Today was a hell of a day. I will preface it by telling you that I went to Petracco's deli, McDonald's, Wawa and Pizza Hut. Yeah, doesn't sound like this is going to go well, does it? Let's see how this played out:
Breakfast - Stop 1 - Petracco's Deli:
This was on the way out to Bed Bath and Beyond to grab something for our trip and I was starving! So I grabbed a bagel. This was my first real bagel in 55 days as opposed to a bagel thin (if I remember correctly) and I also had a Red Bull. This was my 2nd Red Bull in that time. To be honest, I really just craved the taste of it. Should have shown some will power, but it's really no big deal. I'm DEFINITELY off the Red Bull habit, so I have no regrets.
Lunch - Stop 2 - McDonalds:
so I took a few photos here to tell the story. I amazed myself on this stop. Got lunch for Kristyn, Joey and I and it was cheaper than most times I go by myself! Our bill was under $11 for the 3 of us and this means that there was not an overly huge amount of food! Here's how I did.
We ordered Joey and happy meal but I knew he was not going to eat a ton, so all I ordered for myself was a plain double hamburger. I took the small soda from Joey's Happy Meal, 4 of his chicken nuggets and the tiniest little fry container I've ever seen. And that was it! This is unbelievable control on my end! Now you may say "Why did you go to McDonalds?" There's an easy answer. When you are on what turned out to be a 6 hour road trip due to traffic, eating and of course - little kids freaking out, you are limited in your options. When said road trip is with my mom, the options are limited more because she's a little picky. Combine some pickiness with the fact that when we decided to eat, there was pretty much NOTHING around, the first option that met everyone's needs (which were food, food now, and food!) was McDonalds. I'd say that all things considered, I did great!
Receipt for Joey, Kristyn and me!!!!
My entire meal. For those who may not understand, this is NOTHING! My usual meal at McDonald's is a double hamburger, crispy chicken sandwich, super sized fries and supersized soda.
Bonus pic of Joey and Giuliana's first vacation road trip
Bonus pic of Joey with his Happy Meal
I wanted you to have an understanding of just how small this french fry container is! WOW!
Snacking - Stop 3 - WAWA!
Giuliana freaked out at one point, so we had to pull over to feed her. Naturally, the spot to stop was WAWA, so I just HAD to go in. So what did I do with this? I mean, I must have been starving coming off of that tiny little lunch I had. I walked into that Wawa and walked out with one of my all-time favorites: A Sprite Zero. Yup, that's it! Just something to wet my whistle! Can you believe it? No Buffalo chicken bites, no Reese's Big Cups, no hot roast beef and gravy sandwich, no Tastycakes, no Icee, no cold cut sandwich, NOTHING BUT A SPRITE ZERO! VICTORY!!!!!
Dinner - Stop 4: PIZZA HUT.
By the time we settled in, it was almost 8:00pm, which is Joey's bed time, but hey it's vacation! So we went with Uncle Bill and Aunt Joann to Pizza Hut, which I have not been to in forever! We got a plain pie and I thought back to all the great commercials I have seen about the cheesy bite pizza and requested we try one of them. So we got the cheesy bite pizza with sausage. I resisted the urge to say "LET'S GET BREADSTICKS!!!!" and stuck to the pizza. Anyway, I had 3 slices. Now I know that sounds like a lot, but what I had forgotten about Pizza hut pizza is that although thicker than usual, the slices are not that big in terms of surface area. AND the cheesy bite pizza is NOT thick crust. AND the cheesy bites were not really cheesy like in the commercials. So although I could have stuck to 2 slices, I don't feel like it was really crazy. Didn't feel like more than 2 good solid pizzeria slices in my opinion.
Joey's 1st Pizza Hut Cheesy Bite Slice The crew at the Hut
Late Night - It's vacation. I had a beer. Killian's Irish Red, to be exact!
So considering the opening statement - Petracco's, McDonalds, Wawa and Pizza Hut today, who would agree that I did AWESOME?!?!?!?!?!?! My abilities to portion control are improving. I would not expect that today was a weight LOSS day, but I am certainly content with the start of this trip. Went to the supermarket later at night and stocked the house with food so I can make breakfast and maybe even bring some cold cuts and leftovers/etc for lunch. I assume we'll eat out a few nights but we also plan to do some cooking at home too. Should be a fun week.
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