Tracked on a Friday!

I had a really good day today.  My classmate and I met to record our third and last faux counseling sessions of the semester and they seemed to go well.  Our professor instructed us to act like characters from movies when we pretend to act like clients when our classmates practice counseling with us.  Today I took my inspiration from Sara Jessica Parker’s character in the movie The Family Stone, specifically the character’s struggle with the family of her fiancé and feeling disconnected from them.  After the fact, I realized that her character had a lot in common with me and with my sister-in-law.  We’re both having difficulties with our fathers-in-law; I’m married to one brother and she’s married to the other, so we’re dealing with the same guy.  My father-in-law has never liked me and I've been married to his son for over 20 years.  My sister-in-law only recently found out that he doesn't like her. I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s a lost cause.  He is who he is and I need to accept him that way, but at first it was difficult to learn about how he felt.  I feel for my sister-in-law.

I spent the rest of the afternoon knitting and watching my TiVo backlog of Jimmy Fallon and The Daily Show.  When my husband came home, we went out to dinner at a restaurant we’ve never been to before, but it had Buzztime trivia, so we decided to try it.  I whooped him two out of three games.  Even better, I almost had a burger but opted for a salad instead.

It’s been a long time since I’ve tracked my points on a Friday and even longer since I stuck to them.  I used all of my weekly points and I definitely got full.  I feel pretty confident that I will be able to stick to my points the rest of the week.  Here’s what I had today:

Breakfast

• Abundance Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal (4)
• 2 TBSP slivered almonds (2)
• 2 tsp olive oil (2)
• Honeycrisp apple, chopped
• ½ cup Silk light vanilla soy milk (1)
• Coffee with a ½ cup skim milk

Lunch

• Large salad from Leeann Chin (8)

Snack

• 2 TBSP light sour cream (1)
• 1 cup Pace picante sauce, medium (1)
• 14 Baked! Tostitos tortilla chip scoops (3)

Dinner

• Restaurant Strawberry Chicken salad (20)
• Restaurant southwestern egg rolls with dipping sauce, 2 (13)

Dessert

• ½ pint Haagen-Dazs peanut butter & chocolate ice cream (16)
• ½ cup Silk light vanilla soy milk (1)

Total for the day:  73 points (!)

Today I achieved 6 out of 7 HCs; no exercise again.