It was a good weekend all in all. Busy with the family, but I did spend time in the kitchen preparing a nice dinner today and cleaning and cutting up fruits and veggies for the week. I enjoy my time in there doing that. If things are there and ready, I will gladly eat them. So, for me, I REALLY need to be prepared. I will work on this weeks dinner menu later tonight.

In general, I am having the worst time feeding the family while I try to lose weight! Ugh. My hubby could use to lose the weight more than me but, I just can’t seem to influence him. I have tried to impress on him the magic of portion control at the very least. To him, more is better. I love trying new things out and really enjoy the foods I can “afford” to eat on WW. My problem arises with my family. They complain about the foods I cook and that there aren’t any snacks around that they want or like. But, I’m sorry my dears, if it’s here, I find it hard to resist…and so I banish it! Be Gone! Hubby should be dieting along with me and I’m sure portion control alone would work like magic for him. I just can’t convince him to even try. I know he is under alot of stress where he works and that is where much of his eating issues come from. He doesn’t eat well while at work and then comes home and forages! So, this week, I vow to pack him a lunch as well as snacks to see him through his long work day. But, for goodness sakes, it’s hard enough to think of what I WANT to eat in a day, much less him!

So, anyway, that’s my little whine for the day.

For the rest of my weekend….I cleaned house yesterday, washed some windows, took DD shopping for a one piece swim suit for P.E. at school, taught my religious ed class this morning. Both Saturday and Sunday, cooked yummy and healthy meals for dinner. Last night, I took some time to try to “dress-up” my blog here. LOL I’m not very computer savy. I’ve been trying to figure out how to add some of the tracking charts, weight tickers(?) , a little personal stats box and some category tabs to the top of the page. I visited some of the other blogs here and they are all so fabulous Even the writing styles make it interesting to get to know people here! Before I found Roni’s blog, I’d never even READ one, much less wrote in one. I don’t even know if I’m using the term “blog” correctly! LOL Anyway, I’ll get it. It feels good to just write things in here. I look forward to being able to store recipes, tips, thoughts and to watch my progress. So bear with me…I’m a slow learner.