Run, Eat, Read

Hi Everyone! I'm going to try to make this post quick, as I am deeply into reading Twilight and can't put it down! I got this for big daughter for Christmas. She has already seen the movie, but hasn't had a chance to start the book. I decided to read it to "check it out" and see what all the hubub was about and now I know!!!! It is very enticing, dark, but romantic at the same time! It's neat because I get to a certain part and then ask big daughter about it and she tells me what happened in the movie. We're sorta having our own book club! Fun ! Okay, so let's get with the food...



This morning, I headed to the basement for my "5k Saturday" treadmill run. I think I will definitely try and keep this routine. I was hurting a little from my outdoor run yesterday. It affected me differently than the treadmill; I guess the impact from the asphalt is a little rougher. Anyway, I powered through which felt good afterward. For breakfast, I made the same egg sammie as yesterday. I was actually salivating when I was on the treadmill, thinking of this breakfast! It is a very yummy 3 POINTer...







For lunch, I morphed the Crispy Buffalo Chicken Tenders leftover from the other night into a yummy wrap. I reheated the chicken in the toaster oven to recrisp/reheat them and placed them in a La Tortilla Factory Smart and Delicious Tortilla with some lettuce, shredded carrots, chopped celery and 1 tbsp. Marie's Light Blue Cheese Dressing. Wow, this was amazing! Just went with a side of Kettle Baked Potato Chips for a terrific 7 POINT lunch...




A little after lunch, I made some Coffee Cocoa...

Before going to big daughter's basketball game, I had a snack of 3/4 c. Puffins, 1/4 c. high fiber cereal, 3 strawberries and 1 c. Soy Slender...

After the basketball game, we came straight home and I got started on dinner. I was making Shrimp Scampi over Linguine for myself and just straight-up spaghetti with marinara sauce for the husband and daughters who would not touch shrimp with a ten foot pole. Oh, the horror! It was terrific, they don't know what they are missing :) I made a side of sauteed spinach with garlic. This was a nice 8 POINT dinner...

Unfortunately, during the dinner making process, I started noshing on some crackers, pretzel rod and hummus. I shut it down pretty quickly, though. However, I didn't think until after I had already done the deed, that I should have employed my "gum trick" from last night! DUH! That would have worked. I did recognize while I was noshing that I wasn't hungry, just feeling a little anxious(those games do that to me!); so maybe next time I'll be able to talk myself out of what I am recognizing!!!

I had some ice cream for dessert tonight. I went with some Edy's Slow Churned Peanut Butter Cup ice cream; this is a light ice cream - 130 cal. and 8 gr. fat. Very good! But, honestly, I like the fat free just as much if not better and it's less POINTS. I also had a pumpkin choco-chip cookie from the freezer...

(sorry for this bad pic)

Well, some noshing continued later with the daughters' Goldfish Crackers, nuts and a couple Girl Scout Cookies. I feel o.k. about it because I have the Weekly Allowance Points to use, but I wish I wouldn't eat just to eat. It's over now and I'm glad it didn't turn into something more. Okay, I already went on longer than I told you I would!!!

Into the Twilight...

Progress Not Perfection

Progress, not perfection. Hmmm, that's the realization I have come to with regards to my eating habits. I have come a long way in the past 17 months. I have lost 68 lbs., I exercise every day and I eat well. Now that I am in the home stretch, I think I am feeling anxious to get to goal and transition into the maintenance phase of life. From the start of this journey, my motto was "doesn't matter how long it takes", but it seems that I am no longer feeling that way and almost have a sense of urgency to finally get to goal. I thought about it a lot today and I am trying to readjust my thinking to take one day at a time. I also realize that I tend to look at my meals individually and so, when I go off track a little or overeat at a meal or snack, I believe that eradicates all the other good meals I had! When I look back at my Tracker, sometimes it's not as bad as I thought. Somewhere along the way, I began to think that losing this weight means that I will alway eat "perfectly" or else the weight will come back. I know that's crazy. No one is going to have a "perfect" menu every day and it's the cumulative meals that matter. So, that's where I'm at today. Okay, enough psycho-babble and on to the food!

