Thanks for the info on when to take Alli. It all sounds about right to my thinking, in the ball park is good enough! Sounds like you are doing great with your plan. I am doing a combination Weight Watchers, Eating Well Diet (eatingwell.com) and the Alli plan. I have been stuck in a sedentary mode for a few years, trying to make myself active and not succeeding. I have an office job then come home and sit in front of the computer! Things came together and am active some way every single day. Sometimes more, sometimes less, but I actively work to get it in. When I've been in the groove before, I never lost almost 10 pounds in just 6 weeks so I think the Alli is definitely contributing both with focus/motivaton and actual weight loss.
What I eat would take up too much space but let me try: breakfast is usually about 5 points like oatmeal, raisins and fat free milk; frozen whole wheat waffles with low cal yogurt (ligh n fit vanilla is good) with berries or maybe english muffin, tomatoe and cheese all toasted and melted up nice. Snacks are 3 point meal bars, cottage cheese with light fruit cocktail/pears/peaches or a fresh plum or something, Haines honey rice cakes or celery with light cream cheese spread on. I always have baby carrots on hand for snacking. I cook a lot so my lunches are generally leftovers and are things like broiled chicken, quinoa and a veggie, grilled pork chops marinated in italian dressing with a potato (red potatoes work better for making a smaller portion) and a green veggie. I add another veggie or salad for dinner. I also like stir fries with any protein. I eat tofu most weeks. They are easy to whip up. or noodle soups which are broth, protein and veggies with some ginger and soy sauce and hot pepper thrown in. Dinner is around 7 points. I really try to get in the minimum 5 fruits and veggies. And various grains like couscous and bulghur which are both fast cooking. Add hot water and let sit! I like to vary my rice by adding a bit of orange or lemon juice when I have that for my starch. I have a lot of Weight Watcher cook books so I don't have to figure out the points for what I cook. And for the busy busy days, I love a WW pizza (8 points) and a salad (1 or 2 points) or one of the 5-6 point meals at lunch with a veggie. I try to keep it under 30 and down towards 24 points. The 18 point target is just too low for my poor hungry tummy. Which is another reason why the exercise is so important! And plenty of water too. I get at least 8 glasses of water in during the day.
At my last check in I was the same weight, but now I'm down a bit more. It really has to be a general trend as far as the number on the scale because I can't predict what day it will read more, less or stay the same. This is for the rest of my life and at 48 years old, I understand things take time. It's a lifetime thing I'm working on here.
I hope some of my meals and snacks sound good. The ones you said sure did! (and lol on the sweat comment)
Cheri ~ Nevada