Birthdayness

Happy birthday, dakegra!! I hope you get all sorts of neat stuff and a cake shaped like a katamari :)

Food adventures

Today's food discovery is that making a bagel at home is NOWHERE near the 12 points they tell you a bagel with cream cheese or lox costs.

The bagel I had was probably a "large" bagel, which is defined as 4 1/2 inches across, though I think it was probably more like just 4 inches. That was 3 points, according to the Weight Watchers book. Also according to that book, Neufchatel cheese (which we had for a recipe but decided not to use it) is 1 point for 1 tbsp or 1/2 ounce, the same as I figured out from the slider and nutrition information. 1 whole ounce was plenty for both halves of my bagel, and as far as I can tell, Neufchatel cheese tastes exactly like cream cheese. It just has a whole lot less fat. I dunno what the difference in taste is supposed to be, but I sure couldn't tell.

So, I had a great everything bagel (it says any kind of bagel is the same amount of points) for 5 points.

*dances*

ETA: I read the freaking book wrong, and a HALF a bagel is 3 points. So I had an 8-point lunch. *sigh*