Yes, you read that right...I'm lazy. And I fully admit to it. If there is a short-cut, I will take it. If something can be put off until tomorrow, I procrastinate. Especially when it's something I really don't want to do. Most of the time, that involves cooking. Every once in a while I will get a crazy notion and cook some huge, elaberate dinner. But that is not the norm. That happens maybe twice a year...and that's a huge maybe. I prefer to have someone else do the cooking and cleaning, which is probably why I spend a good quarter of my paycheck at different restaurants. But those restaurants are playing havoc with my weight loss journey and it needs to end. I need to make my own food at home. That way I can better control the points and the portion size without having to guess.
In an effort to do more food prep at home, I went to the grocery store and bought a whole bunch of what most would call convenience food. Lets face it, I will never be a "clean" eater. I'm just not cut out to prepare every meal from scratch and stick to only fresh fruits and veggies, as well as fresh cuts of meat. Like I said in the intro, I'm lazy. I don't see that changing any time soon. But just because I prefer quick, easy, processed foods to fresh foods that take forever to prepare, doesn't mean I have to eat poorly.
Take for instance my lunch for today. I have a wonderful plate consisting of roast turkey and gravy, mashed sweet potatoes, and broccoli with cheddar sauce. And I prepared all of it in the microwave in about 10 minutes last night. The entire, well balanced meal is only 345 calories, or 8 points. Yes, I realize these products are higher in sodium than if I had prepared them fresh myself, but for me, the trade-off is worth it.
I'm finding that it helps me a lot to have these quick solutions on hand for meals. That way I'm not agonizing about what I have to cook, and how I don't have time, nor do I want to. It makes it less tempting to heat up that can of Spaghettio's with Meatballs I still have sitting in my pantry, or running to a fast food restaurant. Not to mention it's cheaper. I've also started keeping some Hormel Complete Meals in my desk drawer at work. They are all low point/calorie, filling, and shelf stable so I don't have to worry about people stealing them out of the fridge. That way, if I'm too lazy the night before to microwave anything for lunch the next day, I always have one of these to save me from going out.
I think I'm finally starting to find ways to make this my lifestyle. A huge part of it was recognizing who I am and what works for me. I'm lazy and convenience works for me. This I am willing and able to do for the rest of my life.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
The First Good Weekend
Today could have gone really badly in the eating department. If I don't have a plan, I get myself in trouble. Today, I was without a plan.
I knew that we were planning on going to see my mother-in-law at the hospital today, but what was up in the air was whether or not we were taking my father-in-law out to lunch, and if so, where we would be eating. I had a really low point breakfast and lunch. Each were only 4 points. That left me with 23 points for the rest of the day. You can eat out pretty easily on that many points.
We ended up not taking my father-in-law to lunch; more like he refused to go. But we still went out for a late lunch/early dinner. We ended up at Dean and Deluca. I LOVE this place! We don't get to eat there very often because it's on the complete opposite side of town. They do made to order sandwiches and salads, and they have a huge desert case. They also have things that you can take home and heat up like chicken parm, eggplant parm, baked cod, crab cakes...you name it, they have it. Well, now they have a burger bar. They had a delicious looking Cuban sandwich sitting on the counter. I decided I was going to have that, but only eat half of it. They also had paremsean fries, so me and the hubs split an order of those. Half the sandwich was 12 points and the fries were 6. All in all, not too shabby for some really good, indulgent food. But then we went by the desert counter. They had these gorgeous vanilla, buttercream cupcakes. I'm a sucker for buttercream. Since Kevin was getting a brownie I decided to get a cupcake. Thank God the icing was so rich and the cupccake so terribly bad that I only took 2 bites. That was 3 points. So dinner was a total of 21 points. Woo hoo! That left me with 2 points.
I did end up breaking into my weeklies today. I was actually still a bit hungry after we got home and wanted something salty so I had some chips, guac, and salsa. I ended up going over by 5 points today, which I'm perfectly ok with. In past weeks I would have used all of my weeklys by now, and I still have 44 of them.
I also got in some activity points today too. I have deemed that as long as I earn the same amount of activity points that I would earn in water aerobics, it counts as a work out. Well, today I spent a good hour and a half doing stuff around the house. I cooked a batch of breakfast stew, and a batch of individual chicken pot pies. I also carried laundry upstairs, straightened up the first floor, and did the dishes. Not to mention I think we walked about a mile round trip getting from the car to my mother-in-laws room and back to the car. All of this earned me a solid 6 activity points, which is how many I earn for an hour of water aerobics. Work-out number 2 for the week is complete!
