Weight Watchers Chat

[Julia M]

Can someone help with points for me....

ad dinner last night at Sonoma Chicken Coop (son's football banquet). There are very few WW friendly meals, but I looked online ahead of time and decided to order the grilled scallop salad. Get up to the register and they are out of scallops. I ended up with a prime rib sandwich and french fries!

The prime rib was quite lean, thinly sliced. The roll was torpedo style, but not really very think....maybe 8 inches long. No cheese or mayo.

Any idea how to guesstimate? I'm not overly worried about points, as I have 34 per dya and I had 31 available to me. (I overslept breakfast, has some roasted veggies for lunch, along with a cabbage salad and carrots with hummus.)

Does 20 points sound about right for the sandwich and 15 for french fries?

Julia

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Can someone help with points for me....

ad dinner last night at Sonoma Chicken Coop (son's football banquet). There are very few WW friendly meals, but I looked online ahead of time and decided to order the grilled scallop salad. Get up to the register and they are out of scallops. I ended up with a prime rib sandwich and french fries!

The prime rib was quite lean, thinly sliced. The roll was torpedo style, but not really very think....maybe 8 inches long. No cheese or mayo.

Any idea how to guesstimate? I'm not overly worried about points, as I have 34 per dya and I had 31 available to me. (I overslept breakfast, has some roasted veggies for lunch, along with a cabbage salad and carrots with hummus.)

Does 20 points sound about right for the sandwich and 15 for french fries?

Julia

I looked on line and couldn't find nutrition facts for Sonoma Chicken Coop. I dont know how it compares with other restaurants but here's what I've come up with:

Shaved Prime Rib Sandwich at Longhorn Steakhouse = 21 pts
Reg Seasoned fries = 8 pts

Shaved Prime Rib Sandwich at Culvers = 14 pts
Reg Fries = 11

Prime Rib Sandwich at Canyon Creek = 33 pts
Canyon Fries = 17

Does that help, Julia?

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

(I hope they raised lots of money for their mission, but I'm glad they didn't suck you into their chocolate vortex.)

Looks like we got some good WIs this week. I've got my fingers crossed for all of us this week. I'm going to be doing my WI on Friday instead of my usual Wednesday. Tomorrow is going to be a bear of a day and I won't be able to sneak out for a Monday 5:30 meeting after all. The votes seemed to favor Friday anyway; hope y'all are right!

That's funny!

Good luck at your weigh in. Make us proud!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

We didn't make it to the grocery store until yesterday, so I finally made the black cherry jello/black cherry yogurt mousse. It is incredible, what a total treat for 2 pts! I am now excited about putting this in my dessert rotation and using different flavor combinations. I highly recommend giving it a try!

Maria

How come your is 2 points??? I've got 3 points in the whole thing and am dividing it into 3 servings, 2/3 cups each. Are you dividing it into 2 servings?

I made it again but this time with strawberry jello and cherry yogurt. I added the yogurt when it was partially set (because I used boiling water to mix the jello, set it in the fridge to cool and forgot about it ) and then added the yogurt with my hand mixer. It didn't increase the volume any but I liked the texture better.

 

[mrzrich]

What I'm making for Valentine's Dinner

Dark Chocolate Cherry Cake - Makes 16 servings 4pts each

Devil's Food Cake
12 oz Diet Dr. Pepper
1 can SF Cherry Pie Filling

Topped with SMALL dollop of FF Cool Whip

I am definitely making that cake this week, omgoodness that sounds good!

Maria,

Just wanted to let you know that I decided to add a 1/2 cup egg beaters to the recipe, not sure if it needed it or not but I did. I'll let you know tonight how it turned out. It didn't change the points.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

How come your is 2 points??? I've got 3 points in the whole thing and am dividing it into 3 servings, 2/3 cups each. Are you dividing it into 2 servings?

I made it again but this time with strawberry jello and cherry yogurt. I added the yogurt when it was partially set (because I used boiling water to mix the jello, set it in the fridge to cool and forgot about it ) and then added the yogurt with my hand mixer. It didn't increase the volume any but I liked the texture better.

My leader said the entire thing is 2 pts -- I used WW yogurt, which is 2 pts, and the sugar free jello is 0, water is 0...

Perhaps the yogurt is 3 pts in Canada?

I won't see that leader this week since I'm going to my WI tomorrow instead of tonight...

Maria

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

My leader said the entire thing is 2 pts -- I used WW yogurt, which is 2 pts, and the sugar free jello is 0, water is 0...

Perhaps the yogurt is 3 pts in Canada?

I won't see that leader this week since I'm going to my WI tomorrow instead of tonight...

Maria

Yes, my yogurt is 3 points for the cup.

 

[Sandi]

I was just out at one of the government agencies I do a lot of work with and was pounced on by a few of the women. They just started a WW at work program there and they are so psyched. It was terrific to see their enthusiasm. It sort of re-enthused me -- which is a good thing as I deal with this week. Newbies are so darn cute.

It's 34F and sunny right now. It's practically Spring. (We Michiganders get excited when it's above freezing.) I'm going to do a run when I get home from work. I'm actually looking forward to it. Who woulda thought I'd be looking forward to exercise. I think I've turned a corner.

DH brought a dozen roses to the office for me today. (I told him no chocolate because it's no fun to just get 2 pieces.) He surprised me by making the delivery himself by 9:00 this morning. They are beautiful and zero points plus!

 

[pjstevens]

I am definitely making that cake this week, omgoodness that sounds good!

