Election Day

I had a rough night of sleep again last night and I was wide awake at 5:15 this morning. So I got up and decided to get a few things done!

For breakfast, I had 1 cup of oatmeal with a sliced banana mixed in along with 1 cup of 1% milk for 6 points.

After that, I did homework, laundry, unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher, read blogs, took the trash out, and researched a little more for who I was going to vote for today! Does anyone else have a hard time finding out who and what is going to be on the ballot? My Dad sent me a website to use, but there really isn’t much out there. Something needs to change so that it’s easier for the people to be informed with the facts and not just campaign ads.

So I headed out to vote before going to school!

On the way to class, I drank 1/2 of a Naked Mighty Mango for 3 points. Hubby brought this to me when he came home last Friday. Thanks!

Nothing exciting to share about either of my classes today. Sometimes I sit there and wonder why I’m there. Where is this going to take me? But I know any degree is a degree and it will take me places- even if it’s just neck deep in student loans.

After class, I headed over to Subway for lunch. I had my usual 6” Turkey and Ham with a bag of baked BBQ Lays for 8 points.

Delish, as always! I also had Minute Maid Light Lemonade for .5 point.

And then it was grocery shopping time! Here are some of my faves from the trip:

Those 2 boxes of baggies- .50 cents each- that’s right! I should have gotten more. I shopped at two different stores. Aldis for everything I can get there and Hy Vee for everything else. I admit, I love Aldis. Some people refuse to shop there- but I love that store and all of the good deals! My awesome find today- Greek Yogurt for .79 cents!!! They finally sell it! I can’t wait to try it. I also picked up some fresh cranberries because I think they’re pretty. I have absolutely no idea what to do w/ them. And the last item shown, Tofu Shirtaki- I have been looking for this forever! It’s in a ton of HG recipes- can’t wait to try that either!

And another awesome find- little bananas. Maybe I’m a nerd, but I like to try to find the smallest bananas because they’re lower in points value! I always weigh my bananas (obsessive? Maybe) to determine whether they’re 2 or 1.5 points. lol. I know others do this same thing!

See the difference though?

By the time I got home, I was craving my coffee! I picked up a bag of Hy Vee House Blend Coffee, so I brewed some of that with FF vanilla creamer for .5 point. Not too bad, but not as good as Gevalia, of course!

And red white and blue for election day.  

I also had 2 Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies for 3 points.

After that, it was time to get started on homework, since that’s why I have Tuesdays off of work- after all! I worked on the same homework assignment for 3 hours- UGH! By the time I was done with that, it was supper time.

For supper, I baked a BBQ Chicken breast (2.5 oz) and also had roasted zucchini with olive oil for a total of 4.5 points.

Dessert was sugar free chocolate pudding for 1 point.

Later on, I snacked on some Special K crackers and Hummus for 2 points.

It was back to homework again- I spent another 1/2 hour on the same homework assignment- I was glad to be done with it! I am behind in my reading in one of my classes. It’s not all that important because the professor really doesn’t care about anything at all- he doesn’t really even talk about the text. But I need to get caught up because I’ll be tested on it- plus I have two research papers to be working on! I usually spend time on the weekends on homework- but it’s a little harder when the only time I see hubby is on the weekends! I don’t want to spend the entire weekend working on homework then.

For a workout tonight, I biked 7 miles on the stationary bike. Hubby fixed it! It took me 30 minutes. It’s so much easier to bike on a stationary bike than it is to bike outside. I only burned 140 calories- but at least it’s some activity. I took it kind of easy this time, too. I wasn’t really in the mood to work out, so I’m calling this a success for doing anything at all! I watched a show on Hulu.com. I will definitely be doing this in the future! It made working out go much faster. But next time, I’ll select a hard workout setting on the bike.

And I was craving something sweet, so I had a Halloween pack of Wild Berry Skittles that calculates out to .75 point- but everything is rounded, so for 1 point I guess. I had .5 point left, so not too bad!

Tomorrow is WI day and I’m hoping for the best. My weight was up this morning, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Usually when I lose a ton, the next week I have a gain- and last week I lost 3.6 lbs. So we’ll see…

I am really struggling tonight. I want to eat sweets so badly. I don’t know what it is? I read on Diane’s blog recently that when she was losing weight that when she wanted to go into the kitchen and eat, she would write down what she was feeling. Well, I feel sad that hubby is away. I am stressed about school. I am not looking forward to working a long day tomorrow. I’m worried about my WI tomorrow. I keep thinking that eating just a few pieces of chocolate probably wouldn’t hurt anything. But the point is- I must be in control! I CAN DO THIS!

After I wrote this, Hubby called to talk and I told him how I was feeling and he said, “You can do it because you’re strong. You’re very strong.” I AM STRONG! Thanks for the encouragement! I know I can do this!