Thursday 12-1-11

Hi there. Please excuse my day-late post (again.)  I don't have a good excuse, but I did go to bed earlier than normal which was nice.  I also worked out yesterday while my son napped.  (Baby girl just jumped in her Jumperoo clapping, cheering me on and trying to copy some of my moves.)  I was tired going into the workout but felt amazing when it was done, energetic and refreshed.  I'm glad I pushed through my laziness and worked through it because it was worth it.  I will have to remember that feeling next time I am too lazy to exercise.

In other news, Weight Watchers rolled out PointsPlus 2012 this morning, an updated version of the program they rolled out in November 2010.  I was surprised to wake up and see my online tracker say that my points target has been reconfigured.  They applied the change to my entire week so I was slightly disappointed to see that I no longer have weekly points left to get me through this weekend.  This will prove challenging, I'm sure, so I guess there will be some extra workouts in my very near future.  They dropped me from 36 PointsPlus to 33 PointsPlus a day.  That's probably a good thing though since it probably means I will get to my personal goal in a more timely fashion.  I'd love to start 2012 in my pre-kid skinny jeans.  That would be nice.  Anywho, this is what I ate yesterday, December 1st, 2011.

Breakfast (10 pts)
1/2 c. egg whites, 2 links of turkey sausage, an Everything bagel thin with 1 Tbsp neufchatel and two organic skim milk/sugar free hazelnut lattes

Snack (0 pts)
Medium banana

Lunch (9 pts)
Leftover turkey burger with an Indian twist on a Sara Lee white wheat bun toasted in garlic infused oil and topped with curried mayo, red onions, cilantro and cucumber slices.  I also had about half of a cucumber on the side.

Snack (4 pts)
3 Pepperidge farm Holiday Quartet crackers spread with 1 Tbsp Rondele garlic & herb cheese and 1 caramel filled Hershey Kiss

Dinner (6 pts)
Prosciutto, arugula & balsamic sandwich on demi-wheat French bread (with most of the inside bread scraped out.)  This is a Skinny Taste sandwich that I ate a lot this summer.

Dessert (10 pts)
White chocolate peppermint mocha hot cocoa cocktail topped with fat free Reddi-Wip and Andes peppermint chips.  DE-LICIOUS! But next time I will lighten it up. 10 pts is a lot for one little cocktail.

So that was my day yesterday.  Today should be interesting seeing as my points target is 3 points less than I am used to and I don't have any weekly points to dip into.  I'm a little nervous about that.  I guess I will have to resist the urge to bake this weekend, which is a shame since I bought a whole bunch of yummy ingredients yesterday!  Oh well, 3 more days til weigh in and a new set of weekly points to dip into.  Have a great day everyone!  I will try to post my menu tonight instead of tomorrow morning this time.