People Everyday

This weekend was a preview of how hard it's going to be when i go home to eat well. Friday night I went out with my friend and her two other friends. We had a blast. The whole while I was thinking about how many calories are in the drinks that I have. I've cut out tonic water and diet soda (for the most part) but I still enjoy a drink which is full of sugar and carbs. I talked with my analyst about drinking and I decided that I will not, unless medically necessary, be giving up alcohol. I think it's ok to enjoy a drink, I just need to make sure that I don't go overboard every time. Saturday night we went to get thai food and because I was shopping for hours I missed lunch and over-indulged at thai. I need to make sure to eat small meals every few hours otherwise I am going to fall right back into my bad behavior. After dinner we went to see TRON. I figured I would really dislike it because it seemed like such a boy movie! BUT I ended up LOVING IT. And young Jeff Bridges is really hot, so that was doubly exciting :-) I got back on track Sunday with my food, but missed the gym (I went both Friday and Saturday).
Meals

Breakfast
Turkey bacon, eggs, whole wheat toast with almond butter

Lunch
Grilled chicken, oven roasted sweet potato fries

Dinner
whole wheat pasta, turkey meatballs (homemade baby!) with marinara sauce and asparagus

I didn't snack yesterday because I did so little activity I didn't feel the need to add additional calories. I also felt because of the meals that I was eating, they probably averaged out to 500 calories each, negating the need for my snacks as well. I must say that dinner was the most delicious, although the sweet potato fries gave dinner a run for its money. I made the turkey meatballs out of a turkey meatloaf recipe from Samantha, my dietitian. If you want the recipe let me know and I'll email it to you. It's fairly simple, but with cook-time it takes about 90 minutes. The best part about last nights dinner is that I made enough for lunch and one dinner for the entire week. One thing Samantha and I talked about was the fact that if I try to cook dinner every night then I'm going to get burned out, so I should only aim to cook 3 times/week and eat leftovers the other four nights/week.

Now I sit on the Amtrak Acela Express train on my way to DC for a staff holiday lunch. I had to ask Samantha what I can eat because we're going to get Indian food. It's not necessarily bad for you but there are certain things I need to stay away from like basmati rice and naan; both things that I love, but can no longer eat.

I am excited and yet looking to avoid going home to Shaker Heights. I bought my grandmother a lovely sweater for the holiday and my brother a gift certificate to Macy's. Some might wonder why I bought my brother and impersonal gift card? If you knew him you would know that it's the best thing. He's a difficult person to shop for and instead of getting him something he'll never use I thought he could always use a gift card, especially to Macy's that has everything. My grandma is always cold so I thought a lovely sweater would be a nice way to go for her. My grandma told me not to get my aunt Jean anything so I didn't. I'm going to double check on that just to make sure. She said that she wouldn't remember, so I thought it was probably for the best I suppose, who knows. Friday night we are going to a holiday party at my grandma's friends house. We went last year and had a nice time, so I am looking forward to that. I will see my friend and his wife also, maybe Sunday evening, so that will be fun as well. Other than that I will be attempting to work on my ARP to turn in 1-2 books before I return from the holiday. Finally I am looking forward to going to the Fillmore in Detroit for New Years Eve with all my besties from college. I'm still not exactly sure who all is going, but it should be a good group and I'm just excited to do it big with them one more time! Pictures to follow of the even after January 2nd; when I return from Michigan. I'll be posting every few days when I'm at home to let you know how things are going, food wise and people wise ;-)