While I was on the train ride to work, I was looking at my WW app and realized I never entered my food for dinner Saturday night OR this chocolate pie! So while I thought I was -82 points for the week, I stand corrected – I am at -112! #gobigorgohome š
Tony used to buy me this pie every birthday. It’s a sugar free French silk pie from a local 24 hour diner near out house. And while it may be sugar free, it is not calorie free, but it’s amazingly delicious, and I love that she remembered that Tony used to get this for me.
Breakfast was a simple egg white and salsa breakfast wrap. I just added 1/2 a coffee cup worth of liquid egg whites with 2 tablespoons of jarred salsa and nuked that at work for a minute and thirty seconds. I added 1/2 ounce of cheese and chopped romaine and fruit on the side – breakfast was 5 points.
Right before I left the house and was finishing packing my lunch, I dropped a whole 32 ounce package of strawberries on the floor. Gah. For half a second I thought to just leave them and text Hannah to see if she minded cleaning up my mess, but quickly got it cleaned up and was still able to get out of the house on time.
Sadly, the leftover pork that I had planned for my lunch time wrap never made it into my lunch bag. Sure enough I texted Hannah and she said “you mean this bag of meat on the kitchen counter?” Um, that would be yes. Luckily she was able to put it in the fridge for me.
But now I needed something to put in my wrap. There is a diner called Venice Cafe a block from my office that another co-worker was talking about how they have a managers special every day of grilled chicken with sauteed vegetables. When I looked up their menu, I saw that as a “side” I could get a grilled chicken breast for $3.95. Nice!
When I got there I saw their specials board, and for a second thought “well, I am already over -112 points for the month, maybe I should try that panini or meatball calzone?!”
When I ordered my grilled chicken he asked if I wanted it sliced, yes please! Then asked if I wanted complimentary marinara sauce. Um, double yes please! The chicken was delicious and moist and I could have done shots of that marinara sauce. Good to know there is a place like that near my office.
I had the other 1/2 ounce of Swiss cheese from my breakfast so I made kind of a mock chicken parmesan wrap and it was delicious. I counted the chicken at 5 points, the cheese 2 and the wrap 1 point for an 8 point lunch.
I am having a “situation” with my neighbor. A week and a half ago it was super windy and my neighbor said that one of my branches fell on his house . . . causing $6000 worth of damage. His wife suggested that I have some trees cut off my property that were dead – well, if I did that, I would spend $10,000 in tree removal, which just isn’t in the budget. I kindly thanked her for her suggestion, and did not cut down any trees. They are now accusing me of being negligent by not cutting down the trees – my neighbor even said that the contractor told him “if this limb went through your window (which was 10 feet from where it landed) and any one of his family was sitting on the family room couch, they most likely would have been killed.” A bit dramatic if you ask me, but in any event, I was talking to my insurance company as I was walking into the train station and got on the wrong train.
Luckily, it was the right train line, just the 5:33 train vs. the 5:20 train I normally take, which has way more stops so I didn’t get home until 7:00.
When I walked into the house, Hannah was reheated leftover food from our dinner on Saturday night, and I reheated the bland pizza I ordered. I brushed it with a bit of olive oil and some sea salt and reheated it on my baking steel so the crust turned out amazing, and that little pop of salt made all the difference.
I cut 2 ounces of pizza (6) and made pizza “croutons” to go over my salad. Delish!
I have to say though, that after my “hands in the air, don’t care” eating over my birthday weekend, my old habits want to come back – i.e, the night time snacking, the wine. I almost contemplated going out and getting a bottle of wine!
But I know if I don’t reign it in right now, it’s a slippery slope and I can go right back to eating whatever I want and drinking whatever I want, and we all know that isn’t going to get me where I want to be.
I still plan on weighing in on Thursday, because that’s what my sister and I agreed to do at the beginning at the year.
I have one last birthday lunch with a co-worker today, but plan on eating reasonably. I have a 4 point breakfast full of fruit which will help balance out my lunch, and I have chicken fajitas on the menu for dinner tonight, so it’s all good.
Here’s some morning motivation for you – make it a great day!
Happy Birthday!! Look’s like you enjoyed your birthday, so everyday is a new day and you can start fresh. Have you spoken to any attorneys in your office about the tree situation?
Good improvisation with the wrap contents! Years ago I used to work in the building where Venice Cafe is. Now I work close to Willis Tower and the Venice that was un there closed down a few months ago. I miss it, but maybe it’s for the best because I often succumbed to the calzone!
By the way, the 533 is my usual train.
Your wraps look delicious! Love all the fresh fruit and vegetables on the side too. And, the pie looks amazing. I would be very tempted by it!
So, if the branch hangs over on their property, THEY can go ahead and cut back the branch to the property line should they feel inclined to do so…they just can’t physically remove the tree if it’s clearly planted on your property. You are not required to do anything though, unless it is obstructing electrical wires (and even then, I would push back on the electrical company to handle it), and the neighbors shouldn’t be hassling you about it. That’s up to their insurance company to deal with. You don’t owe them anything. š
I once had a neighbor tell me that “my leaves” were blowing all over her freshly manicured lawn and I needed to come handle it. I flipped her the bird. She tried to rake them back into my yard…only problem was we are very much uphill to her property….and guess what happened? š She got them all back. (for the record, we are normally on top of that shit…it just wasn’t the case that specific weekend)
Hi Biz. I would be interested in knowing how your tree “situation” turns out.
We have an attorney where I work who specializes in agricultural law and he’s a blogger. He just posted this:
https://lawnchairagattorney.com/2017/04/04/hey-paul-can-i-prune-my-neighbors-tree-that-is-in-my-way/
Biz– good for you getting back on track. Sounds like you had a great Birthday. Your mom looks great. Have a good week. š
We finally had to get our huge oaks trimmed a few years ago – some of them had dead branches and they were hitting our roof, causing damage (which we also had to have repaired). It’s never fun to have to find the money for that kind of home upkeep/repair – I feel for you with your tree/neighbor situation.
Dieting sure can be a “stressful animal” at times. Sometimes I just need a “Fat Day” once a week, eat what I want and go back to my diet the next day. No sense in slapping myself around….hurts too much. I like the way you eat though, your breakfasts are always interesting. I try to copy your ideas….and use them in my life style. I can do good all day but when the evening comes that’s when I slide down that slippery slope of snacking. I am trying a new thing though it’s called http://www.mealenders.com they seem to be working for those times of snacking…..check them out Biz. Saw them on Shark Tank.
Pizza croutons, how has my pizza junkie husband never thought of that. I better keep that a secret, it could make his already over “dressed” salads even more unhealthy. š It is amazing to me how people hold others accountable for “acts of mother nature.” Sadly, those people would probably win if it came to it in a court battle. š
A few Bullets today!
~ I love that you can improvise at work – you have so many options!
~ We have a dead tree, too, that we’ve been putting off. I swear one of our neighbors moved because of it!
~ Wait – pizza croutons? GENIUS!
~ When I’ve had a big day(s) on the weekend, lately, I’ve been trying to reel it wayyyy back during the week, too!
~ Happy Tuesday.
Yep, you know exactly where that slippery slope ends. You can do it!