Ode to a great weekend

Let’s play a little catch up since I last left you.

I got a new iPhone!  It feels GREAT to have one again. They sold me a brand new one for just over $200. Lesson learned. New iPhone does not go NEAR the toilet or sink.

I decided to pay the 99c and bought a WW app (not an official WW app – you can only get that in the US).  It’s been helping me wonderfully.  Usually I gain a little weight over the weekend but this weekend I have gone DOWN a little.

My cousin (who was a WW leader for a few years but recently quit) and I are going to weigh in together on Thursdays (well, she lives over 2hrs away so we are going to call each other and report our weights).

It’s been a great weekend despite having to work at the other job yesterday.  I DID finally send off my info to my employer to get me my Goodlife membership!  Now… I wait.  I won’t get it until after June 5th (that’s when they cash the cheques).

Here’s some food photos from Friday

Dinner on Friday was Greek food (ordered in).

Yesterday’s food…

Breakfast was a WW thin (1), 2 egg whites (0), some blue menu ketchup (0) and a bowl of berries (2)

And because I was lazy before work… lunch was a fun yogurt I bought (3), another WW thins (1), PB 92) and jam (1)

The yogurt was really yummy… it could very easily be made at home. Vanilla yogurt with a little crushed oreo.  I plan on making it one day!

Dinner was some brown rice (2), channa (2), a veggie salad with cheese (2) and Renee’s Wellness Tuscan dressing (0), followed by pineapple Chobani (3) – pineapple Chobani ROCKS

A snack at work (and shared) was PB filled pretzels  

And, for fun… here’s some orange nail polish I bought yesterday. I love Nicole by O.P.I.  I have several colours of this brand now and have been changing my toe colour every night        

 

On to today…

After sleeping in, enjoying the sun shining through my windows, having a long CALGON bath (hello, I have decided Calgon bubbles FAR out last any other bubbles I’ve ever used! No matter how expensive!)… I had breakfast: WW thin (1) with some jam on half and honey on the other (1 total), followed by some watermelon (1), blackberries and blueberries (1)

Lunch was at Jack Astor’s. I had a chicken sandwich (guessing 8) with a baked potato and salsa (4)

Dinner was a WW pita (1) with some pizza sauce (0), red onions and capers (0) and cheese (3 total – after pizza and salad), along with spinach/veggie salad (0) with the rest of the cheese (already accounted for) and Renee’s Tuscan dressing (0)

 

I realized I didn’t get much protein with dinner so dessert was a protein oat bar thingy – the fruit ones I made earlier last week

I hope everyone has a great week!

Winner winner, protein dinner!

So, a while ago I won some Prairie Naturals Protein Powder from Lynn.  Well, it arrived last week!!  After some issues to iron out with the delivery company, I was overjoyed when it showed up!!

 

It smells so sweet. I wanted to put a spoon in and eat the powder (but I didn’t).  Alex thought it smelled like strawberries and cream… and I have to totally agree.

The first thing I made was an egg white/protein powder/crofter’s concoction.  It was dessert. It was good.

Then this week I made a berry smoothie with it. 

I conclude, based on the aforementioned consumption of this protein powder, that I really like it!

Here’s some food highlights from yesterday

First, we have my Chobani. I was so excited to try my very first one.  at $2.99 a pop I savoured it.  I usually keep my food in my own insulated bag at my desk at work, but I wanted this to stay cold so I also labelled it carefully before putting it in the communal fridge at work. I was taking NO chances.

Mmmmm, it was good. Loved the tiny pieces of pomegranate in it.

Yesterday also involved other food…

Today I wasn’t so hungry and only had more berries for food during the day.  Tonight was too hot to cook so I stopped for some dinner at the grocery store:

Then I had a protein bar I made with the raspberry strawberry protein powder… I added oats, honey, protein powder, water and a bunch of dried berries… let it set and had this tonight:

So good.

Well, maybe I’ll update you on how my weight loss is going since leaving weight watchers.  It’s not really.  I’m basically maintaining.  I have had zero exercise… for various (and lame) reasons.  I keep telling myself I’ll pick up again when I get my gym membership (which I have to wait for June to get… our employer only does enrolments once a month).  I really shouldn’t wait.  Sooooo… this weekend the plan is to get activity in on Sunday. I am working on Saturday, so being realistic I know I won’t get exercise in before work.  I’m not throwing in the towel! I am just working on NOT seeing this as a WW vacation… I need to keep up my efforts!

Happy Thursday!

What’s new?

Today we ventured to McEwan for some shopping.  We originally went to browse, then decided we would buy a dessert… then browsed the store.

HOLY CRAP. LOOK WHAT I FOUND

 

Maybe other people knew we could get these in Canada? I didn’t know!  I was so happy to find them!  I haven’t eaten any yet.  One is going in to the lunch tomorrow.  They weren’t cheap either!

I also came across some of these….

and we bought some different water…

We bought 2 desserts and split them.  We got a blondie and a brownie (just like us… we’re the [sort of] blondie and the brownie!)

Brownie on the left, blondie on the right

The brownie eating the blondie…

The blondie eating the brownie…

 

( good thing I have a big mouth)

We also took the pup out for a nice, long walk today in a couple of parks

She’s funny. She’s always on alert for people, dogs, birds, squirrels… She wants to say hello to everyone. I think the runt thinks she owns the park.

And for fun… I leave you with a couple of food pics from last week that went undocumented

(ahhh my iPhone. I think I will be having to buy another one. it sucks… but I am paying for a data plan for another 3 years… I must replace the broken iPhone and utilize the data plan I am paying for)

Slow cooker BBQ chicken.

Okay, time for bed.  I’ll be back tomorrow to show you the fun mail that arrived on Friday!