Today's weigh in was great - another 2 lb. gone, for a total of 17.6 gone in 6 weeks. Hooray!
I did my grocery shopping after Weight Watchers and spent $97.15 for the week, over my Thrifty Plan allotment by $5.00. I'll probably spend more tomorrow. We're hosting a Fourth of July party and party food obviously costs a bit more than your standard weekly menu, so I anticipate a higher budget this week. I bought fruits and veggies for a variety of CORE salads for the barbecue - the Mexican cole slaw, quinoa and black bean salad, grilled corn on the cob, and a fruit salad in a hollowed out watermelon. People are bringing their own meats to grill. We are also buying beer for the party, which will throw me way over budget! Our personal weekly menu, outside of the barbecue, is closer to $75 and won't change much.
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I was attending a wedding in Pacifica today with my mom and we stopped at the Princeton Seafood Company (blogged about a few weeks back as well) for a healthy lunch on the way, not expecting to find much in the way of Weight Watchers friendly dining at the wedding. We split a fresh salmon salad (I dressed mine with lemon juice) and I had a cup of artichoke soup (all CORE ingredients.) As anticipated, the wedding had nothing that would work on my plan, and I'm very pleased that we thought ahead to eat so I wasn't there, hungry, with a buffet full of off-plan foods.
During the reception, my cutie 3-year-old nephew (son of the bride) was unaccompanied while the bridal party was doing bridal party things, so I helped him through the buffet and fed him lunch, then chased him for the next two hours or so. That kid has ENERGY, and wasn't at all interested in sitting still! At cake time, there was no one to cut the cake, and I volunteered to cut the cake - it's one of the random skills leftover from being a bride myself. Because I was staying busy, no one noticed that I didn't eat at the buffet or have any cake, and I was satisfied from lunch. I avoided the buffet line and the cake, having just one bite of my mom's cake. Hooray for this HUGE non-scale victory for me!
We stopped at Joy Meadow restaurant on the way home and had a nice, on program dinner. All I have to count for the day is the fortune cooke.
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Daily Menu:
I ate out every meal today, and I was pleased with my choices. I don't know about the healthy oils, and dairy will be a midnight snack, but the rest of the 8 healthy guidelines were covered. Tomorrow we're attending a barbecue at a friend's house, and I plan to eat ahead and stay occupied, since the strategy worked well for me today!
Breakfast:
Plum
Lunch:
1 c. artichoke soup
about 2 c. green salad
1/2 hard boiled egg
about 3 ounces of salmon
Dinner:
Nepal Loaf (a bakede-burger type cake with brown rice, tofu, veggies, and a mushroom gravy made without flour)
about 1/2 c. brown rice
about 1/2 c. mixed veggies
fortune cookie (2 Points)
Snack:
2 c. milk
WPA (Weekly Points Allowance) points used today: 2
WPA points available: 35
Activity points today: 3 (chasing my nephew!)
Activity points this week: 3
Daily 8 - the 8 Healthy Guidelines
1. Fruits and veggies - 5
2. Whole grains - brown rice
3. Milk - yes
4. Healthy oil - no
5. Protein - yes
6. Limit sugar and alcohol - yes
7. Water - 8+
8. Multivitamin - yes
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