Last night was one my best friend's birthday. Allie wanted to go to this amazing restaurant in St. Joseph about 45 minutes away. Boudreaux's Louisiana Seafood & Steaks is one of the best (in my opinion) around. I absolutely love it.....when I am not on Weight Watchers and trying to watch what I eat. Their fried food is fried to golden perfection and who wouldn't want to eat it?! So, in preparation for last nights outing, I did my homework. I looked at their menu, decided what I was going to order (even had some help from a co-worker who suggested getting my items cooked in olive oil instead of butter), and off I went. Fast forward to 8:00 pm last night and I. WAS. STARVING. I wanted one of everything on the menu, but I had that inner voice saying No Cameron, you can do it! And I did. I stuck with my meal plan of sharing some crab dip with a friend and ordering the salmon (cooked in olive oil of course) and seasonal vegetables. I even ordered a Bloody Mary to minimize my points, I mean it's vegetables and alcohol right? And I have extra weekly points that I can use, so why not? Now, I am not going to lie, the onion rings and fried pickles that came out before and during the meal were taunting me....but I only had ONE. That's right ONE onion ring. For those of you that know me, this process is going to be a difficult one because I LOVE FOOD! After dinner I felt pretty successful for my first outing during my first week on WW. Well, that is until we got to the martini bar. Foster's martini bar in St. Joseph has some of the best martinis ever. Last night I enjoyed the Key Lime Pie martini.....and a Flirtini. I know, I know, I am racking up the points quickly, but I earned 11 activity points with Crossfit on Wednesday so that cancelled out the Key Lime Pie martini and I have 49 weekly points to use so I was able to have my Flirtini. All in all it was a great night and I had a great time with some wonderful friends. But now, I have to get back on track!
So this morning, I started with a higher point breakfast because I am one of those girls who doesn't skip breakfast (or any meal for that matter, I mean I am on WW for a reason). I would rather have a larger breakfast and feel fuller when I start my day and then snack in the afternoons. When I am teaching I really only have about a 30 minute lunch break every day and on duty days it's about 15. I had Egg Beaters (my new fave!), a multi-grain english muffin with butter and jelly and a cup of coffee. I have never been the kind to look for the lower sugar, less fat, kind of items, but have now with WW. So you may be thinking big deal so what you have some light butter and lower sugar jelly, but that is the first step for me to becoming a healthier eater. They may be baby steps but I have to start somewhere. I am watching every single ounce of butter, jelly, ketchup, etc. that I put on my food and can already notice a difference in how I approach what I put in my mouth. Here is a picture of my breakfast and a few of my new favorite products. Enjoy!
Breakfast
Coffee..... YUM!
Some new favorites.
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