Weekend (and Monday) Thoughts

This past weekend went pretty well.  I had a “girls’ day out” with a friend, and I made the effort to pack a lunch.  Then, when we had Chinese food on Saturday night, I made sure to have some steamed veggies before diving into everything else.  Surprisingly, it wasn’t terribly hard to restrain myself with the Kung Pao chicken, one of my favorites.  I just had a little - but considering how high-calorie it is, still probably more than I should have - and felt satisfied.

Yesterday we had to go out to lunch at Applebee’s.  I was surprised, because they have an entire page of their menu devoted to Weight Watchers entrees, complete with calorie, fat, and fiber information.  I ordered a salad off of that, this gigantic platter of fresh spinach, chicken, roasted peppers, and some sort of spicy dressing.  It was surprisingly good, considering it was listed at 260 calories.  That seemed a bit optimistic, since it was so large that I couldn’t even finish it all.  After my Red Robin Whiskey River BBQ Chicken Wrap fiasco, I decided to be on the safe side and just used a bit of the dressing.  Overall, it was a satisfying lunch.  I really liked how they had the nutritional information listed.  That was great.

Today I feel like I’m coming down with something.  I’m vaguely headachy and suffering from a lot of sinus pressure.  I’m just counting the hours till I can sack out with some cold meds and go to bed for the night.  I did exercise this morning, before I felt really bad.  I figured, if I were going to get sick, I’d probably get sick whether I exercised or not, and considering how I took the weekend off, I really needed to get back in the groove.  Working out wasn’t terribly hard, and I even felt a bit better afterward.  But a couple of hours later, that’s when this thing really began to hit me - I even took a brief nap this afternoon.

It hasn’t been difficult to eat what I should.  I really don’t care too much about food right now, although I’m very hungry.  I think I’m going for comfort food tonight - gonna fix the Lean Cuisine roast turkey.  Something with gravy sounds really good, actually.

I weighed in yesterday and was at my lowest point yet - 176.6.  Today I wore some size 12 capris that I’d bought by mistake last summer, thinking I was buying size 14s.  The size 12s did not even come close to zipping back then, but I had this optimistic thought that I’d slim down enough to wear them.  I never took them back because they were just so cute.  They finally zip now…but they’ll fit even better in another 10 pounds.  I’m in a groove, so I can see down the road, when more success comes my way.