It’s what I Do!

Not much to report.  Things are going fairly smoothly.

I went to the gym twice this week.  The first time was Wednesday when I had my “intake” with my trainer (I get 4 free sessions).  I went on Friday as well.

I didn’t plan as well this week, so that’s something I want to do better this week.  ESPECIALLY this week.  My birthday is tomorrow and there are a few things I want to accomplish::
1) Respect myself enough to NOT give into any sweets, treats, cakes, whatever. Those who know and love me should also respect ME enough not to offer me these things. I am not afraid to be a hardass about this. I want to celebrate my life by NOT eating junk.

2) I want to go out to dinner with my guy, with a plan of action, to where I actually enjoy going out without any stress. If this means upping my exercise points to balance off any potential overages, I will do it.

3) On Thursday, I will bake cookies for my colleagues for Friday - there are 3 of us with a birthday this week and in this country, you are meant to bring treats in for your birthday. Totally backwards if you ask me, and normally I don’t participate in this tradition (I have the right to adapt any traditions I want and reject what I don’t want, contrary to others ideas), but we agreed that Friday would be the day the 3 of us would arrange this. That means I need to dig up my super-healthy, low-fat, tasty oatmeal raisin cookie recipe and figure out the points. I will ONLY eat my own cookies, knowing in advance how many points I have to spare for these.

Since my WW program on my PC is scheduled for w/i’s each Sunday, I weighed in this morning at 93KG exactly. That’s a 700g loss from last week. According to my program, I’ve lost 4 KG since restarting. Of course for the intents and purposes of official WW goal weight, I only count the loss I will show at my meetings on Tuesdays. Still, I’m pleased the scale is still moving in the right direction. I have the feeling that my lack of planning and not enough water Friday and Saturday made the loss not as great this week - BUT… believe me, I am THRILLED that the scale is going downwards. I don’t care how long it takes me to reach my healthy weight, it’s the end result that matters!!

I joined another message board - BCB to be exact.  Boot Camp Buddies.  These people are hard core/tough love types.  I really like that :)  I am really affected positively by this approach.  It’s not for everyone of course, but for me, it’s so empowering!!  That doesn’t mean I am leaving 3FC, of course that won’t happen! 

Oh, one more thing, I made this amazing recipe last night - total points for dinner was 10, but trust me, this was an INCREDIBLE amount of food.  Afterwards I had a lovely peach and a crispy, juicy apple.  If you like spicy food, check this out!

Thai Basil Chicken

2 boneless chicken breasts, cut into chunks (I used 400g total/ 4 WW points p.p.)
3 small white onions (recipe calls for 1 spanish onion, can’t get those here)
1 green bell pepper, cut into slices
1 red bell pepper, cut into slices
1 thing of broccoli
About 10g of fresh basil (I didn’t have much, and next time I would use more than this)
1 red chili pepper (seeded, if you don’t like it too spicy)
5 cloves of garlic (recipe calls for 3)
2 TBSP Thai Fish Sauce (1 WW point p.p.)
1 TBSP Soy Sauce (I used Sweet Soy)
1/2 TBSP sugar (didn’t use it at all)
Juice of two limes (recipe called for a 1/2 a lime)

I added to the recipe:
About 1 tsp of dried corriander
Small amount of fresh ginger

In a mortar and pestle, add chopped red chili, garlic, basil (and sugar if you use it); pound out until you get a smooth paste.

Add the fish sauce, soy and lime juice and stir. Taste and adjust if necessary.

Heat the wok, add the chicken (I added a little under 1 TBSP of olive oil/ 1 WW point p.p.), stir fry on high.

Add the broccoli and toss for one minute (I steamed my broc and added it at the end)

Add the onion and peppers, toss for about 2 minutes.

Add the sauce from the mortar and pestle, toss one minute.

Add a few fresh leaves of basil and stir until barely wilted (I had no basil left).

Serve with Rice (I made wild rice/ 4 WW points p.p. at 200g each).