Tuesday, December 5th

Good evening all! I hope everyone had a great day! You know that moment when things just don't go as planned? Yep, I had one of those days. While I think that my dinner plan was a good one, it wound up changing.

Today's meals: Breakfast was my breakfast smoothie, coffee with coconut milk creamer. Lunch was my Subway steak and cheese salad with a little ranch and 2 of the small packages of Club crackers. Dinner was leftover pizza (1 small piece and 1 standard size piece and 2 cheese sticks. Water to drink all day. I was a little lax on getting my steps in today but still managed to get my current goal of 6,000 steps. I wanted to hit 10,000 but we got a little busy and it was hard to keep moving and type at that point. I did get in 39 active minutes so that's a positive.

My spaghetti sauce didn't get started as early as I wanted, but it is prepared and currently in the fridge so we can make a quick dinner tomorrow night. My spaghetti noodles are already prepared so I only have to warm things up and fix some garlic bread. It should make for a quick dinner. Breakfast will likely be my breakfast smoothie again and coffee with coconut milk creamer. Lunch will be the 7 can soup that I currently have going in the crockpot. I used the Pioneer Woman's recipe as a base and modified it a bit to work with what I had in the pantry. While it may not be the most point friendly meal, it will be warm and with the (finally) cooler weather we are getting, I will be looking forward to it. I will likely have some green tea and peppermint as well. I need to get my meals pre-tracked for tomorrow. I feel so much better when that is done. Have a great night!

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