The Week I Expected to Gain Weight

Food:

I’ve been a bad bad girl. From Thursday through Saturday at about 8pm I was good. Normal food, paying attention to what I was eating – we went out for food and got some awesome hummus, garlic dip, feta and the like at the Pita Jungle… and then it all went down hill.

We popped in to Centurion (our favorite restaurant) with twelvedaysold and Mr. Bray, shared a pizza had our fill of wine and shared a white truffle pizza… and then this:

Blueberry spiced apple pound cake Wrapped in Puff Pastry with Passion Fruit Glaze

Sunday we were good about breakfast, but on the way north to the Grand Canyon we stopped at McDonalds – because it’s quick and we were on a time crunch people! I did opt for a Grilled Chicken sandwich with no fries – but I have a feeling the Pineapple Mango Smoothie made up for any calories I skipped with those fries. That night we went to our favorite Chinese place – can anyone say “ALL CARBS”? But oh how I’ve missed their tea… *sigh*

Monday we weren’t too bad about it. We had a game night and tacos I had a taco with a Beef and Chorizo mix and then a TVP* burrito (and sadly, yes, I did opt for some sour cream and cheese with my burro.

Last night was probably the worst (as far as calories go) we went back to Centurion (did I mention I love that place) and we ate way too much. I’ll show you the scrumptiousness of it all tomorrow… but let’s just say I got home and felt food drunk (the bottle of wine that I drank most of certainly didn’t help).

Fitness:

I have not worked out in any real form since Saturday morning. Earl and I did Yoga before picking up twelvedaysold and Mr. Bray at the airport. We did a small amount of hiking around at the Grand Canyon – but nothing that I think was worthy of being called “working out”

Hurdles:

Having friends in town! Let me start by saying I don’t blame them. I’m completely in control of what I eat and the fact that I’ve stayed up too late al this week to even consider clawing my way out of bed before 6:50am to work out.

That being said, it’s difficult to stick to a routine when there are other people around (on a time limit) who you want to see the best of the city’s food and can spend hours talking to (hence the “crap it’s 11pm already?” moments).

Today’s Weigh-in: 156

I’m super happy that I managed to not gain weight so far. It may all show up next Wednesday, after they leave and can’t be held accountable. ;)

*If you’ve never had morning star brand TVP, I’d suggest you make your way to your local Safeway – it’s about the same price as ground beef (when the beef isn’t on sale) and I think it tastes better. It doesn’t taste like ground beef… but I love it.