Breakfast was (after a great 45 min. interval elliptical workout!) a toasted Arnold Sandwich Thin with PB2 and some coffee...


I went with a ginormous salad for lunch today! I used lots of lettuce, leftover roasted carrots, cucumber, a Health is Wealth Chicken Free Patty sliced on top and 2 tbsp. Kraft Light Three Cheese Dressing. No chips today, but I did have a sundried tomato and garlic roll on the side (that's the blob on the right of the plate!)...


A ridiculously big lunch for 7 Points! I was full for sure!

I sat down to a nice snack while helping little daughter with homework. I had some grapes, a half serving of pretzel sticks and a pumpkin choco-chip cookie. A sweet and salty snack for 3 Points...

Dinner was a heat and eat - all from the freezer. I had a Salmon Roulette from Trader Joe's, some mixed veggies in cheese sauce and another sundried tomato and garlic roll, all for 8 Points...

I finished the night with some tea and 2 more pumpkin choco-chip cookies for 2 Points...

* just a note on the cookies- I liked them so much better today. I stored them in a plastic baggie and they became really moist, almost like little muffins or cakes. Very yummy!

I'm so excited to watch the start of The Biggest Loser tonight, so I'm gonna sign off and head to TVland! Have a great night!!!

Sequestered

I am sequestered in my room right now, away from my family members. Not because they are annoying, (well at least not so far tonight) but because if I stay downstairs with them, I will continue to eat. I am in a snacky mood tonight and I already overate a little, so I'm trying to nip any further damage in the bud!

Let me backtrack to lunch when things were looking a little better...
For lunch, I popped one of these guys in the micro...



I think I have posted about these before; they are so good! I find them in the natural foods section of my local Giant. They "taste like chicken"!! Imagine that. A good buy for only 2 Points. I had it on an Arnold Sandwich Thin (I can never be without these now!) with some lettuce and 2% cheese. A sliced apple and (you know I gotta have 'em )Kettle Baked Potato Chips filled up the rest of the plate...


For my afternoon nosh, I had 2/3 c. plain yogurt, 4 sliced strawberries and a scant 1/4 c. of my Cinnamon Granola...

Alright, here's where things started going a little awry. I made it a point to watch Oprah today because she was going to announce to the world for the zillionth time why she has regained her weight. I watched her tell her story and I really felt for her; really connected with her tales of woe. Then, I felt instantly depressed because if Oprah can't get this flippin weigh loss thing down, with all of her personal chefs, spiritual gurus and personal trainers then how the heck am I gonna do this???!!!! Ugh! I don't know why it bothered me, but it did. I got too caught up in it and I shouldn't let Oprah mess me UP! I'm not blaming her really, it's not her fault that I can't control myself. Anyhow, while watching the show, I was in the process of preparing this very healthy dinner of baked chicken drumsticks with roasted fennel and carrots. I also pulled out a Sundried Tomato and Garlic Roll from the freezer to go with it...

While I was roasting this lovely, healthy dinner (hear that, Oprah!!), I shoveled a large handful of pretzel sticks, a small string cheese and 4 real potato chips. Greaaaat :l Then, I sat down to eat the nice healthy dinner in a 'scarf it down to just get it over with' way. Not an example of mindful eating. At this point, I am still a bit depressed and have now added stressed because I just ate crap I didn't need/want and I have signed myself up for the BLBE 2 and now I fear that I will suck royally at this and totally let my team down:( In an effort to bring myself out of this depressed eating state, I made cookies! WHAT??? I know. I believe it has already been established that I need counseling in this area:P Thankfully, I made a healthy -ish cookie. I came up with a pumpkin choco-chip cookie to use up the rest of my leftover canned pumpkin (yeah, that's why I did it). I ate two of these for 2 Points...

Which brings me back to my room where I have fled from the clutches of cookies and chips. I made some tea and decided to post early to signify the end of the eating. Now I can get to bed early and spend some quality time with the husband where he can breathe all over me and spread his bubonic plague. Ooooh, can't wait :P