Easter Weekend

Good morning Teaspoons! 

It's Friday morning and I'm still lounging in bed... Why am I not working you ask? Because it's Good Friday! I'm looking foward to the long weekend and my parents visiting but I'm really scared about my diet taking a hit. For tonight, I've prepared a huge lasagna. I know, not the best choice. I'm planning on pairing it with a green healthy salad instea of the usually creamy (fatning) ceaser salade. I'm going to try to resist taking a big piece of lasagna and only take a small one and fill the rest of my plate with salad. I'm still going to have a glass of wine but not go overboard. And finaly, I'm going to go running today to have extra points. 

Tomorrow, I'm making chicken so that should be alright. And then my dad is making a huge ham on Sunday. All this food in such a short weekend. I just have to be smart at breakfast and lunch and make good healthy choices. I also have to remind myself why I'm doing all of this.

On that, have a GREAT Easter Teaspoons!!!!

On The Run Again

Good evening Teaspoons!

I started running again! Now that the good weather is finaly here and there's less wind (since I now live in the woods), I finaly convinced myself to lace up my shoes! So hopefully, in 10 weeks, I'll be able to run 5K! I never did a 5K before but came close to it. So I'm going to try it again! 

                  Yay! The sun is here! 

                  Let's stretch and run!

Snowed In!

Good day Teaspoons!

Sorry about my absence last night: our electricity went out around 4 pm and we only got it back this morning around 10 am.

Weight-in went better than I anticipated. I gained 0.6 pounds. I thought I would of gained much more because I feel so tight in my pants. This said, I'm not happy with myself. In the last two weeks, I have gained a total of 1.8 pounds. It's so crazy how fast we can gain wait but how much time it takes to lose it again!! 

But hey! I'm back on track since Tuesday. We are moving today but I'm still going to try my best to make smart choices in between emptying boxes. 

How did your weight-in go? 

We had quite a storm yesterday! Here's a picture of the car with the snow! 

Till next time, keep warm my Teaspoons!  

Awesome New Recipe!

Good day Teaspoons! 

One good thing about being on a diet? You try to find new recipes that are tasty but low in point plus value! Yes I've tried lots of recipes who just didn't make the cut! However, here's one that hits the mark! It's easy to make and easy on the points ;) I made it with one cup of rice noodles so calculated 5 pts for the noodles, 3 points for 2 oz. of beef and 2 points for the broth (I estimated here). It's super tasty because of all the herbs and spices! Give it a try :) 

http://dannysouper.radio-canada.ca/recette/Soupe-Un-Peu-Tonkinoise-Au-B-uf

             Sooooo yummy and filing! 

Enjoy!

Little Update

Good evening! 

Little little fast update: had a great weekend! Saturday, went to a friend's house where we had fondu.We only had chicken, shrimps and veggies so it was a lean meal. On sunday, I went out for brunch with my boyfriend and resisted bacon! Yay me! Had a beautiful omelette! It was yummy! 

I'm happy to say that since last Wednesday, I've drank two litres of water every.single.day. This is a huge improvement for me because I never used to drink any water. We'll see in two days if it will makes a difference on the scale. I'm really happy with myself because I tracked all week. The only thing left to do is to start working out again! I know I can do it but I find that I'm having a hard time convincing myself to workout now that I arrive later from work than before because we moved ( so im further from work). I should still make place in my day for exercising. I keep thinking of my friend Melissa who exercises at 10 pm at night after her daughter is in bed! If she can do it at 10pm, I can certainly do it at 8pm!

Even though I've been doing really well this week, I don't expect much from the scale on Wednesday. I've been having bad habits lately so I know that it will take more then one week of staying on track to see results! I'm motivated to continue!!

Till next time, keep on tracking! 

Lunch With Friends

Good evening Teaspoons!

I was in meeting all day so let me tell you, I'm happy to be home! Today I went to lunch with a friend of mine. We went to a brewery so I knew there were going to serve pub style food. 

I choose something that I would like (because no one wants to pay for food they don't really like but that have a lesser point value), but that wouldn't be too many points. I stayed away from the foods with the words "buttery", "creamy" and "cheezy".  I had an awesome chicken and bacon panini with curry mayo and fries. I took one side of the bread off and put it aside. I ate the panini before the fries so I wouldn't eat as many fries. All in all, I estimated that the sandwich and fries were 18 points. 

Because I had already ate 22 points, I made myself a HUGE salad for supper. I added an egg for protein and made my own dressing. My salad was 5 pts. 

        HUGE salad I had for supper! 

So I guess it is possible to eat out while on a diet! :) You just have to be wise about it. Now I'm relaxing with my 2 litres of water and a movie. 

Have a great weekend y'all! 

Trying My Hardest!

Good evening Teaspoons! 

I'm at the end of another day of this weight loss journey and I keep telling myself "one day at a time" and "slow and steady wins the race". I'm not dwelling on the mistakes I made yesterday or the week before but instead, I'm looking foward to the days to come. 

I've had a great day today. I counted everything I ate and I feel great about it. I even drank the recommended 2 litres of water (which I almost never do)! 

Tomorrow, I'm going to lunch with a friend. I'm going to make the best choices I can at the restaurant and I'm already planing on eating a good, healthy, low in points salad for supper so I won't go over my point allowance. 

Hopefully tomorrow will go as well as today! 

Another Week, Another Loss.

Good Day Teaspoons! 

Another weight in, another loss! Yay! 

Lost a pound this week which really surprised me! Although I'm quite happy about the loss, I'm not happy about how I ate this week. I didn't count my points and didn't do portion control. 

This week, I vow to calculate and write down everything I eat. Even if I go over my points, I will still write it down. That's the only way I can be aware of what I put in my mouth. 

Soooooo happy coffee isn't any points!

So here's to another week towards a better self! 

All Moved In

Good evening Teaspoons!

I finally got the Internet at the new place hooked up! It's so pretty here by the lake! Can't wait for the good weather to get here so I can throw the kayaks in the water and do some exercise. Unfortunately, Mother Nature is not cooperating. We had another snow day today. So what did I do? I made a sugar pie... Like really? Why oh why do I make sugar pies if I'm trying to lose weight? And it's not as if I kept on track all week. Oh no sir! I had family visiting this weekend so we ate and drank (cuz that's what we do when we're all together). Therefore, I'm expecting bad results on the scale tomorrow morning. Hopefully this week, I'll keep to my guns and follow WW.

Here's a pic of me in the sun having coffee last Saturday (only day we saw the sun in the last week). 

Till tomorrow, keep tracking!