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The day that just didn’t go right.

Let’s start from the very beginning; it’s a very good place to start. (Who has this song stuck in your head now?) Hi friends. Today just… isn’t a glass half full day.

  1. I woke up late.
  2. We were out of coffee! (Insert scream face here)
  3. I was running late. (Which means no stopping to get coffee)
  4. My blog post about my day yesterday- gone. My system rebooted and I didn’t save it or send it to my phone.

So here’s how this is going to go. This post is going to be way less funny and cool than what I originally wrote.

Thursday

I closed ALL of my activity rings. This is an apple watch thing but I believe you can do this with your iPhone. Don’t shoot me if I’m incorrect there. I did 874/380 calories, 45/30 minutes of exercise, and 15/12 stand hours. I did 11,490 steps. I also got to try some more of the Weight Watcher branded snacks. Thursday it was Sea Salt & Hummus Chips and a Mocha Coffee Crunch mini bar.

0pt Breakfast: Boring today as it was just a banana.

2pt Mid-Morning Snack: Mocha Coffee Crunch mini bar by Weight Watchers. NOT.A.FAN. Cardboardy taste. Not getting this one again.

5pt Lunch: White Chicken Chili (1pt) which is only points because of seasonings. It’s a McCormick seasoning packet, water, chicken breast, and cans of white beans (make sure you scan yours).

Hormel Turkey Stick (1pt) Now I like these but a bag of 5 were over 5$ and so we won’t buy these again. Not unless we find a coupon or they are on sale. It can just eat 16 pieces of turkey pepperoni from the bag and call it a day.

Sea Salt & Hummus Chips by Weight Watchers (2pt) but 0 flavor. I ended up using a Spicy Pepper jack Laughing Cow Wedge (1pt) to make these edible.

1pt Afternoon Snack: Frigo Light String Cheese. We love a staple low point food.

14pt Dinner: Hear me out on this. You’re going to say “Kelly, how did you eat pizza for only 14 points?” Jet’s Thin Crust Pepperoni & Cheese Pizza. It’s only around 3pt per square. It’s in the tracker as 14 points for 5 squares. I also ended up eating 2 Popeye’s Blackened Chicken tenders after our walk which I counted as part of dinner. 2 is 0pts.

3pt Evening Snack: Maybe I bit unconventional- a Buddig Beef Packet. I wanted extra protein because of all the walking I did today and I needed to kill 3 more points. You can only roll over 4.

On our evening stroll my sister told me about a cult in Oregon that somehow flew under the radar called Rajneeshpuram. She apparently watched a Netflix documentary called Wild Wild Country. Let’s just say it’s pretty crazy to listen to. She went into how they picked up homeless people and brought them to their town in order to try to stay in control politically and sensing there was fraudulent behavior they stopped voter registration. That’s only happened twice ever to my knowledge. She saved me from having to tune in though. Check it out if you’re intrigued. If you prefer to read apparently there is a book called The New Republic and also The Oregonian’s 20 part investigation. The things you find out when you get outside.

The day I wore my apple watch on my ankle

First off LET me tell you all about how I almost died at the gym last night. 9.1 Inclines. That’s how. It was killer but I made it through! 300 calories burned in 35 minutes. My apple watch committed a hate crime when it failed to calculate a single step during that time. Apparently I cannot hold on to the heart rate monitors or it will not count my steps. Since I use the fat burn program the treadmill requires my heart rate or it slows me down/lowers my incline automatically. Thus the title of today’s blog- as I’m truly wearing my apple watches on my right ankle. Since my orientation is left wrist… I probably should have switched it to right wrist (after several hours I now think of this). I will say it was quite annoying that every single time I had a phone call my ankle vibrated. This is more than likely the highlight of my day.

Oh for the record- this is Wednesday and you’ll be reading it on Thursday 😉

Don’t get too excited, it’s a semi boring food day in my land.

2pt Breakfast, 123 calories

Oh wait! I tried the Weight Watchers Cinnalicious Swirls today! This is one of those gifted snacks. I swear I’ve tasted these somewhere previously. I just can’t recall who made them. Nevertheless- I’d eat these in almond milk like cereal if you miss it! Only 2 pts for the bag (17g) and if you use ¼ c of almond milk it’s 0 pts. I didn’t- but I would.

Red Seedless Grapes, Mandarin Oranges, Strawberries rounded out my breakfast as well.

Why is my stomach growling at 11:45? This is a problem I’ve not had ever. I typically eat anywhere between 12-1pm. I normally do not hear this noise before 12:30. Could this be due to my crazy workout last night?

8pt Lunch, 337 calories

Wrap: You can see yesterday, 1.5 blackened Popeye’s chicken tenders, 1 wedge Laughing Cow pepperjack cheese, 2 slices Boar’s Head fully cooked bacon, 1/8 cup (but not really) Trader Joe’s Lite Mexican Cheese in a Ole Mexican Food Xtreme Wellness Wrap: 257 calories 6pt

Nacho Cheese Supreme 80 calories 2pt

It’s 2:30 pm and that growling noise happened AGAIN. Now- I skipped my second round of coffee and I bet that’s why this snack attack is early.

3pt Work

Snack, 100 calories: Skinny Pop Ultra Lite White Cheddar Popcorn individual bag

You may be wondering- Kelly why are you counting calories in blog #3? Well this is something my sister started. There was a fear that her lack of loss was being caused by caloric starvation mode. I saw a chance to play with data and it excited me (Hi I mentioned I was in IT right? I am in fact a nerd.)

Based on my weight and my first goal MyFitnessPal.com determined I should be eating 1750 calories a day to meet my goal. As of right now I’ve used 560 calories. To lose 1 pound you have to essentially burn 3,500 calories.

5pt Dinner: It was soupalooza in my house last night. White Bean Chicken Chili (1pt) and Vegetable Beef Soup (3pt) which I of course ate with Nabisco Goo Thins Corn Ones (1 pt for 15pieces).

We took a brisk short walk and I put together an IKEA Alex Shelf which was exhausting.

3pt Evening Snack: Hormel Turkey Pepperoni Stick 1pt, Halo Top Vanilla Bean Ice Cream (1/2 cup 2pt) with Walden Farms Caramel Dip (0pt)

I ended my day with 10 points left. I just wasn’t hungry after.

❤ I bet I sleep well tonight ❤