I'm excited for this week. I almost always have an easier time with my food during the week, so given how good the weekend went, I can't help but think this week is going to be spectacular! I think this is just what I needed to get me back on track and to keep me on track.
I knew that we were planning on going to see my mother-in-law at the hospital today, but what was up in the air was whether or not we were taking my father-in-law out to lunch, and if so, where we would be eating. I had a really low point breakfast and lunch. Each were only 4 points. That left me with 23 points for the rest of the day. You can eat out pretty easily on that many points.
We ended up not taking my father-in-law to lunch; more like he refused to go. But we still went out for a late lunch/early dinner. We ended up at Dean and Deluca. I LOVE this place! We don't get to eat there very often because it's on the complete opposite side of town. They do made to order sandwiches and salads, and they have a huge desert case. They also have things that you can take home and heat up like chicken parm, eggplant parm, baked cod, crab cakes...you name it, they have it. Well, now they have a burger bar. They had a delicious looking Cuban sandwich sitting on the counter. I decided I was going to have that, but only eat half of it. They also had paremsean fries, so me and the hubs split an order of those. Half the sandwich was 12 points and the fries were 6. All in all, not too shabby for some really good, indulgent food. But then we went by the desert counter. They had these gorgeous vanilla, buttercream cupcakes. I'm a sucker for buttercream. Since Kevin was getting a brownie I decided to get a cupcake. Thank God the icing was so rich and the cupccake so terribly bad that I only took 2 bites. That was 3 points. So dinner was a total of 21 points. Woo hoo! That left me with 2 points.
I did end up breaking into my weeklies today. I was actually still a bit hungry after we got home and wanted something salty so I had some chips, guac, and salsa. I ended up going over by 5 points today, which I'm perfectly ok with. In past weeks I would have used all of my weeklys by now, and I still have 44 of them.
I also got in some activity points today too. I have deemed that as long as I earn the same amount of activity points that I would earn in water aerobics, it counts as a work out. Well, today I spent a good hour and a half doing stuff around the house. I cooked a batch of breakfast stew, and a batch of individual chicken pot pies. I also carried laundry upstairs, straightened up the first floor, and did the dishes. Not to mention I think we walked about a mile round trip getting from the car to my mother-in-laws room and back to the car. All of this earned me a solid 6 activity points, which is how many I earn for an hour of water aerobics. Work-out number 2 for the week is complete!
I'm excited for this week. I almost always have an easier time with my food during the week, so given how good the weekend went, I can't help but think this week is going to be spectacular! I think this is just what I needed to get me back on track and to keep me on track.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Celebrating The Little Things
Weigh-in results this week: up 1.6 pounds to 201.6. I can deal with that. To be honest, I was expecting it to be higher given the last couple of weeks. This gain is easy to come back from. The only bummer is, I am now behind my 1 pound a week average...but only by .2 pounds. I have lost 8.8 pounds, so I have 71.2 left to lose.
Today in group we talked about celebrating the little successes we have along our journey. For me, one of those successes is the fact that after 9 weeks, I'm still doing this. After having a couple of bad weeks, I'm back on track. This is the first Saturday since I started Weight Watchers that I haven't used extra weekly points. I think that's what's exciting me the most today! I also wasn't tempted to buy a Kit Kat at the grocery store.
I got in a really good walk today, for my first workout of the week. It was a gorgeous day today so we decided to take the puppy for a walk. We didn't walk really fast, but we did a solid 3 miles. The pup has really short legs, and a bum one at that, so she can't really go too fast. We also stopped for lunch while we were out. I'm addicted to sweet potatoes right now, any way I can get them. I had a plate of sweet potato fries from The Mixx. They were fantastic! I'm kinda of thinking I should have given up this restaurant for Lent.
So far the week is off to a good start. I would really like to drop 3-4 pounds this week. I think it's doable, but I'm going to have to be very disciplined. We'll see how it goes.
Today in group we talked about celebrating the little successes we have along our journey. For me, one of those successes is the fact that after 9 weeks, I'm still doing this. After having a couple of bad weeks, I'm back on track. This is the first Saturday since I started Weight Watchers that I haven't used extra weekly points. I think that's what's exciting me the most today! I also wasn't tempted to buy a Kit Kat at the grocery store.
