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Day 219 & 220

Weigh in day and I lost 3 pounds!  This is what happens when you eat a bunch of salt and junk the week before!  (And also when you have more to lose, since you're carrying around all that extra poundage.)
Thanks, Ladies!  By the way, congrats on the engagement, Pippa.
I didn't do so fab with the healthy checks in the last two days, but I did pretty good with points.

 Thursday was coffee with a cup of milk and sugar for breakfast.  Total: 3 points

 Then, my boss wanted to get his pants hemmed, so I introduced him to the hilarious lady that does my alterations.  She's conveniently located near the Peruvian chicken place, and boss wanted to try Peruvian chicken.  (Don't all of you go to the tailor and the chicken place with your boss?)  So lunch was chicken, salad, and green beans, with about 4 trips to the water dispenser to drink out of a tiny cup.  I hate it when you get water at a counter service place and they give you a thimble to drink out of.  Total: 5 points
Let's be honest, I'm just in it for the aji sauce.
Then my boss took me and the accountant for ice cream!  I got a child-sized scoop of cookie dough.  You happy now, carb monster?  Total: 3 points
Carb monster is pleased!
Dinner was at Ford's Fish Shack, and included 6 raw oysters, a tiny cornbread muffin, fish wrapped in potatoes, topped with asparagus and tomatoes, and swimming in a sea of yum sauce.  Dessert was 3 bites of blueberry pie.  I also had a glass of water and a glass of wine. If you're in search of a buttery easy-to-drink Chardonnay, I can now recommend Coppola's Votre Sante.  Who would have thought? Total: 16 points
Yum yum yum yum yum!
Have I mentioned that I love raw oysters 'cause they're like eating the ocean and they're only a point for a bunch of 'em?

 Liquids: 6/6
Dairy: 1/2 
Vitamin: 1/1
Healthy Oil: 0/2
Fruits/Veggies: 4/5 (as much as I would like for blueberry pie to count as a fruit...I'm not counting it)
Protein: 4/2
Whole Grains: I didn't have any grains--odd.
Exercise: nope
Days Until Honeymoon: 51
Pounds to lose: 12.8 (weigh-in day is next Saturday)
Total: 26/26 points
Weekly Points: 17/49 for the week

Friday was pistachios and water for breakfast.  Total: 2 points
If I'm ever in New Mexico, I want to see this.
Lunch was 8 chick-fil-a nuggets, a salad, and an unsweetened tea.  Total: 8 points

Snack was two cups of coffee with sugar.  Total: 1 point

Dinner was healthy nachos (reduced fat/whole grain tortilla chips, fat-free bean dip, 2% shredded cheese, jalapenos), water, and 3 Hershey kisses.  Total: 12 points


Liquids: 7/6
Dairy: 1/2 
Vitamin: 1/1
Healthy Oil: 0/2
Fruits/Veggies: 2/5 (lame)
Protein: 3/2
Whole Grains: yes, whole grain tortilla chips
Exercise: nope
Days Until Honeymoon: 50
Pounds to lose: 12.8 (weigh-in day is next Saturday)
Total: 23/26 points
Weekly Points: 16/49 for the week

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