Well, hello! Have you wondered how some people eat and how they live their day? I thought I would do something a little different and bring you along to show you what I eat in a day while on Weight Watchers. To start out, I’ve been getting into a really good habit of drinking all my daily water. The big motivator for me is when Weight Watchers changed their program and made it so now a person can ADD to their daily points, one way of doing that is to drink ALL of your water, 8 cups=1 point earned.
Before I go to bed, I fill my water bottle so it’s ready when I wake up. I stopped drinking coffee immediately after getting out of bed because I find it already starts my day off on the wrong foot. Sometimes I like to diffuse it with lemon or strawberries but today I am keeping it just water.
4 am
Time to start the day! I drink this ENTIRE bottle of water before I anything else. I find that I am awake a lot faster this way. I do make sure to drink all of the water by the time I am done getting ready for work, that way I have my first three cups done and out of the way!
5 am
Finished my water and I’m ready for breakfast and coffee. I have my oatmeal with berries and 2 tsp of brown sugar. All of this comes to only 5 points.
7:50 am
Around this time I’m starting to feel hungry but decided to push myself to see if I can wait until 8:30.
8:00 am
While I am waiting to have my snack, I start sipping on more water.
8:30 am
I am definitely feeling hungry! These scones are fresh out of oven and so tempting! The smell is enough to tempt anyone. Typically I would set one aside but I stayed strong.
Instead I finished wrapping the scones and had a hard boiled egg seasoned with everything spice.
9:40 am
I’m feeling the temptation again. Normally I’d take one or two without even batting an eyelash and justifying that only a couple wouldn’t hurt. But I’m fighting the urge! I’m pushing myself to 10:00 and see how I feel. I am reminding myself of the verse “I am the bread of life.” Reminding myself of Bible verses is a good way to keep me focused.
10:00 am
No chips for me! That’s a victory! Instead I finished my 24 ounces of water and now I’m ready for my americano. Three shots of espresso, a dab of sugar free Irish Cream, and 2 Tbsp of half and half. This drink comes to 2 points because of the half and half.
10:20 am
Feeling hungry again but it’s still too soon to pull out the lunch I brought, so another hard boiled egg with everything seasoning!
12:40 pm
Busy afternoon! Finally get to eat! This is something I made the night before. It’s just chicken and a bunch of veggies. I don’t lose any points from this meal but I actually earn at least 2 points for the two cups of veggies.
2:20 pm
Done with work and having one more hard boiled egg before my walk. These are perfect for a quick pick-me-up.
3:20 pm
Ready for my afternoon water! I am killing it today!
4:30 pm
Getting started on dinner and decided to make this tonight. It’s in the WW Personal Points Cookbook and it’s called “Spiced Lentils, Rice and Pasta with Onions” it’s made from a leftover from a couple days ago. The method was interesting, I had do roast pasta on the skillet for a minute or two and then add the rice. It worked and it was really good.
5 pm
This little bar is a perfect little dessert or a snack, only two points. Dinner is almost done but I’m really hungry so this will tide me over until then.
5:30 pm
The finished product. I think it looks a lot like the photo in the book. I had only one serving, which was one cup and that was 4 points.
5:45 pm
Have you had these? These are surprisingly really good. After dinner, I still had quite a bit of points left so I had some popcorn, 3 cups = 3 points. Not bad!
6:15 pm
At this time I still had a bunch of points leftover so I had three more, no shame, and that was 6 points.
8:20 pm
I don’t do this every night, but tonight I felt like making some tea as I wind down for bed.
That’s it! I get 21 points for the day and ended up using 22 with 2 left over with the two cups of veggies and 8 cups of water. It was helpful to document my day and see for myself the times when I am feeling temptation. I hope that was encouraging for you too. It’s not easy when your temptation is right in front of you! But today was good. I finished strong. Until next time guys!
Amy
Living with the Leals 