I also have decided that I need to give myself rewards for working on this. So I am trying to figure out some rewards. I want a reward for when I get to 165, 160, getting to Lifetime at Weight Watchers, and eventually. Obviously non-food rewards would be great. I was thinking manicure/pedicure, massage stuff like that. I know that when I get to 165 I am going to buy myself flowers. When I get to 160 I am going to get a manicure/pedicure. Any one have any suggestions?
Thursday - I made another protein shake that I am calling a Chocolate Almond Shake. For lunch I decided to get a salad at work. I got an Thai Chicken Salad. The salad had a small chicken breast, tomatoes, carrots, sprouts and crunchy noodles on a bed of lettuce. I went to the gym after work to do some weights and cardio. For dinner I kept it simple by making a salad and a tuna salad wrap.
Chocolate Almond Shake
1 banana (0 PP)
1 TBSP almond butter (3 PP)
1 scoop protein powder (1 PP)
8 oz coffee (0 pts)
1 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder (0 pts)
Blend all together in a blender.
Friday - I started my morning with another Chocolate Almond Shake (4 pts). I went out to lunch with a coworker and got an Asian Chicken wrap. It ended up being more points that I wanted from one meal, but that happens sometimes when you eat out. For Dinner, we heated up some leftover cauliflower soup, I made small arugula salads and some roasted fingerling potatoes.
Saturday- I started my day with a Almond Protein shake. Then around lunch time I made Andy and I breakfast sandwiches. Mine was a sandwich thin, one egg and a piece of ham crisped up. Saturday was spent doing a lot of work on the house. We have gotten down to the smaller projects. Saturday night we had a cook out at a friends house. I sometimes find events like this the most difficult. I decided before I left that I would only have 2 beers and I would drink a lot of water. I also decided I would be very careful in choosing the food I was eating. I ate a small portion of chicken, lots of green salad, some corn on the cob and some bean salad. It was great hanging with friends and I stuck to my two beers and only water after that!
Sunday - Sunday we ran errands in the morning so I brought some mixed nuts and tangerines in the car. We got Coffee at our favorite coffee place and then came back and made lunch. I had a sandwich thin with turkey, ham, whole grain mustard and arugula. It was delicious and hit the spot perfectly. I had picked what I thought was an orange off our citrus tree, but it ended up being a grapefruit. I decided to make us a low points drink by juicing the grapefruit and mixing the juice with vodka and soda water. It was tart and refreshing!
We made a stir fry for dinner. The stir fry was pork, bok choy, mushrooms, chillies, carrots, scallions, garlic, ginger all in a hoisen chili garlic sauce. It was tons of veggies which is always great!We didn't really use a recipe so I can't post that, but it ended up being super super spicy! Then we relaxed in the hot tub that is finally working!!
Saturday- I started my day with a Almond Protein shake. Then around lunch time I made Andy and I breakfast sandwiches. Mine was a sandwich thin, one egg and a piece of ham crisped up. Saturday was spent doing a lot of work on the house. We have gotten down to the smaller projects. Saturday night we had a cook out at a friends house. I sometimes find events like this the most difficult. I decided before I left that I would only have 2 beers and I would drink a lot of water. I also decided I would be very careful in choosing the food I was eating. I ate a small portion of chicken, lots of green salad, some corn on the cob and some bean salad. It was great hanging with friends and I stuck to my two beers and only water after that!
Sunday - Sunday we ran errands in the morning so I brought some mixed nuts and tangerines in the car. We got Coffee at our favorite coffee place and then came back and made lunch. I had a sandwich thin with turkey, ham, whole grain mustard and arugula. It was delicious and hit the spot perfectly. I had picked what I thought was an orange off our citrus tree, but it ended up being a grapefruit. I decided to make us a low points drink by juicing the grapefruit and mixing the juice with vodka and soda water. It was tart and refreshing!
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| Fresh Grapefruit drinks! |
Monday - I started my day with a new smoothie. I ran out of protein powder so I had to change it up.
For lunch I got a Thai Chicken Salad at the cafe. I love that the cafe has such healthy lunch options. It makes life easier knowing that if I don't have time to pack a lunch or just don't want to I have healthy options to choose from. When I got home from work I went for a run around the new neighborhood. For dinner I made a turkey sandwich with whole grain mustard, and an arugula with Fiesta Bean Salad, which I adapted from the original recipe) on top. I was craving something sweet so I ate some thin mints that we had. It was the perfect sweet end to the night.
For lunch I got a Thai Chicken Salad at the cafe. I love that the cafe has such healthy lunch options. It makes life easier knowing that if I don't have time to pack a lunch or just don't want to I have healthy options to choose from. When I got home from work I went for a run around the new neighborhood. For dinner I made a turkey sandwich with whole grain mustard, and an arugula with Fiesta Bean Salad, which I adapted from the original recipe) on top. I was craving something sweet so I ate some thin mints that we had. It was the perfect sweet end to the night.
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| 4 Thin Mints (4 PP) with some milkFi |
1 can garbanzo beans (10 PP)
1 can corn (8 PP)
1 red onion diced (0 PP)
1 red pepper diced (0PP)
handful of cherry tomatoes quartered
Dressing
1/4 cup olive oil (14 PP)
Juice from 1 lime
1 clove garlic minced
Chili Powder
Salt and Pepper to taste
Mix all ingredients together and refrigerate for at least one hour before serving. This makes approximately 6 servings at 5 PP per serving.
Tuesday - I had another almond banana shake. For lunch I brought a small container of cottage cheese, carrots and peppers and a salad. In the salad I had spinach, arugula, cucumbers, scallions, pepper and roasted chickpeas. Roasted chick peas are a great way to add some protein to a salad, especially if you don't have cooked meat on hand. I tried to go to the gym to lift weights, but the gym was crazy busy so I ended up just doing cardio. I ate the leftover pork and bok choy for dinner.
Wednesday- Today is weigh in day....I am actually excited to see how this went with tracking as opposed to simply filling. I started my morning with another almond banana smoothie and coffee. Lunch was a beets and chick pea salad with some carrots and peppers for snacking. For dinner I made a Weight Watchers recipe that I found Lemon Chicken with Broccoli (4 PP). I paired the Lemon Chicken with broccoli with a baked sweet potato (3 PP). It looked like a nice easy recipe that didn't require grocery shopping!
WEIGH IN RESULTS: This week I lost 2.6l bs. This brings my total weight loss to 9 lbs, which is also my 5% mark!
Wednesday- Today is weigh in day....I am actually excited to see how this went with tracking as opposed to simply filling. I started my morning with another almond banana smoothie and coffee. Lunch was a beets and chick pea salad with some carrots and peppers for snacking. For dinner I made a Weight Watchers recipe that I found Lemon Chicken with Broccoli (4 PP). I paired the Lemon Chicken with broccoli with a baked sweet potato (3 PP). It looked like a nice easy recipe that didn't require grocery shopping!
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| Lemon Chicken with Broccoli and a baked sweet potato |
WEIGH IN RESULTS: This week I lost 2.6l bs. This brings my total weight loss to 9 lbs, which is also my 5% mark!
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| The basics work! |
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