Product Review and a New Path

This week has been a wash. No way around it. I have not counted one point nor have I cared. I remind myself daily that I have this amazing vacation coming up where I am going to be walking daily and want to look back at the photos and feel proud. Yet I succumb to the powers of ice cream and burritos.

The other night the fella and I went out for my last meal out until Paris. I had, and try not to drool, chili cheese fries with beans, a pulled pork sandwich with a side of fries, boneless honey bbq wings, and a maine tracks ice cream sundae. Woof. It was as amazing as it sounds but now is crunch time. I know that with hard work and discipline, I can lose about 15...ish pounds in 2 1/2 months. (secretly hoping for more but trying not to be greedy).

So, where do I start? I have the Monthly Pass through weight watchers and will continue to go to meetings and weigh in weekly. I have to change my weigh in day because of my new job (yay!) but I will not be following the PointsPlus plan. I will be using My Fitness Pal, which I will refer to as MFP. This is a free online calorie tracker that counts calories, fats, proteins, and carbs and helps you monitor all of it. The most inspiring thing about the site is that after you track your daily food and exercise, it will tell you "if everyday was like today, you can expect to lose ___ pounds in ___days". To me, that is very very helpful.

I have tracked all of my food today thus far and being on only 1200 calories a day, I only have 395 left for lunch and dinner. (Breakfast was before I decided to jump on the MFP wagon...)

Also happening this week was a product review! I tried the Quaker Oatmeal Real Medleys. I tried the apple, cranberry, and walnut version of this instant oatmeal. The packaging is durable and I can easily see myself popping this into my work tote if I am running late one morning. After adding hot (they called for boiling but I only had my keurig to help me out) water and stirring, I let it sit for 3 minutes. After it was ready I took note of the sweet aroma of apples and cranberries. The oatmeal itself was pretty good however, if you only like smooth, non textured oatmeal or porridge, this is not for you. You actually have to chew parts of it, including the halved walnuts. All in all I would give this item a 7 out of 10 and would probably buy it again if it went on sale.

Thanks for reading, I'll be back later this week!