Starting my diet again

[judy]

Originally Posted by Jlynn

Judy,

Good luck to you, sounds like you have a great plan. I have never been able to stick to a diet. Ever. I'm impressed that you have eaten the same breakfast and lunch for so long!

I just wanted to comment that I see you are a retired teacher? What grade? I just got my first job as a teacher starting this fall (I returned to school in 2006 and graduated May 19) and I'm really excited about it. BTW, my name is Judy too, lol. Of course, I'm getting a late start, but it's something I've always wanted to do.

I got a late start teaching too. I was in my 30's. I just retired in November and am loving it, but I really loved teaching. I finished up the last 13-14 years teaching high school science. I started with kindergarten and lasted 1 month! Then I worked my way through drop-out prevention, middle school and then high school.

What are you going to teach? Congratulations on your graduation, by the way. If you need any advice or someone to bounce ideas off of, please pm me. The one piece of advice I will share with you now is to find something to love in each child, and to focus on that. It makes the day so pleasant!

[AngieDoogles]

Good luck on your diet Judy. Sounds like you have a good plan.

[judy]

I'm getting a little tired of the Subway Club hero, but I can get used to it. (I hope!)

I see my stomach shrinking - YAY

[AngieDoogles]

Congrats Judy!

[Marilyn]

Good luck with your diet, Judy!!!! We know you can do it!!

We're doing WW, but went to Austin over the weekend and over did it a bit & I gained a little bit this week, so now I'm back to being strict and counting points.

I'm really full right now after eating supper, and I have two points left, so will enjoy a WW ice cream a little later this evening.

[judy]

2 points after dinner is great! Isn't it like having money? I always felt like if I'm going to use my points, it's got to be worth it. Ice cream is certainly worth it!

Good luck!

I made your fat free bran muffins with peaches and cranberries - really good!
I use yogurt instead of soy milk, country crock instead of oil, and oat flakes instead of oatmeal. Thanks for the recipe.

[Marilyn]

Originally Posted by judy

2 points after dinner is great! Isn't it like having money? I always felt like if I'm going to use my points, it's got to be worth it. Ice cream is certainly worth it!

Good luck!

I made your fat free bran muffins with peaches and cranberries - really good!
I use yogurt instead of soy milk, country crock instead of oil, and oat flakes instead of oatmeal. Thanks for the recipe.

You're right, points left over is really great!!! Yesterday, I ate a lot, and only used 14 points. We're beginning to get the hang of it, and have been to three different grocery stores for WW foods, since they all seem to carry different things. I'm also using their points counter for lots of different, non-WW things, so we have quite a collection of foods we like to eat that are low in point value. That's how I managed to be full on only 14 points yesterday, and had 5 helping of vegetables, lots of water & 3 milks. This is getting easier.

So glad you liked the recipe. I'll have to try your variation. I never use Country Crock, but Smart Balance will probably work just as well.

Let us all know how you are doing!!