Valentine's Day....a week early

So, since I was about to start NutriSystem (Tuesday February 9th)...I didn't want to have a big ole cheat on Valentine's day BEFORE I'd even weighed for the first time....SO we technically had our Valentine's Day on Monday February 8th (which happened to be a furlough Day for me)...the boy was at Daycare, so my hubster and I were able to be alone :)  Normally we don't get to do anything ON Valentine's Day anyhow, because everyone ELSE gets to have Valentine's Day LOL (meaning no babysitter because everyone else is out celebrating)...so why NOT do it a week early!  We started off the morning with some Facturas for breakfast!

 

With Yerba Mate' con leche of COURSE:

 

For lunch we had an Argentine meal consisting of Entrana....mmmm my most FAVOURITE:

 

with Ensalada and some Argentine Cider :)

Was definitely a YUM day!  Then on to the gifts!!!  No flowers, no chocolate we did GIFTS...LOL which is okay with me!!  Oscar opted to have a new PS3 game:

 

For the boy we got him his OPTIMUS PRIME that he'd been asking for!

 

And myself...well I got a snazzy pair of boots i'd had my eye on from the Boot Barn!!!:

 

So yeah it was a good day :)  The next day I started NutriSystem...so it was a nice send off LOL.  I am proud to announce I did NOT cheat on actual Valentine's Day!!  I will however be cheating on my birthday which is coming soon!  But that is one of the reasons I did NOT cheat on V day...gotta have priorities!!  

A VERY Yummy Surprise

Sooooo I received my NutriSystem order on Monday night at 9pm!!  I had given up at 7pm thinking it was NOT going to arrive!  Who knew that UPS would deliver at 9pm!  I was stoked as I had planned to start the very next day!  So all jazzed I unpacked my GIANT box of food..none of which needs to be refridgerated!!  YAY.  My Toddler was even happy when I finished unpacking the box and immediately jumped IN the box ready to be shipped!  Wish i'd gotten a picture of that! 

SO...Tuesday (yesterday) I started this diet!  Much to my WONDERFUL surprise, this food is TASTY and rocks!!!  I had a CHOCOLATE CHIP....yes Chocolate Chip SCONE for breakfast which was really really really good!  At lunch time I had a rice, kidney bean and sausage meal...pretty darned good!  Dinner I had a Pulled BBQ Pork Wrap...YUMMEH and dessert...yep Dessert was a MINT CHOCOLATE Patty cookie....mmmm that was MOST excellent!!  The food today has thus far ROCKED as well.  This is something I can definitely get used to!  They know what they are doing in the taste department that is for SURE.  Then you can add fruits and veggies etc to your meals.  Its a beautiful thing thus far!  I shall start taking pictures of these wonderful treats in the future so you all can see what i'm talking about!

I am on my way to the land of the SKINNY...with awesome tasty chocolatey food!  I have carrot cake waiting for me at home tonight...yeah you heard me!!

Your Order Has been Shipped!!!

I just LOVE those words!  Especially when its something you are really looking forward to!  Okay, so those of you who know me, know that I dumped some weight awhile back.  Well i've just been kinda maintaining that weight which is GOOD..but I always kinda wanted to dump about 20 more lbs....so here I go bitches!!  I have ordered.....drum roll please:

 

That's right...NutriSystem!!!  I am a person who does EXTREMELY well with packaged food.  Always have.  I am one of those rare people who does BETTER with limited choices.  LOL..most people want to diet but still be able to eat whatever they want to choose.  When I decide to diet, i'm pretty darned disciplined.  When I originally first lost weight...I went COLD TURKEY low carb..no pun intended LOL...literally went from being a fast food junkie to eating next to NO carbs.  Never looking back.  To THIS DAY I still do NOT eat french fries very often.  It has to be a HUGE special occasion.  Probably in the last 4 years I've had french fries about 3 times.  No joke.  But its because I knew that was one of the vices.  One of the things I liked a little too much..therefore I had no choice but to eliminate it.    So last night I decided..no more futzing around...even though i'm not GAINING weight, I also haven't been losing and its time to start losing again.  So at 9:30pm last night...I placed an order with NutriSystem.  This morning I just received an email saying my order has been shipped!  WOOT.  4 to 10 days it should arrive.  I'm looking forward to this!  Now my birthday is coming up...will I be having a birthday meal on my bday...HELL TO THE YES...i'm not into deprivation LOL...however the very next day I shall pick right back up where I left off!  Come summer i'm going to be barely visible!  LOL...

And the journey begins......

when the food arrives.......

which is hopefully sooner than later........

And then the ACTUAL journey will begin.......

Okay done for now...... 

 

Friends are Priceless

This weekend I had a chance to go out with 3 friends I hadn't seen in about 20 years!  I reunited with these friends because of Facebook!  I know some people aren't down with the whole Facebook thing, but I think its wonderful...especially since it brought me back to my friends of the past!  2 of these ladies went to ELEMENTARY school with me!  Now that is going WAY back!!!!  They are STILL the most wonderful girls that I remember them to be!  We had such a wonderful time reminiscing and getting to know each other again.  There were lots of giggles and stories and even a GIANT piece of carrot cake!  This was indeed a blast and I hope to do it again real SOON!!