The Call of the Cupcake

So far, the challenge is going pretty well... I actually felt like I exercised a bit of foresight today! But I'm getting ahead of myself.

This morning, I didn't wake up as early as I should have to get everything done in a timely manner that I needed to accomplish; as a result, I only did a 10-minute workout on the Wii Fit, then I had to have Bob help me assemble my lunch while I scarfed my breakfast cereal and did the prep work for our slow-cooker meal for dinner. After that, I think I set a new record for getting ready (admittedly, I didn't get to blow-dry my hair, but everything turned out ok!).

I did really well in planning out my meals for the day; I was really excited about the crock pot meal, too! We made "Apple Cider Chicken" from my Weight Watchers "Slow Cook It!" cookbook. It turned out really well, and Bob did an admirable job in doing the finishing work on the recipe. Unfortunately, our flute choir rehearsal at work ran a bit late, and so I was really late getting home, which in turn made us pretty late for our Wednesday night small group. Thankfully, our group rarely starts on time (we like to fellowship a bit first), so it was all okay.

Here comes my amazing bit of foresight: early in the day, I realized that I was going to have an excess of points after dinner, and I was seriously considering having a snack in the late afternoon. But then I thought, what if someone brings some kind of yummy dessert item to small group tonight? I don't wanna miss out on that! And, in an odd stroke of snacking luck, one of the girls in our group had made cupcakes! So, I was able to have one because of my willpower (and also the motivation provided by some of my coworkers). And that cupcake? Delicious.

Speaking of cupcakes, I got a new cake decorating tip from the store this weekend! It's a large round tip, and it's supposed to be what one would use to make big, spherical dots with icing. I can't wait to try it out!

My goal for tomorrow: get up early enough to do a 30-minute workout. It should be helpful that I will not be assembling a crock pot meal tomorrow morning... that should buy me some time. :P