Super Simple And Shopping

Hey All! First I want to say thanks to all who entered my Larabar giveaway. It was so cool to see all you "lurkers" come out to comment! I am so glad to be able to share my favorite Larabar flavors and I wish I could send them to all of you! Unfortunately, there can only be one winner this time. I won't make you scroll all the way til the end! Random.org says the winner is..... Dee from My Journey! Yay, Dee! Finally, a win for the Canadians!!! Dee, send me your address and I'll get these babies out to you. Okay, let's get to the food...


Today was a day of simple foods. No fuss. Stress free. Mostly made by others, which is extremely simple for me! I started off with a 30 min. run on the treadmill, then a breakfast of blue balls. Heheh. I know that's not nice. It was another beautious bowl of blue (better, right?) for 3 POINTS...


Then it was out the door to pick up Gram for a day of mall shopping. Yippee! Sounds like fun, right? Wrong. I hate shopping. I'm not sure why. I used to love it, but now it seems like torture. I think the husband brainwashes me while I am sleeping. He must repeat over and over in my ear, you hate shopping. shopping is torture. spending money is baaaaad. So now I am brainwashed and the joy of shopping has been sucked out of me. I digress. Food. Oh,yeah. Gram and I stopped the super shopping for a quick lunch at Subway. I had the turkey on wheat with veggies, no cheese, no condiments and a bag o' apples for 6 POINTS...

When I got home, it was snack time! Uh, I mean drink time! Another Chocolate Strawberry Crackshake for 2 POINTS...

Dinner was from good old Trader Joe's...

Here's the facts ( and the ingredients aren't too "scary" either!)... click to enlarge...

I had 1 c. of the Mandarin Orange Chicken with sauce (added another POINT), 1 c. whole wheat coucous and broccoli for 9 POINTS...

I ended the night with 2 of these for 2 POINTS...

I was going to do some strength training tonight, but honestly, I have no strength for strength training tonight. It's early to bed for me ! That 81 year old super shopper whipped my butt today! Guess I'm no whipper snapper after all ;)

Nite everyone!

Oh, Behave!

I almost didn't post tonight because it's a little past my bedtime, but I felt like today was a better on -track day, so I thought I would make sure to document it - lol!

I hopped on the elliptical first thing this morning and did a quick 35 minutes. I had planned on getting in some strength training tonight, but that didn't happen since we had dinner company. I really want to start incorporating more strength training, especially arms. Mine are flappin' in the wind; need to tone those babies up!

Breakfast was a beautious bowl of blue. I used 3/4 c. High Fiber O's, 1/2 c. unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze and 1 cup of blueberries for 3 POINTS...



I've been going for bigger lunches lately, but I skimped today since we were having a big dinner. I went with a hummus wrap using 4 tbsp. TJ's original hummus, baby spinach, roasted pepper and tomatoes in a La Tortilla Factory Wrap and 1 c. watermelon for 4 POINTS...

I spent the rest of the afternoon chop, chop, chopping veggies and prepping for dinner. During my chop extravaganza, I got a fun package ! My "winnings" from the BSI challenge came all the way from the UK! Thanks, Lara! Can't wait to try them...

The daughters came home from school and I noticed that I immediately wanted to have a snack. I wasn't very hungry, but I think it has just become a habit. This got me thinking about an article I read recently ( I don't remember where) about having to retrain your mind with respect to these eating behaviors. It's basically an exercise in behavior modification. That makes sense to me. I have gotten used to the routine of children coming home, then snack. I'm used to it. My body is used to it. I shovel in the snacks and dopamine surges through my body! Whooo hoooo! So, I decided to change the behavior from eating to drinking. No, not "happy hour" drinking! Just ice tea or maybe a shake. Now, when the daughters come home(well, at least til school's out next week!), I will "think" drink instead of snack/eat. Most times I am not hungry any way. I am just eating to eat. Today's drink was a Chocolate Strawberry Crackshake for 2 POINTS...

That held me over nicely until dinner. We had guests for dinner tonight: my mother-in-law, father-in-law and neice, Nikki! Today is my mother-in- law's birthday and Mon. was my father- in-law's, so I had them over to celebrate. I decided that having a healthy, lowfat dinner was okay. Really. I struggled with this for 2 days. I normally would have an elaborate and not necessarily health conscious spread, but considering the way I have been eating lately, I did not want to add any more fuel to the fire. The one thing that I left out of the "healthy" factor was dessert. Dessert is my mother-in-law's fave and heck, it's her birthday, so she should be able to have something a bit decadent!

The birthday dinner consisted of grilled chicken breasts, thighs and 2 ribeyes (for the guys) topped with a mozzarella and roasted pepper salsa...

whole wheat couscous with roasted vegetables...

romaine salad with cucumbers dressed with evoo and balsamic...

assorted charred grilled veggies...

My plate: chicken thigh with 1 tbsp. mozzarella and roasted pepper salsa, 1 c. couscous with roasted veggies and grilled veggies for 9 POINTS...

I felt pretty good about that! I didn't dig into any bread or have any seconds. We sang "happy birthday" and I put out dessert, but only took 2 bites from big daughter's leftovers. I had 2 cups of coffee with half and half for 1 POINT and that satisfied me. I was smart enough to send the leftover cake home with the MIL, so no future damage may occur. Whew, good to be back! I just gotta get on a nice roll, now. But, would you believe I have another graduation party this Saturday??!! UGH! I'll manage it....

Don't forget to enter my Larabar giveaway, if you haven't already! I see there are lots of responses so far, but it's not too late. I'll be choosing the winner tomorrow night, so make sure to check back to see if you won!

Have a great night =)