My Favorite Salad

Baby spinach
thinly sliced red onion
sliced strawberries
toasted pecans or walnuts
light raspberry walnut vinaigrette dressing
grilled chicken breast
goat cheese (if I have it)
avocado

I bought some boneless skinless chicken breast on sale on Monday at HEB plus, and then I grilled all of it on Tuesday. I've had some wonderful salads this week!

Got Bored With the Background

..so I changed it. :) Hope y'all like it.

I decided to track my points as I go through the week and pick my "off day" at the end of the week, because I'm finding that there are some days I have more self control than others. So, in case you're wondering why my points aren't updating throughout the week, that's why. :)

Hope you guys are doing well.

I Was Wondering..

Do you two remember that you met each other - at my wedding? Sandra's Joe's wife (Steve's best man) and Kara was one of my brides maids. I was just thinking about it and realized that you guys actually met and talked at my wedding. :)

Any objections?

I have been keeping track of my points on a nifty excel spreadsheet that I made. I just updated my points, and I'm noticing a trend. Saturdays are the worst day of the week for me! Would either of you object to me taking Saturday off instead of Sunday? I'm still not going to exercise on either of those days. It's just a diet thing for me.

What do you think?

interesting article

I feel like I'm being a blog hog with all my posts lately but I came across this article this morning and I had to share. What do you think?
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/24295957/

Way to go, Kara!

I just noticed you lost 2 more pounds for a total of 7! That's awesome, way to go! (and way to go, Julie for the 5 pounds you've lost!!--just in case I didn't already say that)

being sick sucks!

Last week was spring break for my kids so I didn't work out all week, I stayed home with them instead. I was so excited to get back into my workout plan starting today but Friday night I was up all night with a major sore throat. Joe was gone on a scout campout so I couldn't sleep anyway so while I was awake I was in agony. I went to the instacare on Saturday and was told that I have a viral infection in my throat. There is nothing they can do about it but I can take zinc 6 times a day to help it go away sooner and if I'm not feeling better in a few days I'm supposed to go back to the doctor. My throat hurts so bad it hurts to talk. It hurts worse than when I've had strep throat. It feels like I'm swallowing broken glass every time I swallow. To top it off when I take the zinc it makes my stomach hurt. Happy days! Needless to say I'm eating a lot of soft, comfort foods. (like rice pudding, yum!) If I'm not feeling better by Wednesday I'm going back in to the doctor, this is just wrong!

p.s. this is just to explain my super low points so you understand why I'm slacking and not just so I can whine although I sure do feel like whining! I hope I can catch back up soon!