Week 1 Weigh in.

This week I went out for another bike ride and tried to exercise at home. I don't like work out videos and get kind of bored trying to think up my own stuff.
Food wise: it was kind of tough being the first week back! Old sugar habits die hard! We still had Caramel popcorn a few nights this week. We calculated it on Thursday and a bowl is 20 points. That's almost 2/3 of my daily allowance!

There was an awesome sale this week at Target so I got a bunch of things I wanted to help me train. I got a fanny pack for when I run to keep my keys ( considering pepper spray) and my water bottle, an iPod arm band so I can stop putting my iPod in my bra, and then Adam and I got pedometers to race with. So far today I have 8500 steps. Hoping to hit 15,000 by the end of the day.
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Also at Target I got smart ones frozen dinners. I know they aren't the best for me nutritionally but there was a killer deal on them and it will help kick on my diet. So first they were on sale for 1.89 then there was a sale that if you bought ten you got a $5 gift card. On the boxes were coupons for $3 off 10 boxes. I grabbed three entrees with this coupon. My cashier scanned all three coupons getting me an extra $9 off. That makes my total for all ten meals $4.90!

ON the topic of entrees:
I have really been wanting to try Spaghetti Squash for a while since I see it in all my weight Loss shows. I normally HATE squash and stray away as much as possible so I bought the smallest one possible so we wouldn't have any left overs.

I had no clue how to prepare it!

Step one: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step two: slice it open length wise and scrape out all the seeds like a pumpkin.
Step three: Bake it for 45-60 min or until tender with a fork.
Step four: shred the inside with a fork and it will come out looking like spaghetti noodle strands.
Step five: smother the heck out of it with spaghetti sauce and pray it tastes good!!

Here it is hot out of the oven


and this is what it looks like shredded in the bowl.




Our verdict?
It wasn't cooked as much as I would have wanted so it was still a little crunchy-ish... I'm going to try this again in the next week or two and then make up my mind fully. But other than that, it wasn't too bad. Spaghetti noodles taste bland to me and I just taste the marina sauce. Adam wasn't convinced on it though and would rather spend the points on real noodles- But he has 51 points a day compared to my measly 33!

Oh and on to numbers!

I hate how men loose weight so much faster than women!!
Adam lost SIX pounds this week! What the heck?!
I lost 1.8 to bring my weight to an even 199!


I am rejoining the gym tomorrow and am going to be SOOOOOORE this week!!