Weigh In Day!!

So, the day I have been scared of, arrived.  Weigh in day.  I was supposed to weigh in on Saturday, which I will be doing from now on, but I did not pack my scale to go to conference.  But, good news, I lost 3.8 lbs.  :) Woohoo! I was honestly quite nervous.  :/  Only reason I was nervous is because I never feel hungry.  Oh, and because I totally cheated and had dessert when we went out to dinner on my conference.  And, it wasn't just a piece of pie or cake, we were at a buffet, I tasted quite a few different things.  Oh man, I felt so sick & guilty afterwards.  I don't think I will be cheating again for quite a while.  

Other than my one time cheating, the conference went great!! :) I ate my meals that I packed drank PLENTY of water and stayed right on course.  Minus a small detour.  Oops!  We learned quite a bit to take home and use in our sleep lab, we also sat through a lot of Dr's talking about genetics and different types of blood tests and stuff that was waaaay over my head.  But I did understand some of it, mainly that the future of Sleep Medicine is changing, drastically.

The drive home on Sunday was beautiful! It quite raining shortly after I left.  Unfortunately it was incredibly windy almost the entire drive.  But still, we live in a beautiful area.  :)

I thought this picture was quite fitting for the day.  It was St Patricks Day, my favorite holiday next to my birthday.  This picture really reminds me of being in Ireland.  Perfect! Well, minus the whole driving on the right side of the road part.  ;)  I made it home safe and sound, half an hour sooner than I expected.  :) 

I made Syndey (My Step-Daughter) and I a delicious dinner of chicken & broccoli, with salad for me and rice for her.  I butterflied the chicken to cook faster added red pepper flakes (to mine), garlic powder, rosemary and kosher salt then cooked it on the stove-top.  I added 1 wedge of laughing cow cheese and a bit of shredded cheese to my broccoli, Syd isn't a big fan of cheese.  And I had a little salad to make up the rest of my green.  Amazing how easy it is to make dinner while on TSFL, but still feeding a growing 15 year old!!

  

To start week 2! I am 179.8 and I am also back to work today.  I feel like I have been working for 2 weeks straight! I am so ready for my week off that is coming in just 2 short days! :)  Tonight I packed all my MM's, the other half of my tuna from conference and "mashed cauliflower".  It isn't exactly mashed, since I can never get the right consistency when I "mash" it, so I blended it! :) With 2 laughing cow cheese wedges, I used Swiss and Sun-Dried Tomato(?), and salt and pepper! I like it, well enough.  Chris DID NOT like it! But he is a potato lover through and through!! <3 I must give him a round of applause for always trying whatever concoction I come up with.  That's love, lemme tell ya!! 

I'm not quite sure if I will make cauliflower that way again, it wasn't my favorite way of having cauliflower.  By far, it is the pizza! YUMMO!!  This week I am definitely going to try the Mockeroni and Cheese (haha!!), how could I not?!  

I am loving finding all these amazing recipes and trying new foods!  I'm sure I will soon be making my own TSFL friendly meals, until then.  I'm good with the ones already out there!! www.Sandyskitchenadventures.com has been my life saver so far!! 

Well, time for me to go eat my tuna lettuce wraps and "mashed" cauliflower!! Have an amazing night/day!! <3