Fajitas, Kittens and Chamomile tea...

Hello friends!
TGIF!!!!! I'll say it again, TGIF!! Whew this week has been C-R-A-Z-Y! It's the last week of the month, and at my job, that means long hours, crazy deadlines and usually a feeling of "shoot me so I can end my misery".....well it's not THAT bad but it's certainly a stressful week. And thank goodness it's over! Now I can relax and take it easy for a couple of days.

So today I get home and I am walking Molly, and I hear this kitten CRYING loud in the bushes. I LOVE animals and have a super tender heart when it comes to all animals, and I decided I had to save this kitten. It apparently got lost from it's mother and was all alone. I proceeded for about an hour to get the kitten to come to me so I could grab it, but it never worked. Then this family of four came out - and one of the kids caught it. I was going to take the kitten to my vet because they always have kittens for adoption, but the family decided that they would adopt the kitten for themselves. :) Happy feeling! I just wanted to make sure it was ok.

So this week, I have NOT been able to sleep! Several nights this week I have been wide awake until the wee hours of the morning, and then of course I'm exhausted when it comes time to get up for work. Last night, around 2:00 am, since I was awake anyway, I researched herbal sleep aids. I don't want anything evasive, I just want something to calm me down so I can relax and fall asleep! I decided to try good old chamomile tea. I bought some today, so I'll let you know how it works!

Now...on to food, I weighed in on Thursday and lost 1.4 lbs!! Woo hoo! I was hoping for a bigger loss this week than last, but that's ok. Anything is good. I am doing great so far this week. I had dinner with a friend at Cheesecake Factory on Thursday night, and dipped into my 35 extra points some (had a little bit of guacamole, Baja chicken tacos for entree, and 3 bites of yummy cheesecake for desert). AND it was national cheesecake day (who knew??) and we got our cheesecake half off the regular price. What's better??

Today I have been really good. I am LOVING my yogurt with mixed berries (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, which I buy frozen) and my Mix My Granola!! It is SO yummy and really a great treat, and it tastes SO good! For lunch our office ordered fajitas from Lupe Tortilla (so good) and I was able to eat sensibly while still enjoying lunch with everyone. Here's what I had to eat today:

Breakfast:
Kroger Light Cinnamon Raisin Bread (2 slices) = 1 pt.

Morning snack:
1/2 cup Dannon Light and Fit FF Vanilla Yogurt (1 pt) with 1 cup mixed berries (1 pt) and 1 oz. Mix My Granola (1 pt.) = 3 pts.

Lunch:
1 chicken fajita taco with pico de gallo = 4 pts.
1/2 cheese enchilada - 3 pts.

Afternoon snack:
Weight Watchers String Cheese = 1 pt.

Dinner:
Leftover Lasagna (made on Wednesday night) - 6 pts.
Sommer's Fantastic Garlic Bread (see recipe in blogs below) - 1 pt.
Salad with Wishbone Raspberry Vinaigrette Spray Dressing = 0 pts.

Dessert:
Weight Watchers Drumstick - 2 pts.

So total for the day I've used -1 pts....which I will take from my 35 weekly. I DID work up a nice sweat chasing that kitten around :) but I'm not counting any activity points. I plan on having a nice workout tomorrow morning though.

I'm signing off for today....this weekend I'm making my weight watchers friendly hamburgers (that's right, I said HAMBURGERS!!) so tune in later this weekend for my secret recipe! I can have a homemade hamburger for 5 points!! Yummmm......my mouth is watering thinking about it!

Goodnight all! Happy life, happy eating!

Sommer

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