Meal Swap (3/31)

I was sooooo tired today. I didn't even roll out of bed until close to 11ish. Seriously. Yes, I have two small children. Can we say thank you to the man I married? He might have been getting some shut eye on the couch but hey I got to stay in the comfy bed =)

Since it was closer to lunch than breakfast by the time I was ready to eat I ended up with some leftovers.

Brunch:

Taco salad - 13 pts+

Lunch:

Iced coffee - 5 pts+

Mochi mango - 1 pts+


Really, really didn't want to cook and didn't have any idea what to make so S went out and got some Chinese.. Mmmm..

Dinner:

Chicken teriyaki (1/2 serving) - 7 pts+

Green beans - 0 pts+

Friday night we watched the American version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and then tonight we watched the Swedish version. I liked them both and they each had their differences but I think I did like the American better.

Movie snack:

Popcorn - 2 pts+

Total: 28 pts+

Jillian kicked my booty: 3x

Two a Day (3/30)

My 25 min run and second day of Jillian =) Check and check!

Breakfast:
Favorite breakfast - 5 pts+

Did my run earlier than usual and it pushed back my lunch.

After run replenishment:

Gatorade - 1 pts+

Lunch:

Oats w/ toppings - 5 pts+

Afternoon snack:

Chobani mango + apple = Mmmm

=

Dinner:

Taco salad - 13 pts+ and very yummy

Mochi - 1 pts+ late night dessert

Total: 29 pts+

Jillian kicked my booty: 2x

Tackling the Plateau! (3/29)

I'm making the commitment to do 22 days of 3o day shred/ripped in 30 on top of my regular c25k runs. I have only 26 days until my "photo shoot" and I figure this should help kick my plateau's booty. I'm going to rest on Sunday or if I skip on another day I have that day to make it up. I know it's going to be hard but I feel like I'm up for the challenge. Oh yeah, the "photo shoot".. didn't I mention that? A couple of months ago there was a deal on getting a boudoir style photo shoot by a local photographer. I figured I'm turning 30 this year and I'm not getting any younger =) I also thought it would be great motivation to lose the holiday weight and something I can look back on 20-30 years from now. It's kind of a birthday present to myself ;) I actually meant to work on toning up these past few months but time just got away from me.. <-- Ms. Procrastination.

Breakfast:

English muffin - 3 pts+

Peanut butter & honey - 2 pts+

Banana (1/2) - 0 pts+

Coffee - 0 pts+

Snack:

Banana (1/2) - 0 pts+

Went for a 2 mile walk with a couple of girls from the office.

Snack:

Cheez-It Italian Four Cheese - 4 pts+ (forgot to get a picture!)

Lunch:

Kashi cereal - 5 pts+

Milk (5 oz) - 2 pts+

Snacks:

Carrots & hummus - 1 pts+

Apple slices & Babybel Light - 1 pts+

Made a smoothie (1 pts+) before leaving for a jewelry party.

Once I got there I ate some of the snacks =)

The woman who hosted actually goes to my ww meetings! She had little cards next to each dish with the amount of points for each.

Snacks - 6 pts+


I picked out a few items and had a good time hanging out with some co-workers. I'll take some pictures once my jewelry comes in.

Got home grabbed some of the dinner I made for everyone else before I left.

Dinner:

Rice (1/2 cup) - 3 pts+

Chicken w/ veggies and teriyaki sauce - 2 pts

Did my first day of Ripped in 30 and sweated buckets! I forgot how much she works you. Got S to do it with me even though seconds before he was falling asleep on the couch. I'm such a good motivator!

Total: 30 pts+

Jillian kicked my booty: 1x

Still with the headache.. (3/28)

So running apparently makes my head hurt. Especially when I run outside. I tried to run inside today and see if it made a difference and no dice. I thought I was in the clear since it didn't start hurting until I was getting ready to leave work around 4. That's 2 1/2 hours later! What is that? I had a yogurt and an apple, drank water, cooled down and still ended up with a headache. Gah! So if anyone has any advice I would really appreciate it. I did pick up a bottle of Gatorade and drank 6 oz (1pts+) and it helped a little. Maybe I should have had it earlier? I'm planning on taking some on Friday for after my run.

Breakfast:

Steel cut oats - 3 pts+

Babybel Light - 1 pts+

Bacon - 1 pts+

Snack:

Banana - 0 pts+

Lunch:

Chana saag wrap w/ sour cream - 5 pts+

Sweet potato - 4 pts+

Did week 7 day 2. 25 mins baby! Can't believe I'm almost done. It was a little difficult at first but found my stride a little after 1 1/2 miles =) I do wish we could find something better to watch while on the treadmill. We ended up on E! and it was okay but music videos would have been better.

After run snack:

Chobani lemon - 4 pts+

Apple - 0 pts+

Dinner:

Gatorade - 1 pts+

Baked potato - 5 pts+

Bacon - 1 pts+

Babybel Light - 1 pts+

Sour cream - 1 pts+

Greens - 0 pts+

Sweet potato fries (1/3 serving) - 1 pts+

Dessert:

Mango mochi - 1 pts+

Confession:

I ate points that I didn't have and counted them after I earned activity points. I know that's not the right way to do it but at least I'm still counting them, right? Lying to myself. I'm aware.

Moving on.

