I will be smiling all week this week. Monster and I are taking off on a little vacation on Thursday through Monday to NYC! Hannie and Brady are there for only for months which gave us a perfect excuse for this little getaway. Also, Monster has never been to NYC so this will be an exciting touristy adventure. We have lots of friends to see including some family and it will be wonderful to do this in the Big Apple!
I am going to do my best to rememeber my meals from this past weekend...I guess I should be blogging on Saturdays and Sundays so I can keep track. Maybe in 2011 :).
Friday after work I hit the gym for some cardio. I did about 40 minutes on the EFX and 10 on the bike. I also walked home. I just had too b/c the weather was perfect! Best to take it all in before the snow sneaks up on us. Grr... Not ready for winter.
I made a nice salad for dinner and kept it light as I knew I had a weigh in the following morning. I lost more than .2 this week :). I lost .4! Ha, I think I am on this strange plateau and need to do something to start droping more. I am going to cut back on the carbs this week before the trip and also drink more water. With how much I have been working out, I should be hydrating more than I usually do.
After my weigh in, I lounged around with some coffee and made a breakfast wrap to start the day. We had plans to visit friends in the suburbs for the Iowa Game so I grabbed some grapes before we hit the road. I had a few beers at our friends place along with some pizza. I snacked on chips and black bean salsa and also had a mini cupcake. I like to keep Saturday and Sunday as my extra point days and try hard during the week to stick to my points. When we got back from the burbs, I made my favorite couscous for dinner. I paired this with a few soy nuggets. We had Ally's birthday party at Theory on Saturday night. Luckily it wasn't too late of a night. After a few vodka sodas and a shot of something awful (tasted like cough syrup) I was done drinking. We took the b'day girl home and called it a night.
Yesterday I spent the day with Kate and CP. We walked around trying to find a lunch spot and decided on Jacks Bar and Grill on Southport. I wanted a good burger or sandwich and Kate swore by their sweet potato fries. After a full group decision on bottomless mimosas and realizing they were out of sweet potato fries, I decided on a pulled pork sandwich with tots. Probably not the best lunch option, but as mentioned before, Saturday and Sunday are my free days. The lunch was awesome and I left a good portion of the tots for the garbage.
The remainder of the day was lazy. I caught up on some tv shows and took a little nap. For dinner I made a big batch of turkey chili. I had enough to serve an army! I froze 2 big containers of it for another time and saved some for work this week. I used a recipe from my favorite blogger, Iowa Girl Eats. Check out this blog for the sweet and spicy chili recipe!
http://iowagirleats.com/2009/08/31/9-mile-monday-recipe/
For dessert I had had some rainbow sherbet that cost me basically $1000 at the market next door.
I plan on hitting the gym after work today. I just started reading a new book on the ipad which always helps the cardio fly by. My plan is to spend some time on the elliptical tonight while reading and also do abs. Hopefully it's nice out afterwards and not raining so I can walk home.
My meal plan for the day:
One hardboiled egg (2 points) and one Morningstar soy sausage patty (2 points) - 4 points
Red Grapes for my snack - 3 points
Lunch - Turkey Chili from last night with oyster crackers - 7 - 8 points
Snack - carrots (0 points) with hummus - 3 points
Dinner - WW meal (TBD) -
As you can see above I am going to start working on my points again too. I have been slacking on this. I just added an online WW tracker to my favorites on my computer which should keep track.
Have a good day!
PK
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