I got in a really good walk today, for my first workout of the week. It was a gorgeous day today so we decided to take the puppy for a walk. We didn't walk really fast, but we did a solid 3 miles. The pup has really short legs, and a bum one at that, so she can't really go too fast. We also stopped for lunch while we were out. I'm addicted to sweet potatoes right now, any way I can get them. I had a plate of sweet potato fries from The Mixx. They were fantastic! I'm kinda of thinking I should have given up this restaurant for Lent.
So far the week is off to a good start. I would really like to drop 3-4 pounds this week. I think it's doable, but I'm going to have to be very disciplined. We'll see how it goes.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Do Or Do Not...There Is No Try
"Do or do not...there is no try." Ah, the infamous words of Yoda. He was a small, weird looking creature with a very unique voice, but he was incredibly smart and wise. All week I've been saying to myself that I'm trying to get back on track. I'm trying to make time for the gym. I'm trying to quit smoking. But I've realized that Yoda is right. There is no try. I am quitting smoking. I am not back on track or making time for the gym. This quote goes along with what my Weight Watcher leader said the first meeting I went to, "Hoping changes nothing. A decision changes everything."
I heard another quote last night that really struck a cord with me. I was catching up on a couple episodes of The Biggest Loser. The contestants were sent home for 2 weeks right in the middle of the competition. One girl came back and lost something like 12 pounds. When she was on the scale she said, "By saying no to the temptations at home, I was able to say yes to myself." Wow. That hit me really hard. I had never thought about this journey as being able to say yes to myself. By not tracking, not exercising, and not eating healthy things, I was disrespecting myself. I wasn't allowing myself to be the best that I can be. Talk about a mind shift.
I think the theme of today's blog is quotes because here's another one. Written on the wall of the Biggest Loser gym, there is as quote from Jillian Michaels - "You have to find a purpose, I cannot build desire." Awesome, one more thing that smacked me on the forehead. I hate working out. It's a chore to me...except water aerobics. I love water aerobics, but unfortunately my schedule only allows me to make 1 class a week. So trying to get in more workouts is a huge struggle for me. You would think that wanting to get healthy and skinny would be enough motivation to get to the gym, but so far that's not proving to be true.
So here is what I'm going to do this next week. These are the positive decisions I'm going to make to sucessfully continue on this journey.
I heard another quote last night that really struck a cord with me. I was catching up on a couple episodes of The Biggest Loser. The contestants were sent home for 2 weeks right in the middle of the competition. One girl came back and lost something like 12 pounds. When she was on the scale she said, "By saying no to the temptations at home, I was able to say yes to myself." Wow. That hit me really hard. I had never thought about this journey as being able to say yes to myself. By not tracking, not exercising, and not eating healthy things, I was disrespecting myself. I wasn't allowing myself to be the best that I can be. Talk about a mind shift.
I think the theme of today's blog is quotes because here's another one. Written on the wall of the Biggest Loser gym, there is as quote from Jillian Michaels - "You have to find a purpose, I cannot build desire." Awesome, one more thing that smacked me on the forehead. I hate working out. It's a chore to me...except water aerobics. I love water aerobics, but unfortunately my schedule only allows me to make 1 class a week. So trying to get in more workouts is a huge struggle for me. You would think that wanting to get healthy and skinny would be enough motivation to get to the gym, but so far that's not proving to be true.
So here is what I'm going to do this next week. These are the positive decisions I'm going to make to sucessfully continue on this journey.
- I will track everything I eat this week and only eat the points I have available.
- I will work out 3 times during the week.
- I will cook dinner instead of going out to eat.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
The Lenten Season
Yesterday marked the first day of Lent. I'm not too happy with Lent right now. This year I'm giving up 3 things: going out to lunch during the work week, Kit Kats, and smoking. You'd think, that out of these 3 things, the hardest thing for me to give up would be smoking. I thought that too Tuesday night. Oddly enough, it hasn't been too bad. Ok, so yesterday morning was rough and I did cry at my desk for a minute. But today hasn't been so bad.
Even the Kit Kats haven't been as hard as I thought. Now, granted, today was the first time I've been faced with the temptation. They had them in the check-out line at Office Depot. But I just glanced past them. No big deal.
