The weight loss method I am choosing to use to calculate my food intake is the Weight Watchers system. I have done WW before when I wasn’t in the right state of mind (I was too stressed and not ready to make a commitment to be healthier.) Now I am and I can approach it with a positive outlook.

(For those looking strictly for a system that will help them lose weight fairly quickly, my friend Rachael lost 40 pounds in a 6 to 8 month period. She started when she was 24 and fit her goal when she was 25. She also did causal exercise to keep off the weight. She started at about 175-180ish and is 5’7’’.)

I will explain how to calculate your points later today when I have the reference in front of me. Right now, just smile and nod when I say I have 23 points to work with and that’s all I’m allowed to eat.

So in order to stick within my points, I went ahead and planed out my food for the day (with some flex room.)

Breakfast:

Oatmeal (1cup/39g/Severing Per Con. 1) – 2pts.

Quaker Chewy Low Fat Oatmeal Raisin (90 cals.) – 2pts.

Lunch:

Tuna Pita (Tuna (1/2 cup) – 3pts.) (Wheat Pita (2 halves) – 1pt.) (Tomato, cucumber, alfalfa sprouts – 0pts.)

Dinner:

Turkey (2 slices of dark meat – 5pts.)

Gravy (1/2 cup – 2pts.)

Mashed Potatoes (2 cups – 4pts.)

Fat Free Sour Cream (1/4 cup – 1pts.)

So I have 3pts. left for two snacks today. Most likely I’ll have one between lunch and dinner and one after dinner. If I have a non-Diet soda, I have to take away 1 point for each non-Diet soda.