I’d like to start by wishing my mother an early Happy
Birthday! Her birthday is tomorrow and we are celebrating on Sunday. Congrats on another year, Mom! Love you!
So, sometime on Tuesday or Wednesday it occurred to me that
the things I’ve been trying lately haven’t led to any results. At some point last week, I decided that the
only thing that has ever truly worked for me consistently is Weight Watchers. When I started my weight loss journey, I started
with Weight Watchers. Over the past year
or so, I got burned out on counting points and I’ve tried other things but
nothing keeps the weight off. On Thursday,
I signed up again. My first weigh in was
Thursday. I knew it would be high because
I had already eaten breakfast and lunch and I had quite a weekend before
that. I decided my weigh in day would be
Saturday so I did Weight Watchers perfectly Thursday and Friday and when I weighed
Saturday morning, I was already down four pounds. I know some of that had to do with a morning
weigh in, the clothes I was wearing and a couple other factors but it felt good
to see the scale going in the right direction.
I let myself enjoy gameday on Saturday.
I got all the junk food I like out of the way. So, I may not see much of a loss this
Saturday but it feels right to be counting points again. I need to beat this plateau. Weight Watchers had my first goal at 10.2
pounds and I have 5.6 pounds left to go before I get there. I’m hoping to lose around 20 pounds by the
end of the year so I’m being as strict as possible from now on. As you know, it’s a constant battle.
I wanted to share a popsicle that I found. There’s a new place in town called Steel City
Pops. They sell gourmet popsicles and
they are delicious. I’m particularly
fond of the peanut butter one.
Unfortunately, these frozen treats are around 250 calories so they aren’t
something that I can run and get all the time.
This popsicle, while not as good as the creamy peanut butter, is pretty
tasty and is only 60 calories. Of
course, if you aren’t into coconut or pineapple, you may want to consider
another flavor.
I have definitely shown the above snack before but since it’s
football season, I thought I’d show you my lower calorie/fat version of
barbecue nachos. If you’re from the
south, you should be aware of barbecue nachos, a snack that has taken over at
sporting events. There are different
versions but essentially, you take tortilla chips and top them with pulled pork,
barbecue sauce and nacho cheese. They
are delicious but absolutely awful for you.
It is possible, however, to make a much healthier (and almost as tasty)
version of these at home. I made them
with baked tortilla chips, pre-packaged barbecue and white queso you can find
in a jar. It’s important to keep within
in one serving size but this is one of very few snacks that actually makes for
a decent substitution.
In addition to my mom’s birthday, my brother’s girlfriend,
Lisa also celebrated last week. She
turned 21 and I wanted to share the adorable cake my mom made for her with all
of you. It was all rainbow-y and yummy!
I went to my first Bama game of the season on Saturday. We played Ole Miss and won. Roll Tide! Football season is my absolute
favorite time of the year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eoah10p6Jdc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsN8sRAIh8s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVUAXf28E3Q
I saw Grace Potter and the Nocturnals for the fifth time
Wednesday night and she was amazing as usual.
I included some links to some Youtube videos I made while I was there.
My parent’s dog Greyson ate an entire stick of butter
yesterday so she was feeling a little under the weather and was pretty annoyed
that I was in her face. I would highly
recommend never eating an entire stick of butter.
See y’all next time!
Bye!
“Let me be your ruler (ruler)
You can call me queen bee
And baby I’ll rule, I’ll rule, I’ll rule, I’ll rule
Let me live that fantasy.” Royals-Lorde
