Day 11-12 - 2014, January 11-12, 2014 - If only night time didn't exist . . .

Starting weight - 224.6
Weight Loss to Date - 5.6 LBS

SATURDAY - JANUARY 11, 2014
So since i did poorly yesterday and went down .6 pounds, I will be very motivated today to take that gift and keep the weight off.  I used to take that gift and say, "OK, That means I can eat like that and lose weight."  I know this is not the case.  Today I will make better choices.

Breakfast - woke up pretty late, so didn't have breakfast

Lunch - Black Bean Burger  (110 calories) in whole wheat wrap (140 Calories) + 4 pot stickers (140 calories) and a tall glass of Trop 50 (75 calories - ish)   THis was a nice lunch, and a little different than what we have been having.

Exercise - Played some racquetball with Pete.  I had a great game today.  For some reason, pretty much every shot I hit went where I wanted it to.  I had a few swings and misses, and a short run of bad shots, but for the most part, I was on.  Hopefully this is because i have played 4 times in the past few weeks and I'm just getting better.  We'll see next time if I keep it up, or if i play crappy like last time!
***Side note - looked up racquetball calories burned - it says:

• Casual - 700 calories/hour
• competitive - 1100 calories/hour.  

I'd say we are in the middle, because we are not as good as the great players, but we do run around a lot and work hard, so I will consider is 900 calories and hour, and we played for an hour and 5 minutes (with short breaks)  That being said, I am at a negative 435 calories for the day so far! :-)  Wahoo!  I'm going to go have an italian ice!

Snack - Italian Ice (90 calories)

Dinner -Its amazing what a difference 12 hours can make, because wow, I changed my tune from the top of this blog until now!  We went up to Pauling, NY for Kristyn's Aunt's birthday.  It was a great time.  Lots of karaoke made for a very interesting evening!  I am stalling though - THey had a buffet of finger foods, which is dangerous for me!  All things considered, for me, I did really well.  Here's the list of what I snacked on for the night - which was about 6 hours . ..

• 6 wings (way down from my usual 15-20)  :-)
• 1 potato skin
• 1 slider
• 1 something else i can't remember, but i know there was something else I had one of
• 5 little (they were really not full size) chicken fingers
• 1 small plate of pasta.

I know this doesn't sound very good, but trust me, that showed quite a good deal of restraint to not have a ton more than that.

The other part of the night is the liquor.  I will not disclose the actual drinks that I have on this blog all the time.  With the realization that this is not a hidden/private blog, I do not think I should be bearing those dirty details when they come up, unless its a beer here, a glass of wine there, etc.  SOOOO, You don't get that info, but it was a birthday party and I had a good time.

SUNDAY - JANUARY 12, 2014
Breakfast - woke up in NY state and had to come right home, didn't have a choice really.  Had a bagel with butter and an apple juice

Lunch - Well, if you are reading this blog, then you are obviously a facebook junkie and you know that we spent the day meeting the 1986 Mets.  It was a great time.  The one thing that we did not have planned correctly was LUNCH.  We had 2 options.  1) get a sit down meal upstairs and miss out on Darryl Strawberry and 2 other autographs.  2) Get food from the "Vending area."  We took choice 2, but the only things they had that were not unhealthy were Hummus, which I do not eat, and a salad that had blue cheese crumbles all over it.  So for lunch, I had a 3 Musketeers bar and a diet soda.

Dinner - After the Mets hang, I went to the COunty Band concert, followed by the annual MEBCI Music Teachers dinner - a buffet at the SEasons.  WOW, I look forward to this every year, and it once again did not disappoint.  I did, although, disappoint all of you.  I ate a lot.  I did not really stop myself.  I mean, don't get me wrong, I probably could have eaten another plate of food, but that would have made 4, so I cut myself off there, mostly because I was starting to feel full.  This was a disappointing meal.  My worst one of the new year.  I apologize for blowing it tonight.  I will take care of business tomorrow for sure.  All of this being said, DINNER WAS SOOOOO GOOD!