Sorry for the lack of posting in recent days. I've been terribly busy. Here's one I started on Sunday but didn't get a chance to finish and post.
"So I was up at this week's weigh-in. It was only 0.4 pounds, but I still didn't like to see it. I think most of it was due to stress. I ate the same way that I usually do. I even earned a few more activity points than normal. I was retaining water like crazy as well. I think a lot of that had to do with the high temps we had at the beginning of the week.
I went back and forth as to wether or not I wanted to start reducing the amount of weeklies that I eat and see if that makes a difference on the scale next week. I have decided that I'm going to keep doing what I've been doing to see if this week was a fluke or if I'm trending.
Today I proved to myself that I can eat brunch out without blowing my points. Today was my dad's birthday, and he wanted to go to brunch at M&S Grill as his birthday meal. We've been for brunch before, and it's really good. I was a bit worried going into it this morning, but I went in with a plan. They always have really good fresh fruit, as well as peel and eat shrimp. We were seated right next to that table, so I decided I would start there. I loaded up my first plate with a bunch of fruit, some shrimp, as well as a salad. I used just a smidge of their caesar dressing. The entire plate was 3 points. I knew that if I ate this stuff first I wouldn't eat as much of the hot stuff. As for hot food, I had about an ounce and a half of ham, 2 slices of bacon, 1 poached egg, about a 1/4 cup of potatoes, and 3 ounces of tilapia for 8 points. So far I'm at an 11 point brunch. For one meal on a special occasion, that's not bad at all. What killed me was the 4 point bloody mary and the 8 point red velvet cupcake. But I thouroughly enjoyed both of them."
This week is off to a much better start. I've been extra hungry this week, which happens sometimes. It's been a struggle to stick to my points, but the scale is moving down. I hit a new low on my scale at home this morning which made me really happy. I'm hoping that all of the activity points I earned over the weekend by walking will pay off. We leave for vacation in 3 and a half weeks and I really want to hit my 10% before we go. I'm going to miss 2 weigh-ins while we're gone and my goal is to just maintain. I'll be super happy if I actually lose over vacation. Since we're spending some time in Washington, D.C., I know I'll get a lot of walking in, which should help. But, in the 9 days that we're gone, 4 and a half of those will be spent in the car, which can be really dangerous. Any ideas for car friendly, point friendly snacks would be much appreciated.
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