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Back on Track

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After my weekend in Florida and my donut extravaganza yesterday morning I’m feeling like I’m back “on track.”

Breakfast: Green smoothie (3.5 points for those of you who count :)

  • unsweetened almond milk
  • vanilla Spirutein protein powder
  • banana
  • spinach
  • cinnamon, vanilla, almond extract

Lunch: Fruit salad

  • blackberries
  • blueberries
  • raspberries
  • strawberries
  • mango
  • kiwi
  • shredded coconut
  • sliced almonds

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+ Trader Joe’s fat free vanilla frozen yogurt drizzled with honey for dessert.

Dinner: Salad + 2 homemade biscuits + another small bowl of froyo

Salad

  • mixed greens
  • cherry tomatoes
  • cucumbers
  • carrots
  • red pepper
  • Newman’s Own Lowfat Sesame Ginger dressing
  • hemp seeds

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The hemp seeds kept getting stuck in my teeth – I don’t recommend adding them to salads! I keep trying to find a good use for them…any ideas on how to use hemp seeds?

Exercise:

  • Yoga: 20 minutes
  • Walked: 2 miles with the dogs (40 minutes)
  • Ran: 6 miles in 50 minutes
  • Walked: 2 miles with the doggies (35 minutes – hubby wasn’t with me!)

Sorry for the blurry pictures – I’m working on it! I did manage to snap this beauty:

DSC_0158awwww….isn’t she awesome??

Don't Forget the Edy's!

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Over the winter I gained about 5 pounds and I’ve been trying to get rid of them but they are sticking to me like glue!  I swear it gets harder the older you get. So I decided to go back on Weight Watchers, which is how I lost all my weight in the first place. I get a whopping 19 points a day! In case you don’t know, that’s not very much. So here’s what I had today:

Breakfast

Smoothie made with Spirutein vanilla protein powder, vanilla hemp milk, banana, lotsa spinach, cinnamon, and a dollop of Better N Peanut Butter*

Lunch

1/2 of a Trader Joe’s muffin. I was totally schnookered by the package that said “120 calories per serving” (see it? It’s on the right side). I LOVE muffins so I was pretty excited except when I got them home I realized that a serving is HALF a muffin! What a joke! So I had half a muffin today :)

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A huge salad with cucumbers, chickpeas, tomatoes, carrots, cauliflower, radishes, and baby greens

Saladwith my homemade oil-free dressing

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And finished with an Edy’s Orange & Cream Fruit Bar (I love these)

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I felt pretty satisfied with my lunch. After a little time to digest, I headed out for a 6 mile run that felt AWESOME. I used my new Phillips headphones and they worked really well and didn’t slide off my head like other headphones have in the past.

So…dinner.

We made personal pizzas with Boboli crusts. Doug piled his high with cheese but I used less than 1/4 cup on mine and instead piled it with spinach and sauteed mushrooms. I’m trying to get cheese out of my diet all together but when it comes to pizza…

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(The spinach puree is hidden under the sauce :)   (Sorry for the bad photo!)

I was surprised how good it was because I always thought you had to have a ton of cheese on your pizza. I think next time I’ll skip the cheese altogether and see how it goes.

I had a few other snacks today but I thought I was within my points. Then I realized that I forgot to figure in the Edy’s! So I was over by one point – but I figure that’s ok since I did run today! I’m trying not to get too hung up on the points thing anyway – it’s just a guideline :)

Time for beddie-by!

*Better N Peanut Butter is AWESOME! You have to try it if you haven’t already. It has half the calories of regular PB and 85% less fat than regular peanut butter. I use it in smoothies mostly – I haven’t yet baked with it but the BNPB website has some recipe ideas.