on weight loss and the impending feast

hi, i'm exhausted. all from cooking an old favorite recipe for dinner tonight. lemme tell you - between prep, assemblage, actual cooking time and all the clean-up (of which there was PLENTY - man, i miss my dishwasher), this recipe took me roughly an hour an a half to get onto my plate. good thing it's so awesome and totally worth it and oh yeah, only six points per serving. i've got five portioned-out tupperware containers sitting on the stove while their contents cool enough to cover and stick in the fridge. i've got lunch and dinner set for the next two days.

(did i mention i REALLY like this meal?)

according to the number on the scale this morning, i've lost 6.8 pounds since i started this whole weight watchers thing last thursday. i know this number is not correct, however, because my initial weight was taken late at night, at the end of a long day while fully dressed. today's weight was taken fresh in the morning with no clothes. still, it was nice to see that number and it gave me a real boost in the self motivation column (and i'm going to claim at least 1-2 of those pounds as the real deal).

tonight, i'm finishing up season four of the l-word, which i'm realizing i've already watched in its entirety. tracy & sarah are working their way through season five and i'm hopeful they'll let me take it home for a bit when they're done with it. i've got the first disc of season one of angel sitting here and don't worry - i'm already scolding myself for opening up the door to my becoming hopelessly obsessed with yet another joss whedon series. what can i say? i'm weak.

(i totally blame jenna for the fact that angel ever made it into my netflix queue.)

i'm crazy excited for thanksgiving. originally, mom and laurel wanted to do dinner at my new place. when we realized that it would only be four of us there, we decided to just go to my uncle's (where grandmom and her amazing cooking will be) like we normally do. after all the food, we'll stick around for some games with jack and lindsay and most likely end the night at laurel's apartment, watching miracle on 34th street, as is our tradition.

my gym is open until noon on thursday and i'm totally planning on going in the morning before i head down to delaware. i have also decided that YES, i will count (estimate is more like it) points during the day but that NO, i will not feel ONE SHRED of guilt for going over the day's target. i mean, come ON - it's thanksgiving! give me some pineapple stuffing and candied yams and garlicky broccoli and creamy mashed potatoes and really? if the turkey wasn't there, i so would not even care. give me a plate of thanksgiving side dishes (and desserts) and i'm the happiest girl in the world.

in other random news, i'm totally loving this flickr group. is that creepy of me?