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Day 65

Okay, New Weight Watchers, I take it back.  I lost 2.8 pounds last week!  24 pounds to go!
Almost three pounds!  So exciting!
(I love this picture of her, by the way.)
We started out our Saturday as we usually do by going to the farmer's market.  We got so much meat from Lothar that he had to double bag it.  We also snagged some guacamole from Betty's Chips & Salsa, lettuce from Community Market, and some yummy tomatoes from Shade Horticulture.

Then it was off to The Cajun Experience in Leesburg because we had a Groupon and because I had lots of weekly points left.  Even though I wanted a fried shrimp poboy with house made chips, I wasn't sure I had that many points left.  (We have one more Groupon--next time.)  So I had a half cup of chicken & sausage gumbo and brought the rest home (such restraint!), Abita beer, a salad with three ounces of tilapia (Andrew--protein!), and one and a half beignets.  Chris calls them bin-YETS so much that I had to make sure I said the name correctly when ordering. Total: 17 points, which was so worth it (and not too bad considering it was bin-YETS and beer!)


Also, Dr. "your shoes must be too tight" told me to drink lots of liquids with the antibiotic, so I had 4 glasses of tea, 2 glasses of water, and the beer.  Beer is a liquid!

Dinner was half a cup of Skinnytaste Macaroni & Cheese which has whole grains, protein, fiber, and veggies!  I also had a farmer's market salad of a cup of lettuce, acup of tomatoes, and two teaspoons of olive oil.  I drank two glasses of water and a cup of milk.  Dessert was twelve chocolate chips. Total: 9 points

Liquids: 10/6
Dairy: 2/2
Vitamin: 1/1
Healthy Oil: 2/2
Fruits/Veggies: 5/5
Protein: 4/2
Whole Grains: yes--whole wheat macaroni noodles
Exercise: yes--a muggy half hour walk with Chris
Total: 26/26 points  
Weekly Points: 15/49 for the week--not bad!  (And damn.  I could have eaten that poboy.)

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