McDonald's: 0 — Stephanie: 1

We've had a stressful busy week at work this week, and I managed to make good choices with food*, which many people know is super hard to do when you're stressed and busy. So for that I'm really happy.

Today was the real showdown though. John just couldn't take it and wanted McDonald's for lunch. He wanted it bad. So, ya know, I encouraged him not to, but there's only so much I can do. I'm his wife, not his mom. So John had McDonald's and I had a big salad. I turned down McDonald's when I had a super easy out on it. I'm really proud of myself! AND it was a delicious salad. I've had this salad everyday this week. It's so damn good.

Here's the recipe to my oh-so-delicious salad:

Vinaigrette (this makes enough for a week's worth of salads)

• 1 small shallot finely chopped or minced
• 4 tbsp red wine vinegar
• 3 tsp dijon mustard

Mix those 3 ingredients together.
Whisk in slowly:

• 10 tbsp olive oil

These are the veggies I put in my salad:
Lettuce (d-uh)
Grape tomatoes
Cucumber
Green beans (I use LOTS, so good... steam for 3 minutes, submerge in cold water, add to salad)
Goat cheese (the secret delicious ingredient)

Tomorrow is Saturday. The weekend. I really hope I can pull it off and make healthy food choices!

*I had a take-out coffee every morning with sugar and cream. This was my "bad thing" of the week.

Weekend Update

The weekend was tough, food-wise. My mom came to visit for the weekend, and John's mom came for dinner Saturday night. We planned a nice meal and I had allotted all my calories, but I couldn't resist the delicious mashed potatoes (with butter and whole milk to boot), and the extra wine (4 glasses total!!). I ended up at 2,200 calories on Saturday!!!

Here's the meal that put me over the top, cooked by my fabulous chef-at-home husband, John:

• beef ribs braised in wine, beef stock, and lots of veggies
• fresh corn salad with tomatoes, green onions & olive oil
• baked asparagus
• garlic mashed potatoes
• lots of wine
• ... at least we skipped dessert!!

Sunday we all went to Cora's for breakfast. I don't know why I keep going there, it's really not worth it. Although it's kid-friendly so it works for Holden. The mothers left and John and I had a nice dinner on our new patio after Holden went to sleep. Guess what. We had wine. We split a bottle of red and finished it. I'm such a cheap drunk, I was really feeling it. I still managed to stay at 1,800 calories for the day, but not much of it was healthy *sigh*.

Despite that, I ended up loosing 1.5 lbs this week *phew*

Next post: today's summary.

*ugh* Day 6 (Part III) & Day 7 (Part I)

*ugh* drank too much wine, ate potatoes last night. Had Cora's *again!!!* for breakfast this morning. Having company over for the weekend is HARD!!!!

Will update later.

Ugh

Bad start to the day. We were out of coffee cream at home so I caved and got Tim Hortons coffee (a weakness of mine), which is way higher in fat and calories than the coffee I make.

Problem: I have a tendency to go for the quick, pre-packaged/take-out fix when we're out of what we need at home. Must get past this!!

At least I didn't get the bagel with butter too.

Today's biggest challenge...

... was a bit of a bust, or at least a partial bust.

I went fabric shopping* with my very pregnant friend Jasmine (she's due today! c'moooooon baby!), and then we decided to have brunch at Cora's with Holden. Cora's does not have healthy options, I now realize. So I ate half of it. It was super large. I stopped before getting full, and skipped the potatoes alltogether. I added what I ate as accurately as I thought in FitDay, but I may try to be a 200 hundred calories under my goal at the end of the day since I'm sure everything they cook is loaded with oil or butter.

* fabric shopping: Jasmine and I are sewing baby slings tomorrow at an event with our mommy group (although this is a mommy only, no babies allowed event). But there's a good chance I'll be making Jasmine's since she should technically be in labor right now!!

Today's Challenge!

Today's challenge is that Holden unexpectedly has to stay home. My daycare provider contacted me late last night and told me she needs to take a personal day. I'm not upset about it, she's never done this and is very reliable, so I hope everything is OK at her place.

That being said, Holden is home all day, so I'll need to exercise around his schedule. I originally had plans to do Wii Active after he left for daycare, then go to my friend Theresa's house around 2pm to do some exercise before picking up Holden from daycare at 3:30 (sounds like a nice day, right??? I love being self-employed!). So now I'll have time to do the Wii Active during Holden's nap this afternoon, and maybe a walk after he goes down tonight.