Day 34 - BBQ Time with the Martin Family

Weigh-In - Total down - 15 pounds!  (down 2.1 from yesterday)  I'm sure the eating pattern yesterday was a big part of this weight in, so I expect that tomorrow will not be as favorable, but we'll see!!!!!  Gonna try to counter my hunger with tons of water today to see if I can stay here. 

Breakfast - Dark chocolate and peanut butter protein bar.  It was a good start to the day.  Unfortunately, that's where the "good" part ended (in terms of food!)

Rest of the day - Ok, so we went up to Pawling to see the Martin, Maguffin and Carey families.  It was a great day.  Lots of fun, everyone got to meet Giuliana and the food . . . . . . . oh the food . . . . it was glorious!  So I'm not going to sugarcoat this, in spite of my currently sugarcoated stomach after dessert .. . . .. . it did not go very well for me.  Here's the play by play. 

• First came the light snacks.  There were chips (ridgies, which are really the only chip I can't stay away from.)  There were awesome salty tostitos.  Then the cheese, crackers and pepperoni came out.  I typically go to town on these.  I didn't completely overdo it, but I basically ate enough of that stuff to equal some full meals that I have eaten in the past month.   I also had a Bud Lite.
• Then came the buffet.  This was a great buffet.  I started off with a scoop of mac & cheese (with bread crumb topping,) 5 swedish meatballs, a little chicken park and 4 wings.  Pictured below

• At this point, I felt kinda good about myself.  I mean you can still see parts of the plate there!  That in and of itself is an improvement.  BUT. . . . . it was sooooo good, so it was not over.  Meal was accompanied by my 2nd Bud Lite.  
• I grabbed a roll and plopped 5 swedish meatballs on it and that was the next part.  
• About 45 minutes later, I came in to watch the Yankees and the mac & cheese was screaming for me.  I had 2 more scoops.  
• A little while later, some mini cupcakes came out. I had 1 of them and another one about 2 hours later.
• Then came the cake.  Since a big part of the reason we got together was to celebrate Kristyn's dad's retirement, we got this amazing cake!  Of course, I had a piece of that with some ice cream, because who can turn down Breyers chocolate ice cream?

Now considering this was lunch AND dinner, for me - not so bad - if it was 35 days ago.  BUT the way I have been eating lately, this is a colossal failure.  I'm not too upset about it because in the end, it's just one day and I'll overcome it.  BUT it's annoying when you are doing so well to have 3-4 days of progress shot to hell in one day of gluttonous bliss.  I will say that I really really really enjoyed my food and the day.  So at least it was an enjoyable way to blow the diet!  Back to the grind tomorrow, the best I can.  Dinner at mom's for Zack's birthday.  

PS - I ended up having an ice pop when I got home. 

PPS - weigh in tomorrow is up 3 pounds. Figured I would just tell you this now and as one of my 10th grade drummers says - spare you the dramatics.