Last post for me until next week! Took some Tylenol Pm's hoping they kick in soon. I was up 1 pound from yesterday, so aggravating. I didn't exercise yesterday and I can't help but wonder if that had something to do with it. I stayed legal. Today, I had a lf/lc shake for breakfast. Tuna salad with Ranch dressing for lunch. Supper was 2 hamb patties topped with mustard, sf ketchup, onions and tomato. Side salad with Ranch dressing. I got my workout in today. No more until Wednesday. Yesterday I ended up eating at my fave Mexican restaurant with some friends last night. I stayed 100% legal, skipped the chips and tortillas and ate the chicken fajitas with beans and toppings. Maybe it was too much fat or salt? Not going to stress over it, at least I'm back in my regular clothes. Well, I have to go!!

Well, here it is, after midnight, and I am just now sitting down to relax! What a day! I got up at 8, and literally cooked all day. Everything went really well. The only things that happened were that I totally forgot to fix the almond soup and I forgot to serve the New Year cake! No one cared though, as they were all too stuffed to eat it anyway! I had included six new recipes I had not fixed before, and every one was a winner! I did a last minute change from Golden Prosperity Fish, to Ningpo Fish Rolls. They were awesome! They are just a bit of fish filet rolled in bean curd sheets and fried. Very simple, but absolutely delicious. The prawns were really good, too. Anyway, the group drank two bottles of rice wine, which I did not partake of..I drank the plum wine instead. Not authentic, but I liked it. The conversation was lively, and everyone had a good time. My niece came over from her conference, and ate with us. It was good to see her and she enjoyed the company. And dear Tom, who was a bit cranky about the $$ I was spending on the dinner bought all the wine and told me after dinner he felt like it was $50 well spent... Boy does he sound mellow with all that rice wine in him and his belly full of all his favorite dishes!

Needless to say, I was not exactly on program tonight. I did make brown rice instead of white. Only a few dishes that I fixed were definitely not legal...like the white bread on the Lohan Prawns. Most of it was really ok!

SO, Monet is one tired, but happy puppy tonight. I imagine I will sleep like the dead tonight! Whatever will I do with myself now that the party is over???? :lol: Plan the next one I guess.......

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Sorry I didnt get here yesterday. I was down with a cold coming on and just tried to take it easy yesterday except we went to dinner to celebrate a early valentines meal.

Heartmom -your one pound might of been from eating out. I notice even though I stay on plan I usually have a small gain after eating out. I think resturants use too much salt to make things tastier. It should be gone as quick as it came !!

Monet- glad to hear you dinner went so well. I cannot fathom cooking that many different things and I can imagine how tired you are !

Yesterdays Menu:
breakfast-LC blueberry smoothie, 1 slice wwlc toast
s- 2 large strawberries
lunch- 3oz turkey slices and 1 slice swiss with 1 tbl lf mayo, 1/2 avacado with 6 soy teins
s- 1 oz pistashios
dinner- Crab legs, romaine salad, steamed veges
s- 1 Lc oatmeal cookie ( made with almond flour and protein powder)

Todays Menu:

breakfast: slice of lc ww toast, 4 bacon
s- none
Lunch- romaine salad with diced turkey , red peppers and diced brocilli and LF ranch
s- 2 strawberries
d- hot wings, twiced baked califlower

BOB: Tom says shoes are evil and of COURSE NOT! Just for your info, *I* did not have any shoes on either! His head is not the least achy, as he did not drink THAT much...and besides, we slept in until 9 or 9:30! Thanks for the update on Deb. I need to send her an email now that I can think about something other than Chinese food.....

congrats, Monet. Sounds great.

Good Mon morning!
 

The weekend was so-so for eating. I know I had too many starches yesterday, but will try to make up for that today. I did manage to get on the treadmill both Sat and Sun and do ab crunches both days too. I feel so much better when I get in my exercise. I also found some 85% cocoa chocolate, talk about bittersweet....I think I will try and find some choc covered strawberries for later tonight. DH loves them.
Found out on Sat that it's going to cost $400 to get my car fixed so that it passes inspection. Stupid oxygen sensors! Stupid emissions law...

Sorry to hear about Deb's grandfather, it's so hard when grandparents pass away.

Monet - Sounds like an awesome dinner. Anytime you want to come over and fix something like that for me, come ahead!
Hope that everyone else has a great day!

Barbara
Poughkeepsie, NY