Date Night..

last night i went out with my boyfriend for dinner. we decided to go to Outback. i was so hungry and didnt eat a huge lunch because i was out during the day and i knew i was going to dinner. we got to the restaurant to find out there was a 1 HOUR and 25 MINUTE WAIT! i thought i was going to hit the floor... but we waited, and i went there prepared! 

i checked my points on Etools before i got there. i had the Grilled Chicken on the Barbie for 7 points with a side of Fresh Veggies for 0 points. i got a side house salad for 5 points, and used half of my dressing for 3 points. (i was in the mood for blue cheese) we shared my favorite thing of all time---- COCONUT SHRIMP, which was 11 points for the whole appetizer, and half of it was 6 points.... i used 3 extra points from my weekly points. 

overall, i say i didnt do too bad! i had a white wine spritzer, but ended up not drinking it all. 

so far today i had a thomas' everything bagel thin with 1 tbsp of weight watchers cream cheese, and a banana. 4 points for my morning so far =) 

today i will be doing laundry and cleaning, and i will wear my activelink in the process 

enjoy your sunday everyone!

breakfast is served..

first things first...I AM OFF THIS WEEKEND and IT FEELS AMAZING!!

it gives me more time to plan on what i wanna eat and to actually go out and walk and exercise if i want. this morning i made the oatmeal pancake that i blogged about a while back. its one of the easiest and tastiest things to make & eat. there are only 2 ingredients and thats eggwhites and oatmeal.

1/3 cup of eggwhites
a packet of oatmeal ( i use the WW oatmeal which is packaged as a cup )

you mix them together in a bowl. pour into a pan and even it out so its flat. the oatmeal kinda falls into the middle of the pan so just use a spoon and even it out. wait a few minutes and flip it over to cook the other side. i use sugar free syrup but you can use whatever you like =)

after the pancake i had a banana to make sure i was going to be full until the afternoon. a banana is always filling for me.

i hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! i will be back to post before the biggest eating day of the year.....THANKSGIVING! but before then, does anyone have any of their favorite recipes for thanksgiving dinner? i would love everyone to share =)

Being Active...

so there is a new thing with weight watchers and its called and ActiveLink. you basically wear it all the time and at the end of the day you plug it into your computer and it tracks how active you are and calculates the pointsplus you have earned. for the first 7 days, there is an assessment as you wear it so it can make a plan for you. today is my 1st day and im about to go out for a walk. 

i wanted to say that the peppermint mocha latte from starbucks was REALLY good, but its kind of expensive. i only got it because i had a $5 giftcard and that wasnt even enough!

i did find out that Dunkin Donuts has one also, but the pointplus value is more, but im sure less money. so its all about what your comfortable with. the medium was 5 points and a small was 3 points for dunkin! i think its because they use a syrup that is not less fat like starbucks makes their latte's a skinny if you want. 

anyways..... i have an overnight tonight at work so i need to pack my food wisely because whenever we do something like this, there is always JUNKFOOD and its hard to be good and eat the better stuff. 

have a great week everyone! 

hi everyone!

so my last post was about me going for my weigh in. this was on tuesday. i walked up to WW which is about 2 miles away from me. it felt good to walk, even though it was freezing outside! now, my last actual weigh in was in July because ive been bad and havent been able to make time to go. my schedule has been so crazy. but i promised myself after this week that i will be going weekly again.

so since July, i was only up 1 LB. i was amazed by this because at one point i had gained like 7 LBS. im just happy i was able to knock it off in time before the holidays. ive been stuck, but i am confident i will keep losing.

today im going to try something i have never had from starbucks. its a Skinny Peppermint Mocha Latte with non fat milk. a Tall one is 2 points and a Grande is 3 points. i think im gonna go for the grande! makes more sense i think =)

the link below shows you the nutritional info for this drink. you can change it around to how you like it. some prefer regular milk and maybe whipped cream. i said no whipped cream !

http://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/espresso/skinny-peppermint-mocha#size=11010777&milk=61&whip=NA

everyone enjoy your sunday! i will be out and about with my mom today & taking my grandma out for lunch.

will be back soon =)

sam xo

Going back to WW today for a weigh in

Its been forever that i have been able to weigh in and stay for a meeting. Work has not given me a good time when i can go. And i like to go the same time an day every week so its been rough.

Will keep u all posted ;) hope all are doing well xo

hurricane sandy is a killer!

Hey everyone! I hope everyone is ok after the hurricane we have just been through. I have been home all week because my job has no power.

Im going crazy in this house! But im trying so hard not to eat badly. Its really really hard!!!

Hope everyone is doing ok!

Will blog soon!