So last week I was whiny... really whiny.  It happens.  I posted this.  I was hating my body... hating my weight.  I was feeling like it was all really unfair.  And then, I got exactly what I needed, this comment:

Valerie (seattlerunnergirl)said...

I know you might want to smack me for this, but I would trade every one of those 40 pounds for your daughter in a heartbeat. Or, rather, I think you would. If given a choice between whether you could erase the last year AND the weight, but in so doing you'd have to give up your little girl, I'm pretty sure you'd choose to keep Lily and the weight. It just sucks that you can't have BOTH Lily AND your goal weight right now. But you will eventually. I'm believing it for you AND for me because I'm pretty much in the same place.

We have 2 winners! 

The first winner is comment #17 from Melanie:
"Just liked it on FB too! I need that pick me up in the afternoons too!!"


The second winner is comment #4 from RJ:
"I've been following your blog for quite some time, but I just made it official! I look forward to reading your postings each day."



Congrats Melanie and RJ.  Please email your mailing address to fatlittlelegs@yahoo.com and I'll pass your info on to Zipfizz!  Enjoy and please come back and let me know what you think!

Thank you everyone that took the time to enter!

Happy Monday!

What are we having for dinner this week?

Chicken Paillards with Lemon Butter Sauce (recipe below), boxed risotto, steamed veggie
Make your own naan bread pizza - I use either the frozen naan from Trader Joe's or fresh from SuperTarget's deli, add sauce, and tons of fresh veggies for fixings, usually Canadian Bacon for mine, and fresh mozzarella cheese (a must have in my opinion for amazing homemade pizza).  We did this with our friends and their kids and the kids made their pizzas on whole grain English muffins.  My son ate all of his!
Taco Salads
Bacon Tomato Cheese Quiche - adapted from this recipe, I'm just adding bacon, fresh fruit
Buffalo Chicken Pasta - using this recipe, but instead of chicken using Amy's buffalo chicken meatballs from Costco, and less cheese and some extra veggies (peppers of all colors)
Pulled Jack Daniels Chicken on Buns (Costco... I swear I don't work for them and they don't give me anything for free... consult my checkbook if you don't believe me)  this is premade and delicious!  I'll serve with waffle fries and spinach salad

Chicken Paillards with Lemon Butter Sauce
Serves 4 @ 7 points plus each

1 pound chicken breasts (this is usually around 2 breasts for me), cut in half (4 oz pieces of chicken)
1/4 cup flour
1 Tbsp olive Oil
2 Tbsp Butter
2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
2 cloves garlic
1/2 cup white wine
1 cup fat free chicken broth

Pound chicken with a meat mallet until about 1/4-1/2 an inch thick.  Season with salt and pepper, and coat evenly with flour.  Meanwhile, heat 1 Tbsp oil, and 1 Tbsp of the butter in a stainless frying pan (don't use a non-stick pan).  Cook each side for about 3-4 minutes over medium heat.  Should be browned on each side.  Remove from pan, and set aside under some foil.

Add the wine to the pan, and cook for about 1 minute... scraping up bits from the bottom of the pan, add garlic, saute 30 seconds more, add chicken broth and 2 Tbsp lemon juice, bring to a boil, put chicken back in the pan, and cook about 5-10 minutes until chicken is cooked through and sauce has thickened and reduced slightly.  Take off heat and stir in the other tablespoon of butter until melted. 

This dish is "fancy" enough for company, but also so simple, and we almost always have all of the ingredients on hand to make it.  It takes about 20-30 minutes start to finish!

Now, tell me, what are  YOU having for dinner this week?

I step on the scale this morning... it reads exactly to the tenth of a pound what it did last week.  I stand in the bathroom and punch the sheet rock on the wall.  I come out of the bathroom with a giant pout on my face, and complain to my husband about the unfairness of it all.  He tells me maybe I need to start exercising again.  I yell that he doesn't understand, and ask him when he expects me to exercise, 3 am?  I grab my apple cinnamon Chobani yogurt and head towards Starbucks. 

There is at least 10 people in front of me in line... one of which decides that she apparently needs 6 different drinks.  Ugh!  While waiting (forever) for my coffee, I bring up Twitter on my phone to waste away the time.  I send this tweet:
You can tell, the day wasn't off to the best start.
I get to work, sit down at my desk and get lost in a mundane task that needs to be completed.  I drink my coffee.  I don't eat my yogurt.  I guess I figure if I starve myself this morning, maybe it will make all the difference.

After a while my cell phone rings.  It is a call I've been waiting for for a couple of days - a renowned doctor in North Carolina that would like have my daughter join a Turner Syndrome study she has been conducting.  We chat, the conversation is nice.  I ask lots of questions.  I tell her Lily has Turner Syndrome, I tell her about the non-longer mysterious growth on the back of her head.  We chat about the various pictures that various doctors have snapped of it on their cell phones.  I tell her about my previous pregnancy, about the HELLP syndrome.  She pauses, I can tell she is struck by the fact that 2 totally random things have hit me twice.  She tells me she doesn't know which one is worse.  I take a moment to feel bad for myself, but then slink back to my desk and actual revel in the news the call brought.

11:30 rolls around... time to leave for Weight Watchers.  I drive to my meeting, and walk through the door and to the scale.  Several people say "hi Sarah".  I stop and show the receptionist a picture of my daughter and son.  I feel like I'm walking the walk of shame, and yet I should have nothing to be ashamed of, because from a health standpoint I did everything I should have.  I drank lots of water, ate my share of fruits and veggies, and stayed within my points.  I tried to move a little every day, even if it is just walking around my car while I wait for the gas to pump, or doing squats every time the microwave is running to heat Lily's bottle.

I start the disrobing process - its like a weekly ritual... coat off, scarf and gloves off, blazer off, boots off.  I stand in my dress and tights now on the scale and grit my teeth.  I automatically blurt out, "I know I didn't lose anything and I can't figure out why!"  My CWWL looks up and me and states, "Maybe you should save that comment for a time when you really didn't lose weight."  A look of shock crosses my face, I stare down at the paper I see:

- 1.2

I quietly smile, and back away from the scale.  I don't know how it happened between this morning and noon.  My scale ALWAYS matches Weight Watcher's scale really closely. I don't know how it happened, and honestly I don't care.  I will take it!

Next week I hope to make to my first 5 lbs lost.

Don't forget... tomorrow's the LAST DAY to enter my Zipfizz giveaway.  There will be 2 winners, so definitely check it out, all you have to do for an entry is leave me a comment on the giveaway post with what flavor you want to try.