The good news is that when I stress, I don't eat. Okay, so maybe that's not actually a good thing. I suppose it worked in my favor this time though.
I weighed in early this week: 145.6. I am 0.6 lbs away from my August 15 goal which means that meeting my August 15 goal is actually attainable. Sweet.
In other news, one of the problems I've come across with this diet is that I really like pasta and sauce. However, regular pasta is excessive in the points department. It's not the worst thing in the entire world, but sometimes, you just don't have the points/calories to spare for a dinner of pasta and pasta sauce.
For example- Creamette Rotelle: Serving Size 2oz (about 3/4 cup) 210 calories, 1 g fat, 42g carbohydrates (and only 2g dietary fiber). Basically- it comes to 4 WW points for 1 serving. The entire box has 8 servings, so an entire box of pasta has approximately 32 WW points. Not that anyone would eat an entire box of pasta, but it's easy to eat 3 servings without thinking about it. Also, keep in mind that the 4 WW points for 1 serving is without any sort of pasta sauce.
And the pasta sauce- Newman's Own Roasted Garlic sauce: Serving size 1/2 cup, 70 calories, 2.5 g fat, less than 1g fiber (no dietary fiber). The whole jar has 5 servings, so you're looking at 350 calories, or 7 WW points for the whole jar.
So- for 3 servings of pasta (630 calories, or 12-13 WW points) and 3 servings of sauce (4 WW points)...you're looking at a meal of between 16-17 WW points.
Yikes.
So, what do I propose as a better option? Well, I've got one.
Roundy's Whole Wheat Rotini (sorry, no link!): Serving Size 2oz (about 3/4 cup) 180 calories, 1g fat, 41g carbohydrates (6g dietary fiber!). It comes to 3 WW points for 1 serving. The entire box is 6 servings (the box has 12 oz, as opposed to the 16 oz Creamette box), or 18 WW points for the whole box.
And for the sauce? Wildtree's Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning, which you mix with diced tomatoes. I used 2 cans (28oz) of Hunt's Diced Tomatoes with Roasted Garlic and mixed it with 1 tablespoon of the spaghetti sauce seasoning. Per serving (1/2 cup), there are 35 calories, and the can holds 3.5 servings, so approximately 120 calories (3 WW points) for 3 servings of sauce.
Now, the whole wheat pasta and diced tomatoes/spaghetti sauce....for 3 servings of pasta (540 calories, or 9 WW points because of the increased amount of dietary fiber) and 3 servings of sauce (120 calories, or 3 WW points)...your total meal would come to 12 WW points.
Just by cutting a few calories and making some better choices- you can reduce your pasta and pasta sauce dinner down from 16-17 points to 12 points (and that's if you really were to eat 3 servings, I usually eat more like 2 to 2.5)...which is really what dieting is all about, making smarter food choices. Hooray for making healthier pasta!
