I love some good Italian food every now and then, and luckily, Weight Watchers doesn’t mind it either. I still had all the ingredients I bought last week for bacon and scallop pasta from WW’s cookbook, “Take 5: 150 Five-Ingredient Recipes.” So to shave a few bucks off our grocery bill, I thought I’d go ahead and make it for my Monday menu.

This dish was light, flavorful and had just the right amount of onion and bacon. But really, what doesn’t taste good with bacon? Ha! I wanted to get some more veggies in for the day, so I altered the recipe a bit and added asparagus and zucchini. I would have preferred fresh scallops over frozen, since mine were on the small side and took a long time to thaw, but all in all I’d give the pasta a 9 out of 10. And, it was only 4 points per cup! I wish I could share the recipe, (dang those copyright laws) but next week, I promise to make something that allows me to post the ingredients and instructions. Here’s a few snaps from tonight’s dinner:

Chopping an O…can you see one of the other main ingredients in the background?

Cooking the veggies — onion as the recipe called for, with asparagus and zucchini that Meg called for.

Ta Da! Finished, with a couple of sprinkles of Parmesan on top. As our kitchen chef (I accidentally cut him off in the photo) says, “Bon Appetit!”

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As far as exercise goes, I did really good today. I walked 2 miles with Tex, and I finished Day 6 of Jillian Michaels 30-day shred challenge. I fought with myself on whether or not I was going to do the workout, but ultimately, the determined me won.

I am feeling a little discouraged, because I weighed myself this morning, and I’m the exact same as I was when I first started this whole process at the end of July. I thought I’d be at least 10 pounds lighter at this point, and I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. I considered just taking a break tonight and not completing the workout, but giving up isn’t going to get me anywhere. And I know despite the stagnant weight loss, I am doing good things for my body. I just wish the scale would recognize all my efforts.

Is anyone else having or had a difficult time “jumpstarting” their weight loss? What did you do to get it going?