What's really killing me is not going out to lunch during the work week. It's so boring to just sit at my desk during my lunch break, especially now that I'm not getting outside for smoke breaks. I'm thinking once the weather warms up I may start walking at lunch, but for now it's miserable. I could go shopping, like I did today, but then I would spend money on things I don't need. I do live close enough to go home for lunch, but letting the puppy out of her kennel for 40 minutes doesn't work. She doesn't want to go back in. Today I just had a really tough craving. I wanted sweet potato fries from The Mixx. I was trying to justify it in my head. I had already said I would allow myself to go to the market and get a salad from the salad bar. The Mixx serves salads. I could get a salad, and then add the fries. But I refrained.
I think I still cheated a little bit on lunch though. I haven't been feeling well for the last couple of days, today being the worst I've felt. Well, whenever I'm sick, I always want Dorito's and Sprite. So after I bought my photo paper, I went to the drug store and picked up a bag of Dorito's and a bottle of Diet Sprite to have as my lunch.
I know most people usually give "up" something for Lent. I'm giving up 3 things. But I've also decided that I'm going to "do" something. I'm going to blog every day. I haven't been keeping up with it for the last few weeks and it's starting to show on the scale. I need the accountability. This may end up being the hardest thing for me these next 39 days! Sometimes it's hard to force out an idea that isn't there. But I'm going to do my best to make an entry every day.
Even the Kit Kats haven't been as hard as I thought. Now, granted, today was the first time I've been faced with the temptation. They had them in the check-out line at Office Depot. But I just glanced past them. No big deal.
What's really killing me is not going out to lunch during the work week. It's so boring to just sit at my desk during my lunch break, especially now that I'm not getting outside for smoke breaks. I'm thinking once the weather warms up I may start walking at lunch, but for now it's miserable. I could go shopping, like I did today, but then I would spend money on things I don't need. I do live close enough to go home for lunch, but letting the puppy out of her kennel for 40 minutes doesn't work. She doesn't want to go back in. Today I just had a really tough craving. I wanted sweet potato fries from The Mixx. I was trying to justify it in my head. I had already said I would allow myself to go to the market and get a salad from the salad bar. The Mixx serves salads. I could get a salad, and then add the fries. But I refrained.
I think I still cheated a little bit on lunch though. I haven't been feeling well for the last couple of days, today being the worst I've felt. Well, whenever I'm sick, I always want Dorito's and Sprite. So after I bought my photo paper, I went to the drug store and picked up a bag of Dorito's and a bottle of Diet Sprite to have as my lunch.
I know most people usually give "up" something for Lent. I'm giving up 3 things. But I've also decided that I'm going to "do" something. I'm going to blog every day. I haven't been keeping up with it for the last few weeks and it's starting to show on the scale. I need the accountability. This may end up being the hardest thing for me these next 39 days! Sometimes it's hard to force out an idea that isn't there. But I'm going to do my best to make an entry every day.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Well That Didn't Go So Well
This week has been a train wreck. Well, the last week and a half has been a trainwreck really. Let me start at the beginning.
I had a rough go of it the beginning of last week. I was hungry all the time, and I had that stupid guacamole in the house. I realize I'm going to have weeks where I'm hungrier than others. I'm a woman, that's the way things go. But instead of eating the right food, like fruits and veggies, I ate everything that was bad for me. What's even worse, I didn't care. By the end of last week, I wasn't tracking any of the food I was eating.
Then came Saturday, and a somewhat impromptu trip to Michigan. I flew out at 6am. I wasn't feeling good when I got up so I didn't eat breakfast before I left. My breakfast consisted of Bloody Mary Mix and a small bag of peanuts on the plane on my way to Detroit. I actually tracked that when I got to the airport. It was 3 points, the day was off to a good start. Then I found a food stand that actually had really good fruit cups. I bought one of those for 0 points. Woo hoo! But, (there's always a but) I got a 20 ounce bottle of regular Mountain Dew, even though they had diet. That was another 8 points, but I had a 3 point breakfast, so not a big deal. After I got into Grand Rapids, Dad and I went to BD's Mongolian BBQ for lunch. That's an awesome diet-friendly place to eat. I got my whole plate of food for 6 points, but for some odd reason I ordered a beer. I never order beer at lunch. So tack on a few more. This is where the tracking ended. After this I had a McDonald's ice cream cone, then dinner at Outback. That's normally a 10 point meal, but I got a ceasar salad and ate some bread and butter. Then don't forget the Kit Kat after dinner.
After dinner Saturday we went to the grocery store to buy healthy snacks for the car ride home. I bought some veggie packs, melon, and beef jerkey. Granated, the veggie packs came with little cups of ranch dressing, but they were super small.
