Menu Plan Monday - 6/29/09

Last week I had planned enough items that we would be covered for the week. With my fiance' out of town, I kind of just let the menu go to waste. The kids decided on luncheon meat sandwichs two different nights, chicken nuggets another night and we picked up dinner the one late night that we had. Needless to say, I still have a lot of meat in my freezer that needs to be used. So, I'm using three of the four items from last week.

This week I am only planning for 4 nights since we will be camping Friday - Sunday. I will post my "diet" plan for the weekend before Friday so that you can see that camping doesn't have to take you way from your goals.

Here's my menu plan:

1. Pomegranate Chipotle Pork Chops with Mushrooms and Onions, Mashed Potatoes
2. Pot Roast and Veggies

3. Grilled Chicken & Vegetables
4. Grilled Turkey Cutlets, vegetable, fruit (kids); Turkey Cutlets and Parmesan Salad (me)

To see more menu plans, visit Organized Junkie's Menu Plan Monday.

Weekly Weigh In - 6/27/09

I'm behind again but I wanted to get my weigh in post out there before I start a new week. On Wednesday, my scale reflected 0 pounds lost. I honestly thought I was going to have a gain. I felt fatter than I ever have...I was bloated and I think holding all the water from the day before (which was over 100 oz). I did sneak on the scale Friday morning since I noticed I wasn't as bloated. It showed me down 1.4 pounds (nope, I'm not counting it since it wasn't my weigh in day). On Saturday, I went to Weight Watcher's to weigh in. I was down .8 pounds - inching closer to my 30 pound weight loss goal.

I had a pretty active weekend with laying sod and working in our yard - mowing and weeding. I did go to the YMCA and workout on the elliptical for a while. It felt good since it was something different (other than running). I'm going to give my all this week in hopes over hitting or coming really close to my 30 pound goal.

One thing I'm going to work on this week is preparing for our weekend of camping. I've made a list of items that I will be purchasing or pulling from the stockpile to take with us. Since most of our meals will be cooked on the grill, I will be able to throw in my Fat Free Ball Park Frank (1 point) and some fruit to grill. I've even got a few desserts that I will be taking along so that my temptations for the fattening stuff will not take over. I don't see exercise being a problem since there is plenty of land to walk/run on and I will probably be chancing my kids around on their 4-wheelers.

How are you doing on your weight loss goals this week? Have you hit any of your major milestones yet? 10%? 25 pounds?

Goal 12/31/09	56.2
2009 Weight Loss-to-date	-21.0

Weight Watcher Weight Loss (Updated on Saturday)

Goal #4	30
Weight Loss (since 3/11/09)	-27.8

Coupon Inserts for 6/28/09

There will be 2 insert in Sunday's paper - June 28, 2009. It will be a Smart Source and a Red Plum.

Remember that when you purchase your paper from the store, you are not guaranteed coupon inserts. I would check each paper before purchasing multiples. Or save money and trees, purchase only the coupons you need at The Coupon Clippers.

There's definitely a variety of coupons in this week's inserts. I didn't see anything that really stood out except $1.00/1 ALL detergent. It might just that I do a lot of grocery shopping. I haven't had a big shopping trip in weeks. I normally just run in to pick up bread, milk, eggs, produce and meat (depending on what's on sale).

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Menu Plan Monday - 6/22/09

Last week I didn't do menu planning. Our week was crazy. We had a baseball game every night except Friday. There were two nights that both kids had baseball games. We did manage to eat in every night though. We even tried the Crockpot Chicken Parmesan. It was delicious! I ate the leftovers for lunch (I'm not a leftover eater either).

This week will be an easy week since my fiance' will be out of town until Friday. We have plans for date night on Saturday night and a 50th wedding anniversary party on Sunday. I will only be menu planning for 4 nights this week!!

Here's my menu plan:

1. Pomegranate Chipotle Pork Chops with Mushrooms and Onions, Mashed Potatoes
2. Cheeseburgers, French Fries, Fruit

3. Grilled Chicken & Vegetables, Greek Salad
4. Grilled Turkey Cutlets, vegetable, fruit (kids); Turkey Cutlets and Parmesan Salad (me)

I will be cooking lunch on Saturday. Since we never got around to having the Fresh Mozzarella and Tomato Panini, I'll be making that for our Saturday lunch. My fiance' cooks breakfast on Sunday.

To see more menu plans, visit Organized Junkie's Menu Plan Monday.

Weight Watcher Weigh In - 6/20/09

This week I weighed in at Weight Watchers down 1.4 pounds. I'm just 3 pounds away from Goal #4. I'm trying to hit the goal by July 4th...we'll see how it goes.

One of the things that we talked about at this week's meeting was breakfast. It' really got me thinking. I used to not eat breakfast, mainly because I didn't have time. A while back, maybe about a year ago, I read and article about the importance of eating breakfast while dieting. It helps jump start your metabolism and can keep you from snacking or over eating later. The key is to eat a filling low sugar breakfast. Lately, I have been making up big batches of breakfast burritos that my fiance' and I can take to work with us or eat on the go. If you don't eat breakfast because you don't like breakfast food, find something that you do like and have it for breakfast. Breakfast doesn't have to be breakfast food.

What's your favorite breakfast food? If you are following Weight Watchers, do you skip breakfast or eat very little for breakfast to save your points for later?

Goal 12/31/09	56.2
2009 Weight Loss-to-date	-21.0

Weight Watcher Weight Loss (Updated on Saturday)

Goal #4	30
Weight Loss (since 3/11/09)	-27.0

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