Ok, today is Sunday. This time Thursday night I stated that I was tired of spending all week making up for the weekend. I think I may have achieved a weekend i do not have to "make up" for....Was today hard? "All you can eat" Northside Baptist Church after service lunch to celebrate our Pastor's birthday.....oh yeah. Bad mistake # 1....left the house without breakfast.....#2 kinda
losing it at the end of the day....but I am willing to see how it all shakes out.




Grits with some cheese 4
chicken breast W/o skin 4

I don't even know how to
proceede here,
several 'tastes' of lemon meringue pie

some kind of pistachio fluffy stuff
a spoon of this a spoon of that.....
I am counting all that for 10
Progresso 0 point soup 0
crackers and pb 5
______________
23

If I have miscalculated today's taste fest.....I am goping the 6 mile run I did will make up for it....Yes, I ran 6 miles today....3 laps around the "school circle" which by LB's calculation on her I phone map program....one lap was 2 mile. Now this circle is not for sissys! It has serious hills and we had a mild to moderate wind to deal with ....and it was cold! I give myself permission to warm up by walking and do some good weight lifting tomorrow.....good day! = )
( I am not watching the superbowl!)

Well, we made it through Saturday, I Hop and all.....I personally love the I Hop......I remember the first item I ordered at I Hop in Lawton, Oklahoma.....Pigs in a blanket. Go figure! Today, however I ordered off the "for me"section which includes the calorie, fat, carb numbers. No fiber count but with the fresh fruit I figure 2 fibers is a good guess.....

WW 2 point bar 2
IHop 2 egg breakfast "for me"
(sub 1 small pancake for toast) 8
WW crackers and PB 4
0 point Progresso Southwestern soup
(forgot how much I like that stuff) 0
the rest of my Brick savory salad 3
Skinny Cow (mmmmm) 2
WW 1 point bar 1

Grand total for the day:______________________
20
I will throw in 2 for misc
or I hop miscalculation 2
___________________
22

Those are numbers I can live with. No, I did not make it to the gym today =( however I am planning an outdoor run....PROVIDING it is not all cold and rainy tomorrow! Today was awful, weather wise. Tomorrow is supposed to be better. Now, can I make it through the lunch after church tomorrow.....fried chicken, mac and cheese (the vegetable of choice for all red blooded southerners) green beans and a variety of home made yummy church lady deserts....I myself (with a little help) made a lemon meringue pie.. 9 1/2 X 13 size!
Anybody reading this would like to come on and join us....services at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. with Sunday School in between, 9:45....Come on down to Northside! Corner of MLK and Jefferson......Come join us for worship, and come join us in carrying the message of Jesus Christ to the city of Milledgeville and beyond. God Bless!

Well, day is done...gone the sun...
Let me tell you, this week has been enough to drive the most committed and dedicated dieter to eating! Rain rain and more rain makes for very few (2 to be exact) days on the playground. There is only so much you can do to make up for that.....parachutes and duck duck goose ....inside....lots of movement songs and antsey children wanting to be outside as badly as you want them to be! But we made it. And thanks to Punxie Phil, we've got 6 more weeks of winter. I know the Georgia equivalent declared an early spring but.....I am kinda a died in the wool phan of phil....if you will....

So lets see how I faired for the day, points wise....(or unwise)......And I know I do this so completly backwards. Its like going to the grocery store blindfolded and without a shopping list or any clue how much I have to spend...getting to the check out and wringing my hands until the bill is tallied. Hoping I don't over spend and that i got everything I needed....
Seeing as I made it to the gym (only) 3 days this week (I am gonna try for in the morning, really)
maybe my next goal ought to be MEAL PLANNING. Oh yeah, I remember that! That is what I used to do!

store bought yougurt 2
2 points bar um 2
cereal and milk (yes, I ate 2 breakfasts) 3
I am just going to add up my salad
lettuce, tom, cuke, carrot 0
salad dressing 1
VERY small potato 2
Chili (maybe 1/3 C 3
Strawberry shortcake 4
Apple and PB 3
4 wings 4(?)
1/2 brick savory salad 2

Is that it? Im thinking.......________
hmmm 26

I may have overestimated on the chili and the strawberry shortcake because really, I had very small portions of both...but I would rather err on the side of caution. But, I know that is too many. Should have skipped the cake and the wings or at least one or the other. But can I go to the brick and forgo the wings? mmmmmm I don't know......But so much worse It could have been. No butter, cheese or sour cream on the potato. Only 4 wings. I wanted the Buffalo Brick Chick....really really bad....but I saladed....I saladed for 2 of three meal....I would say it was a good day in the food department, wouldn't you?

