Have you ever walked into a food court and thought, "Mmm, it smells like brown rice and steamed veggies!"? Yeah, me neither. This is why I need to bring my lunch to work! I didn't indulge too terribly, but I didn't do great either. You'll see when you read my food journal.
After work I went to the gym to inquire about fees. $100 a month! Um, I don't think so! I left feeling dejected. What now? And why aren't there more indoor running tracks in Chicago... where it is FREEZING cold for many, many months at a time! I hate treadmills! They are torture machines. I'm so glad I'm not a hamster. The thing about the money is that if I made a serious effort to budget, like if I never went out to eat and only ate cheap food from the grocery store, I might be able to make it work. However, I just don't have the energy for that right now.
I walked around the city for hours after work. Not sure what kind of impact that will have on my back, but I'm hoping it will be positive. Maybe I worked something out? I'm blogging before dinner because I need a rest. I'm so not looking forward to having soup again. And I am totally over my egg cups. I don't think I'm the kind of person who can eat the same thing every day. Or maybe I just haven't found the right thing?
Food Diary
B-Two egg cups (blech)
Snk-Was going to pig out on nuts, but I was a good girl and bought a banana instead. Not that nuts are bad. I am pro-nuts. A nut advocate, if you will. They are sooo good for you, but not when they are roasted in cottonseed oil and heavily salted.
L- Udon noodle soup with a giant piece of shrimp tempura floating in it. Oops.
Snk- String cheese stick (s)
D- Will be soup. Boring old soup. And maybe an apple.
For Tomorrow
I will be bad. Two of my besties and I are meeting for a belated Christmas dinner at a restaurant I have been wanting to try for ages! Rick Bayless' Frontera Grill! I love Mexican food! It took me years to get used to eating Mexican as opposed to NEW Mexican, but now I love it just as much!! Of course there will be margaritas.
Tomorrow is also the day our boss buys us lunch. This is never good because my coworker has the most boring palette ever! She basically only likes American food and pizza. Occasionally I can talk her into Mexican. Oh what I wouldn't do for some sushi.
I'll try to drink lots of water.
Tomorrow might be my first drunk blog because I am committed to writing every day. And also to drinking margaritas.
Night-night!
Yay drunk blogging! I may have a glass with you! I love Margaritas too! The last two weeks I've brought lunch and I'm starting to enjoy it. You just need to find a couple of things you can make in bulk on the weekends. I think changing up lunch is hard but I've been doing tuna sandwiches and vegetable soup. I also made a pasta with grilled peppers and applegate chicken sausages. It was pretty good.
ReplyDeleteI think you just need to get street with those gym people. The fitness industry is a racket! Last year April walked into ann LA Fitness and said "we will join your gym right now, but we are not paying your $100 registration fee." We were slightly scary and the guy gave us a song and dance about how he couldn't, but in the end he cut the fee to $50 and the monthly fee to $35. It worked for us, even though we weren't sure it would. Those greedy bastards have coupons or something they can do for you.
ReplyDeleteHaha! Yay! I'm gonna try to be tough. The only thing that might get in my way is that I'm a total woosy!!
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