Monday Menu Share and SO MUCH MORE!!!

Happy last Monday of 2013!.  I have so much to day today so I apologize in advance if I ramble!!!  First off, I will recap my weekend!  Saturday was my 37th birthday and my 6th wedding anniversary!  We started off the day with a very relaxing couples massage!  The hubby had booked us a room at the West Baden hotel.  This is a very nice, historic hotel about an hour away from us and located near the French Lick Casino.  We had dinner at the French Lick Winery and then headed to the casino for a bit.  Then we went back to our room and just spent time together.  It was so nice just to get to reconnect a little bit without the distractions of home and kids.  Hubby is opening up a second location of his business today (recycling center) and I know the stress level will be high for awhile.  Then yesterday we came home and I watched football all day and relaxed.

So far today has been AWESOME!  I worked out this morning for the first time in about 5 weeks!  It felt so good!  I took it slow and only did 10 minutes on the elliptical, 10 minutes on the stationary bike, and a 16 minute interval on the treadmill.  I mentally feel better today too.  It is amazing how exercise can boost your mood!!!  And I completely forgot to put on my new Polar heart rate monitor! DARN!!! Then later in the afternoon I did my new Weight Watchers dance party.  I just did the beginner and it was a challenge for me.  Good thing I was alone cause I can't dance!

 Here is my nice sweaty post-workout pic:

ALSO, I am SO EXCITED!!  My sister has decided to join Weight Watchers with me this week!!!!!! I am so happy to have someone do this with me!!!!! So I will let you know how she is doing too!!!  We went to the grocery today and I helped her pick out some healthy choices to get started!!!  YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have really been enjoying drinking hot tea a lot for a sweet calorie free treat.  Hubby bought me this at the winery over the weekend and it is YUMMY!!!!!!!!  Sweetened with a little stevia in the raw and you have an awesome treat!!!

And he bought me these headphones for my birthday!  Can't wait to try them out!  Now I won't be so uncomfortable with headphones on under my ear warmer!!!!!

So on Monday's, I share my menu for dinners for the week.  Here goes:

Monday: Salmon, baked sweet potatoes, steamed veggies

Tuesday: NO CLUE HAS HUBBY HASN'T FILLED ME IN ON NYE PLANS

Wednesday:  Hamburgers, roasted potatoes, green beans

Thursday:  Spaghetti, Salad, garlic bread

Friday:  Meatloaf Muffins, mashed potatoes, and a veggie

Saturday:  Taco Soup

Sunday: Breakfast for Dinner: pancakes, eggs, sausage

Here is the salmon I tried out tonight (6 points+ for one filet and there are 2 in the box):

And the new steamed veggies (which say they are 5 points+ for the whole box because there is rice in it so I am not sure how to count it):

Dinner was very yummy tonight even though I was the only one to eat!

 Also as 2013 comes to an end, I made a short little video to wrap up my year.  I shared it on my Facebook page yesterday, but I am also going to share it here in case you missed it!  I used an app called Flipagram to create it.

I think that is it for today!!!!  Sending you all love and healthy wishes!

Keep Losing,
Kari