Week 1 Menu

Hi Everyone!! Thought I forgot about ya...nahhhhhh!!
I have so busy planning my meals for this week and getting geared up for this lifestyle change.
So many things have happened in the past week and I will share it in hopes that it will encourage, motivate, and bless you.
Well..without further ado, here is my weekly menu. I only did Monday - Friday because well the weekends I just wing it, but I will still eat healthy!!!!

I will be using the WW points system for a few weeks, then stop counting. I don't think I ever realized what "healthy eating" is, so I'm using this system to I guess teach me the way.

Menu for June 1st - June 7th

Monday, June 1st

Breakfast

Hard-boiled egg - 2 points
English muffin - 2 points
Canadian Bacon - 1 point
Cheese - 2 points
Creamer for coffee - 2 points

Snack #1

Fiber 1 bar - 2 point
apple - 1 point

Lunch

Chickin with a kick - 4 points
rice - 4 points

Snack #2

Popcorn - 1 point
Cookie - 3 points

Dinner

Spinach salad - 1 points
Soup - 1 point
dressing - 2 points

Total points for day: 28
Points rolled over: 0



Tuesday, June 2nd

Breakfast

2 Vitatop muffins - 2 points
Fiber One Yogurt - 1 point
Creamer for coffee - 2 points

Snack #1

Turkey Sausage - 1 point
cheese - 2 points
crackers - 2 points

Lunch

Steak - 4 points
rice - 4 points
Green bean medley - 1 point

Snack #2

Cookie - 3 points

Dinner

Spinach salad - 1 points
Soup - 1 point
dressing - 2 points

Total points for day: 26
Rolled over points: 2

Wednesday, June 3rd

Breakfast

Cereal - 2 points
Milk - 3 points
Apple - 1 point
Creamer for coffee - 2 points

Snack #1

fruit bar - 3 points

Lunch

pork chops - 6 points
pasta - 3 points
Ratoutouille - 3 points

Snack #2

Popcorn - 1 point

Dinner

Spinach salad - 1 points
Soup - 1 point
dressing - 2 points

Total points for day: 28
Point rollover - 0

Thursday, June 4th

Breakfast

English muffin - 2 points
Brummel and Brown spread - 1 point
Fiber One Yogurt - 1 point
2-Turkey Bacon - 2 points
Creamer for coffee - 2 points

Snack #1

Turkey Sausage - 1 point
cheese - 2 points
crackers - 2 points

Lunch

Turkey Burger - 4 points
Slice of bread - 3 points
tomato - 0 points
spinach - 0 points
mustard - 0 points
Butternut squash fries - 1 point
Ketchup - 1 point

Snack #2

Grapefruit - 1 point
Sugar in the Raw - 0

Dinner

Spinach salad - 1 points
Soup - 1 point
dressing - 2 points

Total points for day: 27
Point rolled over - 1

Friday, June 5th

Breakfast

2 Vitatop muffins - 2 points
Fiber One Yogurt - 1 point
Creamer for coffee - 2 points
Slice of cheese - 2 points

Snack #1

Fiber 1 bar - 3 point
apple - 1 point

Lunch

Grilled chicken breast- 2 points
Sweet potato - 2 points
Cabbage - 1
Sugar in the raw - 0 points
ICBINB spray - 0 points

Snack #2

Popcorn - 1 point
Cookie - 3 points

Dinner

Spinach salad - 1 points
Soup - 1 point
dressing - 2 points

Total points for day: 24
Points rolled over - 4 points
Total points rolled for week: 7 points

The beginning....My introduction

Hi!!
My name is Marsha and I'm on my way to being PHATABULOUS!!! I've heard the term P-H-A-T for some time now and for some it stands for Pretty Hot And Tempting. In Wikipedia, I saw a phrase I like... Perfect Hips And Thighs. Yep....I like that better and that where I'm headed.

This is my journey to ONE-derland. I've been part of the 200+ club for wayyyy too long and before I even THINK about getting comfortable here, I need to put a plan into place, so here I go!!

A little bit about myself. I'm Marsha from NC. I'm a 35 year old mother of two children, a 14 year old boy and an 11 year old girl. I work full time and in August I will be starting grad school to obtain my Masters of Social Work degree. I am really excited about that.

My family is originally from Trinidad and Tobago and Trinidadian cuisine is known for it's fatty meats and starches. A typical meal for me growing up could be was oxtails with peas and rice and callaloo, cowheel soup, curry chicken, curry goat, souse, macaroni pie, provisions, salads, black cake, soursop ice cream....the list goes on and on.
Of course these items were not eaten all at once, but you know what I'm saying.

Growing up I was always slim and always ate a lot because I kept moving. My metabolism was out of this world.

During high school, I remember there was a deli my classmates and I frequently went to for breakfast. The breakfast of champions for us was a bagel with cream cheese and bacon and a Snapple iced tea to wash it down. And YES, I stayed slim. People commented to me all the time how much I ate and how they were envious of my frame.

After high school I joined the Navy where I continued to eat what I wanted to but I was exercising daily, so there was no weight that came on.
When I went into the military I was 150 pounds. I am 5'10 so people usually told me it did not look like I weighed "that much."
My son was born in Key West Florida and at the time I did not have a car. I bought a bike and rode it back and forth to work which meant I spent 60-90 minutes per day doing cardio. The weight came off very quickly.

Once I got to the end of my obligated service, I moved to NC and progressively through the years the weight has come on a little bit at a time.
am now at a point where I weight 236, but people still say "you don't look like you weigh that much." I know that because I am tall the weight is distributed, but this is an unhealthy weight for me. I know that my eating habits are not healthy and what I must do is have a complete lifestyle change, not simply follow a diet for the rest of my life.

I'm what people would call a serial fad dieter. Everytime a new diet book comes out, I'm there. Dr. Atkins, Dr. Ian Smith, South Beach, Body for Life, The Zone....all of these books have sat on my shelf because the cravings for "regular" food are out of this world. Now, I understand that those plans have worked for some, it's just not for me.

Also, because I have two children, with those plans I would still subject myself to temptations.

This blog will definitely help me because I will have a sense of accountability because well sheesh...the whole world is watching right :)

So that's it. I will be posting daily, updating you on menus, moods, random thoughts, politics, humor, etc.

It's the beginning of the rest of my life to living PHATABULOUS!! I hope you come along for this ride with me.