I have another confession....I am hopelessly addicted the the product pictured ......Better'n Peanut Butter. It is so creamy and peanutty. Oh, on a banana, on an apple, on a caramel rice cake, on my finger! Whatever I happen to slather it on.....I am never disappointed! 100 calories and 2 grams of fat per 2 tablespoons. mmmmmm. I want some right now!

ok, I know you are wondering how the day went....got to the gym....ran 1 mile then did about 30 minutes of weight lifting. I am trying to incorporate more weight bearing exercising in my routine. I perfer running as I get a little hung up on sweating .....equating that with a worthy work out. However, the Oxygen Mag my daughter subscribed me to for Christmas insists that that is not the case. And it is helping to convince me by showing lots of good lifting exercises for us ladies!

Ok....point time

museli with a tad of yogurt 3.5
the other half of that subway 5
chips 2
100 calorie chocolate cookie thing 2
uh..Mrs A : ( (but such control) 2
home made taco salad 5
almonds and pb (eeks) 3
________
22.5
really, probably need to
add 1.5 for misc.... 1.5
________
24

Not too bad......a little worried about tomorrow.....pod luncheon.....possible dinner out.....


I think what I am seriously getting tired of is working my pah tootie off to make up for the week end....something to think about.................Question of the day.......will I try to make good choices tomorrow? Y_____ N_____

Check one............

Wednesday....made it to the gym this morning and ran 4 miles. STAYED out of Mrs. A's candy supply....2 very positive things done today! And I really want chocolate. I have had a pretty good day in the food department...
homemade yogurt 3
2 points bar (WW) 2
Rotiss chicken 3
Broccoli and cheese 2
1/2 100 calorie bagel 1
PB 3
_______

14 thus far.... still have supper...
subway 5
chips 2
___________
21
pretizls 2
_____
23

Well that is the plan to finish my day....23 is not so bad what with my run....I will confess, on running days, i do not count my fruit.....(does it count if I don't count it??) I ate an apple and a mango today....not so countable.......................but feeling more accountable.....if no one else benefits, I feel like this blog page is helping me stay on track..................

Well, did not make it to the gym today.....worked on paperwork from 4:45 am until I left for work, then again at lunchtime. Meeting today lasted longer than anticipated (of course), lost my keys and by the time It was all said and done, ran out of time.....


Oatmeal in the school cafeteria for breakfast! So many folks around here, kids included do not have an appreciation for the oat meal.....yummy, it is about my favorite hot cereal, along with cream of rice, cream of wheat, malt o meal, muesli, rice with milk....grits are not among my favs list!

So here goes:
Oatmeal with strawberries 4
soup 3
ww wheat crackers 2
better n peanutbuttter 2
2 rice cakes 2
rotiss chicken 4
corn 2
broccoli and cheese 2
________
21

oooopppps Mrs A 3
ok, 24 might be closer to the truth....I am aiming for 22-24 a day with EXERCISE. my friend Karynne and I are planning a run on Saturday. She wants to run a 1/2 marathon together on Mar. 6th ooooohhhhhhhhh aaaaaaaahhhhh can I do it???????????

Confession time....I really went over the top during Birthday Blow out.....Uh huh, that is me...eating ice cream out of the carton. What you cannot see is the lake of chocolate syrup at the bottom...you can however see a smidge on my chin....
But, today I did go to the gym this morning. 30 minutes on the elliptical...2.5 miles. Pretty pathetic. I did keep my commitment to getting to the gym, for one day in a row!

Point counting....let me see. Homemade yogurt-3
Salad 4
Pretzels 2
Mrs. A 5 (I'll explain later)
Cereal 2
Pretzels 4
Omelet 4 (1 egg, 2 whites, 2 oz ham
drizzle of cheese)
rice cake 1
Bettern pb 2
Apple 2
______________
29

Yup, Don't have to tell you, that ain't gonna cut it..................Mrs. A----that would be a teacher down the hall. She keeps a large plastic Ice cream tub full of chocolate. Hersheys, mini snickers and milkeyways, also laffy taffy. I visited her tub. Bad move. I had every intention of NOT DOING THAT! Skipping 5 points of chocolate is EASY! It just does not take much to add up to 5 points. If I took the rice cake to school with the peanut butter and had that as a snack, that could stave off my hunger. Better luck tomorrow.

Tomorrow - a trip to the gym will be a challenge. I anticipate being up early to work on paperwork in the morning. May be I can get there after school. Hard, but do-able.....

See ya then.................