Happy Monday!

What a silly phrase. Is anyone really happy on Mondays? I usually am, but I think this saying can be annoying.

The weekend was great. We were able to get a lot accomplished and see lots of friends. On Friday, we tried out Urban Burger Bar on Clybourn with my old boss and her fiance. UBB was AMAZING! Get their asap. I went with the veggie burger and sweet potato fries. Monster loved his burger too! I want to go back and try the turkey burger or tuna burget. I don't think you can go wrong there. I stayed away from the booze on Friday since I knew Saturday would be a long night.

We got up and hit the gym early on Saturday to start the day off right. We grabbed a quick bagel at Einsteins before Xport. I got in 55 mins of cardio with some lunges. I went to Dominics after the gym to pick up some soup and WW meals for the week. This shopping trip made lunch an easy decision. I made a light spinach salad and had a Lean Cuisine spinach, artichoke and chicken panini. We had a charity event on Saturday night and I didn't really stick to my diet there. It was a buffet of misc items and I just sort of tried a little of everything. I don't even know what half of it was, but we were drinking wine and I knew I needed something to fill the tum.

Yesterday we went for brunch at Sola in North Center. I had the green market omelette with wheat toast. The veggies in the omelette were very fresh. I would def go back for brunch at this spot. It's in a cool location too. I skipped lunch and just snacked on some low fat pita chips in the afternoon before grocery shopping. Dinner was 5 soy nuggets, cauliflower with cheese (40 calorie microwave item) and some pita with hummus. Kind of a random dinner, but after a solid run at Aldi and T Joes, I was so excited for dinner.

I plan on working out tonight. I am thinking 45 mins of cardio and some abs. I haven't been lifting as much, so tomorrow morning I will be doing 20 - 30 mins of cardio and arms.

My meal plan for the day:
Breakfast - Egg beater with laughing cow, soy sausage patty and giardinera wrap (i've missed this)
Snack - 90 calorie granola bar
Lunch - Lean Cuisine chicken ranch flatbread with baked lays and cottage cheese
Snack - red grapes
Dinner - TBD

I have plenty of groceries to last me for the week. I am going to avoid eating out as much as I can. This is one of the things I need to work on! I know I can do it.

Looking forward to a solid week!
PK