Doritos JACKED (last night) (1/2 serving) - 2 pts+

Total: 31 pts+

Blah Tuesday (3/27)

Breakfast:

English muffin - 3 pts+

Peanut butter & honey - 2 pts+

Banana (1/2) - 0 pts+

Snack:

Banana (1/2) - 0 pts+

Lunch:

Tuna casserole - 11 pts+

Snack:

Carrots - 0 pts+

Hummus - 1 pts+

Apple slices - 0 pts+

Dinner:

Smoothie - 1 pts+

Hot dog and bun - 9 pts+

Cauliflower - 0 pts+

Sweet potato (1/2) - 2 pts+

Feeling hungry but trying to fight the urge to munch.. Might be lying to myself a little but I'm running tomorrow and that should balance everything out. Damn last 10 pounds!

Total: 29 pts+

Gotta make it a quick one (3/26)

Starting to get a headache/migraine..

Weight was up but big surprise with what I ate on Saturday plus my lady situation. I'm giving it until Monday for my weight to get back down and if it's not I'll have a little pow wow with my ww leader.

Breakfast:

Steel cut oats - 3 pts+

Bacon - 1 pts+

Babybel Light - 1 pts+

Snack:

Banana - 0 pts+

Lunch:

Bread - 2 pts+

Chana saag - 3 pts+ I thought I had a tortilla at work but I was mistaken =( lunch was still good though. The flavors of the chana saag keep getting better

Sour cream - 1 pts+

Pre-run snack:

Mochi! - 1 pts+

Ran outside for 25 mins =)

After workout snack:

Chobani lemon - 4 pts+

Apple - 0 pts+

My dinner wasn't the healthiest but it sure was good.

Dinner:

Milk tea w/ bubbles - 6 pts+

Frozen yogurt - 3 pts+

Mochi (can't get enough!) - 2 pts+

Juice balls - 1 pts+

Fruit - 0 pts+

Total: 28 pts+

The day after.. (3/24)

Cue the hangover.. gah. Not really that bad but I did get a nagging headache. Ironically, it didn't really present itself until I got home. You know where the shrieking children live. The plan for today was to get back on the STW bandwagon but I ended up just a little off.

Brunch:

Subway blt w/ lots 'o WATER - 8 pts+

(not pictured) Coffee from the room w/ half and half - 1 pts+

Snack:

Mango mochi - 1 pts+ also very good =) I think we'll be splitting those between us.

Lunch:

Sweet potato - 2 pts+

Mickey Mouse chicken nuggets - 2 pts+

Green beans - 0 pts+

Snack:

Free frosty - 4 pts+ I was going to get a bubble tea but their credit machine was broken and they were only accepting cash. Sadly, I never carry cash but I did have a coupon for a free junior frosty =)

Dinner:

Biscuit pizza - 9 pts+ I was actually going to eat two of these but saw I didn't have enough points even if I used the rest of my weekly points!! So I decided on a smoothie instead to fill me up and kept my points from going negative.

Smoothie - 0 pts+

Total: 27 pts+

Not as bad as it could have been. I'm ending the week with 7 weekly points left =) Tomorrow I will start back on STW though. Only 4 weeks left until my photo shoot!!

Happy Birthday to my BFF! (3/24)

Today was the beginning of the big night =)

The night of finally using some Weeklies! I pretty sure I did an excellent job of eating the majority of my points. Some of the pictures are sad since I took it after eating but you'll still get the idea ;)

Breakfast:

Biscuit - 5 pts+

Egg - 2 pts+

Banana - 0 pts+

Grape jelly - 0 pts+

Lunch:

Sweet potato - 2 pts+

Chana saag wrap w/ sour cream, sriracha - 4 pts+

Smoothie to go - 0 pts+ used only water and ice

Headed to the hotel (motel, Westin baby!) and started the night with an old favorite~

Tequila Rose - 4 pts+

Finished getting dressed and got my hair did by the lovely family hair stylist aka April's little sister. Side note: she found a silver/white hair! My first and I had to tell her NOT to pluck it. I'm owning that hair! Sent a text w/ picture to S and he replied, "Alright there silver fox! That's hot!" Yeah, he's a keeper =)

Ready to head out w/ April!

First order of business! Trying a bartender prepared Amaretto Sour (5 pts+)

YUM!

Next up, picking a dinner drink. Diet coke w/ vanilla vodka (3.5 pts+) times 2 =)


Picking the actual food was harder than picking a drink. Cue ~30min wait before getting to dig into some yummy cheesiness. That's the reason you won't actually see any cheese in this post. Well, except the cheeseCAKE during dessert =)

Cheese course (10 pts+). I was able to also munch on the apples and veggies for FREE.

Salad:

Spinach mushroom salad. Mmmmm. This was sooooo good! I looked it up in the tracker and there was a similarly named salad for 2 pts+. It included bacon so I took it =)

Dinner:

Imagine beef, chicken, shrimp, tuna and different veggies cooked in a variety of different broths. (12 pts)

Dessert (!!)

We picked the Flaming Turtle, Yin-Yang and Banana Foster's. The Banana Foster's was DELICIOUS!! I want to go back for just that. I'm thinking I might end up there for my 30th just for this dessert. Food for thought.. I counted dessert at 20 pts+.

We stopped at The Scene for our last birthday cocktail and I picked another diet coke w/ vanilla vodka (3.5 pts+). Can't go wrong with a favorite =)

Overall, I think the birthday dinner and company were a winner.

Happy birthday April!

The fabulous four ;)

Grand Total: ~77