and stick to that.  Here are a few of the recipes I keep in roation:

    Taco salad
    Salsa chicken over rice (https://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=141491)
    Chicken stir fry (I cut up chicken, sautee it in soy sauce, add a bunch of veggies, then let it simmer in Kikoman Stir Fry sauce for 20 minutes, serve over rice)

    Sauteed Tilapia with Lemon Peppercorn sauce
    https://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=592307

    SAUSAGE AND PEPPERS

    1 package turkey Italian sausage, about 5 links (remove from casing and cut into smaller pieces)
    1 green bell pepper (sliced)
    1 red bell pepper (sliced)
    1 yellow bell pepper (sliced)
    ? sweet onion
    1can Italian style diced tomatoes (if they don?t have Italian style, regular diced tomatoes will work and add some Italian seasoning)

    1.    Cook sausage until done, drain and set aside
    2.    Sautee bell peppers and onion with a little butter for about 5 minutes over medium heat
    3.    Add sausage and un-drained can of diced tomatoes to vegetable mixture, mix together
    4.    Cover and let simmer for 20 minutes
    5.    Serve over penne pasta or pasta of your choice

    You can add any vegetables you want to this, like mushrooms.

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