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Day 201

Uuugh.  I weighed myself and I'm now 10 pounds away from my goal (you'll remember I was close at 5 pounds).  A disaster of this magnitude can only be heralded by these two:
Watch out, ladies!  You're being attacked by bad fashion choices!
What's up with that?  Well, work is a little cray-cray, and wedding planning is stressful.  Which leads to eating all the carbs and sugar. :(  I'm trying to make good choices, but I'm not tracking what I eat.  So I'm doing things like eating a whole bag of goldfish (6.5 servings) "because they're made with whole grains!"  And I'm not drinking enough water.  Or doing enough cardio.
Bet you can't eat just 300!
  So I'm going to commit to fixing these things for the next week, or I'm going to shame myself in to doing it, because if I don't, I'm going to force myself to send all e-mails in Comic Sans--the worst font in the world--for the week after.
The horror!
Breakfast was a cup of peaches, a hard boiled egg, and two glasses of water.  Total: 2 points
Millions of peaches, peaches for me.
Millions of peaches, peaches for free.
(Okay, they weren't free.  I paid for them at the farmer's market.)
Lunch was with Chris' dad at Sweetwater, where I showed major restraint in the bread department (only one little piece with a little bit of butter) and the dessert department (four bites total of Chris' key lime pie and his dad's apple pie).  My entree was a salad with lettuce, tomato, corn, and goat cheese, dressing on the side.  I also had mushrooms sauteed in olive oil.  And three glasses of unsweetened iced tea.  Total: 14 points

 Exercise was an hour of strength training with the trainer, where we got to use my favorite--the exercise ball!  And drink two glasses of water.
I did this!  For real!
Dinner was a baked potato with fat free sour cream and reduced bacon bits, three ounces of steak, a cup of watermelon, and four glasses of water.  Yum!  Total: 15 points

 In Summary:
Track all the things? yes
Do all the cardio? yes
Drink all the water? yes
Liquids: 11/6 (Wowzers!)
Dairy: 2/2 
Vitamin: 1/1  
Healthy Oil: 2/2
Fruits/Veggies: 9/5
Protein: 4/2 (Andrew--protein!)
Whole Grains: yes, tortilla chips
Exercise: yes, an hour with the trainer
Total: 26/26 points
Weekly Points: 5/49 for the week

 Clearly, we will give today a K-Middy, looking all relaxed and skinny five months after having Prince George.

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