Day 149

242.  So there's that number again.  Working hard not to be discouraged and with L's help it's okay.  We talked again ( becoming a habit that I hope isn't annoying) and she reminded me that if I'm feeling good and my clothes fit better than it's all good.  I know I'm going to have to take a break from worrying about it.  Due to real life though it will be three weeks before we get together again.  In those three weeks there is another game session with my friends and then the following weekend it's a mini vacation.  The mini vacation is out of town and I know I'll be eating a lot of junk and going to restaurants.  L offered to do a week day after I get off work but I'm looking at this as an experiment.  I want to see if I can maintain or maybe lose a pound on my own.  I went to the gym this morning at 7am.  Wow was that early.  I don't do that on a regular basis as it's just too damn early.  L needed to meet at that time due to a commitment she had and I figured it would be good for me.  It was fine and even gave me an opportunity to get some stuff done that I normally would do on my Sunday.  We did another weight training workout and again my arms and possibly my chest will be sore on Sunday.  We're starting to combine upper and lower body exercises so I'm getting a lot of choices for later down the road.  Okay here's what I did in the food department:

Breakfast: Since I was getting up around 6am and meeting for the workout at 7am, I wasn't sure if my normal breakfast (oatmeal/cottage cheese/lemon curd) would sit well.  So I just had a Larabar (peanut butter) and my usual 20oz of cold water.

After workout meal: This is a meal I normally would eat around noon.  Today though it was closer to 9am.  So I made a frattata with two eggs and an additional egg white, brussel sprouts, spinach, tomato, cottage cheese, and salsa.

Lunch: Today again a bit different time in a way.  This was around noon.  And I ate at this time as I was hungry.  I normally don't feel hungry, at least that I notice like I did this time.  So I had a baguette with a chicken patty, tomato, pickle, and almond butter.  Had a small bowl of yogurt pretzels.

Dinner: So was at a friends for a game and we ate dinner there.  It was a bit of a potluck so I ended up eating a fried chicken thigh and some JoJo's.  Also a small portion of Shepard's Pie (hamburger,mashed potatoes, cheese) and some home made Mac-n-Cheese.  Also ate a big bunch of yogurt pretzels and had an orange juice and vodka drink.

Looking over the day's food intake it's not as bad as I was thinking.  I still could have done a better job in my choices.  Once again though I just can't become a food hermit, it's life and you gotta deal.