Food isn't really the enemy, we know that. The potato gets a bum rap thanks to sour cream, butter, bacon and cheese. Pasta gets a frown because of the rich sauces, cheese and pasta-isn't-pasta-without-bread bread. And of course cereal is just cereal... except when it's devoured in mass quantities. ahem.
Yesterday I embraced the W quite successfully. I had the house all to myself, it was cold & snowy outside and warm & cozy inside, there was nothing I absolutely HAD to get done and there was some GREAT television goin' on. Above all else: The Godfather marathon. Hurray! Something more addicting than sugar, woo hoo!!!
I watched TV, read a book during commercials, made good food and portion choices, managed to get in a walk with the dog AND 30 minutes on the treadmill if you can stand it. Let me take a moment to bask in my accomplishments... thank you. Thank you very much.
I consumed 30 points total... a sampling includes:
Yummmm. One egg over-easy, sautéed mushrooms in 1 tsp "butter" and 1/4 cup quinoa. And a cup of tea w/ 1 TBSP raw sugar and a splash of soy creamer. Total points: 6.
Salad (lettuce, apple, cukes, carrot, onion, radish), 2 TBSP ginger dressing, 5 oz baked marinated chicken breast*. Total points: 7.
*(I discovered this "brand" of chicken that supposedly engages in a kind of "humane" slaughter process called "Controlled Atmospheric Killing". ~sigh~ Some day I'll commit to a truly vegetarian diet, but I guess I'll be sneaking up on it slowly.)
A four oz package of this yummy stuff... 5 high protein, yummy points. There's actually a term for "vegetarian with the exception of fish": pescitarian. I can be that. I think.
But next time I enjoy some smoked salmon, I may have to lock myself in the closet...
Can I have some?
Me too?! Me too?!
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease??!
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