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Day 104

Ahh, the perils of working at home.

 Because the storm was coming, I responded appropriately by cooking all of the bacon.  So breakfast was three slices of low fat bacon (Andrew--protein!), a hard boiled egg (Andrew--protein!), a banana, and small slice of zucchini bread.  Plus a cup of water.  Total: 8 points
Then Chris lost his mind and decided he needed to get us lunch from Chick-fil-a.  Mmm hmmm.  So I had seven nuggets (Andrew--protein!) because Fitch stole one from me.  Then I had a cup and a half of grape tomatoes with ranch dip made with fat free sour cream.  And four glasses of unsweetened tea.  Total: 7 points
Snack was four tootsie rolls, a quarter cup of snack mix, and 19 pieces of candy corn.  And if you hate candy corn, I have this to say to you: more for me.  Total: 7 completely not worth it points
Oooh, is there a matching necklace?
Dinner was two sliders (Andrew--protein), a cup of apple, pretzels and hummus.  Plus another glass of water.  Total: 12 points

 And then I felt totally shameful because I only had about 1,000 steps on the pedometer, and had e-mailed my walk team to say that hurricanes were no excuse for not exercising.  So I did 45 minutes of cardio on wii fit (stepping, running, hula hooping, and my favorite--boxing)!  And then I did 10 minutes of weight lifting.  Hooray!  Plus three glasses of water.
Liquids: 9/6
Dairy: 1/2
Vitamin: 1/1
Healthy Oil: 0/2
Fruits/Veggies: 6/5
Protein: 5/2
Whole Grains: yes, pretzels
Exercise: yes, cardio and weights!
Total: 26/26 points
Weekly Points: 8/49 for the week. 
Steps: 15,000 (1,000 on the pedometer, 3,000 for cardio, 2000 for weight lifting, 5000 for veggies, 4000 for water)

 For this "coulda been worse but coulda been better" day, we'll give it a Sophie.
What on earth is this 'candy corn?'  It sounds vile.

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