Week 2 - Official Weigh In

Today marks the start of Week 2 of my journey.  Knowing it was a weigh-in day made me wake up miserable.  I barely survived this weekend, hitting a huge stumbling block when we went out to lunch on Saturday afternoon.

We decided to go to Applebee’s because they have the Under 550 Calories meals.  Once we got there, however, we were tempted by (and gave in to) what is so horrifically known as the...

Appetizer Devil

Grrr.  I hate him. 

We ended up getting boneless wings and spinach and artichoke dip from their Ultimate Trios menu.  Appetizers alone cost me 27 of my 34 daily points!  Then, to humor ourselves, we ordered steaks from the 550 Calories menu, which was another 10 points.  Goodbye, my beautiful little points...

I do have to say, however, that although I may have stumbled at lunch on Saturday, I made healthy choices for the rest of the weekend.  Yay, me!!  I ate all my points and while I was tempted to snack I managed to stay away from unhealthy foods.  Score!

Yesterday was Rob’s birthday.  We had L&M cupcakes in celebration, because everybody deserves cake on their birthday.  Fortunately we still managed to have a healthy dinner.  I made Crockpot Salsa Chicken (recipe below) and served it on 1 point tortillas. I was pressed for time, so I used a Smart Ones Santa Fe Rice and Beans as a side dish.

Thankfully my hard work paid off.  This morning when I stepped on the scale I weighed 274 pounds.  That’s a total loss this week of 8 pounds!!  I exceeded my weight loss goal by 3 pounds!!  WOOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!

This week's weight loss goal: 5 lbs.

:o)
Becca

Crockpot Salsa Chicken
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 jar salsa (any brand)
1 large green pepper, sliced
2 medium yellow onions, sliced
8 oz. cream cheese (any brand)
salt & pepper
chili powder (optional)

Pour half the salsa into the Crockpot.  Lay all onions and peppers on salsa.  Sprinkle with S&P and chili powder.  Lay chicken breasts on top of peppers and onions.  Sprinkle with S&P and chili powder.  Pour remaining salsa over chicken.  Cover and cook on Low as long as you need (I cook this while I'm at work all day).  Prior to serving, pull chicken apart with 2 forks.  Add 8 oz. of cream cheese, turn Crockpot on High and cover for 5 minutes.  Stir the melted cream cheese into the rest of the ingredients and serve on tortillas or over rice.  Yummy!