FABULOUS FRIDAY

Farmers Market @ Fairfax and 3rd

some of the goods you can fnd

Tommy shopping for strawberries

another great find....FLAVORED PASTA

TOMMY......after 16 weeks on WW

The NEW us....after 16 weeks

we brought ALL this home for $10...great deal!!!!

As you can tell by the blog Tommy and I love to do things together....we love to do "out of the box' things.  We like to make our day off together (when it happens) fun and special.  So this Friday we were off and we were going to head out to Santa Monica Pier and 3rd Street Promenade, go for a walk on the beach (exercise and activity points) and have a point friendly lunch.  But the traffic didn't wanna work with us and with having to be back in town for a 6p softball game, we couldn't take the chance so we headed over to The Farmer's Market and The Grove.


Now living in Southern California, there are always SO many different options and places to go to have fun.


We have done this before so we knew it would be fun.  There are SO many places to eat, such a variety...Korean..Mexican...Creole....Italian...French...Brazilian...and so much more.  There are plenty of fresh meat stands... bakery stands...fruit stands...a wide variety.  We found a stand that makes there own flavored pasta.....we got out my WW calculator and for a cup of pasta is between 4 and 5 points; depends on the type you buy.  Now the good thing about WW you can eat anything you like, just watch your portions control.  I make pasta dishes for us, so we were excited to try a couple of the flavored pastas...we got lemon pepper pasta; imagine that with some chicken or grilled salmon...yummy! and we also got spinach and garlic pasta....so looking forward to that with some grilled shrimp....I will post those recipes when I make them, which could be this week =)       We also got some fresh fruit (zero points) that was inexpensive and smelled so sweet.  I also got a couple heads of artichokes; now I have never made any but remember most vegetable are zero points.


So we shopped and ate lunch (we chose the Braizlian BBQ)...I know you are thinking what about the points.....rememeber its portions sizes that are impotant.  It's where do you choose to use you points?....if you load up on salads and veggies than the meat is do-able.


After we finished eating and shopping we headed towards The Grove and do some more walking.(more activity points)  It was a beautiful day to be out enjoying the weather, the sites (did I mention we also saw Rita WIlson, Poppy Montgomery, Vanessa WIlliams and Mario Lopez)...man you gotta love LA!

I can honestly say these last 16 weeks on WW has been a great decision for Tommy and I.  Now don't get me wrong, we arent stopping.  There is so much more to it than losing weight, its about learnig to live healthy and make better choices.  We have made a commitment to making better choices in our eating habits....and living healthier....making our journey to 50(and beyond) and Fabulous a road we are happy to be on!!!