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Starting weight 323.8 pounds


Today 280.6 Pounds

I went to Weight Watchers tonight. My leader weighed me in at 280.6 pounds and wrote that I had a 2 pound loss. After sitting down and thinking, I realized she had made a mistake. So, I took it back up to her and she refigured it and I had lost 3 pounds. Now how I lost three pounds I really do not know. I have been doing the same things I always have been doing. But I am really proud of myself! I have now lost a total of 43.2 pounds since January 7th and 16.8 pounds of that since going to Weight Watchers. I have to lose 29 pounds to get to my 10%, so I have 12.2 pounds to lose to get there! I still got a long way to go, but I know I can do it!

Menu Plan Monday

Time to plan another week. At my last Weight Watcher weigh in, I lost another 2 pounds which means that I have now lost over 40 pounds. Planning my meals really helps me stay on points. I usually plan 7 meal and then decide throughout the week when I want to fix them. This is my plan until I go back to the grocery so it is a little longer than a week.

1. Beef Stroganoff Casserole(see recipe below)

2. Salisbury Steak(see recipe below), mashed potatoes, green beans

3. Deep Dish Pizza Casserole, 6 points; salad w/lite dressing, 2 points

4. Swiss Chicken Casserole- 6 points, green beans, mashed potatoes

5. Fat Free Hot Dogs on wheat buns-3 points; Baked Doritos-2 points, corn

6. Chili Dog Casserole(see recipe below)

7. Ranch Chicken- 8 points, salad

8. Spaghetti Casserole Bake (7 points), salad

9.Doritos casserole-7 points; corn

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Beef Stroganoff Casserole

1 can 98% Fat Free Cream of Mushroom Soup

1 can 98% Fat Free Cream of Chicken Soup

8 oz. reduced fat sour cream

12 oz. uncooked egg noodles

1 pound lean ground beef

1/3 cup Parmesan Cheese, grated

Brown ground beef and drain. Combine soups and sour cream. Add beef and noodles, mix well. Cover with foil and bake in a 10 X 13 dish at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes or until bubbly.

Serves 8. 7 WW points (Please check your ingredients and your points, this one can have different points for egg noodles, etc.)

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Salisbury Steak

1 pound lean beef

1 pack onion soup mix

1 can Healthy Request cream of mushroom soup

3/4 cup water

1 cup FF beef broth

2 tablespoons quick oats

small can mushrooms, drained

Mix water, meat, quick oats, and onion soup mix. Make into 4 large patties. Cook on med/high heat and brown both sides. Combine other ingredients, pour over patties. Reduce heat to med/low. cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes.

4 servings, 5 WW points

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Chili Dog Casserole

5 Low fat Hot Dog Bun

8 Fat Free Hot dogs

1/4 cup diced onions(optional)

2 tablespoons mustard

1 (15 ounce) can Turkey Chili

2 cups Fat Free Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare the bottom of the casserole pan with butter-flavored Pam. Break buns into bite size pieces, and place in bottom of pan with outside of buns on bottom. Slice hot dogs into bite size pieces and place on top. Mix mustard, onion, and chili and pour on top. Bake for 12-15 minutes.

Serves 8, WW points per serving 4

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FlyLady?