Sunday morning started off well too. The hotel had a great breakfast. I had some scrambled eggs with ham and cheese, a sausage patty, and an english muffin. I think that was around 8 or 10 points. Again, I didn't track it. I was even good and got a Diet Mountain Dew for the road. On our first pit stop, all good intentions went out the window when I bought some Cheddar and Sour Cream Ruffles, a Kit Kat, and a giant dill pickle. Ok, so the pickle isn't horrible. Lunch consisted of grilled chicken tenders, corn, hashbrown casserole, sweet carrots, coleslaw, and half a biscuit at Cracker Barrel. I munched on the healthy snacks, and added another bag of beef jerkey to the mix. I was good in the fact that I didn't eat dinner after I got home, but the hubby had bought me a Kit Kat, so I ate that. Things could have gone so well on Sunday, but I gave up all will-power.
Yesterday I ate at a Chinese buffet for lunch, and then we went out for BBQ for dinner, including 2 alcoholic beverages. Today, I had Japanese Tepanyaki for lunch, and then we went to a brazilian steakhouse for dinner. Oh, and another Kit Kat.
I haven't logged anything since last Thursday. I haven't been drinking my water. I am terrified to weigh-in on Saturday. I'm terrified to even get on the scale in the mornings. I don't want to see how much I've gained this weekend.
But, tomorrow is a new day. The bad eating and bad food situations are over. Tomorrow is the beginning of Lent. I'm giving up a lot this year. But it's going to force me to focus doing the right things and making the right choices. Ya know what? It is what it is. What's done is done, and now I have to make good choices and quit wallowing in the bad choices.
I had a rough go of it the beginning of last week. I was hungry all the time, and I had that stupid guacamole in the house. I realize I'm going to have weeks where I'm hungrier than others. I'm a woman, that's the way things go. But instead of eating the right food, like fruits and veggies, I ate everything that was bad for me. What's even worse, I didn't care. By the end of last week, I wasn't tracking any of the food I was eating.
Then came Saturday, and a somewhat impromptu trip to Michigan. I flew out at 6am. I wasn't feeling good when I got up so I didn't eat breakfast before I left. My breakfast consisted of Bloody Mary Mix and a small bag of peanuts on the plane on my way to Detroit. I actually tracked that when I got to the airport. It was 3 points, the day was off to a good start. Then I found a food stand that actually had really good fruit cups. I bought one of those for 0 points. Woo hoo! But, (there's always a but) I got a 20 ounce bottle of regular Mountain Dew, even though they had diet. That was another 8 points, but I had a 3 point breakfast, so not a big deal. After I got into Grand Rapids, Dad and I went to BD's Mongolian BBQ for lunch. That's an awesome diet-friendly place to eat. I got my whole plate of food for 6 points, but for some odd reason I ordered a beer. I never order beer at lunch. So tack on a few more. This is where the tracking ended. After this I had a McDonald's ice cream cone, then dinner at Outback. That's normally a 10 point meal, but I got a ceasar salad and ate some bread and butter. Then don't forget the Kit Kat after dinner.
After dinner Saturday we went to the grocery store to buy healthy snacks for the car ride home. I bought some veggie packs, melon, and beef jerkey. Granated, the veggie packs came with little cups of ranch dressing, but they were super small.
Sunday morning started off well too. The hotel had a great breakfast. I had some scrambled eggs with ham and cheese, a sausage patty, and an english muffin. I think that was around 8 or 10 points. Again, I didn't track it. I was even good and got a Diet Mountain Dew for the road. On our first pit stop, all good intentions went out the window when I bought some Cheddar and Sour Cream Ruffles, a Kit Kat, and a giant dill pickle. Ok, so the pickle isn't horrible. Lunch consisted of grilled chicken tenders, corn, hashbrown casserole, sweet carrots, coleslaw, and half a biscuit at Cracker Barrel. I munched on the healthy snacks, and added another bag of beef jerkey to the mix. I was good in the fact that I didn't eat dinner after I got home, but the hubby had bought me a Kit Kat, so I ate that. Things could have gone so well on Sunday, but I gave up all will-power.
Yesterday I ate at a Chinese buffet for lunch, and then we went out for BBQ for dinner, including 2 alcoholic beverages. Today, I had Japanese Tepanyaki for lunch, and then we went to a brazilian steakhouse for dinner. Oh, and another Kit Kat.
I haven't logged anything since last Thursday. I haven't been drinking my water. I am terrified to weigh-in on Saturday. I'm terrified to even get on the scale in the mornings. I don't want to see how much I've gained this weekend.
