Overcoming the morning craving

Today I got to work and I didn't want to make my usual breakfast sandwich.  I was kind of sick and tired of this egg/soy sausage breakfast sandwich and I just wasn't in the mood for it.  I know how important breakfast is, so I knew I needed to eat something.  I was already at work so my options were very limited. 


We happen to have a store at work that sells pop, snacks, chips and some breakfast items.  Almost nothing in the store is a healthy option, which makes shopping there a little tough.  They do have a package of muffins that is really tasty.  You get two mini muffins and they are moist and delicious!  I was sitting here for an hour and thinking about them the entire time.  I walked back there to purchase them and I looked at the nutrition facts right away.  This is my new thing that I do.  I look at the nutrition facts from top to bottom and THEN I decide whether or not I am going to buy it.  Thankfully I came to my senses and realized that this was NOT  a sensible lunch at all.

Mini-muffins.

Capri sun, mini donuts, ramen, fruit cup and mac and cheese.  All bad options, except for the fruit if you drained the syrup.

My weak spot.  CHIPS!  There are some baked options, so kudos to that!

Tons and tons of soda pop.  I am really trying hard to not have any.  Sometimes I will have a diet coke.

I made a bowl of oatmeal and ate my banana.  It was not what I wanted to eat at all.  It wasn't very comforting or tasty.  It was however, nutritious and satisfying in the sense that I know it will keep me full until lunch and it won't leave me with regret.  So, oatmeal and banana wins for breakfast and first craving, urge, desire to fall off of said wagon for the day has been controlled.

oatmeal and banana.  My friends in weight loss and guilt free eating.

Moving on to my next topic.  My weight loss journey.  I have continued to lose every week, but not the numbers that I would like to see.  I know that I could be exercising more and also eating better all the time rather than most of the time.  I think I have decided that I am going to join Weight Watchers.  As much as I can say that I hold myself accountable until I am blue in the face there is nothing more accountable than knowing that someone else will weigh you once a week.  I think it will help me stay even more focused and even more on track. So, what do you guys think?  Who loves WW?  Anything I should know before I do it?

Stir Fry Beef and Asparagus

This is not our first attempt at meal planning our meals for a week and grocery shopping for only those items.  It is, however, going to stick this time and become a habit.  So, as my earlier post indicated I went grocery shopping last night and got a lot of good food.  I looked on our handy chart to see what delicious creation was slated for tonight and was happy to see that it was Stir Fry Beef and Asparagus.  I was already craving chinese food, so this was a step in that direction.

Our handy meal planning dry erase board

The recipe is from the Weight Watchers Momentum Cookbook.  I know that WW is doing Points Plus now, but there are still alot of great recipes in it and I got it at a garage sale for .25 cents. 

Here is the handy cookbook.  If you don't have it you should get it.  I really like it!

I can't tell you the recipe, because you should buy the book, but here are the ingredients.

Here is the end result.  It was pretty good.  Not as salty as regular chinese food, but still good.  Ron and I are rating each of the recipes and we both gave it a 3 out of 5.  It may have more to do with the fact that we were craving wontons and sweet and sour chicken than the recipe not being good.    

Happy Friday Everyone!  What are you doing this weekend?  Celebrating Father's Day?

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