Wowzers, Woo-hoo, Alright!

Okay so here is the Monday Weigh-In Report. Drumroll please...

I LOST 3.4 lbs. this week!!!

I am thrilled!!! Okay, I just had to say that! Woo-hoo!

Lunch Ideas...I Got Nadda.

I am sitting here on my break trying to get my grocery list together for the week. I know what to make for dinner, I know what diet pop I want to buy, some snacks that sound good, but I have no earthly idea what to buy to pack in my lunches. Seriously, I am stuck! I am tired of the same thing and I need some new ideas. Only problem is I am so picky. There are so many things I don't like. I don't like the sandwich or bagel thins (I tried, I really did), I don't like tuna (ick, ick, ick!), yogurt, peppers of any kind, pretty much any frozen dinner, etc. You know, all the stuff that is good for you. So, my question to all you lovely people out there is what do you like to take for lunch? Help a sister out here! If you read my blog, but don't have an account to leave comments and you have a suggestion I would love to hear it! :) You can send me an email at KatConquersTheWorld@yahoo.com.

Oh, and those Progresso 0-1 point soups? Notsomuch...

Praying for a great week for us all,

Kat :)

Too Young to Be A Mall Walker?

(This pic. cracks me up! I had to use it.)


Oh my, I have so many titles for this blog in my head. There was Kat vs. the Mall, Kat Conquers the Mall, Too Young to Be A Mall Walker, Too Old to Care, Old People Have The Right Idea (okay, not a great one), etc.

So as you know, I like to walk. I started my walking career (haha) during the spring when the mornings were still nice and cool. Now however, the mornings (even starting at 7:30 am) are HOT and HUMID! We have been walking at Riverside, and although I love walking there, it is just too much right now. So my mom suggested the mall and I said sure. What a great idea!!! It's cool (air conditioning people! Woohoo!), you can window shop, and they even play music (although I usually just have my headphones in, but still). There are bathrooms and water fountains and lots of friendly people. Mall walkers are friendly. They are determined, but friendly. I have only been twice so far, but saw some of the same faces both times.

Yes, they are an older group of people (I told my mom I was the youngest there. She quickly told me she saw a little girl in a stroller, so I wasn't. Har har Mom...har har!), but I really don't care. True, I am not your typical age for a "mall walker", but that doesn't bother me in the slightest! When do I ever go with the status quo anyway?

So if you want to walk but you don't like the heat, check out your local mall and see when they open. Most open early for mall walkers. I think ours opens around 7:00 am, three hours before the stores open. I think it is a wonderful alternative to sweating your skin off! Don't you?


Love and kisses,
Kat the Mall Walker

Pop Tarts - Friend or Foe?

When I woke up today I had a craving for Pop Tarts. I wanted them. They were calling my name. They were IN my pantry. They haven't been there for awhile, but my darling husband asked me to get him some at the store so I did. I walked to the pantry, pulled them out of the box, opened the shiny silver package, placed them in the toaster oven, waited for them to get nice and golden and then ate every last bite. Why am I telling you this? Because I consumed NINE points in the process. Yikes! Was it worth it? Kind of, but I still wouldn't do that on a regular basis. Anyway, in the past I might have said, "Well, this day is ruined!" and then proceed to not count points for that day and possibly the rest of the week. Today however, I just planned around it. And you know what? I call that a victory. I may not get to eat what I want to today, but I will live. Instead of getting a foot long sub at Subway and eating half for dinner now and half later tonight at work, I just got a 6" and will take that to work. I had a very low point dinner to make up for the Pop Tarts. That, in my mind, is half the battle. I think I deserve this praise...GO ME! :) So yes, you can even have Pop Tarts if you plan for it or plan around them.

PS - No, I didn't have Hello Kitty Pop Tarts (how cute is that???), but I couldn't pass up putting that pic up when I found it.

Yippee, Woo-hoo, Yay, Eeeeee!!!

Look below for a yummy new product, but I just had to say...I BROKE OUT OF MY RUT!!! I lost 4.4 lbs. this last week. I am so happy! Now I just have to keep it up! Just had to share! :)

Mmmm mmmmm Good!!!

Okay, I love snacking as I have already said. I have about 15 minutes left to wait for my dinner to cook so I thought I would share something I found today that I lu-lu-LOVED! I have had Fiber One bars and they are good, I usually get the Oats & Chocolate. BUT today I found the yummiest one yet. They are Oats & Strawberries with Almonds. Oh my goodness, they are good!!! That strawberry flavor really comes out. And like their partner and crime, Oats & Chocolate, they are only 2 points! Woo-hoo! That's what I call Successful Snacking! Try them soon, they are delish! :)

I LOVE You People of Zio's!

Ummm, guys...guess what? I have some big news. Okay, so it's big news to me. You may be like, "Eh, I've already heard that." For those of you that haven't though, here goes...

ZIO'S HAS NUTRITIONAL INFO ON THEIR WEBSITE!!!!

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! This is big news people! Most fast food restaurants provide nutritional information, but sit-down restaurants are so much harder to get that information from. Yes, there are those like Olive Garden and Chili's that do, but I have heard from more than one restaurant that they "cannot provide nutritional information because there are too many custom ways to prepare their entrees." What a bunch of hooey! We know it's because you don't want us to know what's actually in there because we might not want to eat it after all. Post the info for how it's prepared and let us worry about the rest.
Anyway, the reason this is such a big deal is because they haven't had their nutritional info up in the past and I love to eat there. My typical order is usually cheese pizza and a side Caesar salad. I've always assumed that was a ton of points, but it's really not that bad. According to their info a side Caesar salad is 5 points and the pepperoni pizza is 13 (they didn't have the info for plain cheese, which of course would be less). Usually I only eat half the pizza, so I am pretty psyched! Even counting the points for the pepperoni pizza (since I don't know how much it is without pepperoni) and doing half that, you are looking at 12 points for a meal out at Zio's! Of course you still have to watch your bread intake, but an entire loaf of their bread is 5 points, so that's still not bad if you have one or two small pieces.
Here's a shocker for you though. In the past I have been known to order Spaghetti and Meatballs. Weeeelll, Zio's Spaghetti and Meatballs has a whopping 1580 calories, 109 grams of fat, and 8 grams of fiber. All that fiber can't help that poor dish out. It has a total of 40 points!

(That thud you heard was me hitting the ground!)

Now mind you, I have never finished a bowl of Spaghetti and Meatballs, but even if I ate half, that's still 20 points! Sheesh! So you can see why nutritional info is so important. I would have never dreamed that would contain so many points.
Okay, well that's it. Stop by http://zios.com/ and have a looksey for yourself. Have a good day and I might just see you at Zio's tonight! :)