But, tomorrow is a new day. The bad eating and bad food situations are over. Tomorrow is the beginning of Lent. I'm giving up a lot this year. But it's going to force me to focus doing the right things and making the right choices. Ya know what? It is what it is. What's done is done, and now I have to make good choices and quit wallowing in the bad choices.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
It's Going to be a Rough Couple of Weeks
I have found a new trigger food. It's Wholly Guacamole 100 calorie packs. I'm normally not a fan of guacamole. I wouldn't even touch the stuff until we went to Jamaica last year. While on vacation, I decided to be brave and try the guacamole. It was fabulous! But I hadn't been able to find anything that compared to it back in the states...until Saturday. There are 5 packs in the box, and so far I've had 4. It's only Tuesday. I definately can't keep it in the house, at least not yet. The guac in and of itself isn't bad...only 2 points. It's the 4 points of chips I eat with it that are bad. So no more guac for me for a while.
This coming weekend is going to be my biggest test since I started Weight Watchers in January. I'm going out of town. I'm flying to Michigan on Saturday morning and then riding back home with my dad on Sunday. My flight leaves at 6am. I can eat breakfast at home, which is good. However, lunch and dinner on Saturday, and all 3 meals on Sunday will be eaten in restaurants. Plus, the drive home on Sunday is going to be about 12 hours. I have some favorite road trip foods, which includes Mountain Dew and Combos. It's going to be hard to stay away from those while in the car. Also, I have very little will-power when it comes to eating out. I also feel like I have no control over where we're going to eat.
I'm also not going to get a whole lot of activity in. The few hours I'll actually be in Michigan will be spent either at the Hospital (visiting Grandma) or in the car. My only hope is that the hotel has a gym and that I have the motivation to get down there and use it Saturday night.
The only good thing is I will have my phone which has a WW app on it so I can look up food values at different restaurants. I know I can swap out the Mountain Dew for Diet, and the Combos for beef jerky. I think we're going to take a cooler too so hopefully we can stop at a store and buy some apple slices and what-not. I'm thinking a jar of pickles might be in order too. They are high in sodium, but zero points! I'll have to make sure to drink a ton of water, which will make the drive a little longer, but oh well.
Hopefully I don't blow it this weekend. At first I thought, "Oh, I have my extra weekly points I can use, not a big deal." But then I remember that we're going to Fogo de Chao next Tuesday for Mardi Gras. All you can eat meat will definately require a lot of points...or I just don't eat that day :).
I'm kind of thinking at this point, that as long as I'm down half a pound on my weigh-in on the 12th I'll be happy. That means I've pretty much maintained through this weekend and dinner Tuesday, but I'll still hit my 5% loss.
This coming weekend is going to be my biggest test since I started Weight Watchers in January. I'm going out of town. I'm flying to Michigan on Saturday morning and then riding back home with my dad on Sunday. My flight leaves at 6am. I can eat breakfast at home, which is good. However, lunch and dinner on Saturday, and all 3 meals on Sunday will be eaten in restaurants. Plus, the drive home on Sunday is going to be about 12 hours. I have some favorite road trip foods, which includes Mountain Dew and Combos. It's going to be hard to stay away from those while in the car. Also, I have very little will-power when it comes to eating out. I also feel like I have no control over where we're going to eat.
I'm also not going to get a whole lot of activity in. The few hours I'll actually be in Michigan will be spent either at the Hospital (visiting Grandma) or in the car. My only hope is that the hotel has a gym and that I have the motivation to get down there and use it Saturday night.
The only good thing is I will have my phone which has a WW app on it so I can look up food values at different restaurants. I know I can swap out the Mountain Dew for Diet, and the Combos for beef jerky. I think we're going to take a cooler too so hopefully we can stop at a store and buy some apple slices and what-not. I'm thinking a jar of pickles might be in order too. They are high in sodium, but zero points! I'll have to make sure to drink a ton of water, which will make the drive a little longer, but oh well.
Hopefully I don't blow it this weekend. At first I thought, "Oh, I have my extra weekly points I can use, not a big deal." But then I remember that we're going to Fogo de Chao next Tuesday for Mardi Gras. All you can eat meat will definately require a lot of points...or I just don't eat that day :).
I'm kind of thinking at this point, that as long as I'm down half a pound on my weigh-in on the 12th I'll be happy. That means I've pretty much maintained through this weekend and dinner Tuesday, but I'll still hit my 5% loss.
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