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Day 193

Okay, so picking up where we left off...last time I weighed in, I had 15.6 pounds to go to my original goal.  As of this morning I have (drum roll please)...FIVE MORE POUNDS LEFT!  (I'll probably make another goal after this one, but for now...five pounds left!!!)
Break out the champagne, K-Middy!
Sunday, stopped by the Teet for breakfast items.  There was also a 20% case discount on wine, so we picked up six bottles.  Wine is good for your heart and stuff, right?
This should be enough to go with breakfast.
ANYWAY, breakfast was half of a whole grain English muffin with some jelly, a hard-boiled egg, some little plums from the farmer's market, and two pieces of bacon cooked on the George Foreman grill so the fat drained out.  Plus two glasses of water.  Total: 7 points 
I am also not ready for this jelly.  I should have had some canola oil spread instead.
Then, my new personal trainer came over.  She's a nice woman named Stephanie, and she totally gets how to motivate me (i.e. no yelling).  She helped me understand why my neck hurts when I'm doing crunches (I'm doing them wrong, as suspected) and very nicely showed me why my shows were tied wrong and weren't giving me enough support.  So we had a shoe tying lesson.  Hee!

Light lunch/snack was an ounce of delicious cheese from the farmer's market, six whole grain crackers, a half cup of tomatoes with a teaspoon of olive oil, and two glasses of iced tea.  Total: 7 points

 Dinner was with my fabulous in-laws-to-be, where I totally won the prize for drinking liquids (6 glasses of iced tea, one of wine) and totally did not win the prize for avoiding the buffalo chicken tip and chips.  I did show restraint on the ribs, and just had two, and then the rest was healthy--fish, crab, corn, and roasted veggies brushed with oil.  Total: 18 points

 Post dinner snack was a half cup of skim milk with some ovaltine added in.  Total: 1 point

Liquids: 11/6
Dairy: 2/2 
Vitamin: 1/1  
Healthy Oil: 2/2
Fruits/Veggies: 2/5
Protein: 6/2 (Andrew--protein!)
Whole Grains: yes, whole grain English muffin, whole grain crackers
Exercise: yes, 15 minutes crunches and such, 15 minutes of walking
Total: 26/26 points
Weekly Points: 9/49 for the week

In summary...
"Looks good, dear.  But no one cares, because I'm about to have the new heir to the throne."

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