Week 17 Day 1or 25.4 pounds lost and an anchor gained

A gorgeous Autumn morning, crisp and chilled and sunny.  I had a good week and even if I hadn't lost at the scale it would have been a successful week.  I did journal every bite.  I drank one bottle of water each day.  I did walk, once.  We had rain several days so walking to the corner was not possible.  I feel really good about keeping my goals for last week.  So when I stepped on the scale today I did not expect what happened.  I lost 2.8 pounds for a total of 25.4 pounds lost!  I was blown away! 

I received a second charm for my charm bracelet.  It is a 25 pound anchor!

So I am 3.6 pounds away from my 10% award and 3.7 pounds away from saying good bye to the 270's and hello to the 260's!

The cookie dough I made last Sunday is still in the freezer unbaked.  I haven't had the inclination to roll it out.  Perhaps today I will.

Thursday after work we went to Aldi's.  I generally don't shop there because it is further away and quite frankly, they don't have the variety of fat free or sugar free items that I would like.  Here are some things I found and bought.

These Breakfast sandwiches are 7 points and very good, I just had one.  Weight Watchers are 6 points.  I have to say I like the Fit and Active better and the one extra point is worth it in my view.   I can't find the receipt right now to tell you which is the better price value.

These are very comparable to the Quaker or HyVee brand.  They are 2 points for 7 cakes which is the same as the other 2.  Again no receipt to compare.

I do like the Fit and Active salad dressings, they are good.  This is 1 point per 2 Tablespoonsful.  It is a great alternative for dipping my fresh veggies in.  I really don't like the yogurt with the ranch dip mix in it.

We also went to HyVee to get a few things last night.  I was looking at the ice cream and I saw these and they were a better value to the Weight Watchers.  Weight Watchers has only 6 bars in a package and they are 3 points each and 50¢ more.  There are 8 of the Blue Bunny and they are 2 points each.  These are good but the ice cream isn't as creamy as the Weight Watchers.  I prefer the Weight Watchers.

I have my food diary all prepared for the week and ready to go.  Last week's has been put to bed.  I have lost 1 point daily which is okay with me.  Losing points is a badge of honor, it shows I am losing weight.

My personal goals for this week are to up my water from 16 to 32 ounces a day, write every bite and to walk twice in this coming week.

Bending over the grocery cart to pull things out to put on the conveyor belt the Prince says "your jeans are getting baggy in the rear".  My question is why is he checking out my butt?  I told him I liked hearing that.

I don't know what I am going to make for dinner but what ever it is I will enjoy it.  So I hope you have a wonderful week and be good!  Until we eat again!