We didn't make it to the grocery store until yesterday, so I finally made the black cherry jello/black cherry yogurt mousse. It is incredible, what a total treat for 2 pts! I am now excited about putting this in my dessert rotation and using different flavor combinations. I highly recommend giving it a try!

would you share this recipe, sounds so yummy.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

would you share this recipe, sounds so yummy.

It's so simple! You just dissolve sugar free jello in hot water the way you normally do, then add 1 cup of yogurt, then put it in the fridge to set up. I used black cherry jello and black cherry yogurt, and it was great!

CdnBuzzFan -- I checked when I got home and our WW yogurt is definitely 2 pts. It's 6 oz., if you use an 8 oz container it would be 3 pts.

Enjoy!
Maria

 

[sjms71]

I was just out at one of the government agencies I do a lot of work with and was pounced on by a few of the women. They just started a WW at work program there and they are so psyched. It was terrific to see their enthusiasm. It sort of re-enthused me -- which is a good thing as I deal with this week. Newbies are so darn cute.

It's 34F and sunny right now. It's practically Spring. (We Michiganders get excited when it's above freezing.) I'm going to do a run when I get home from work. I'm actually looking forward to it. Who woulda thought I'd be looking forward to exercise. I think I've turned a corner.

DH brought a dozen roses to the office for me today. (I told him no chocolate because it's no fun to just get 2 pieces.) He surprised me by making the delivery himself by 9:00 this morning. They are beautiful and zero points plus!

Glad to hear you are having a great day!!!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

It's so simple! You just dissolve sugar free jello in hot water the way you normally do, then add 1 cup of yogurt, then put it in the fridge to set up. I used black cherry jello and black cherry yogurt, and it was great!

CdnBuzzFan -- I checked when I got home and our WW yogurt is definitely 2 pts. It's 6 oz., if you use an 8 oz container it would be 3 pts.

Enjoy!
Maria

I dont think we can get WW yogurt up here. You have so many more WW product choices then we do. Thanks for checking and thanks for posting this recipe!

 

[dthogue]

I just made the jello/yogurt dish - its setting up as we speak. I did raspberry jello with peach yogurt - tomorrow I'm trying lime with key lime yogurt.

My Valentine's treat tonight was a Chocolate Covered Strawberry - couldn't be that bad, the strawberry was free

Help me with the diet soda cake - I'm trying to figure out the points - if I use a regular cake mix and one can of diet soda and I use the NI on the side of the box (10 servings) the pp would be 5? Does that sound right, seems high - I was planning on making cupcakes, but I thought the serving size would be 12, but the box says 10. I'm going to look at the sf/reduced sugar cake mix tomorrow. If I had egg whites, how to I count that in. This is why I stay away from recipes - it confuses me so

Tammy

 

[pjstevens]

It's so simple! You just dissolve sugar free jello in hot water the way you normally do, then add 1 cup of yogurt, then put it in the fridge to set up. I used black cherry jello and black cherry yogurt, and it was great!

CdnBuzzFan -- I checked when I got home and our WW yogurt is definitely 2 pts. It's 6 oz., if you use an 8 oz container it would be 3 pts.

Enjoy!
Maria

Thank you so much, can't wait to try this.

 

[mrzrich]

I just made the jello/yogurt dish - its setting up as we speak. I did raspberry jello with peach yogurt - tomorrow I'm trying lime with key lime yogurt.

My Valentine's treat tonight was a Chocolate Covered Strawberry - couldn't be that bad, the strawberry was free

Help me with the diet soda cake - I'm trying to figure out the points - if I use a regular cake mix and one can of diet soda and I use the NI on the side of the box (10 servings) the pp would be 5? Does that sound right, seems high - I was planning on making cupcakes, but I thought the serving size would be 12, but the box says 10. I'm going to look at the sf/reduced sugar cake mix tomorrow. If I had egg whites, how to I count that in. This is why I stay away from recipes - it confuses me so

Tammy

You can make it into as many servings as you want. I use a cake mix with 12 servings in the box and divide it into 16 servings. You just put the number of servings YOU are making into recipe builder.

 

[Mouse House Mama]

Sorry I have't been here all week. Our house has been getting sick one at a time! I went and got weighed in this morning and I am down......4.4lbs this week!!! That is a total of 10.8 in 3 weeks! I hope that once I start exercising I keep on losing like this. I know the big numbers only last for so long. I was surpised that I lost so much because I cheated last night.
Anyway- how is everyone doing?

 

[pjstevens]

freeze dried fruit question??? I bought some yummy freeze dried fruit packets this weekend (snacks for the lunch box). the ingredients are APPLES, that's it, nothing else. Does it count as a fruit (zero points) or do I calculate the nutrition info on the package, which says 9 carbs, making it 1 point.

 

[sjms71]

freeze dried fruit question??? I bought some yummy freeze dried fruit packets this weekend (snacks for the lunch box). the ingredients are APPLES, that's it, nothing else. Does it count as a fruit (zero points) or do I calculate the nutrition info on the package, which says 9 carbs, making it 1 point.

I think for this you would calculate with nutrition info on package. I would say fresh apple 0 pts. Anything other than that calculate.

 

[sjms71]

Sorry I have't been here all week. Our house has been getting sick one at a time! I went and got weighed in this morning and I am down......4.4lbs this week!!! That is a total of 10.8 in 3 weeks! I hope that once I start exercising I keep on losing like this. I know the big numbers only last for so long. I was surpised that I lost so much because I cheated last night.
Anyway- how is everyone doing?

Wow! great job, keep up the good work.

 

[shinysparklybubbles]

I didn't do so well yesterday. 3 rice krispie treats, a cookie and 2 pieces of chocolate.... But today is a new day, I'm back on track and walked 2.7 miles according to Walk it out on the Wii.