I haven’t talked about it too much on the blog yet – but I joined Weight Watchers 8 weeks ago. Weight Watchers is not new to me, I became a lifetime member back in 2000. I followed the plan to a T back then and lost 60 pounds in about 9 months. So I know for me it can work for me if I follow it. I’m down 16.5 pounds so far – and I’m SUPER excited about that.
One thing that works for me is making food that is DELICIOUS and something I look forward to. I think a lot of times when people start to lose weight and get into “diet” mode is they switch to foods they like to things they normally may not eat just because it’s healthier.
I get 30 Smart Points a day with 35 weekly Smart Points I can spend any time during the week. The Weight Watchers app is super easy to use to look up points and figure out how to plan your day.
Since I’m a food blogger – I figured I should start posting what I am making so I can share some ideas of what you can eat in a day following the Weight Watchers Smart Points.
Fruits and vegetables are ZERO Smart Points so jamming lots of fruits and veggies on your plate is a good place to start!
Below is my breakfast I ate today. I made a batch of vegetarian egg “muffins”.
I used a 6 tin jumbo muffin tin coated with cooking spray – I chopped up broccoli, baby bell peppers, green onions and put about 1/4 cup of the chopped up veggies in the bottom of each cup.
Next I added 1 egg + 2 egg whites and 1 tablespoon of skim milk. I also added 1 tablespoon of ricotta cheese into each cup. Using a fork, kind of mix up all the ingredients in each muffin tin.
To season, I added some cracked pepper, salt and dried cilantro. Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes or until the eggs looks set. Let cool for 5 minutes, then remove from pan. Each egg “muffin” is 3 Smart Points and for 2 egg “muffins” it’s 6 Smart Points.
With the egg muffins, I had 2 slices of Butterball Brand Thin & Crispy Turkey Bacon 2 slices of turkey bacon is only 1 Smart Point! (whoop!)
1 cup of strawberries rounded out the breakfast for ZERO Smart Points. 7 Smart Points Total for that amazingly tasty breakfast!
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Lunch – I had romaine lettuce to use up, so I brought it to work in a big Mason Jar. I had romaine lettuce, baby bell peppers, carrots and strawberries. My salad dressing at the moment is Paul Newman’s Light Honey Mustard Dressing – it’s SO good – and a little goes a long way so you don’t need a ton. My salad was just 2 Smart Points since the fruit and veggies are ZERO Smart Points. With my salad I decided to make a roll up sandwich -I’m loving Tumaro Brand low carb tortillas. They are only 1 Smart Point each and are great for sandwiches or tacos. I had 4 slices of Eckrich Reduced Fat Salami – you can buy that at your local deli. I added fresh spinach and honey mustard and rolled up my sammie and a 1/2 ounce of shredded mozzarella cheese. So good! And 5 Smart Points for the roll up. My total for lunch is 7 Smart Points.
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For dinner – I found over the weekend at Pete’s Fresh Market chicken Italian sausage for 3 Smart Points – so I had that grilled, with a hot dog bun – also 3 Smart Points and I served it with sliced potatoes – I actually added the potatoes to the griddle and cooked them with salt and pepper and a touch of paprika. 3 oz. of potatoes are 2 Smart Points. And another side salad with spinach, romaine, peppers, carrots and lite salad dressing for 2 Smart Points. So my dinner total was 10 Smart Points
I have 6 Smart Points leftover so I’m probably going to make a small bowl of cereal with fresh blueberries.
So, you can actually have LARGE portions eating great and eating great satisfying meals that don’t deprive yourself of enjoying yummy food!
Check back frequently as I post more Weight Watcher meal ideas!!