and here we are again

I didn't share what I did two week ago with you all, I don't know why I didn't, I just didn't. So I'll share it today. I went back to Weight Watchers. I hadn't weighed in since November so I knew that it might not be pretty and well, with Christmas, my birthday and Valentines all during that time, I was up 6.2 lbs. YIKES! It's amazing how fast it comes back on. But let's not focus on that. Let's focus on today.

So during the past two weeks I had my good days and not so good days of following the plan, hitting the gym and drinking my water. We've had a few stressful days as we've started to feel the effects of the recession on our bank account, but something clicked a few days ago. I realized that I have no control over the recession, and I could either continue to eat with the stress, or chose to control what I could and that's my food intake and activity. So I journalled, I drank my water, I ate yummy healthy filling foods, and I exercised. And today I was down 3.4 lbs from two weeks ago.

Doug and I went out for dinner at Boston Pizza (thanks to our Christmas gift card from my seester Erin and her fiance Garett) and before we went, I checked out the nutritional info on-line and came up with a few options. I ate the Ribber meal (8pts) with steamed vegetables (1pts...the website said 2 pts, but there is no way there was more than a cup of veggies and butter/oil on them) and garlic bread (3pts). Then Doug and I shared the Chocolate Brownie Addiction....YUMMO...and the 6 pts that used up was worth every bite.

I have a lunch date with my girlfriends tomorrow at Earl's (notorious for their HIGH FAT food...did you know that more than half of their meals are over 1000 calories). But again, I've scoped out their nutritional info on-line and written down my favs, the points values and some other lower point options too. I'm going to hit the gym in the morning to earn a few extra points and keep supper lean. It helps to tell myself that lunch with the girls isn't about the food, it's about the company. I'll enjoy a soup and salad with them as much as I'd enjoy the Chicken and Brie Ciabatta, and I'll feel less guilty afterwards too.