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Day 215

Breakfast was a hard boiled egg, a piece of wheat toast with canola oil spread, some hash brown casserole, green tea, and water.  Hooray for healthy!  Total: 10 points
This came up in a Google image search for "breakfast."  Yeah, I don't know either.
Exercise was 15 minutes on the bike, followed by 15 minutes of strength training, plus two glasses of water.  Then we went to Target, because I wanted earmuffs and a thermos.  (Gosh, I wonder why.)  Why doesn't anyone have dorky headband earmuffs like I want?  I don't want the behind-the-head ones!  They always fall off and make my head hurt.  First world problem!
Where are you?!?!
Snack was a cup of rice chex and a half cup of milk, and a piece of reduced-fat cheese.  Total: 5 points

 Dinner was a crab cake cooked in canola oil, whole wheat orzo with basil and reduced fat mozzarella, corn and tomatoes, blueberries, and two glasses of water.  Total: 12 points
No, no, no, not THAT type of crab cake.
Dessert was a weight watchers ice cream bar and two cups of coffee with milk.  Total: 5 points
Liquids: 9/6
Dairy: 2/2 
Vitamin: 1/1
Healthy Oil: 2/2
Fruits/Veggies: 4/5
Protein: 3/2
Whole Grains: corn chex, whole wheat toast, whole wheat orzo
Exercise: yes!
Days Until Honeymoon: 54
Pounds to lose: 15.8 (weigh-in day is Saturday)
Total: 26/26 points
Weekly Points: 6/49 for the week

In commemoration of the polar vortex, we'll give it a bundled up Kate, in the snow, cooking...whatever that is...over an open fire.


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