I am allowed 26 points per day. I've consumed 18 thus far. No dr. pepper. Baby steps....one day at a time. I think my best means of this working for me is to plan, plan, plan my meals. Breakfast is a tough one to begin with because I don't really care for eggs (the base for most breakfast meals). This morning I had 1/2 slice of toast, only because I was putting jelly on toast for the boys and I cut the bread and snuck a slice. Then I got to work and was starving so I had 1/2 c of oatmeal. By 10:30 I was ravenous! I ate my 100 calorie pringles and was fine until lunch. Tonight we're having some sort of pasta with pesto sauce, mushrooms and hmmm.....what else is in the pantry?