Snacks

Today was weigh in day. My goal was to lose 2 pounds. I lost 1.5 and I am very happy with that. Especially because I only worked out one day. This week my goal is 1.5 pounds again. That would put me within 1 pound of my goal.

The subject today at the WW meeting was snacks. How perfect was that seeing as today I was going to write about the Wegmans Coco Pop Multigrain Cakes. They make a great snack and they were talked about a lot at the meeting. Here is the link to them on the Wegmans website. http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10052&catalogId=1&productId=669439

First off let me say you can have 3 of them for only 1 point! And they are great just to eat plain. However I have done many different things with them.

Here are things I have made with them:

- Put a thin layer of strawberry jam and a dollop of fat free cool whip and it taste like strawberry shortcake. (Thanks for that idea mom)
- Put fresh fruit on them and a dollop of fat free cool whip.
- Same as above and add a drizzle of chocolate syrup
- Put tuna on them
- Dip them in your soup
- Sprinkle cinnamon on them
- Once I made a pizza using them. However it wasn't filling enough to be a meal and it was too high in points to count as a snack.
- Someone at the meeting today said she makes sandwiches out of them. It will only save me 1 point but I will try it tomorrow and let you know how it is.
- A favorite - put Nutella on it. (watch the points can get high with this)
- Spread it with peanut butter
- Fat free cool whip and a little chocolate syrup on it
- Salsa with a little low fat cheese

So as you can see there are lots of things you can do with them and only use a couple of your points.

And as an added bonus in my house - the kids love to eat them plain. What a great healthy snack for them. Much better then chips and crackers!

Seeing as this weeks topic at WW is snacks and the super bowl is coming up I will give you snack ideas each day this week. Hopefully we can all watch the game and not load up on junk.

Counting every bite today:

Breakfast -
- Egg and cheese sandwich (5 points)
- Apple

Lunch -
- Leftover serving of baked oatmeal with fruit (4 points)

Snack -
- Celery and Blue Cheese Dip (1 point)
- 1 Cookie (2 points)
- Piece of chocolate cake (6 points) ------- I really need to get this cake out of the house!

Dinner -
- Chicken Noodle and Veggie soup (3 points)
- Milk (2 points)

Dessert -
- Skinny Cow Ice Cream Bar (3 points)

Ending the day at 26 points! Can't getting any more perfect than that!

So what did you bite today?