Hello April!

I am so glad that March is done.  It was a rough month.  I missed the last two weeks of WW due to illness and then due to a fall that resulted in a twisted knee and a weekend of doing nothing much so as not to exacerbate the situation.  So when April 1 came around, I was so thrilled for the new month.  And this week was good.  I made my first homemade, from scratch, vegan dinner that I had for dinner Sunday - Tuesday.  BBQ "beef", beans, and biscuits - it was a casserole type thing and it was delicious.  I have pretty much completely omitted dairy, egg, and meat from my diet with the occasional foray into sushi.  Breakfast most days consists of a smoothie I make before I head out the door and drink throughout the morning.  Super easy, filling, and gives me energy through the morning - 2 frozen bananas, 1 cup of almond milk, a few ice cubes, 2 tbsp of ground flax seeds, 2 tbsp cocoa powder, 1 tbsp peanut butter.  For lunch most days last week I had a vegan burrito.  Snacks consisted of fruit and flax seed crackers.  Plenty of water.  Dinner Wednesday I had sushi and since I was on the Denton campus Thursday and started at a meeting out of the office, I didn't want my lunch sitting in the car in the heat, so I planned for sushi in the cafe that day too.  Thursday night dinner was pita pizzas with vegan mozarella and vegan pepperoni.  Dinner Friday night was on the fly, an english muffin with vegan butter spread.  I have discovered So Delicious mini bars and a bite of something sweet in the evening.  Very points friendly and for someone who hates coconut, to be gaga over something with coconut milk, means you can't even taste the coconut.  Score!

So I after two weeks of being away, I was nervous because I didn't weigh myself last weekend and the weekend before when I was sick, I weighed myself at home and I had been up from my previous WW weight of 255.8.  I got on the horse though and made it to my meeting today.  I've said it before and I'll say it again.  I LOVE my WW meeting.  I have, hands down, the best WW leader ever.  Cassie is awesome.  She's funny, she's supportive, and she's done it.  Twice.  Leaving there I feel energized and ready to make good choices for the week.  And...I hit my five pound mark.  Finally!  I have already planned my food for this week.  For lunches - red beans and rice with soy chorizo and for dinner tacos with vegan meatless crumbles.  

Weekly Stats:
Current Weight: 254.8
Lost: 1
Total Lost: 5.2