It's Still Me

Hey, how do you like the new digs??? I have been wanting a custom header for a while, so I decided to get myself one in honor of my upcoming 300th post! Thanks to The Blog Fairy who was an absolute dream to work with! I love how she made "me" skinny; gives me hope - LOL ;)

So, I have to say, today was a good day in the eating department. I got right to working out this morning. I decided on the 3 Mile Walk Away The Pounds For Abs DVD again and it was just what I was up for this morning. It's not too hard, but long enough (43 min.) to do some good. After that, I had an easy breakfast of toast and berries: 2 slices Trader Joe's Organic Spelt Bread topped with 1 Laughing Cow Light Cheese Wedge and 1 cup of blueberries on the side. A nice 4 POINT breakfast...

I did some organizing this morning and before I knew it, it was time for lunch. I was in the mood for soup even though it was hot today. I decided on this...

It is really rich and delicious. It has the best nutrition facts of any other canned split pea soup on the shelves, although the sodium is a bit high as is with most canned soups. But, I love that this is packed with protein and fiber, has no fat and is only 1 POINT per cup...

Along with my soup, I made a turkey and 2% cheese sammie on an Arnold Sandwich Thin and had some carrots for crunch. Not on purpose. I was out of chips! It was still a great lunch for 4 POINTS...

After refereeing the daughters all afternoon in The Battle Of Ouch-Quit It She's Touching Me, I needed a good snack to keep up my energy. I went for half of an Apple Pie Larabar for 2 POINTS...

Then, dinner was a vegetarian delight. I had two portabella mushrooms waiting to be used and since no one else in this house will touch them, it was all me! I decided to make a stuffed mushroom burger. I cleaned and stemmed both mushrooms, seasoned with salt and pepper and stuffed one half with a mixture of spinach, parmesan cheese and a bit of light sour cream. Then, topped it with a slice of asiago cheese and the other mushroom and placed it on the grill until mushroom cooked down a little. While I was grilling, I threw some sweet potato slices on, too. A filling 8 POINT meal...

It was one cheesy "burger"...

Plenty of room for another Brownie Strawberry Shortcake for 3 POINTS...

No Pudge Brownies rock!

And before I go, I want to say a big Thank You to Danica for giving me the Hard Working Food Blogger Award! I really appreciate it! Seriously, blogging is so much fun for me, I love being part of the blogging community!

Have a great night =)

I'm Not A Tea-totaler

Yay for the sun! I woke up to bright skies for a change which was a terrific feeling! I got up and starting getting ready for a fun day. I didn't make time for exercise this morning, so I officially called this a day off. And boy, was it. It could also be called "The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted". You know where this is going...


I got myself and the daughters ready and headed out to pick up my mother-in-law for a fun treat. Before we left, I had an Apple Pie Larabar for 4 POINTS...


That was the last of the counting. Weight Watchers??? Huh?? Do I do that program??


I picked up my mother-in-law and we all set out to a neat tea room in our area. I have been wanting to take my MIL for a while, so we were finally able to make it here for a belated Mother's Day treat...

We started with some oyster crackers with horseradish...

Both daughters and MIL decided on the Afternoon Tea which included varied tea sandwiches (chicken salad, egg salad, cream cheese and olive, and hummus and cucumber!), mini carrot cake bites, chocolate cake, marble cake and petit fours, and blueberrry, cranberry and butter pecan scones with lemon curd, cream and preserves. All this was served with a large pot of tea for the table. Of all the sandwiches, the hummus and cucumber was the favorite! Funny, I had that same thing yesterday! Now, the daughters want to have it for their next lunch! Who knew?? It was such a delicious spread...

I bucked the system and went with iced tea. It was blueberry mango and it was amazing...


I also decided to forgo the Afternoon Tea (although I had many bites of everything) and ordered from the lunch menu. I chose the Signature Wrap which was a medley of veggies studded with cheddar cheese in a tomato basil tortilla. It was served with a side salad (all locally grown ingredients) and raspberry vinagrette dressing...

The four girls had a great time of eating and chatting in this quaint little place (big daughter was the photographer)...

After that we took a walk through a Veteran's Museum, then headed home. I invited my in-laws to come over for dinner, so they joined us later for pizza. I decided to indulge again, since I am whooping it up today! I had a slice of pizza (plus 2 crusts from the daughters leftovers) and green salad with evoo and vinegar. Mmm...mmmm...

No big dessert tonight, but I did dig into some chocolate covered raisins and a cookie which I downed too fast to take a picture.

I am soooo off program right now. I'm not sure why I'm not caring so much either. Maybe because I know I can't or don't want to do this "free eating" for very long. I have to say that I don't feel very awesome. I'm kinda bloated and feel really groggy/tired. Must be my blood sugar bouncing all over the place. Anyway, it was fun while it lasted... ;)