Oops!

Oops! Got on today to do my blog entry and realized that I missed yesterday. Don't worry, I didn't go off my program again or anything, just completely spaced my blog.

So last time I was talking about my laughable attempts at Wii canoeing...since that's not gonna happen, I decided to try Wii swordfighting Tuesday afternoon. Much better! It's a lot of fun, and definitely a good workout. It also uses a somewhat different set of muscles than boxing, which is good. Lots more forearm movement in swordfighting - they're sore enough today that I even noticed it when I was boxing this morning. I'm trying not to think about what they're going to feel like this afternoon!

Meals for the last two days:

Tuesday
Breakfast: Oatmeal, banana - 10 points
Lunch: Tomato-beef broth, salad - 14 points
Snack: Apple - 0 points
Dinner: Chicken with Red Wine Sauce, Rice-a-Roni, green beans, milk - 27 points
Dessert: Pudding with Cool Whip - 4 points
Total: 55 points

Wednesday
Breakfast: Oatmeal, banana - 10 points
Lunch: Tomato-beef broth, turkey pastrami wrap - 14 points
Snack: Greek yogurt with applesauce - 3 points
Dinner: Beef and vegetable stir-fry, rice, milk - 23 points
Dessert: Pudding with Cool Whip - 4 points
Total: 54 points

I did really, really well at hitting my points target! I was exactly right on Tuesday, and only 1 point short yesterday. Figuring out my meals ahead of time with the weekly meal planning has really helped immensely with getting the right number of points per day.

Speaking of the weekly meal planning, I haven't talked about it for the last few days. After the stress and difficulty of figuring out the plan and creating the shopping list, I was very unsure about the entire idea. So far, though, I'm really liking actually using the plan. I know every day exactly what I need to eat to be at or close to my points target. I know what I'm going to make for dinner, so when it's time to start getting ready to cook I can immediately grab the right meat to thaw and the right ingredients to prep - and I know I have all the ingredients.

I was very concerned that I wasn't going to be hungry for whatever I had on the plan for a given night, but that hasn't been an issue. I look at the plan in the morning while I'm eating breakfast so I know whether it's a salad or wrap day for lunch, what my afternoon snack is supposed to be, and what I'm planning for dinner. Somehow that knowledge must prepare my appetite for the scheduled meal, because it's sounded good every night so far! The issue of not being able to prepare the meal I've planned because of unforeseen circumstances hasn't happened yet, so I can't speak to that at this point. As far as preparing the meal plan and shopping list causing more stress than it saves, for this week I'd call it about even. It's been smooth sailing all week, but Saturday and Sunday were pretty bad. Since it was the first time, I think some difficulty was to be expected, and I'm going to be doing a couple of things differently this week, so hopefully the process will be much smoother the second time around.