Eats for Saturday 9/4

“I don’t fish. I don’t golf. I fight fires. And I eat cake. You take fires away and within three weeks, a month tops, I will be dead due to cake-related injuries.”

Just a little quote from probably my favorite character on Rescue Me, Lt Shea or Lou. His food addiction is one thing that makes him so endearing to me.

I'm thinking of cake because there is currently a birthday cake in my office that I am struggling to avoid. I have 2 hours to go at this point and I want to cave. I actually may end up caving.

You'll have to read to the bottom to find out since I'm going to be finishing and posting this either later tonight or tomorrow morning.
I don't even know what's going to happen as of right now.
Isn't it exciting?

On with the eats for the day...

Daily points allowance: 25
Weekly points remaining: 25

Breakfast/Lunch:
*I always sleep in when I work 2nd shift. Always.
1 Pepperidge Farm multi grain deli flat, 2 pts - 23
1 serving peanut butter, 5 pts - 18
1 vanilla Yoplait light yogurt, 2 pts - 16
strawberries, 1 pt - 15
8oz fat free skim milk, 2 pts - 13

Snack:
2 servings dry roasted peanuts, 8 pts - 5
30g cheddar rice cakes, 2 pts - 3

Dinner:
1 cheese stick, 2 pts - 1
2 cups romaine and spinach with carrots and mushroom, 0 pts - 1
1 serving fat free feta, 1 pt - 0
1 serving bacos, 1 pt - 0/24
2 tbsps light caesar dressing, 2 pts - 0/22
1 Yoplait light yogurt, 2 pts - 0/20
4 16oz cups water with crystal light, 0 pts - 0/20

So, did I eat the cake?
Yep. 1 piece store bought cake, 5 pts - 0/15

Total points used: 30
Weekly points remaining: 15
Fruit/veggie servings: 3
Water intake: 8
Exercise: none

Thought for the day:
I am a weak, weak woman. When faced with cake of any kind, cake usually wins. It is my kryptonite.

Eats for Friday 9/3

I just realized that my last post was supposed to say Eats for Thursday 9/2. For a minute there I was thinking I was behind a couple days. Turns out I'm just not a good editor. Oops.

So, I was a big ball of stress on Friday. It's almost like I'm TOMing or something but I'm not. The biggest stress has been money stuff. MB and I have been super stressed trying to make ends meet and we still feel like we are getting nowhere. Things will definitely work out, but the muddling through is taking it's toll on us.

I was paying bills and clipping coupons with a clenched jaw, eff this and eff that flying out of my mouth and on the verge of tears. Not pretty. So, I took off with the pup and hit the trails. A little fresh air and exercise was just what I needed. My little brain was still trying to work those stress thoughts into my head as we hiked, but I just let them all go and enjoyed the hike. It's a much better way to cope than shoveling cupcakes into your mouth.

Although, I will admit that I got suckered into buying dry roasted peanuts at the grocery store. And by 'suckered', I mean that they were 2 for $5 and I wanted peanuts, so peanuts ended up in my cart.
Shameful, I know. But they are so delicious.

Moving on...here are my eats for Friday:

Daily points allowance: 25
Weekly points remaining: 35

Breakfast/Lunch:
2 eggs, 4 pts - 21
1 piece scrapple, 3 pts - 18
1 cup home fried potatoes, 5 pts - 13
unsweetened iced tea, 0 pts - 13

Dinner:
Leftover chicken chorizo etouffee with white rice, 10 pts - 3
unsweetened iced tea, 0 pts - 3
chips and queso, 5 pts - 0/33

Snack:
dry roasted peanuts, 8 pts - 0/25
unsweetened iced tea, 0 pts - 0/25

Total points used: 27
Weekly points remaining: 25
Fruit/veggie servings: 0
Water intake: 4
Exercise: 45 minute hike at moderate intensity

Thought for the day:
Dry roasted peanuts are the devil. Anyone want to buy an unopened jar just to save me from myself?

Eats for Wednesday 9/2

MB and I went out to eat tonight. We hadn't really seen each other in a few days and needed to have a mini date night. We chose to go to one of our favorite places, The Border Cafe. Love, love, love. I always get the same thing there. Chicken chorizo etouffee. Yum. Omg. Sooooo good.
I only ate 1 cup of it, because it is so filling. The rest will be our lunch for tomorrow.
Oh, and we shared some queso too. I know. We are bad people. Bad people who love cheese.
(sigh)

Daily points allowance: 25
Weekly points remaining: 35

Breakfast:
1 cup multi grain cheerios, 2 pts - 23
4 oz fat free skim milk, 1 pt - 22
1 tangerine, 1 pt - 21
1 hot tea, white tea with tangerine, 0 pts

Lunch:
2 cups salad greens with mushrooms, onion and carrots, 0 pts - 21
croutons, 2 pts - 19
light caesar dressing, 2 pts - 17
1 Yoplait light yogurt, 2 pts - 15
32 oz water with crystal light, 0 pts - 15

Dinner:
chicken chorizo etouffee with white rice, 1 cup, 10 pts - 5
queso with tortilla chips, 5 pts - 0
unsweetened iced tea, 0 pts - 0

Total points used: 25
Weekly points remaining: 35
Fruit/veggie servings: 3
Water intake: 6
Exercise: walk in the park with the pup

Thought for the day:
I heart chorizo. That is all.