Who knew a blue ribbon could make me so happy?

I weighed in again tonight and I lost 2.6 for a total of 22 lbs since starting February.  I have officially dropped another tenths place :)

Here is my wall of bravos...

It's amazing what a couple of little blue ribbons can do

Best Day Ever

Do you have one of those days where you think to yourself, "wow, this has been the best day ever?"  I had that day on Saturday.

For the first Saturday in two months, I didn't have an obligation so I enjoyed a morning of sleeping in with my husband until 11:15.  Wow!  I never sleep that late.

Then I made breakfast for Mike and I followed by a three hour session of World of Warcraft.

In the afternoon, we headed over to our friend's graduation party (she's earned her doctorate!) and then attempted to see our friend perform at Dos Gringos only to realize Mike forgot his ID. 

As a consolation prize however, Mike and I took a leisure walk through Old Town Scottsdale where we found ourselves at Yogurtland for some truly tasty frozen yogurt. 

This was a fantabulous day!

Eating outside the box

I weighed in tonight and lost another 2.8 lbs.  That makes my total 19.6 lbs since I started and tonight was also my 10% weight loss.  I guess research says that when you lose 10% of your body weight, you significantly reduce your chances of developing weight related health issues such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.  That's a huge goal of mine.

On Saturday, I went to a technology conference, which was awesome.  They provided free lunch and at first I thought that was awesome too until I saw my options.

I walked up to the table of boxes and looked at my three options:  Ham and Swiss (no thanks), Tuna (yummy but not even touching the mayonaise there) and turkey (that seems safe).

I open it up to find a nice fluffy croissant (OMG!), followed by three slices of cheese.  I figure that I can just pull the turkey off and wrap it around the lettuce. Let's see what else they have.  1/2 cup serving of potato salad, a bag of lays potato chips, and a gigantic chocolate chip cookie.  Are you joking me?  I made an executive decision...I was eating outside the box. So I left the conference and went out looking...I came across Panda Express.  With their Wok Smart menu, I was able to get a Panda bowl with steamed veggies and String Bean Chicken for 5 points.  Just for kicks I had to compare and see what the box would have been.  Not even joking....








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22 points!  Yep, that's right.  I could have eaten more than 4 Panda bowls for that.  My daily allotment is only 25.  Today, I made a great choice!