Meal Plan Monday and an OOTD

I have a confession....I don't have a meal plan today. We ate out a ton (4 times!) last week, and so I still have several meals from last week's plan to make. It will tide us over until Thursday, which will be the next time I get a chance to go to the grocery store, so it works out well.

We don't usually eat out that much...but several things came up and so it just happened that way. Such is life. With that much restaurant food in my diet, I didn't do that phenomenal on my points. I did not go over though (thank God for all those weekly bonus points), so nothing to beat myself up about. I weighed in at 140.8, a slight loss, so that is great. Especially considering that I had pizza and sangria the night before.

Speaking of eating out, it can be really difficult to stick to a plan if your are eating out often. I first decide if I am going to have a good (low point) meal, if I am going to have a splurge meal (moderate points, definitely using up some bonus points), or if I am going to throw caution to the wind and chow down. If I am behaving, I will try and look up the menu ahead of time and make a plan for what I will order. I try and avoid things with the words fried, breaded, and/or creamy in the description. Those are just trouble. And I am not afraid to ask them to modify meals a little (all egg whites, no oil, butter or cheese, sauce on the side, etc.).

I also use this website a lot: http://www.dwlz.com/restaurants.html. It has nutritional info and points+ numbers for pretty much every chain restaurant under the sun, so I can get a good idea of what to eat. And even if I am not going to a chain, I can find a restaurant here with similar options to give me an idea of what I am eating.

And here is my outfit today. It is 4'F here, so I was going for warm and comfortable. Hence the snow boots instead of real shoes. Also, I haven't washed my hair since Thursday. And I was up a couple times last night with L (fever). So yes, I look like crap.

I picked this tunic up at target last year and I absolutely love it. It is comfortable and warm, and fits nice through the waist and hips. I wear this alllllll the time. They came out with a new version of it this year, but don't bother. I bought one in blue and realized that it totally sucks. It is bigger through the waist, so it fits saggy and makes me look fat in the middle, and they moved the pockets from the lower front to the sides, right on the widest part of my hips. Seriously??? Who the hell wants to have weird oompa-loompa accentuated hips. I donated it. (After I wore it a few times....yes, it took me that long...and L telling me that I looked awful, thanks 3 year old!...to figure out how ugly it was). Another Target fail. I am becoming disenchanted. My wallet thanks me.

I have a confession....I don't have a meal plan today. We ate out a ton (4 times!) last week, and so I still have several meals from last week's plan to make. It will tide us over until Thursday, which will be the next time I get a chance to go to the grocery store, so it works out well.

We don't usually eat out that much...but several things came up and so it just happened that way. Such is life. With that much restaurant food in my diet, I didn't do that phenomenal on my points. I did not go over though (thank God for all those weekly bonus points), so nothing to beat myself up about. I weighed in at 140.8, a slight loss, so that is great. Especially considering that I had pizza and sangria the night before.

Speaking of eating out, it can be really difficult to stick to a plan if your are eating out often. I first decide if I am going to have a good (low point) meal, if I am going to have a splurge meal (moderate points, definitely using up some bonus points), or if I am going to throw caution to the wind and chow down. If I am behaving, I will try and look up the menu ahead of time and make a plan for what I will order. I try and avoid things with the words fried, breaded, and/or creamy in the description. Those are just trouble. And I am not afraid to ask them to modify meals a little (all egg whites, no oil, butter or cheese, sauce on the side, etc.).

I also use this website a lot: http://www.dwlz.com/restaurants.html. It has nutritional info and points+ numbers for pretty much every chain restaurant under the sun, so I can get a good idea of what to eat. And even if I am not going to a chain, I can find a restaurant here with similar options to give me an idea of what I am eating.

And here is my outfit today. It is 4'F here, so I was going for warm and comfortable. Hence the snow boots instead of real shoes. Also, I haven't washed my hair since Thursday. And I was up a couple times last night with L (fever). So yes, I look like crap.

I picked this tunic up at target last year and I absolutely love it. It is comfortable and warm, and fits nice through the waist and hips. I wear this alllllll the time. They came out with a new version of it this year, but don't bother. I bought one in blue and realized that it totally sucks. It is bigger through the waist, so it fits saggy and makes me look fat in the middle, and they moved the pockets from the lower front to the sides, right on the widest part of my hips. Seriously??? Who the hell wants to have weird oompa-loompa accentuated hips. I donated it. (After I wore it a few times....yes, it took me that long...and L telling me that I looked awful, thanks 3 year old!...to figure out how ugly it was). Another Target fail. I am becoming disenchanted. My wallet thanks me.