anyone on WW??

[greycoral]

I do have snacks in between my meals, usually fruit, pretzles and I love nuts. I will try the cooked viggies again. They just seem too msuhy to me. Maybe it is because I cook them too much. THe only veggies I usually eat are the starchy ones. I eat carrots daily and celery, and I like peppers. I will try to focus on cutting out some more bread.

Yeah, I can't stand mooshy vegetables. I barely cook them so they have a lot of crunch still.

Cool about the dark chocolate. I love it. Yummmm

I never really liked it until I started eating GOOD dark chocolate. I will still buy store stuff ghiradelli or moonstruck (a local company that's everywhere), but I usually wait and buy something fancy.

[solobiker]

So for dinners you usually eat only about 3oz of protien then the rest veggies? So no rice... I usually cook that for my husband. I guess rice does have quite a few points.

[greycoral]

We will eat rice, but it's usually the main part of the meal then, and I never eat more than 1 cup. Hmm, and as I type this out, we were a little starch heavy after all lol. I usually do 3-4 oz of protein, depending on what it is, or what we are serving it with. We usually cook two different types of veggies as a side to the meat dish. Here's last weeks dinner menu here for us:

Fri: Brown Rice, with sliced flank steak, peppers, shelled edamame, broccoli, and green beans (little bit of chili sauce and soy sauce). Only used about 2 oz. beef each.

Sat: Spicy Turkey Meatballs with tomato sauce and spaghetti squash (cooked with roasted garlic and sage) (6 points for 4 meatballs).

Sun: Turkey Meatloaf patties (4 oz ground turkey with worchestire sauce, little bit of banana sauce, and other seasonings), instant mashed potatoes (I found a brand that only has 1 point per 2/3 cup servings), and brussel sprouts left over from thanksgiving. (6 points)

Mon: Italian Breadcrumbs/Chicken breast oven baked (4 oz each), spaghetti squash (leftover), with artichokes, stewed tomatoes, peppers, and green beans. (5.5 points)

Tues: Burritos, with flat out bread, white northern beans, grilled chicken breast (with ancho chile and lime), light sour cream, and fresh avocado (6 points)

Wed: lean pork chops (boneless and trimmed) with spanish rice and avocado salad (avocado, red onion, little bit of olive oil, adobo seasoning). (This one is high, because of the avocado, at about 10 points. Without the avo, it's only about 7)

Thurs: Pork Tacos (white corn tortillas, lean pork chop, salsa), not sure what kind of veggie we're doing with that. (6 points)

Fri: Sole, baked, with roasted red potatoes (sage, thyme, rosemary), and green beans (5 points)

Sun: Frozen gnocchi (Trader Joe's!, I just pick out the cheese/sauce), with chicken sausage, red peppers, green beans, and spaghetti squash. Lots of garlic. (6 points)

Mon: Pizzas. Made with naan bread (Trader Joes again), skim mozzarella, turkey pepperoni, red peppers. (6 points)

[solobiker]

Wow, I need to eat at your house.

Tonight: Smoked pork loin with corn and a salad
Friday: Pizza with a salad
Thursday: Pot Roast with potato and salad
Wednesday: Chicken tacos

From looking at yours compared to mine I REALLY need to be less wimpy with my veggie intake. I will try this week. It will be my goal to try to have 2 a night.

[greycoral]

now see? I HATE salad. lol Every once in a while I'll eat a mexican style salad, but it's a big one, like a meal. Chicken, avo, tortilla strips, little bit of cheese, honey lime dressing, nothing really that healthy, but we make it at home, so at least I know what goes into it. We just model our meals after stuff we liked eating out My hubby used to be a chef, so I'm definitely spoiled. I don't cook a thing.

[solobiker]

I do most of the cooking and somtimes I really don't feel like going all out after a day of work. As for salads, I don't like dressings so that saves points!

[greycoral]

yeah, we're full time students and work part time. We've got lots of time to cook dinner, although it rarely takes more than 30 minutes. Pretty much only when we have to pre roast potatoes or squash or something.