Weigh in: Week 1

Before we get to the weigh-in, Patrick and I want to quick recap our week of diet and exercise. Tuesday was our initial weigh in day where we were shame-faced.
Wednesday, I worked out for about an hour. Then, we had dinner with Patrick's mom at Flat-Top Grill, which was an easy place to build a healthy, yummy meal. I created a chicken vegetable stir fry that I made into lettuce wraps and Patrick made his stir fry into a really yummy soup!
Thursday, I did a circuit training class for an hour, then Patrick and I took our dance lessons for the wedding and then we came home to make Hawaiian Curried Chicken with Pineapple Salsa (which was so good!)
Friday, I worked and ate leftovers for dinner.
Saturday, Patrick and I journeyed up to Lambeau field for the Packer Playoff game. We had such a blast! With Weight Watchers, we had to prepare for this day and we both decided ahead of time that we wanted to use our Weekly Points and Activity Points from the week to let loose and have some fun. Patrick was feeling slightly under the weather, so our drink of choice was tea with honey whiskey in it, 24 points for about 6 shots of the good stuff. The tailgate food was a MINEFIELD of naughty food, y'all, so I had a chili cheese brat for 6 points. Otherwise, we munched on veggies as we consumed most of our points....liquidly. During the game, we switched to Miller Lite, 14 points for 3 16-oz bottles. Remember, I get 27 daily points and 49 weekly points. Luckily, I had about 20 activity points as well. We were pleasantly buzzed as we watched the Pack dominate the Vikes. The atmosphere at Lambeau was amazing and so much fun. Arguably, games are waaaaaaay more fun when you're winning ;)

CONFESSION: On the way home from the game, I still had my activity points and was staaaaaarving. So we stopped on the way home at.....McDonald's. Oh my gosh, you'd think diet suicide. My quarter pounder with cheese and small fries (see, portion control, right?) cost me all 20 of my activity points. But. Soooooo worth it. I'm not going to even tell you all the extra points Patrick had and how he had a double quarter pounder with cheese and regular fries.
Sunday, we ran errands and ate Subway. Grocery shopping included more of our fresh fruit and vegetables and ingredients for a couple of Weight Watchers recipes. Back on track with no extra points to speak of.
Yesterday, we made Stovetop Macaroni and Cheese which was so delicious, we're excited for our leftovers for the week! PLUS, we're excited to try some mushroom risotto my friend EMILY ZEI recommended :)

So now it's the moment of truth, guys and gals. Time for Patrick and I to step on the dreaded scale once again and see if the WW is working as well for us as it does/did for J-Hudson.

Margaret
Current weight: 158.2 lbs
Chest: 36DD
Waist: 35.75"
Hips: 39.25"
Total weight loss: 2.6 lbs

Patrick
Current weight: 212.2 lbs
Chest: 39.3"
Waist: 38.5"
Hips: 38.5"
Neck: 15.9"
Total weight loss: 8.4 lbs

We are definitely excited and now feel like we have to sound like a Weight Watchers commercial because...


We lost weight....and we ate McDonald's. It's true.