Thursday Update

Wow - Thursday already!  This week is flying by!  I don't have much to post about but since I'd like to post more often to stay accountable, I guess I'll just update my progress on my monthly goals...

1) Exercise at least 30 minutes a day 5 days a week.   Accomplished Monday and Tuesday.  My feet are hurting again so I've only been able to ride my stationary bike.   On a related note, I really hoped that I'd lose 10 pounds and my feet would magically be fixed as I've been blaming the pain on all this extra weight my poor feet have to carry around.   Didn't happen as the pain was back Monday morning.  (Maybe it will magically disappear when I lose 15 pounds. LOL.)  Then again, I didn't have to crawl to the bathroom or anything in the mornings and today I'm feeling almost normal again so maybe it is getting better.   Since I'm feeling good today, I will try out one of my Walk Away the Pounds DVDs today.

2) Eat on points with the exception of 'free' meal out Friday night. And track online no matter what...   Did great Monday and Tuesday.   My splurge meal of the week was moved up to Wednesday as Mom called last night and reminded me of the Wednesday 2 for $20 deal at a local restaurant and invited us to go out for dinner.     Had a small steak and baked potato.  Oh yeah and some deep fried cheese curds.   Don't even want to know the point values of them but they were sooooooooo good.   So according to the commercials, the 'happy cows' are in California but Wisconsin still knows how to deep fry cheese curds better than anyone.     In addition to the appetizer, the 2 for $20 deal also included dessert which was some pudding thing with fresh raspberries in it.   At least it had fruit.  :)   The good thing is that I had my big meal earlier in the week and have more time to get it off before weigh in on Monday.   And I did really enjoy it which is part of the plan.

3) Plan out menus for the work week. Still need to work on that.   Have ideas in my head but really need to get it down on paper.  Did start a list of the meals my girls will happily eat (unfortunately a SHORT list).  Tonight, we are having their favorite - tacos - which I now make a lot healthier (turkey breast meat, reduced fat cheese, whole wheat tortillas).

4) Finish our new work-out room in the basement. This is more of a weekend job so haven't made any progress yet.   Did find a cheap Tivo for in there on eBay but I guess that didn't take much effort.  
 
I really appreciate you taking the time to read this and make comments.  The extra support is great!