A Happy Little Girl

Good evening, everyone!  Hope you had a great day today.  I know some of you are ready for Friday!

I was making breakfast this morning (you know, microwaving breakfast with love, lol) for me and the kids when I noticed our food had these cute things on them.  I got a kick out of them anyway.

Lol

Lean Pocket breakfast sandwich, 2 cuties, half of a 0% nonfat Greek Chobani yogurt, and a firetruck.

8 points+.

 I was satisfied til lunch.  Then I had a Healthy Life bun with 14 grams of RF mayo, ketchup, mustard, and 2 98% FF Oscar Mayer hot dogs.  I also had 28 grams of Baked Lays and zucchini and squash cooked in 1 tsp of olive oil and topped with 14 grams 2% cheddar. 

10 points+.

Supper cooked in the crockpot all day.  White chicken chili.  I topped it with the rest of my Chobani 0% Greek yogurt from this morning and 14 grams 2% shredded cheddar.  I used 28 grams of Doritos as crackers.

11 points+.

I took my youngest daughter shopping with me tonight for her Mommy date.  She got to pick a special treat, and she wanted a repeat of what her brother had when he went - Dunkin Donuts.  She was so super excited tonight.  She is more of a quiet kid, and therefore she is easy to push aside and not give as much attention to.  :(  She loved it just being me and her.  I was very much contemplating what to do.  A donut is 7 points+, and I had exactly 7 points+ left.  As we were walking in, she held my hand and looked up and asked, "Mommy, are you going to have a donut and hot chocolate with me?!"  I decided then that I would have a donut with her but skip the hot chocolate with whipped cream and just have coffee.  I figured eating the points instead of drinking them would make my mind happier.  Boy do I love their hot cocoa, though!  I had the jelly filled donut with black coffee. 

7 points+.

She chatted away and wanted so much to sing songs with me in the van all the way home.  It was so sweet.  I need to make special time for this little girl more often!  Is there any point in parenting where you feel like, "Wow! I'm such a great mom!"  ????  Lol.  It ain't happening here!

Around 10 pm, I was getting shaky hungry.  I have done this for the past year or so occasionally, but the past 2 weeks it has been a very frequent thing.  I guess I need to schedule a physical and see if I am pre-diabetic or diabetic.  I know it is hypoglycemia.  I am betting the sugar high from the Donut left me with a giant sugar crash, hence the shakiness and feeling bad.

I had a banana and 17 grams of crunchy peanut butter to try to help.   

3 points+.

I didn't feel very much better.  :(  That's not good.  I was also a f/v serving short for the day. I went to grab an apple but then decided maybe I shouldn't get something else sweet.  I dunno!  So I got carrot chips and salsa instead.

0 points+.

In a nutshell:  I didn't mean to have chips twice today.  I normally try not to have chips with lunch when I am having chips with supper.  Lunch plans were changed today, though.  My goal is to really cut back on chips starting next week.  I have things like whole grain crackers, Wheat Thins, and pretzels scheduled instead of chips.  I know this'll be a hard process to wean the kids and the husband off of chips, though.  I am fine without chips until everyone else starts getting them out.  Then I want some.  The donut wasn't a planned thing.  I knew I was going to the store tonight, but I hadn't anticipated taking my daughter until she reminded me that she had been waiting for her turn at a Mommy date for about a month now.  I'm at least thankful I had the points for it!  Glad that I didn't cave tonight and eat anything and everything just because I was shaky.  Got in my 80 oz of water.  No exercise besides shoppin.  The day could've been better as far as food choices, but I'm only 3 points+ over the entire day.  When can you ever do that and even have a donut??  Lol