Day 17

Yesterday wasn't as much of a cake-walk as I had thought, but in the end wasn't the worst day either.

First order of business, though, is I need to get the jambalaya out of the house. It's almost too good, and whether or not it's actually not that bad for me, I keep eating way too much of it. So, today it's going. I don't care how.

That said, I skipped having a shake yesterday morning, and rather had a tangerine when I got to work. (I woke up not hungry at all.) Lunch was easy: the grilled chicken Caesar salad from the Brite Spot. Dinner became tricky because a good friend's mother was in town, and they wanted to have dinner.

Since I'm attempting to save money, I figured having them over here for dinner would be a smidge more cost-effective than eating out. So, I picked up salad and cornbread muffin tops from the supermarket, heated up a pot of jambalaya (surprise, surprise), and found this fat-free fudge brownie mix. Salad was good, I had a second helping of the jambalaya (ugh), and one brownie. The brownies were good, actually. I'm certain I would have loved them if I didn't know they were fat-free, but knowing they were fat-free, I only just liked them.

I also had a glass of wine. One glass. And, like a good drunky-drunk, was sloshed!! I passed out after they left and woke up at 3:30 a.m. So the pup didn't get her last walk of the night (nor did I get my last walk of the night!). I took her to the curb to go to the bathroom quickly, then went back to bed.

So this morning I did an extra-long walk, and I'm considering this morning's walk the third walk of yesterday, and will do three walks with her today.

Also, I think (I think, which means I'm not certain) that I'm ready to try and run. Nothing drastic. No marathon training, but just a nice easy jog around the neighborhood. Maybe this afternoon. We'll see...

So that was my day. Today I'm off from work, so choices, choices, choices...

Now, the facts:

Day 16 food:

Tangerine
Water
Grilled chicken Caesar salad (3/4 order)
Water
Tangerine
Water
Cornbread muffin top (3/4)
Jambalaya (double order!)
Salad (just a bit)
Water
Glass of white wine
Fat-free brownie

Day 16 exercise: Technically, not enough, but with this a.m.'s walk, enough

Daily weight: 266 (down 21)



Thanks for reading!