Ohhhhh I’m oh so bad a blog deadlines. It’s like work knew I planned to make a commitment so it shat everywhere the first week. Heaven knows when you work in IT you never really know what’s going to work or not work in the next 5 minutes.

Instead of what I ate, I’m going to do touch points and my favs or new finds. I “cheated” on Cinco de Mayo and I’m sure you all want to know how I did that AND survived with Weeklies to spare right?

I did promise to tell you about the random dinner from Thursday though so we’ll start there. Are you ready for this…..

• Trader Joe’s Traditional Gnocchi in Marinara sauce ¼ cup I counted 3pt with ½ oz light mozzarella cheese 1pt and 2 air fried Perdue Simply Smart Breaded chicken breast tenders 3 pts
• Boar’s Head Smoked Ham 2pt
• 2 Eggs friend in Pam- 0pt
• Aunt Millie’s Healthy Goodness Fiber for Life Light Potato Bread 2 slices 2pt.

So basically I had a TON of points- and needed to use them up all at dinner. I really need to work on my point distributions. ALL THAT FOOD – 11pts. I still needed at least 5 points to get to my blue dot- so I ate a tbsp of peanut butter hah.

Friday was a standard day for me. Dinner was Popeye’s with my sister. We did this thing where we split Cajun Fries though and they were delicious. I do miss french fries sometimes. It was nice to be able to share some and not feel guilty! We all know I love their Blackened Chicken tenders. For some reason I recorded Halo Top as breakfast. I left it like that. It makes me look like I don’t care if I eat sweets for breakkie. To clarify- I ate it around 7pm instead.

Cinco de Mayo is a tradition. We go to the same place EVERY.SINGLE.YEAR. Chile Verde off Sawmill Rd in Dublin, Ohio. It’s a quaint family run joint that serves up Tex Mex style dishes. They throw one heck of a celebration. We get a free t-shirt every single year. This year I went with Chicken Fajitas with no onions, extra peppers. I limited my tortilla chip intake by splitting them with 3 other friends. I even had a margarita. My lunch total rolled in about 25 points. PS I didn’t eat breakfast to prep for this event. 5 points left for dailies, but I knew I was going out with a friend that evening. I typically do not eat out as much as I have the past week. I’ve been making an effort to reconnect with people and well- they like to do that with food. Having places with healthy options helps. That night we went to Buffalo Wild Wings. I got naked grilled tenders with a side of garlic parm which I ended up not using much of at all. I also ordered the veggie boat with a side of ranch. I barely used the ranch as well. I did splurge on some fried pickles though. One serving was only 8 points though, and my other items were 0 points, except my dips which I collectively counted 1 point for. Thanks to their efforts to put lower caloric foods on their menu, I will definitely go back to BDubs. My allotted points: 30. My total used: 34. Weeklies left 45.

We made one of my FAVORITE things Sunday. Breakfast Pizza!

• Joseph Lavish Flatbread ( 2 pt for 1)
• Egg Beaters Southwest Eggs ( 0 pt )
• Real Bacon Bits ( we used Oscar Meyer)
• McCormick Sausage Flavored Gravy mix (1 pt per ¼ cup)
• Reduced fat Mexican shredded cheese
• Kraft fat free cheddar shredded cheese

We baked the flat bread and then flipped it. We made the mix per instructions and put 1/2 cup as the sauce. We made scrambled eggs and added those, then topped with cheese and bacon bits. 4 pieces (half the lavish bread) was 5pts. It will differ based on the cheese you use.

I’ll save Monday thru Wednesday for tomorrow! 😉

I have to type about from yesterday, as it was one of my busiest days this week. My sister and my mother leave for Savannah tomorrow and I’m crushed since I have to stay here due to my contract position. No days off here until July.  XO

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