My Darlin' Clementine

Weekly weigh-in: 3.4 down!

This is despite eating half a pan of black bean brownies in the last 3 days AND eating an entire order of deep fried mac and cheese bites on Saturday (I was supposed to share them at Reno's... when my friend went to have his first one, they were gone. Oops.)- I'm starting to believe Hungry Girl's theory of 80/20-- eat healthy 80% of the time and forgive yourself for the other 20%. I wrote EVERYTHING down- even the mac and cheese bites- and I held myself accountable. I'll be damned if it didn't work.

I had an *ah-ha* moment after weigh-in this afternoon. I went back to the gym- 3x this week, to be exact. And, all 3 times, I pushed myself. I'm sore and my arms are hating me for it this morning, but with the gym came better sleep... and with better sleep came making better food choices. I even stopped myself from eating everything in my pantry last night when I came home from basketball (watching- not playing) and wanted to kick some ass. Whoa. It all linked.

And, clementines. Clementines have been my saving grace this week. Thankfully, a serving is 2 clementines, AND they're 0 points with the new Points Plus program. Every time I left my house, I grabbed one or two. Every time I wanted something sweet, I grabbed one. I even mixed 3 of them (peeled of course) with a quart of strawberries and a pint of blackberries (both on sale at Meijer) and had a "winter fruit salad" available for my picking-- that  was gone in a flash. Clementines are fat free, have 40 calories each, have over 300% of one's daily Vitamin C requirement, lowers blood pressure, aids in muscle function, and each little nugget of sunshine contains 16% of one's daily dose of fiber. It's a shame they are only in season from November to May.

I have also found that fruit being 0 points has been absolutely wonderful- I shied away from them when on WW in the past because of the point value. Now, with them being free, I flock to them. My wallet can't keep up with the demands of my taste buds. But, it's all about the sale- $5 for a crate of clementines, while sounding expensive is worth my sanity- plus, they last me about 7-10 days. Plus, while a 10 for $10 sale on Cup O' Noodles sounds like a budget helper, it's a belly buster.

This week's challenge is to *not* sabotage myself. I did well with the way I ate/worked out, dropped some weight, and think I can do it again. I can't slack, saying "I did well last week- this week will just make it a wash!" I am still a good distance away from my goal. It's all about perspective, right?