...the sound of my brain deflating.

 

I've been worrying about too much stuff all at once lately, most of which I don't want to get into in a blog entry.  Suffice to say there is lots and LOTS of stuff I want to spend money on and only so much money available for spending.  *sigh*  such is life...  (yes, I know I'm being melodramatic!)  So I've been doing my two favorite things, number crunching and researching, and avoiding one of my least favorite things, housework.  Brain is overtaxed and house is undermaintained!  LOL

 

I'm STILL not following my daily points allotment for Weight Watchers.  I'm a lot closer to it and almost got out to the grocery store tonight, but my brain deflated first.  The tricky part is that I get 25 points a day and Shawn gets 41 points a day.  We eat breakfast, dinner, and evening snack together.  In order to spread the points out evenly across the day nearly every meal and snack is a different point value for the two of us.  At first I thought it was no big deal, I'd just give Shawn more, but alas, it doesn't really work that way.  It is hard for me to plan food for the both of us, considering that it needs to stay balanced and I don't want to cook different things. 

 

I think I have lunches figured out.  They were the easiest.   On Sunday I am going to make a batch of 15-Minute Chicken Gumbo (recipe on the Weight Watchers website) and portion it into these disposable "gladware" type containers to send with him to work.  Each serving is 4 points and he gets 12 points for lunch.  So he will have 8 left.  3 of those can go to a can of soda (I'm not going to expect him to go cold-turkey!), and 3 more can go to a dinner roll or piece of corn bread.  That leaves two for a nice piece of fruit and part skim mozzarella string cheese or a cup of flavored yogurt.  I, on the other hand, only get 7 points for lunch.  I don't have enough to spare for a soda, unless I want to be hungry.  And I don't want to be hungry because then I am likely to overeat at afternoon snack (3 points), or worse yet, blow it for the rest of the night.  I think I am going to make myself some Baked Macaroni and Cheese on Sunday and portion it out for the week, a serving is 5 points, then I have enough points left for a piece of fruit and some sugar for my tea.

 

Now, if only I can get it worked out for breakfast and dinners.  I made our evening snack the same number of points (2), which is just enough for a Weight Watchers frozen dessert, a portion of canned fruit cocktail, or a fruit smoothie.  I know myself fairly well and I know that it would drive me insane (and probably to cheating on the diet) if he got more or better dessert than me at the end of the night.  Maybe I'm shallow or mean hearted.  Probably I am.  But I am a shallow and mean hearted person who wants to loose weight and I'm going to do what I can to put the odds in my favor!  :P

 

OK I'm off to read another trashy romance book.  I'm almost embarrassed to admit it!  :)  I got a big grocery bag full from a nice lady on Freecycle.  When she listed them all she said was "romance".  She probably should have said "bodice rippers"  :P  They are from a line called Harlequin Blaze and they are often VERY steamy.  If they were made into movies, most would be XXX.  When those parts come up I blush and try to just skip ahead until it is safe again.  I'm awfully prudish for a mother of two!  The thing is, I don't have anything else to read right now and any new book is fair game :) 

 

Thanks for listening to my random ramblings tonight!  Hugs!  -Jen