20 Pounds Down....

Friday, February 15, 2013

Lunch.

This is just sad. Trying to conserve my points for Shabbat. #shouldnthavehadthathamentashen

First day back in the saddle.

So my first day back on WW was a bit tricky. I started at around lunch time so nothing could be done about the handful of m and m's and a reeces heart I ate earlier.

After that the day was:

Lunch:

Chicken breast (from purchased rotisserie chicken)

BBQ Sauce

1 small sweet potato

Dinner:

8 oz Terriyaki Salmon

Steamed in a bag broccoli and cauliflower

Dessert:

1 cup slow churned chocolate chip cookie dough

light whipped cream

fat free chocolate sauce

Total points for the day: 42 (!)

I am allotted 33 points per day bc. I am still nursing so Thank G-d for that.

The killer was actually eating such a huge piece of fish. Apparently salmon is 15 points when its 8 ounzes!! Who knew? So I figured it was my last night of eating a sundae after dinner so I just went for it..

Re the steamed veggies, I love those! They are super easy and I feel like I have a side dish that is healthy and easy without being hard to make/prepare for. I bought a couple more last night at my 8:30 pm grocery run. That doesn't sound so late but boy does it feel it. (Maybe its the working full time, having a 5 month old, and cooking for Shabbat?)

Here's to a good, healthy, low point weekend!

Chateu steakhouse

Last weekend we went out to Chateu Steakhouse in Queens for my moms birthday lunch. This all happened and was fabulous:

Chateu Sampler: short rib spring roll, chicken and beef satay, duck in a blanket, and sausage

Slider Trio: Chicken, Veal, and Beef

Delmonico Steak w/homemade onion rings and FLUFFY mashed potatoes - I did not eat that marrow blech.

Short Ribs

Happy Birthday mom! We got there at 2 pm. Obviously they didn't serve their lunch menu so prices got a bit steep but otherwise I recommend this place!

This was all prediet obviously...

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Its been awhile...

My last post was May 2012. Since then I have had a baby! "The Bud" was born 10 days early at 8 lbs 1 ounz in September 2012. We are super obsessed with him as most new parents are I guess.

I took 4 months off of work,and now I am back. I have noticed that being a bit chunky while holding an infant is socially acceptable. Being a bit chunky at work where there is no evidence of said infant is sad.

So the blog is back!

I gained a whopping 55+ pounds during my pregnancy. Going from a svelte size 6 to a lovely size 14 (first size skirt i wore post pregnancy- borrowed from a friend) I now have lost around 35 lbs naturally from daily life, working, commuting, and nursing - dabbling in Pilates but really no time even for that anymore. But that's it, the weight loss has stopped. Usually this is called a plateu (I think in WW) but that is when you are actively trying to lose weight and honestly eating ice cream sundaes nightly (albeit low fat ones) is not really trying.

So today I rejoined Weight Watchers! and I know I can do it! Because I did it before!

So here are my starting stats:
Starting Weight: 167.5 - I KNOW, but there are no lies here on the internets.
Goal: 147!

That is basically what I was at before when I was skinny so here we go.....

20 (.5) lbs down!

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Broccoli chedder pasta

Last night I wanted a cheesy pasta sauce and had some frozen broccoli in the house so this was born:

I followed this recipe but just cooked the broccoli with the noodles for the last 3 minutes and drained it all then added the cheese sauce on top and mixed all together.

All I know is that there were no leftovers and I am pretty sure 2 people shouldn't be eating 1 whole pound of spaghetti.