Someone asked me what FlyLady was and I am sorry I did not give you the link. FlyLady is an online resource to help you organize your house. Do you ever clean all in one day just because you have company coming over? FlyLady might be for you. She sends daily e-mails to help motivate you to get your house clean. Her whole thing is baby steps. So, cleaning 15 minutes at a time really will eventually get your areas cleaned. Purging is also important. You should only keep what you need and love. Also, her big thing is cleaning your sink every night before you go to bed and always keeping it clean. She works in zones and usually gives a week to each zone. Like, this week is the master bedroom. We also get a mission each day to work on in the zone. Like this week was cleaning off your dressers one day. Go to her website and learn more. When I was doing her system I felt like I was just picking up a little each day. Things seemed to stay cleaner and I would never mind if someone was coming over. I need to work on getting to the just picking up part so I can have more time with my kids this summer. I know some people feel this is just too much but really you need to make the plan work for you even if it means changing it to fit your needs. I really loved it but quit while I was on bed rest with the twins and never went back. My house is constantly a wreck and I NEVER have enough time to clean it. I have to invite people over sometimes to motivate me to clean it. Basically, it is not dirty just cluttered. Having four kids has really made this happen fast! So, with baby steps I may get my house back to being clutter free. Also, she has a lot of great things that go along with Weight Watcher ideas like vitamin everyday, 6-8 glasses of water, and 15 minutes of activity a day. She also has a book called body clutter that is really neat. So, I think this will work real well with what I am already doing with Weight Watchers.

Doing Flylady Again!

Well, I have decided to start doing the Flylady system again. I got dressed early today and got a lot done and felt better!
Here are my goals for today!

1. Laundry

2. Get dishes caught up and sink cleaned out

3. Mop kitchen floor

4. Clean off kitchen table

5. Clean off night stands in my bedroom

6. Pick up living room

7. Make my bed

Weigh In

Well I lost 2 more pounds last night at my Weight Watchers meeting. Do you know what that means? It means I have lost over 40 pounds!!!! I am so excited. I loved being a loser on my birthday yesterday, it felt so good! I now weight 283.6. Trying to get to the under 270 goal I set for myself! I am getting there!

Happy Earth Day!

Menu Plan Monday April 21-27

Here's my plan for the week:
Monday- Spaghetti Casserole Bake(see recipe below) (7 points), salad
Tuesday- Fat Free Hot Dogs on Wheat buns (6 points), 1/2 cup corn (1 point), Baked Doritos(2 points)
Wednesday-Cheeseburger Rollups- 7 pts (see recipe below), mixed veggies
Thursday-Ranch Chicken- 8 points, broccoli
Friday-Mom's Pizza (for kids)- 4 points, White Pizza for dh and me- 4 points, salad
Saturday- Lasagna Margherite (8 points), salad
Sunday- Chicken Doritos Casserole(see recipe below, corn
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Chicken Doritos Casserole (8 servings)
2 large skinless boneless chicken breasts- cooked (approx. 12 oz)
1 can 98% Fat free cream of mushroom soup
1 can 98% Fat free cream of chicken soup
1 1/2 cups skim milk
12 oz baked Doritos- nacho cheese flavor
1 cup fat free grated cheddar cheese
nonstick cooking spray
Spray a large metal cake pan with the nonstick cooking spray. Put the Doritos in the bottom of the pan, do not crush. Cut up the chicken in bite size pieces and spread out over the Doritos Mix together the soups and milk and pour over the Doritos and chicken. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Take out and cover with the grated cheese, cook until the cheese melts.

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Cheeseburger Rollup

1 lb lean ground beef

6oz Kraft Velveeta light

2 tbsp onion powder

8oz RF crescent roll dough

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cook beef and onion powder until down. Drain. Return to skillet. Add cheese and stir until melted. Remove from heat. Unroll dough and press into 15x8 inch rectangle. Top evenly with meat mixture. Roll up starting at one of the long sides. Rearrange if needed so roll is seam side down. Bake 20 min or until golden brown. (make sure to let mixture cool some or it will be harder to roll dough)

6 servings, 7 WW pts each

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Spaghetti Casserole Bake

12 oz box Reduced Carb Rotini

2 (26 oz) cans traditional Spaghetti Sauce

1 pound lean ground beef

1 cup pizza blend regular fat cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pre-cook pasta 6-8 minutes in boiling water. Brown beef in a skillet. Combine pasta beef and sauce together. Place in a casserole dish sprayed with nonstick cooking spray, and top with cheese. Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes.

Makes 6 HUGE servings, 7 WW points per serving.

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