Looking for 179!

We took the baby to see the granimals at the Stock Show yesterday. We walked around for over 3 hours – leisurely stroll but it beat sitting my arse on the couch for 3 hours plus I was pushing the stroller with a 25 lb kid in it. I cheated and ate a cheeseburger while there but did share some of it with the little one. We are such Bubba’s that we bought her a pair of Carhartt overalls for next fall. Gonna teach her how to drive the tractor and spit next. What I didn’t have was the funnel cake, cinnamon roll or dippin dots that smelled soooo good. Then last night I sipped on a small glass of Amaretto and had some ice cream. Hopped on the scales this morning and saw 183.

WTF?????

It kinda freaked me out at first because I know that I didn’t consume 3,500 calories over and above what I burned. Then I remembered that I didn’t poop yesterday so I really think that the inch up in the number on the scale must be because my body is hanging on to that nasty old cheeseburger. I didn’t make it onto the treadmill yesterday but did wash my truck and cleaned house which has to burn some calories. Didn’t sit down until about 7:30 last night so the increase (even if it was only a pound) really surprised me. The funny thing is that the slacks I’m wearing today are much looser in the legs and hips then they were 2 weeks ago.

We had a rather yummy dinner last night. I bought some yellow fin tuna steaks Saturday and 2 bundles of asparagus so the Mr. grilled them for me. I made some mashed potatoes for him and the kids to make up for making them eat “healthy” stuff but I just grabbed extra asparagus and opted out of the mashed potatoes.

I also wanted to share this creamy dip that I made:

1 cup no-fat cottage cheese
½ cup no-fat yogurt
1 clove of garlic
2 tablespoons no-fat Italian dressing (the dried stuff in a packet)
Sprinkle of cayenne pepper (depends on how hot you like it)

Whirl all of the ingredients in the mixer until creamy.

It is really creamy and taste sinful. I use it for dipping vegetables and chips made out of whole wheat pita bread but it is good enough to make you feel like you are cheating. Seriously – you won’t even miss the fat.

For breakfast I ate 2 Wasa crackers (4 g fiber) with some Laughing Cow Light cheese and a Clementine and for lunch I had a bowl of split-pea soup (8 g fiber) with about a cup of chopped asparagus (3 grams of fiber). Snack is an apple (4 g fiber) and right before I go home a pear (4 g fiber). Maybe all this fiber will help that nasty old cheeseburger move itself right outta my system.

Come on 179!