Baby Steps

Last night was a great time! I met Lindsay and CP at Benchmark in Old Town for dinner. After some of their chicken toritlla soup and a house salad, we were on our way to a Mercy Home charity event hosted at the Nicole Miller boutique. I had a great time even though I was booze free. It's fun to go to these type of events where everyone for the most part is dressed to the 9's. I wish I had tons of money to spend there...oh well, maybe in a few years.

I was feeling a tad under the weather and my bed was calling my name, so I left at a reasonable time and went home for some R & R. We have a big weekend ahead of us so I wanted to get to bed super early and sleep off this small bug.

I got to WW this morning! I lost another .2. This process has been tough. A lot of baby steps to become fully dedicated to this diet and work out plan. A few things I am going to work on are listed below:

1. Cut back on eating out! I have been doing this way too much lately which doesn't help my portion control issue. At restaurants, they are usually extremely generous with portions and it's pretty tough not to eat what's on the plate. Especially if it's healthy, like a salad or chicken.
2. Work on cutting back on drinking during the week. Now I won't put a hard stop to this, but I am going to cut back big time. I love me a glass of red vino after a long day, so I am not going to say I am stopping 100%. Maybe 1 or 2 a week is good to me. :).
3. Working out on the weekends. I usually get one day in, but I am going to try for Sat and Sun. Since it's getting cooler out, it may be nice to sweat it out at the gym on my typical off days.
4. Get to the grocery store every week or when needed. I have been delaying this for weeks! I need to go and stock up on some fruits and vegetables, dinner options, frozen meals for lunches, etc.

I will keep you posted on how well I am doing with this.

Meal Plan for the Day:
Breakfast - 2 pieces of 35 calorie multi-grain bread with pumpkin schmear from Einsteins
Snack - cup of low fat granola cereal
Lunch - Subway - standard meal, but may go with their soup instead of chips today
Snack - 100 calorie oreos
Dinner - TBD. We are going to meet a good friend of mine at Urban Burger Bar so I am sure I will do a veggie burger or maybe their tuna burger. Something tasty and healthy.

This weekend we are going to be busy. We have a 30th b'day party for a good friend on Saturday night hosted by his wonderful wife and a charity dinner at East Bank Club supporting ITK.

Have a good weekend!
PK

PS...if you are a die hard chicken tortilla soup fan, def try out the Four Corners options. It tastes just like the soup from Mondo's Iowa City! Oh how I miss that place.