Whooo Hoooo!

Sorry, I can't contain myself; I'm gonna say it again - WHOOOOO HOOOO! Today was weigh-in day at WW and for the BLBE and I'm glad to say that I am down 4 lbs. from last week! Best of all, I FINALLY hit the 70 lb. mark (actually went over!), so my total loss is 70.6 lb. Wow, I've been wanting that so badly!! Now, I'm on my way to 75!



I was running a little behind this morning since I tried to fit in my workouts before going to my WW meeting. I was able to do 30 minutes on the elliptical, but only got to half-Shred before hopping in the shower. I'll get the other half in tonight. Only 9 days left! Before I hurried out the door, I grabbed a CranBran Vitatop(1 POINT) and my bottle filled with iced tea. I didn't get to snap a pic before, but here is the "after"...



For lunch, I wanted to try this new find...

These are made by the same company of the eggplant cutlets that I have also bought which are very good. These eggplant vegetarian meatballs did not disappoint! They were firm, tasty and had a great texture - almost exactly like a regular meatball. They are a bit small, but the nutritionals are terrific. A serving is 5 meatballs for 90 cal. 2.5 gr. fat, 5 gr. fiber and 9 gr. protein. This serving size is only 1 POINT! Can't beat that! I decided to stuff them into a Weight Watchers Pita with a wedge of Laughing Cow Light, lettuce and roasted red pepper. On the side, I had a serving of Cheddar Goldfish (I really need some chips!) and a dish of stawberries and blueberries with 2 tbsp. Cool Whip Free. An awesome 7 POINT lunch...

This was so filling and I didn't even think of snacking this afternoon. So far this experiment of eating a bit more at meals and ditching the afternoon snack has been working out!

Before heading out to little daughter's dance class, I prepared MY dinner for tonight: zucchini lasagna. Yeah, you know there is NO WAY the husband and daughters are gonna touch that with a ten foot pole! I bought zucchini last week after being inspired by Gina's version of zucchini lasagna. For my recipe, I used 2 large zucchini sliced thin on a mandoline (I love this thing!), 3/4 c. fat free ricotta, 2 egg whites, 1/2 tsp. dried basil, salt, pepper, 1/4 c. parmesan cheese(divided) , 2/3 c. Weight Watchers Reduced Fat Mozzarella Cheese and about 1 1/2 c. of my homemade marinara sauce. I put it together in an 11x7 glass baking dish and cooked it in a 400 degree oven for about 35-40 minutes. Here's the finished product...

I ran all my ingredients through the Recipe Builder and got 3 huge servings at only 5 POINTS each! It was delicious and filling. Unfortunately, there was no way to make this look glamorous, so here's a look at my sloppy serving...

And because it is my job to torture my family, I made them a side dish of sauteed zucchini sticks to go with their pasta dish. I added a serving to my plate, too for 1 POINT...

I was just noticing that I had a totally vegetarian day today! Hmmm...I like it! I did declare myself to be a vegetarian a couple years ago. It only lasted a few months, though. I started off cooking very healthy things for myself, but unfortunately, I discovered that chocolate and cheese were "vegetarian" also and things just went downhill from there ;)

Anywho, I still had a good 3 POINTS left for dessert and since today was a day of celebration for me, I decided to have Banana Caramel Fudge Cake! Wait, I didn't go off the wagon - look at this....

Heavenly! I used a Banana Fudge Vitatop, topped it with a bit of Lighthouse Reduced Sugar Caramel Dip , sliced banana and drizzled the rest of the caramel dip over the top. A 3 POINT yumfest:)

I'm off to visit with Jillian for a bit then, it's dreamland...have a great night!