Not Looking Good....

So as of today, Thursday, I've used 34 out of my 35 weekly points. Uh oh. Before you get all concerned for my well being, I do get to use 17 of my earned activity points. (Confession - 7 of my activity points I have not actually earned yet, they are just anticipated for tonight's spinning class). So how have I used so many points in 4 days? Here's the breakdown:

• 4 - Coffee
• 3 - beer
• 4 - Cake
• 3 - Rice
• 6 - Yogurt
• 4 - Mixed Nuts
• 3 - Slim Fast
• 7 - Egg Muffin Breakfast sandwich

I guess in hindsight the egg muffin sandwich wasn't worth 7 points but I was really hungry and made a trip to the commissary this morning. If I could redo the week, I would rethink the slim fast for dinner one night, the point heavy, worthless yogurt, the mixed nuts, and the egg sandwich. I would keep the cake and beer.

4 Points?!

In a moment of weakness brought on by hunger, I ate a yogurt this afternoon. Which should be good for me. It's yogurt, it was fat free, it has nutrients and other important, healthy stuff too. I think I remember hearing somewhere that yogurt is very nutritious. Then why on Weight Watchers is it 4 points? If it has 4 points of sugar in it, can't it be reduced by a couple of points for nutritional value? It's 4, but subtract 2 for healthiness.  Things I could have had that are not nutritional and I wanted more than yogurt and are less than 4 points: a glass of beer, a coke, or 2 small homemade cookies. Next time I'm getting a coke (I wish I could have a Belgian White Ale at work), which seems like there must be a flaw in the WW point system.

Pioneer Woman is Making Me Hungry!

If you've never been to the pioneer woman cooks blog, don't go. It'll just make you hungry. And make you eat lots of quantities of butter and cream. So far I have made her Marlboro Man Sandwich and Turnips Gratin and they were fabulous! I'm ravenously hungry right now, even though I did eat lunch and this is all that I am craving to eat right now:

Fried Chicken with mashed potatoes and a biscuit
Pioneer Woman Ribs
Pioneer Woman Chile con Queso
Pioneer Woman Fresh Corn Casserole
Pioneer Woman Cauliflower Soup
And to wrap things up, homemade chocolate chip cookies or chocolate cake or PW's Apple Pie.

But I don't have any of these things so I am eating microwaved 94% fat free popcorn and drinking a diet Dr pepper. Jealous, aren't you? No, of course you're not.

Why Don't My Pants Fit? (Oh, THAT's Why)

I got on the scale this morning and about passed out at what I saw. Not good. VERY not good. Or as Weight Watchers Online pointed out, “Hmm seems you’ve gained some this week.” Yes, I noticed that myself. I've reached a weight that I had promised myself that I would never see again. I've gained 6 lbs in the last 3 weeks thanks to vacations and birthday celebrations. It was fun putting on those 6 lbs, which is made up of beer, Frrrzen Hot Chocolate, Birthday Soufflé, Cheesecake, French fries, various cocktails, sushi, pancakes, Nutella ice cream, Pioneer Woman recipes, Pad Thai, and several gourmet meals that I can’t recall in much detail. Some had fish, some had beef, the rest were chicken. Fried chicken. With mashed potatoes. Now I’m getting hungry.