Veggies and Beer .... hmmmmm.

Last WI: 215.2/At home weight: 214.8 (not bad!)

TUESDAY

Well, I was pretty good yesterday with a small break down for beer late last night. I had a semi high point morning and an ok lunch, so I was super good when I got home and decided I was totally going to fill up on 0 pt veggies. First I had a can of green beans w/ICBINB spray. Then I cooked some cooked spinach, again with ICBINB. I had 4 tbs of PB2 (powdered peanut butter and awesome when reoconstituted with water - only 2 pts!) for some protein. I also finished off a spinach salad left over in the fridge. Over all my "dinner" of veggies and PB2 was 5 pts and very filling!

The one negative, with that veggie plan, and prepping for guests coming at 6:30, I didn't have time to run when I got home yesterday so no AP accrued since last Wednesday. Aaaack!
We had a few friends over last night as planned for the poker game, and we were supposed to supply the "snacks". Erik went to the store and bought a whole bunch of junk food - chips, dips, brownies, etc. So - to counteract and give myself something to munch on, I chopped up some fresh broccoli and opened my lite dip. I also popped a bag of light popcorn, which other's had some of as well. over all the snacks Erik bought were a hit with everyone else, and I stuck to my healthy choices. Course I broke down at the end of the night and had 3 beers. :-( But - all in all an ok day. I ended up 8 points over, but considering, I'm happy.

Today I had a very fast breakfast of some cheese and nuts because I totally overslept and was late for court. My secretary called me as I was getting into the car to drive there, frantic as the judge was calling my cases. Fortunately, another ADA in the office covered for me. In reality, none of my cases were going to trial, but the other ADA's (and my secretary) weren't sure what the status of them were. Unfortunately, I live about 30 minutes away from work, so I had to explain what to tell the judge and race into work. I made it in 26 minutes - a land-speed record for me, and of course things were fine when I got here. But very stressful indeed. After that, fiasco, I decided not to go out for lunch. I usually have some good snacks/soups in my work drawer to get me through days like this healthily I'm a complete popcorn addict, so I always have popcorn at work, and eat it almost every day here. Well, I'd finished all my "light" popcorn (2pts/bag) and only had the "butter lovers" left. I popped one bag, counting it as 4 pts (maybe should be 5 or 6 but this microwave never pops the whole bag) and it was so good, I had another. So lunch consisted of 2 bags of popcorn, and a few light ruffles I had stashed away. At about 2:00 I started to get hungry again, so I heated up a bowl of chicken noodle soup (Campbells) for 3 points, and hopefully that will tide me over till I get home. I've got 9 pts left for tonight plus whatever activity points I earn.

I WILL get activity points! I'd like to do my 5 mile walk/run, but I'm already feeling really tired. I sure hope I can get motivated. I'm also worried I'll get home hungry and want to start munching right away. I've still got a lot of veggies in the house, so hopefully I can do like yesterday and stop the cravings with that. That said, I do have to go to the store soon so stock up on some other essentials. Maybe that'll be a project after work - course I should go hungry, that's for sure.

This morning I was very pleasantly surprised to find (even in my rushed state) that the scale said I was back down to 214.8. I was so pleased, and suspicious, that I just quickly got off the scale and didn't re-weigh, in fear of it going up. :-) Hopefully it's a true number. If so, then I could concievably get a loss this week, albeit a small one. Here's hoping!

Well, I feel like I'm babbling. Plan tonight is to stay home and stay in my points. There is poker to go to, but I'm going to pass. Erik has a Kiwanis meeting tonight so I'd be going alone, and I'd rather catch up on TiVo'd shows and sleep. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE find the motivation to exercise!!!