32 days

I'm going to attempt to lose 12 lbs in 32 days. That's an average of 2.6 lbs a week. I'm not going to crash diet. I'm just going to stay away from sugar and liquor and processed foods, and work my butt off at the gym. I'm going to use Weight Watchers and try not to eat many of the extra 35 points you get each week.

So I made a calendar that I'm going to put on the wall in front of the scale. If I work out, I'll get a gold star for the day. If I stick to my Weight Watchers points, I'll get a red star. And if I lose weight, I'll get a blue star.

This week's menu is:

breakfasts: breakfast burritos (potato and egg white - made a big batch of potatoes yesterday)
lunches: that couscous carrot salad you see below
dinners -
Monday: David won't be home tonight, so I'll be scraping together something delicious and healthy
Tuesday: barley mushroom pilaf, since I didn't get to make it last week
Wednesday: chicken caesar salad (grilled the chicken breasts yesterday)
Thursday: steaks (small one for me!) and roasted asparagus
Friday and Saturday: I'll be out of town, so David will be on his own. I'd bet you $20 he'll go to Dickman's and get a big ol' steak.
Sunday: shoot. no plan. That usually means Trader Joe's mandarin orange chicken with rice and lots of extra veggies. Unfortch, TJ's is definitely processed food. Maybe by Sunday I'll come up with something else.

Yesterday we drove to the 99.99 cent (yes, you read that right) store. It was awesome! We got stir fry veggies, a bunch of produce, and whatever the heck else David threw in the cart for $22. My grocery list for tonight consists of 7 things.

Ok, wish me luck!