Anxiety

I've been a bit anxious today because tomorrow morning is my 1st "official" BLBE weigh-in!! Aaaahh!! My teammates have had a spectacular start! I have had some ups and downs with my eating, but all in all I have stayed within my alloted POINTS. I did end up using all of my Weekly Allowance POINTS, so we'll see how that all pans out tomorrow.

I tried to focus on lots of fruits and veggies today. I started the morning with a good 45 min. elliptical workout and then a nice hot breakfast. I made a serving of Whole Grain Cream of Wheat made with water and topped with 3 oz. blueberries and 1/2 banana. Yummy...




Breakfast held me pretty well. I ended up having a late lunch of 2 tbsp. hummus, 1 tbsp. Trader Joe's Red Pepper Spread on an Arnold Sandwich Thin with a handful of baby spinach. This was an amazing combo!! Definitely on my "repeat" list! On the side, I had a HUGE orange...


Sooo juicy and sweet, not to mention pretty and packed with Vitamin C...

For my snack, I couldn't help myself, I HAD to try the other Kashi Fruit and Grain Bar flavor that I bought - Raspberry Chocolate...

OMG, this is by far THE BEST granola bar I have ever had! Good for you and a nice chocolate fix for 2 POINTS!!! These are keepers for sure :)

The rest of the afternoon was crazy and basically spent in and out of the car schlepping the daughters. I didn't really have a spectacular dinner plan for tonight; the husband was working and the daughters opted for different things from the freezer. A-O.K. with me! I was in the mood for a salad. I searched around the fridge/freezer for a topping for it and I finally settled on it being a Cheeseburger Salad! I used giant handfuls of lettuce, chopped tomatoes, 1 oz. Cabot's 75% Reduced Fat Cheddar and a Boca Burger that I micro'd and crumbled on top. For dressing I used 2 tbsp. Kraft Light Three Cheese Ranch and about 2 tsp. ketchup! Sounds strange, but it tasted great - just like a chopped up burger without the bun! It would have been awesome with some bacon crumbled in there, too! Next time...

I had some dessert tonight. Suprise, surprise ;) A decadent, potentially dangerous, Weight Watchers Peanut Butter Cookie topped with 1/2 tbsp. Nutella ...

So, I'm off to bed! I will spend a few minutes "visualizing" a wonderful weigh-in that I can be proud of tomorrow! Then, I will pray :) Is it obvious that I have a scale phobia????? Add that to the "therapy list" =)

REfocus

Time to REfocus today. I decided not to psychoanalyze myself and my eating habits yesterday, nor will I get on the scale as I am quite certain it will say mean things to me! So, I will not talk about pudgyness or yuckiness unless it pertains to food. I am very mature this morning, don't you think? I know, it's a stretch :)

On to the food....
I came up with a variation of the warm pumpkin pie cream of wheat this morning. I thought if it tastes good with pumpkin, apple would be even better!! I had a Curves Apple Streusel Granola Bar hanging around and thought it would make a great topping. These bars are tasty and only 100 cal., 1.5 gr. fat and 5 gr. fiber...



So, here's my recipe for Apple Streusel Cream of Wheat...

• 3 tbsp. Whole Grain Cream of Wheat
• 3/4 c. water
• dash of salt
• 2 tbsp. unsweetened applesauce
• 1 packet Splenda
• 1 Curves Apple Streusel Granola Bar, cut into small pieces

Cook Cream of Wheat with water and salt, according to package directions for microwave. Add applesauce and Splenda, stir until combined. Top with granola bar pieces.

Mmmm, so yummy. The heat of the cereal warmed the granola bar pieces which made it even better!! It was so good that I was sad when it was gone:(

My serving looks a little skimpy because I spilled some of it when I took it out of the micro -duh! I was actually tempted to make more; heaven forbid I not get every gram of food!! I resisted, "made due" with what I had and now am off running a zillion errands today. Only 24 more days til Christmas, aaaaahhhhh......