I had a great, long birthday weekend. Yesterday was my birthday and my DD treated me to a manicure/pedicure and lunch wherever I wanted (and the glorious purse that she gave me early). I chose Panera. I had the Strawberry Poppyseed Chicken Salad with lowfat poppyseed dressing. I resisted the bread and chose an apple as my side, which I took home. I had unsweetened tropical hibiscus tea. My DD said that she felt bad that since I'm primal and trying to lose weight that I didn't have a birthday cake. She was going to make me one but didn't want to sabotage me so she suggested that we get a pumpkin muffin at Panera and share it as my "birthday cake". Not primal and I'm sure it was fattening, but it is a hellova lot better than eating a slab of cake with frosting. It was a nice, light lunch that hit the spot.
After that we went shopping around for a little while and later in the evening she cooked me a steak dinner with sautéed portabella mushrooms and onions. Delicious.
My Dd is also doing primal and she's lost 18 pounds so far. She is slim but wants to lose a couple more pounds. She came up with the idea for us to challenge ourselves for the month of September to see how much weight we can lose - not a contest with each other - just a contest with ourselves - to push ourselves into high gear. I thought it was a fantastic idea! So the September Self Challenge is on!
