Down 41.2 lbs and Counting....

I am quite happy to be down another 1.4 lbs this week for a total of 41.2 lbs! I expect I'll be losing quite a bit slower from now on. Over the next couple of weeks I'd be happy to maintain. This coming weekend I'll be out for dinner and a concert Friday and then a party for my birthday on Saturday. Next weekend I'll be out for dinner at least Friday on my actual birthday and then it's Easter weekend. Hey, if I was able to do well over Christmas, Easter should be a piece of cake, right? Ha, cake.

My weekend was wonderful.... I had no concrete plans, so I got to do all the things that make me happy. Friday evening I caught up on my girly shows (90210 and Parenthood), did some laundry, and then Brian came over and we watched Couple's Retreat. Saturday I opened the windows and let the fresh air run through the house as I cleaned the kitchen and front entranceway. I then went for an incredible run. It was a bit chilly out and quite windy, but I ran the 4.5 km route that I do with Val, and only had to stop once to walk for a few minutes. I'll be running a full 5 km in no time! After my run I came back home, took a mini nap, made myself some dinner and settled in to watch a couple movies. I watched 500 Days Of Summer for the first time. I wanted very much to dislike it because it just seems to be so popular with everyone, and I like to be different from time to time! But, everyone was right, this movie is fantastic. I also watched What Happens in Vegas. Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher have horrible chemistry, but this movie always makes me laugh! On Sunday Brian and I went for a drive and checked out the outside of a couple apartments we saw online.... just to see the area they were in... so that was fun. And then we saw Shutter Island. This movie is phenomenal! I LOVED it! Everyone should go see it :-) We went back to Brian's after the movies and made dinner for ourselves and his parents. http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/recipes/foil-packet-southwestern-chicken-dinner-90405.aspx This is the second time we've tried this recipe, and it's just fantastic! Sunday evening we vegged and watched a couple more movies - Year One and Gamer. Both of which we've seen before, but still fun to watch.

Now to remember my meals for the weekend.....

Meals for Friday:

Breakfast - Blue menu dark chocolate bran muffin, 1 cup of skim milk (250 calories)

Snack - Kiwi, Peach (100 calories)

Lunch - 1/2 can of tuscan meatball, farfalle pasta and veggies low sodium soup, Sugar free pudding, Apple (250 calories)

Snack - Reduced sugar quaker granola bar (130 calories)

Dinner - Blue menu bean and lentil patty, 1/2 cup of multigrain rice, 2/3 cup of stir fry veggies in 1 tsp. of oil, Diet coke (400 calories)

Snack - 100 calorie pack of lays, small bag of coffee crisp bites, 21 mini wheaters (480 calories - was really hungry at night!)

Daily Total - 1610 calories, 28 grams of fibre

Meals for Saturday:

Breakfast - Blue menu dark chocolate bran muffin, 1 cup of skim milk (250 calories)

Lunch - 1 slice of oat and honey toast, 1 tbsp. peanut butter, 1/2 tbsp. honey, Apple, Kiwi (370 calories)

Snack - 21 mini wheats (190 calories)

Dinner - 1/2 of a small 4-cheese pizza (so good!), 1 cup of v8 fusion (1 fruit, 1 veggie) (530 calories)

Snack - 100 calorie bag of cheetos, 100 calorie bag of keebler fudge dipped cookies (200 calories)

Daily Total - 1540 calories, 25 grams of fibre

Workout - 30 minute run, 10 minute walk, 5 minutes of stretching

Meals for Sunday:

Breakfast - Blue menu dark chocolate bran muffin, 1 cup of skim milk, Kiwi (295 calories)

Lunch - Subway 6" oven roasted chicken on whole wheat with lettuce, tomato and light mayo, 1 bag of baked lays chips, Dasani lime infused water (560 calories)

Dinner - 1 serving of southwestern chicken foil pack dinner, 1 cup of light ceaser salad (500 calories)

Snack - Diet coke, small bag of coffee crisp bites (190 calories)

Daily Total - 1545 calories