Breakfast: Had breakfast with Oppy today! The Rock Opster!!! Special occasion, so we met up at Griddle This. (What was the special occasion? Actually hanging out with Oppy!) So I went to G.T. for the 2nd straight day. BUT I decided to change it up. Got a sausage, pepper and onion omelet, with added bacon. Whole Wheat buttered toast and home fries. I didn't eat half of the home fries, but I crushed the rest. Also - just had water. No Red Bull today.
Ended up hanging out for about an hour and a half just catching up. Was good. I'm learning how to do this relaxing thing during the Summer. :-)
Lunch: For lunch, I am continuing to work hard to not throw away food. We waste way too much food because we don't eat our leftovers. With that in mind, I had this leftover burger and this little container of rice left from the other day. Nothing special - but a simple lunch - not overdone - free - and not wasteful. This time, the diet was for my credit card! :-)
Now what about these cans below, you ask? A few years ago, a parent in my school gave me about 4 of these. They were quite delicious and I got into drinking them for awhile. Then I sort of forgot. And then I can't necessarily find them everywhere, so I stopped getting them. Came across them at Stop & Shop the other day so I grabbed 4 different ones to see which I liked the most. 3 of the 4 are zero calories. The other one is 90. I had this Green Tea one today and it was pretty good. Very refreshing and seemingly, not really unhealthy! They are $2 each, which sounds like a lot, but it's twice the size as a Red Bull and cheaper! And You will pay more than $2 for a 20 oz soda, so it's not that bad in the end. I could see myself drinking 2-3 a week, to keep things interesting.
Dinner: Summer Wednesday means MARCHING BAND! I had section leader auditions today, so I had to get to school by 3pm to get situated and then start auditions at 330. Auditions pretty much straight through until 7:10. Rehearsal started at 7, so the staff got rehearsal started and then I ran to the teachers caf for a minute to eat this box of crap.
To be fair, I don't hate this meal. it's not bad at all. BUT it kind looks really ugly when you heat it up. It's sort of surprising that I like it. BUT it's quick, easy, keeps in the freezer and fills me up temporarily. It works in a pinch and I didn't have time to prepare anything and I didn't really have time to eat anything else, either. So I shoveled this down in a 8 minute break I gave myself and then went back to work!
Rough day, as I lost another marching band kid, bringing the numbers down AGAIN! This was set to be the first year in about 10-12 years that the numbers went up. I started with 37 last year and ended with 39 as 2 kids joined late. I had 44 signups in the first week of JUne!!!! And here we are, I have had 8 drop since mid-June and I'm down to 36. One by One, they just keep dropping like flies. And this is before we even have done anything! it's really frustrating. This kid handled it great. Scheduled a chance to talk to me. Really gave me a lot of insight into his thinking. Very reasonable and understandable. Probably made the right decision for him. BUT still very frustrating. Until then, he was actually doing all the training for student leadership! And now, poof! Not even in the band. He will still be in concert band, so all is not lost. But another great kid who won't be in the marching band this year.
Snack: I think I had some sort of frozen treat when I got home - not sure which one, but they all have 70-100 calories. It's not ice cream - it's some sort of ice pop or ice or something. I clearly can't handle having ice cream in the house. BUt a variety of fruity and icy treats helps when I'm in need. :-)
WEIGHT LOSS UPDATE:
at 8am on 7/13/23, I was down 0.5 from yesterday and a total of 9.7 lbs from the first 11 days. Going strong! All is good. The next 9.7 pounds will put me in a place I have not been in for at least 3 years. I'm really looking forward to that.
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