Little breakfast, big lunch.

Breakfast was just a plate of strawberries… and then later at the laundromat, I had some weight watchers pizza-flavored pretzel thins. Not really my cuppa tea.

But on those 4 points, I piled on some wings at World of Wings. I’m counting them as 15 points. So, 19 points so far today — which leaves 14 points for dinner and D&D.

I might be breaking into those bonus points again.

Rob

Big Dinner at Jose Tejas

So, we headed out to Jose Tajas for dinner tonight. I had 17 points left, and used them on a light beer, some chips and salsa, and a handful of aps — none of which were good for me, but all of which I held back on. Then my order of seafood enchiladas came, with a side of jambalaya… I ate the jambalaya and one of the two enchiladas (and am calling that 14 points). So, I’ve got three more bonus points for tomorrow and Wednesday. Will I make it?

Rob

Made it work.

Sure, today’s all-you-can-eat buffet was a tricky situation. But I knew what it was going into it. I had the nova lox bagel as I planned, and restricted all my other food to just a tast of this or that. Okay, I had almost a full johnnycake (cornmeal pancake), and a whole blackberry crepe with whipped cream. (Chocolate, no. Caramel, no! A little self-restraint was involved even in that decision.) I also had a fruit cup, which was a pretty sharp move, I think.

Anyway, when all was said and done, I’d eaten an estimated 24 points worth of food — combined with the cherries, that left me 9 points for the day.

Then I walked to the movie (Funny People) most of the rest of my friends drove to, which bought me two points.

For the rest of the night, it was a little bit of hummus and tortilla chips, and then, later, a little bit of salsa and tortilla chips. I’m sure I ate 11 points’ worth — probably a little more. I’m docking myself 3 bonus points. (18 more through Wednesday.)

But the day worked out much, much better than I’d expected.

Rob

Forewarned? Forearmed.

Heading out to brunch with some friends, at Bistro Soliel in Hightstown. It’s a buffet, so things might get dicey. To prepare a bit, I checked out their brunch menu online — I might go for the nova lox on a bagel, and anything else will be just a taste.

In any event, I’ve eaten a cup of cherries (1 point, and my cult classifies it as a “filling food”) to fill up a little before heading out. And by the time I get to Hightstown there’ll be a cup of iced coffee in mah bellie as well.

Rob

Oh, that went well.

So my friend Chris came to town, and he, Kathy and I went out to dinner. We went to Wild Rice, a local (and delicious) Asian fusion restaurant in town, and I had one out of the five appetizer rolls and a bowl of Monsoon Soup with seafood — an Udon soup I’m estimating at 12 points, or 14 for the meal altogether. Which left me with 6 for dessert.

Well, there’s an ice cream shop two doors down, and without knowing the points for ice cream, I went and ordered a double-scoop cone. I knew I should’ve ordered a single, but I ordered a double.

The weight watchers book says a scoop of premium ice cream is 7 points, and I had two, on a sugar cone (1 point). All told, 15 points. So it looks like I used 9 of my bonus points on tonight’s dessert. I knew I’d be dipping into them when I ordered the ice cream, but that was a little more than I’d bargained for. And if I’d ordered a single scoop, I’d only be two in the red.

Ah, well. Live and learn. Anyway, that’s it for my eating tonight. See you tomorrow.

Rob