Week 16 Day 1 or I will!

Oh it could have been so much worse than it was.  I had a very stress filled week at work and it showed on the scale with a 0.2 pound gain.  I did not grocery shop, I had none of my treats or fruits or Weight Watcher meals.  I did not journal my bites, I did not pack my lunches.  I munched on whatever was here in the house and I ate the cookies in the vending machine at work.  I am lucky I didn't gain more.

So this week I am buckling down.  I am declaring my goals for this week.

• Journal every bite!
• Drink one bottle of water each day.
• Walk down the block to the end of Walnut each day after work!

Hold me to these goals my dear and gentle readers.

At the meeting today I was given a clapping hands charm for attending 16 weeks of meetings without a miss.  It means a lot to me.  I love the meetings, look forward to them.  I like the people, the motivation, the wisdom and they always end with giving me the excitement to get a good start for my week.  I want to get a nice little link bracelet to begin to put my charms on for a nice charm bracelet.

I went to the grocery store after the meeting and spent $156.50.  I got apples to make an apple bread or apple crisp.  I got grapes and bananas and tomatoes and cucumbers.  I wanted cauliflower but didn't want to spend $3 on a small head.  I need to visit Aldi's.  I bought onions and canned beans and fruit, cottage cheese, bread, kosher salt, chicken breasts, WW meals and ice cream.  I bought Chai tea bags and liquid smoke and lunch meat.

I bought some of these sandwich rounds to make small sandwiches to take to work with the Progressive soup.  They have 3 points per round which is the top and bottom half.  With some lunch meat, a small piece of cheese and a bit of lite mayo, I think they will be super for lunch.

For dinner this evening I am making Balsamic Rosemary Chicken, rice and cauliflower/broccoli medley.  The chicken is a Skinny Kitchen recipe. And it is very low on the point scale, just what the chicken weights. 

I am also going to throw some of my cukes in the vinegar and equal liquid for snacking.  Plus I want to bake the 1 point sugar cookies.

I am looking forward to a challenging week, where I challenge myself to do better and I know I can!

So next week I want to report on all the successes of "I Did's"!

Tomorrow, Best Deals Magazines http://www.bestdealmagazines.com/ will be having Weight Watcher Magazine subscriptions for $4.29 a year which is 6 issues. They are 11.99 usually thru Weight Watchers.  I think I can order up to 4 years worth so I am going to!  I am excited about that too!

So life is great and all is well.  Until we eat again!