Today was weigh-in day. I wasn’t able to make it to my Weight Watchers meeting as I had to go into work. I don’t like missing my meetings. That’s where my support and inspiration comes from. But, I do need to pay the bills so off to work I went. I have a Weight Watchers scale at home so at least I could keep up my weight tracking. I’m very happy to say today’s weight is 153.4! I’m 1.6lbs lighter than last week and I couldn’t be happier.

My jeans are beginning to fit a bit looser, my energy is slowing picking up, and my spirits are soaring. It feels really good to be back on track. After feeling a bit under the weather this week, I’m eager to jump on my bike and peddle my butt off. And once the weather warms up and the street aren’t so icy, I’m putting my walking shoes on. Who knows, maybe I’ll sign up for some 1/2 marathons this summer!

So, here I am. Sitting at work with a phone in my ear. Lunch has been provided by our management to take some of the sting off coming in on a Saturday. So what’s on the menu? Fried chicken and submarine sandwiches. Now, the Cajun girl in me reeeeaaaallllyyyyy wants that fried chicken. But the Weight Watcher girl thinks the sub sandwich is a smarter choice. The sandwich is one of those really long, pre-sliced sandwiches for banquets and parties. I picked up my slice that has turkey, ham, and roast beef. So let’s see how the points work out: Instead of eating both chunks of bread I opted for just the bottom chunk and estimated the amount of bread as 2 slices of white bread for about 3 points. The deli-sliced turkey came out to 1 point for a 2 oz serving. Deli-style roast beef is 2 points for 2 oz, and the deli-sliced ham is 2 point for 2 oz as well. Mustard is @ 0 points as is the lettuce and tomato. So for 8 points I enjoyed a very satisfying sub sandwich. Not bad!

Since Saturday nights are date nights with my hubby, I think I will talk him into some Japanese food. Stir fry veggies sound really tasty. Looking up the nutritional value of stir fry veggies it looks like the point value will be about 7 points for a cup. Again, not too shabby. Beer? Of course! I also write a beer blog so that gorgeous beverage is my points splurge.

So all in all, it’s been a pretty good week. I didn’t catch the plague after all. I just needed some extra rest and I’m good to go. Next week’s meeting….look out!

Liz