Days 25-26-27 - I HAVE FOUND PIZZA HEAVEN!!

Here is a 3-day chunk. I will try to remember everything, but some is blurry.  There were some poor choices, but there was also some good, and some VERY realistic reasons to cheat, and sometimes cheat big!  Most importantly, I have continued to maintain weight, and not go backwards really, so I'm good with this.

Day 25 - Saturday, January 25, 2014
Breakfast - I'm pretty sure I did not eat breakfast.  I was too excited about the event I was about to witness.

Lunch - POMPTON LAKES BAND - PIZZA SHOWDOWN!.  This was like no event I have ever been to, and let me start by saying that I will, oh yes, I WILL be recreating this event at my school.  It was like a dream come true.  I did not really know what to expect when I got there, but i was not disappointed.

I arrived 10 minutes into the event.  The line was out the door, and indoor was PACKED.  Nowhere to sit, barely even anywhere to walk.  Almost all of the 11 pizzerias (YES - COUNT 'EM, ELEVEN!) were already out of pizza.  Pizza delivery men were coming in and out with 3, 5, 8 pies so they can serve the hundreds of people their half slice size "samples."  There was sweet pizza, garlicky  pizza, brick oven pizza, extra cheesy pizza, short on the sauce pizza, thin pizza, doughier pizza, crispy pizza, margherita pizza, you name it . . . . . . . it was great!  Yes, I tried all 11, and yes, outside of a bit that Kristyn took out of the last 5 of mine once she was full, i ate the entire half slice of each.  Sorry erveryone, even if you don't agree with this meal choice, there is NO DIET in the world that would have stopped me from doing what I did! :-)  They also supplied drinks and it looked like there were light desserts, but I can not believe that anyone would bypass another slice of doughy delight to have dessert at that point.  When we left, I got to the lot and told Kristyn to "give me a second, I need to calm down from this!"  Stay tuned for Cresskill Band's remake of this event!

Anyway, fast forward to the evening - My Birthday party!  Yes, I'm almost 33 years old, and I will continue to have a birthday party every year.  WHy?  Because we like to have fun, we have awesome friends, and its an excuse to have people over.  I had my fair share of drinks.  As far as my food intake - was not too bad:

4 sausage in a blanket
4 pig in blanket
2 buffalo chicken totino's bites
1 slice of oreo ice cream cake

I skipped the chicken fingers and pierogis later on and avoided most of the chips.  I alsoforgot to have a cupcake, but don't worry, those will come later in the 3 day run :-)

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Day 26 - January 26, 2014
Starting weight - a VERY dehydrated 217.6
Weight Loss to date - an inflated 12.5 LBS

Breakfast - I had 1 mini peanut butter cupcake that Beth brought last night.  It was AMAZING
Lunch - actually didn't have any.  This was another day of getting autographs and forgetting that There was not going to be food there.  Its ok, I wasn't that hungry anyway, but i got to meet:
Reggie Jackson, Tony LaRussa, Tony Kubek, and my boyhood favorite - JOSE CANSECO.  I know, he is the "godfather of steroids" and everything, but back in the day, he was my favorite.  Why?  Because when i was 8, on Christmas Eve, Mike got the Don Mattingly Baseball card book, and I got the Jose Canseco book.  My collection grew to 132 different Jose Canseco cards (not including doubles) and the Bash Brothers were my fun team to like for a few years, as I struggled as a child with the fact that my real favorite team, the Yankees, Sucked.  So yeah, there you have it, I was a yo-yo fan who liked other teams throughout my time while I waited for the Yankees to be good.  I was a young child.  What do you want from me?

Anyway, so I got my Jose Canseco Bat, and its AWESOME! I also forgot to smile for the camera when I met Reggie!

Snack - came home and ate something, and I cna't remember what it was, but I'm pretty sure i had a couple spoons of Rainbow Sherbet. 

Dinner - Went to dinner for Heather's birthday at outback.  Had a 9oz sirloin with 4 pieces of shrimp and mashed potatoes.  Also had a few pieces of bread and butter.  Avoided appetizers and fried foods, and also only had 2 small bites of the community dessert.  Pretty good for me at a place like that!  Drank lots of water!

Snack - ended up having the rest of the rainbow sherbet later while watching the Sopranos

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Day 27 - January 27, 2014
Starting weight - 220.4
Weight loss to date - 9.7 LBS


Today was a flashback day to my old ways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . got to get back on track tomorrow.

Breakfast - 1 donut (my first Dunkin Donut of the year) + a toasted bagel with butter and a red bull. 

Lunch - forgot to pack anything.  had 5 chicken fingers, and a few tater tots + Diet Soda

Snack - Wheat Thins

Dinner - Pork.  THat is it, I had some pork.  Probably about 200 calories worth

Snack - 1 ferrero rochet + 1 Lindt Chocolate.  Didn't eat a lot, but didn't eat well.  At least, I didn't eat a lot!