How was everyone's weekend?
Mine was very good. On Saturday, I went to the beach with the little brother. He wanted to do some rock collecting and I wanted to breath some fresh salty sea air. I couldn't have picked a better weekend to go! It was beautiful. And, gosh darnit, I came prepared! We stopped off at Subway to pick up some sandwiches before heading out, I brought along some bananas, and some green grapes (mmmm) and a S'mores granola bar for myself. Oh, and a boat-load of water. Sea water just doesn't do it for me.
After some fun and shenanigans on the beach, we headed off to my friends' new house in West L.A. After some chit-chat the group headed out for some vegan food at Native Foods in Westwood. I had some sort of fried "chicken" burger, and my little brother was introduced to veganism with what they referred to as the "Meat Lover's Pizza"... oh, I do love misnomers!
After the food we went out to see a movie (Hidalgo) and then drove back home, exhausted. On Sunday I spent more than half the day doing laundry. But my eating was rock-solid. While I cannot, unfortunately, account for the Points value of the Vegan fried "chicken" burger, I allocated 9 points for it and moved on.
I didn't freak out thinking "oh my god! they don't list points values!! what ever am i going to do!?!"... I enjoyed it.
I'm getting more comfortable eating out. At work we have eat-out lunches almost once a week, and they never pick the "healthy" places to munch - it's always the mexican restaurant down the street, or that steakhouse up the block. On the three occassions since I've been on WW that I've chosen to join the team, I've been what I consider to be very good.
At El Torito I checked for Points values online, successfully, and planned accordingly. At Don Cuco's, alas, no points values, but I shared a two chicken enchilada plate with a co-worker (that meant one for me - not tricking the coworker into letting me eat hers as well), and drank lots and lots of water. At the Saddleranch Chop House, I ordered what I do normally (the Tequila Lime Chicken sandwich with garlic mashed potatoes - mmm), but only ate half the sandwich, and 1/4th of the potatoes - and also drank lots of water.
On the whole, I'm feeling better about my overall food choices. I'm working hard to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into my diet (though I'm still below where I should be on that), and my portion control restraint is growing better as the weeks pass.