Wow, two posts in one day. Either I'm bored, or ... well, I'm bored. Kinda, anyhow. I should just be going to bed, as hubby is snoring away on the couch and I am tired, but I just don't feel like it. So there. :)
Evidently me on a diet is like a smoker, um, not smoking. I'm irritable and all I think about is my next meal. But I was good again today. After a spat with Christen about who was pissed at whom (he thought I was mad, and I thought he was mad, and so therefore we both got mad), we stomped around the house a little and cleaned in anger. It was a good fight, evidently, because the house is much cleaner now. I made breakfast, scrambled eggs (with only 1/2 the yolks, so it was better for us), a piece of toast (2 for Christen) and a Babybel light cheese wheel with fat-free organic milk. We went over to Lifestyles Family Fitness and signed up for the gym, which I'm excited about, but we decided that today was a day to relax and we didn't work out. We signed up for our complimentary personal training sessions (gag me) and took our tour and headed out to enjoy our day.
The goal was to go to Ellenton to return a shirt. However, on the way down we decided to get lunch before going to the mall, and headed into Bradenton. You'd think since most of both sides of my family live in Bradenton that I'd be able to find my way around the godforsaken town (sorry, Bonny) but I couldn't find a decent restaurant to save my life. Then Christen took a wrong turn, took 301 south and then 41 south and before we knew it we were in Sarasota. Whoops! Then, we couldn't find anything there either. So we ended up in St. Armand's Key, where we finally parked and got out for awhile. We ate at Crab + Fin, and I had an order of steamed mussels in sherry (yum!) and water, and a cup of coffee. We put Spencer in the stroller and walked around (it was a gorgeous day) and window shopped with the rest of the tourists. Once we were done with the circle, we got back in the car, got slightly lost trying to find the Interstate in Sarasota, and got ourselves to Ellenton. At Ellenton I put Spencer in the mai tai carrier on my back and we browsed around the shops, exchanged my shirt, and Christen got some work clothes at Perry Ellis.
We didn't get home until after 7, so we fed Spencer leftover squash ravioli (he can eat more of that stuff than I can) and I marinated some shrimp in honey dijon, basil, lemon juice and garlic (adapted from Alosha's Kitchen) and grilled them with a packet of broccoli and served with acorn squash (I know acorn squash is sweet and starchy, but it was already in my fridge and I didn't want it to go to waste. Plus, it's so tasty!). We didn't eat until after Spencer went to bed, and I've staved off wanting to snack on sweets by playing Fallout 3 and then writing this post. Aren't you proud of me? I haven't figured out what to do with the sweets still in the house though. Maybe I'll drop them with a homeless person ... I don't know if I can physically do that, but it's the thought, right?
This weekend we're going to work on the front yard some more. We did so well Thursday, I don't want to ruin it by not finishing. Christen wants to clean out the garage, but I don't wanna! I think he's getting us into too much, but we'll see what we get done. I don't want to overdo it; this is my vacation, you know.
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I know exactly what you mean! When I was doing Weight Watchers all I could do was think about food. So I eventually stopped counting points and just went to eating smaller meals that would not be many points and didn't worry about making my points for the day. Some days all those extra points would turn into a smorgasboard in the evenings. :)
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