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Day 58

I don't know if you noticed, but I exercised every day for the past week!  Yay!  I'm giving myself the purse!  Isn't it lovely?


Also, are you guys loving this weather as much as I am?  Man, it's awesome.  Chris and I went for a 45 minute yesterday afternoon, and the temperature with the breeze combo was perfect.  Thanks, baby Jesus, for the lovely weather.

So the weigh-in situation kind of sucked this morning--I gained 4 ounces with 26.8 pounds to go.  SO FRUSTRATING.  If I look at what didn't go well last week, I'd say it was that while I made good choices during The Freezing Meetings, I still ate more than I normally would have.  My throat was all allergy-riffic, so I didn't drink as much water.  But this week, I'm really willing to blame Weight Watchers, because they changed their system again.  So I think next week I'm going to post all my points, and we'll go from there.

Die in a fire, Jennifer.
Anyway, Saturday means a trip to the farmer's market, followed by eating all of the yummy things from the farmer's market.  We always pick up some salsa and chips (seriously the best chips you'll ever eat) from Betty's.  But today she had cheese and spinach enchiladas too!  So lunch was enchiladas, plus chips and salsa.  Breakfast was a baby tangerine fest.


Dinner was awesome--we had lamb kebabs from Lothar, and some grilled tomatoes and onions also from the market (expertly grilled by Chris).  My contribution was brown rice made with fat free chicken broth (for a little extra protein), canola oil, and onions.

The only thing that I wasn't in love with was the bottle of Chardonnay I picked up yesterday at Winestyles.  Apparently "I want something really buttery and oakey" translated in to "I'd like an acidic and non-descript bottle of wine.  And I'd like to pay a lot for it."  Fail.  So if anyone wants an almost-full bottle of white wine, stop by and it's yours!  If you work with me, I'll even bring it to you!
My good friend the Duchess of Cambridge likes white wine.
Maybe she'll stop over.

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