Wednesday didn’t get better – had a wine dinner booked for the evening. While that was great, it lead to way too many calories because I drank more wine when we got home and ate pizza. Thursday not quite as terrible – had 2 vodka sodas after work at happy hour (not too strong). Friday I was especially naughty – Stella’s happy hour after work: 1 taco, 3 oysters, shrimp and 4 vodka sodas. Then I received a text message from my friend Star, she was in town and wanted to meet up for dinner. So I met her at 9 at Redstone, our favorite restaurant/bar (they have a DJ and dancing on Friday and Saturday nights). At cheese fondue and sliders, way, way too many drinks.

And this is where it gets really bad – while at Redstone Star recommending we try to puke to get some of the alcohol out of our systems, so I did. Then when I got home I was incredibly snacky (as drinking often makes me) and I downed 2 bags of kettle corn with cheese melted on them. I then reasoned that I had already puked that night, so why not do it again, so I ate some ice cream (cuz if you are going to purge might as well make it worth it) and purged as much as I could, then went to bed. Needless to say Saturday was not a great day (not terrible, but not good). Ordered pizza that night, ate too much (as well as some cheese and crackers), and drank wine, so again somehow in my head I reasoned that since I purged the day before I could do it again, and proceeded to down a pint of ice cream then puke it up. Ugh, how disgusting.

Sunday morning woke up determined to eat better – had 1 egg and toast with some peanut butter. We had a busy day – bought a pool table. We were hungry as we were driving past downtown, so I made the suggestion of going to Ike’s for brunch, knowing full well that was not a healthy idea. Oh well, it was tasty – I had a bit of caramel roll (the server took it away before I could have more – I was waiting for some coffee to drink with it, ended up being a good thing, I didn’t really need more). Had egg quesadilla (so good) some bacon, hash browns and 2 pancakes, a couple sips of hubby’s blood mary. Really not terrible I guess, but after the week I had I really intended to do better. Dinner was enchilada salad and an orange; I resisted drinking anything more and eating at 9pm when I was snacky.

So, all in all not a week I am proud of, but hopefully I can learn from it (and writing honestly about it here is good for me) and get my eating and exercise back on track!

I worked until after 5 (crazy) but was able to relax and chill and had a fun night with my friend – we hit up Chino Latino, then headed downtown to Envy and Aqua. It was a quiet night, I haven’t been out dancing in forever, so I am not sure if it was because it was so cold, or the economy or the places we went are just not happening. Either way, we had fun. Funny moment of the night: a slightly drunk guy walked passed me and said, “You have nice hair” and that was all – it just cracked us up.

More work on Sunday, and fortunately didn’t drink too much – when dieting down like this I can get in trouble when I do have a drink, with tolerance dropping and less food intake. It was a long work day. EC stack kicked in (starting it again for this final week) and felt rather good most of the day. Lunch was at Champps with co-workers, not many good choices there. Had seared Ahi Tuna salad, not too bad, should have asked for dressing on the side, but all in all it was a good lunch choice.

Finally left the office around 6:15pm – headed straight for the gym. I did a cardio/strength split – 15 min cardio, light lifting, 15 more cardio. I had a good amount of energy so the workout felt great. Ran a lot. The change of scenery was nice too.

Dinner – I was good, had some chicken and Chana Palak I made in the crocpot (tossed it in before work Sat, smelled wonderful when I got home, but the spinach really turned dark. Next time will just make it on the stovetop). But I failed by snacking late, but I was up working until almost 1.

Goals for this upcoming week:

• I would love to lose 3 more pounds, but  2 is more likely
• Get organized – send out invoices
• Call my mom
• Pack for Cancun!

Monday134.4Tuesday134.6Wednesday134.2Thursday133.0Friday133.0Saturday132.4Sunday133.2

Workouts: 12
Miles ran: 33.75
Calories burned: 3514

Now, lets see how I did for the week:

Workouts: 13
Miles ran: 40.3
Calories burned: 4195