31 MORE Days!

So my sweet hubby surprised me with breakfast in bed this morning!! I ate a few more points than I wanted to, but luckily DH put jam on my toast, so I had nothing to soak up the “dippy” part of my “dippy eggs”. I ended up pretty much just eating the whites, so that saved me points wise. He also made breakfast for & fed the kids while I ate in comfy peace! Aren’t you all jealous!

and for once, I’m glad! I’m not sure why… but for some reason, I’ve been looking forward to the start of a new week. Odd, I know… get used to it or stop reading, cause that’s just me!! Not too much to talk about so far, so I’ll just post a menu for now. Maybe something exciting will happen & I’ll tell you about it later! Happy Monday all!!!

But, it did take a toll on the flex points….

I had a yummy, healthy dinner all planned (grilled chicken, veggie kabobs & brown rice). I probably would have actually been UNDER my points for the day- even with the cake!! Anyway, I was just about to start cooking when DH says, “the kids are going to my moms, where do you want to go for dinner tonight?” To be fair, we haven’t had a date night in a while & it’s been pretty busy lately, so to go out just the two of us was really nice. I told him that wherever we went, we should split something- better for the budget & the diet! So, we decided on Macaroni Grill. Now, I’ve ordered my own plates there many times… I KNOW how much food the normal portion is. The bowl is normally filled to the TOP! It really is a ridiculous amount of food that they serve (another reason we decided to split there). BUT, when our plates come out (they split it for us), the food barely covered the bottom of the bowl. I had 3 TINY pieces of chicken & barely any mushrooms or onions- hubby’s was the same. Dottie’s site says that the dish we ordered is normally 32 points!! Honestly, I believe it- the normal portions, with normal amounts of chicken & sauce- absolutely 32 points. However, there is NO WAY that what they gave us last night was a 1/2 portion. I’d say more like a 1/3 of a normal portion, so there’s the “rip off” & lower points explanation in my menu below. I am actually glad to not put down 16 points for dinner… but I would like to be eating the leftovers for lunch!! Anyway… enough about that… all in all it was a really nice night with my sweetie. I resisted his pleas to go somewhere else for a second course or his attempts to get me into an ice cream or coffee shop! We actually ended up going to Wal-Mart (how romantic, I know!) BUT we bought a 1000 piece puzzle (which he normally hates doing, but knows I enjoy) & then worked on that together while we watched The Guardian. If you haven’t seen it, I have to say it was much better than either of us expected- give it a shot.   Anyway… that was my weekend. Hope you all had good ones too!!

Hopefully it won’t be too ugly though… I did buy strawberries & carrots w/ LF dip for the party. I plan to stay away from the taco dip, cheese curls & candy, BUT, I can’t not have a piece of my mom’s cake! I think I’m going to really skimp on dinner to try to balance that out… wish me luck!!

So far….

Not bad, not great… but it sure tasted good & my daughter had an AWESOME time & was so surprised by her gift! It was a great night!!

Sorry I’ve been MIA for a few days. This weekend has been pretty crazy already & it’s just starting. As far as my last post goes… unfortunately, I did eventually get up off the couch to scoop myself the last little bit of the ice cream… BUT, my husband had already eaten it!!! I didn’t track carefully on Thursday & Friday- I was actually probably fine points wise on Thursday because I played volleyball for a few hours Thursday night & in between games I did some Boot Camp exercises- which I’m still a bit sore from! So anyway, the AP’s from that probably covered me if I was over slightly- last night was a different story… I know I was over. We had friends over… my hubby only ordered pizza that had major toppings…. & my friend made this reeaaalllly yummy dessert- and of course I didn’t want to be rude…

Anyway… I did try to behave myself and at least stick with small portions… and…….

my weigh in this morning was……

DOWN 1.3 LBS!!!!! :D :D

It’s not quite as much as I wanted to see for my first week back…. but I’ll take it & I know that by next week I should WILL be seeing a 4 in the middle again! Today is my daughter’s birthday party, so the menu I post later tonight isn’t going to be pretty, but I’m going to try really hard to behave… we’ll see how many flexies I have left for the rest of the week….. I’ll post again later- I AM going back to full tracking- promise!!

There is ice cream in my freezer just SCREAMING my name!!!

My thought process….

“I have enough flex points for  1.5 scoops…  that isn’t enough!  I could eat it and then go to the gym to earn the activity points so that I can finish off the 1/2 gallon…  no I shouldn’t do that…  BUT I WANT TO!!!!”

Arghhhhh!!!  I HATE cravings!!! 

Notice this morning that my remaining flex points are HALF of what they were yesterday…. yeah… that’s the ice cream part of my title…. My husband decided that while he was out getting himself some cold medicine that he would grab some ice cream as well. Honestly, I resisted it for a long time. I watched him eat all of his, and I laid there in bed telling myself I didn’t want any for over an hour!! But, in the end I caved. I actually didn’t do too bad because I thought about it before I went down to get it, I knew I had the points & I figured out the points before I put it in the bowl. I still kind of wish that I hadn’t, but I have to say, it did make me feel better. There’s the depressed part… I don’t know what my problem has been lately. It’s frustrating to me (& my husband) & it makes me feel like an awful mom- which is the worst part. Anyway… I don’t really have too much to say about it b/c I don’t know what the problem is… hopefully I’ll just snap out of it soon- hopefully BEFORE the ice cream is completely devoured!!

Menu for today: (I was so thrilled to see the scale go down this morning even after the late night snack!!)

Also note that my flex points are down this morning from what was posted yesterday. That was a chocolate Fiber One after I came home from grocery shopping last night. (2 points) On the good side, I’m happy to say that my arms & abs are screaming at me from my workout yesterday!! Call me crazy, but I LOVE that feeling!! It’s good to know that you worked hard- plus the little bit of pain throughout the day is a good reminder to me to watch what I put in my mouth! I’ll be back to finish up the menu later tonight & maybe even talk about something interesting! I’m not promising anything… but I’ll try!

So, I did wake up early this morning to go work out. My MIL works at a retirement community & I can go there to use all of their equipment for $10 a month. Since I decided to not sign up for Boot Camp this time around, I REALLY need to take advantage of that. This morning, I did! I made a list of exercises that we normally do in boot camp, and did most of them… I also learned that there are a few that I just don’t want to do unless there is a 220lb. Marine yelling at me! LOL!! I decided that I need to start with those on Wednesday… we’ll see how that goes!

On the eating front, so far so good… I need to go grocery shopping tonight & plan to look for some more healthy snacks/lunch options. I’ll be back to update the rest of my food chart for the day later- hope you’re all OP today!!!