On the plus side, I have lost a total of 7.4 pounds!  I started at a whopping 150 lbs.  I was, um… plump.  Now I’m down to 142.5!  And I’m doing my best to make good food choices.  Every morning I have a bowl of mini frosted shredded wheat (which has been a life saver.  I also have it for a snack without milk.) and a cup of coffee.  After that I try to bring my lunch.  If I can’t then I’ll go to Subway and get a 6 inch turkey breast sub with all the veggies, and a little bit of oil and vinegar – No mayo and no mustard.  And honestly I don’t really miss it.  Then when I come home it’s something real simple.

Today after our weight watchers meeting, where they were talking about making kale chips (yeah I know it sounds gross, but they are darn tasty), I headed immediately over to the farmers market and got a couple of bundles of kale, paneer cheese, and some zucchini.  All for $10.  After that I came up with an idea.  Every week, I’ll hit the U-district Farmers Market every other week, with $40.  $20 to spend on veggies, $20 to spend on cheese, bread and/or meat – if it’s needed or looks good. Then if I need veggies, during the week, I can go to the other farmers markets during the week and spend no more than $10.

When I got home, I made 2 small bags of kale chips – one seasoned with sea salt, the other with, what else, bacon salt.  Very very tasty.  I also made a quick veggie dinner – italian style stewed tomatoes, paneer cheese, zucchini, and kale.  And then while the was on the stove, I did a dry rub of garam masala, curry powder and a little chili powder on some chicken breasts so that I can have them for lunch and possibly dinner tomorrow night.   And because there was so much left of the veggie dinner, I’ll have another meal of that this week.

And I have to admit that I am in love with Zrock.  This show kills me.  The drummer even mention a maloik!  This show is the reason you should have cable and the IFC channel.  That and the IT Crowd.

Check out this video of one my favorite IT Crowd moments.

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I’m on day two of weight watchers.  This morning/early afternoon I just wanted to snack and started to crave sweet things.  I fought my way thru it and was fine.  I grabbed a 6 inch turkey breast sub from Subway and an apple and that did the trick as far as feeling full.  And it was a whopping 6 points out of my total 23 points for the day.  It seems to work out that my breakfast tends to lean towards 5 or so points.  The morning is when I really need protein and really filling foods.  Otherwise I’m snacking all day long on junk.  So I guess if I can keep my meals around 5 or 6 points per meal, and the rest of snacks I think I’ll be ok.  I’ve also found that a cup of those bite sized frosted shredded wheat cereals is about 3 points and they make a great snack without milk.  And it seems as if most fruit is 0 points unless they’re loaded with sugar – granted it’s natural sugar, but sugar none the less. We also get 35 points per week to use how we want.  I’d prefer not to use them but sometimes you just need a piece of chocolate.  We can also earn more points by working out.  I have a feeling that being a swim angel tomorrow will give me 4 extra points tomorrow. Not to mention all the working out I’ll be doing while packing!

For dinner I decided to cut all the kale that’s been growing like a weed in my Earthbox and cook it up.  I found a recipe that called for kale, whole wheat pasta, canellini beans, some veggie stock, garlic and a small amount of red pepper flakes.  It was darn good and healthy.  I still need to figure out the points on it, but after a small bowl of it, I’m full.  But I must admit, I’m still craving something sweet.

I checked my topsy turvy tomatoes to see if I had any tomatoes yet and there they were!  3 little baby tomatoes just starting to grow!

As for the 3 truths and 1 lie quiz – let’s review what I wrote.

1. I always have a camera with me – either digital or film.
2. I made my parents go to the Ponderosa Ranch when we were in Lake Tahoe for our family vacation one year.
3. E.T. is my favorite movie.
4. For Valentine’s day one year, my friend took me to see WWF wrestling and our seats were 3 rows back from the ring.

The 3rd one is a lie.  I’ve never seen E.T.  And for the record, the WWF Valentine’s day was the best Valentine’s day I’ve ever had.  I’m not sure if that’s truely pathetic or awesome.  Personally think it’s a little bit of both.   And yes, I made my parents go to the Ponderosa Ranch (R.I.P. Ponderosa Ranch – it’s no longer there…).  I have the pictures and more importantly, the stories to prove it.  I think it’s been at least 10 years since we went, so Mom might be willing to admit to going there now.