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Day 192

Breakfast was biscuits and gravy, made healthy by using spicy turkey sausage, light butter, and skim milk.  I also made the biscuits using Heart Smart Bisquick and skim milk, and used a rolling pin and everything.  My grandmothers would be so proud!  I also had a half cup of pineapple and two glasses of water.  Total: 8 points
Lunch was a half cup of potato chowder from Liberty Hill (get used to hearing about this, because I have a big thing of chowder), eight whole grain crackers, a quarter of an avocado, a half cup of tomatoes, and two glasses of water.  Total: 8 points

Snack was a glass of skim milk with some ovaltine.  Total: 2 points
Actual vintage Ovaltine ad.
For fun, we cleaned out the hall closet, which had become a graveyard of cat toys, clothes that need to go to Goodwill, and approximately one thousand old phone chargers, extension cords, and media cables.

Dinner was three ounces of delicious ribs, Skinnytaste baked chipotle sweet potato fries, four tootsie rolls, and two glasses of water.  Total: 12 points

I was still starving after dinner, but didn't want to spend more points, so I had a cup of carrots, a cup of grapes, and two glasses of water.  Total: 0 points

I also exercised--30 minutes of wii fit and 10 minutes of resistance for my arms.

Liquids: 9/6
Dairy: 2/2 
Vitamin: 1/1  
Healthy Oil: 2/2
Fruits/Veggies: 9/5
Protein: 3/2
Whole Grains: yes, whole grain crackers
Exercise: yes, wii fit and arm weights
Total: 26/26 points
Weekly Points: 13/49 for the week

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