Today was the final FULL day in PA for the Drum Set class. I can't wait to get back home and be able to eat like a functional human again. I"m not excited to step on the scale, as I fear that I will have undone a lot of the good work I did earlier in the month. But I am thinking that a couple of really good days should put me back where i was to start August and make another good push leading into Marching Band Camp.
WEIGHT UPDATE: On Saturday morning, I checked in on the weight and was up a total of 4 lbs from the BBQ week and the week in Philly. This is actually not alarming, as I can knock that off in 2 days, as we've seen. I was honestly worried it would be much worse. If I play my cards right, be the end of the weekend, I should be close to where I was and ready for the August push! Should end July down 10-11 pounds in total, which I think is reasonable even though there was no good progress the past 2 weeks.
Breakfast: As predicted, another day at Starbucks. The same sandwich - sausage and egg on English muffin. The same drink - Double Chocolatey Chip Frappucino with skim milk and no whipped cream. Except the line was REALLY bad today. I was 10 minutes late to class because of it. But it was cool. They don't really bust our chops about that.
Lunch: For lunch, they had a BBQ for all the students of all the classes going on right now. I just had a hamburger, a diet coke and 4 small churros (Which I think would be equal to like 1.5 regular churros.) This turned out to be nice because I ran into Jill from WCU who was taking the instrument repair class and we had lunch together with some of her friends from her class. Was good to catch up.
Dinner: EEK! Ok, so the other day, I tried to go to Tony Lukes, but they were closed. Today, I was on the way to my craphole hotel and was very hungry. I was driving by the Tony Lukes in the mall, so I tried again. I ordered a buffalo chicken (cheese)steak along with cajun fries and a diet pepsi. Didn't get the cheese, but if I called it "chicken steak," some people would not understand what I got, believe it or not. Holy Moly - this was a great meal across the board - other than it being HUGE HUGE HUGE. Luckily, it was a really early dinner, so hopefully, since I didn't eat anything after that, perhaps it won't have a dramatic affect on things on the non-existent scale tomorrow morning. I have to tell you, I'm a Tony Lukes fan after having this. Will probably by my go-to if I'm in the area down the line.
Evening: Not food related, but I went back to Harrah's because I was bored and it is only 13 minutes from my hotel. Had another good lucrative night at the craps table. The table was a lot of fun. Good crew, good energy and everyone was having a good time. Glad I went. Partially because it was fun, but mostly because I made some money :-) I did have a Red Bull at the table. Would have been easy to have 3 or 4, because they just gave them to you at the tables, so all I had to do is tip a buck and I get a Red Bull. They even didn't open it! Could have gotten some and brought them home. What was I thinking? :-)
That's all for today. Sorry it's a little boring, but it is what it is. 1 more day tomorrow and then I can get back to eating well. It's just really hard being away, eating alone most meal sand having nothing to cook, prepare or make good choices with.
UPDATE FRIDAY: I wrote this on Thursday, 7/27, but never posted it until today, 7/30. The next day, I had the usual Starbucks breakfast and then a Wawa Lunch. Had some chicken bites and Reese's Big Cups. From there, I went to Scott's house because it was pretty much on the way home. He has wanted me to try this pizza place near his house called "Nova Trattoria." It was really quite good! I won't tell you what percentage of this pie I ate, but let's just say that it rhymes with a part of your lower leg. Official review - solid pizza. Traveled well in the box, good texture - not droopy but not too crispy. Cheese had a really nice taste - Had just enough oil on top that gave it a nice extra on top of the bite, but didn't drip all over you. I would definitely go here again - probably every time - when visiting "Caesar Salad." At night, I had some doritos and called it a night.
UPDATE SATURDAY: Had a really late breakfast - just a couple eggs. Went to a crazy awesome luau themed party at a friend's house in town with Kristyn and the kids. Knowing how I am with bbqs, I figured I would not eat much heading in. Now this was not your typical BBQ. It was catered with servers bringing around finger foods early on - pineapple coconut shrimp, fish tacos, meatballs with some awesome flavoring on them, sticks of thick-ass bacon - I've been to weddings with less at their cocktail hours! Then for dinner, they had a whole Hawaii themed buffet. They had chicken and steak skewers, shrimp, rice, chicken, all seasoned for the theme, and chicken fingers, fries and mac & cheese for the "kids." Along with a couple Stellas and a rum & diet, let's say I ate well. BUT I did not by any means overdo it, so that's good for me!
Oh - I had some doritos in between by eggs and the party.
I don't think I had anything at night when I got home.
That's everything I have for you. Now, back home and ready to get back to "normal" - I hope to have more full Blog posts with more detail on a daily basis. Sorry to be a little light the past couple weeks. Been pretty busy.
WEIGHT LOSS UPDATE: I'm down a total of 10.2 pounds. This is up 2.3 pounds from 7/21 weigh in, but only up 0.5 from 7/20 weigh in. SOOOO, I basically stayed the course from 7/20 to 7/30. I'll totally take that, considering how it all went the past 10 days. Promising. :-)
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