Lean Cuisine for lunch...not a fan!!

Bootsie had a rough start to the morning, first alarm didn't go off...got up with the second alarm!!  Which meant I was up 30 minutes later than normal.  UGH!! So needless so say, didn't have time to fix a proper lunch!  Made a hasty decision and grabbed this Lean Cuisine out of the freezer thinking it would be okay for lunch!!  Wasted 9 PlusPoints on this YUCKY frozen wanta be food!!

Never been a fan of frozen foods and don't buy many, confirmed again today why I don't buy them!!  The bright side is, Good Bootsie overruled Bad Bootsie and won, damn it!!  It went something like this:

Good Bootsie:  EW, this is awful.

Bad Bootsie:  Cool, an excuse to go out and splurge!!

Good Bootsie:  No, way Jose...

Bad Bootsie: Aw, come on...you deserve it!!

Good Bootsie:  Again, NO, WAY JOSE!!! (screaming at myself at this point)

Good Bootsie won and ate the crappy frozen dinner and is looking forward to a nice healthy home made dinner tonight!!

Live is good!!

Weight Day down 1.4 pounds

Bootsie has been struggling since returning from our July vacation.  Got off track during vacation and tried and tried to plan, shop and cook better to get back on track!!  Well, finally it's paid off, the weight gained on vacation is finally gone...so now to keep the momentum going!!

Have discovered several yummy WW recipes and have tried them all!!  I'm being ambushed by "portion control" the recipes are so good I want to eat more than I should!!   However, with that said I now make sure there are plenty of veggies or salad to go along with the yummy recipes so I can fill up on them and savor the yummy part and still feel full and satisfied!!

Also, moving more!!  Walking and climbing the stairs in between floors in the office building!!  Every little bit helps, right???  I sure hope so!!

Highland Village Balloon Fest 2011

WOW!!  Beautiful!!  Huge!! 

Bootsie and Mr. Husband met Daughter #3 at the Highland Village Balloon Fest Saturday night.  Since she works for Highland Village, we thought we'd go show our support and check out the town.  The town has more than I expected, it has everything!!  Very nice place.  Would like to go back one day when I could check out the shopping, eateries etc...but, what I saw was really nice.  When I go back maybe I'll have my own personal tour guide, hint, hint to Daughter #3!!

I've seen hot air balloons up close before, but I guess it's been a while and I'd forgotten how huge they really are!!  They are beautiful, graceful and a little overwhelming in person. 

This picture was taken during the "Evening Glow" event.  It was really something to see!!

Officer Sarah Jones

Meet the new Highland Village Police Officer Sarah Jones!!  Doesn't she look official in her uniform!!  Momma Bootsie got all teary eyed while taking this picture.  Hard to believe our, shy, quiet, reserved daughter is now a very confident, mature and go get 'em woman!!

She worked very hard to get to this point, after weeks of training, a little blood, a lot of sweat and a few tears later what we have is a police officer!!

So very proud of her and all she has accomplished!!

Toning and Health

Along with my healthy eating habits and walking, Daughter #3 has become my own personal trainer!! She is in top shape and works out with the Insanity videos every day...too much for BoostieMom!! However, we do walk and now she has me doing arm exercises (big trouble spot of mine). I'm not seeing the results, yet! But, I can certainly feel it!!

Doing my best to plan good healthy meals for our up coming vacation at the beach!! I'm a little nervous, because I know how easy it is to fall back into bad habits!! And one can do a lot of damage in a week by not eating healthy!! Plus, I'm not doing all the cooking so I don't have complete control...but I am planning ahead and taking lots of fruits and veggies and healthy snacks I can eat. So I won't eat the cookies, cakes, potato chips, sweet rolls etc...that will be just an arms lengths away!!

My family knows I'm practicing healthy eating, so I know they'll be respectable! However, that doesn't mean there won't be unhealthy food around!! Lord give me strength!! I figure if I start psyching myself up now I'll be okay....right?

Note to self: The scale is watching and waiting!!

Whew!!!

Bootsie is happy to report a .8 weight loss!! Whoo hoo, and again, whoo hoo!! I was really dreading this morning's weight in!! Like I said in yesterday's post, Saturday and Sunday were not good WW days :-/ I know I'm not out of the woods yet, cause I know sometimes it catches up a week later, just like weight loss!! However, if I'm really, really, really careful and stay focused I think I can avoid a weight gain next week.

Down a total of 5.2 pounds!! Not huge, but I'll take it!!

Baby steps, but steps in the right direction none the less!!

Tried a WW new receipe last night...Penne with Vodka Sauce!! Very good, even Mr. Husband and Daughter #3 like it!! We added grilled chicken to make it even better and more filling!!

YUMMY!!!

Scared of the scale...UGH!!!

Tomorrow morning is weigh day...I'm not looking forward to it!! Saturday had pizza and beer with family at a very spontaneous pool gathering, Sunday night went to Joe T. Garcia's for dinner...the chips mocked me until I ate them and the frozen margaritas were screaming my name!! Oh good Lord, how I hate being so weak!!

I've used all my daily PointsPlus and weekly PointsPlus Allowance too!!

What's the saying..."old enough to know better, but too young to resist"

I'm back on tract now, but I know those two days of weakness are going to tell on me tomorrow.

So I guess I better, just bite the bullet and move forward!!