This past weekend, Kristyn, the kids and I went up to Pawling, NY to visit her parents. Because I didn't have my computer set up and I really didn't want to stop everything I was doing to log food as I went, I just took the opportunity to not write everything up. I did not keep track, but I can give you an idea of the weekend.
My expectations of the weekend: I would not go crazy trying to be perfect and ignoring all tempting options, but I would limit the amount I ate and try to make some good choices and limit the damage. How did it go? Let's see.
Friday: For breakfast, I remember being rushed. I had to get to the tire shop to get new tires on the Sonata and I was running late. Didn't get a chance to make breakfast, so I had my first BAGEL! (I think it was my first one since i started this.) I drank water with it, though, so that was good. For lunch, I honestly can't remember, but I am pretty sure I had a salad. Dinner - well, we were running REALLY late leaving for Pawling, so we were gonna stop at McDonalds to get the kids Happy Meals so they can eat in the car. I didn't want McDonalds, so I grabbed a couple slices of pizza across the street at Three Boys. Not that pizza is insanely healthy, but it was better than what I would have gotten at McDonalds. BTW - the pizza at Three Boys this night was fantastic! I got lucky and got there just in time for a fresh slice pie to come out of the oven. It was great! At night, we hung out for awhile. I had a couple beers and a little bit of my scotch. (Brought the Lagavulin with me.) Resisted the binging urge with the chips for quite awhile, but the urge got to be a little too much after a few hours, so I did have a few too many chips.
Saturday: Breakfast was a simple couple of chocolate chip pancakes. Kristyn let me sleep, so I didn't get up until after 10am. It was amazing! needed something small and quick so I'd be ok for lunch. These hit the spot. The rest of the day was pretty much PIZZA, PIZZA, PIZZA. I had offered to make pizza for everyone, so we went out to grab some doughs. While there, they picked up a couple dozen wings. I had a bunch of them. They were not large wings at all, but they sure were tasty! Then the pizza marathon began. I pre-shredded the mozzarella and mixed it with the parmesan, romano and asiago back in NJ on Friday. I pureed the San Marzano tomatoes and spiced it up with salt, pepper, garlic, onion, olive oil and oregano. I cut up some turkey sausage and a couple pieces of purdue chicken breast. This all made it really easy to put the pizzas together when I was ready. I first made a plain pie and a chicken parm pie. About an hour later, Joey woke up and so I made another plain pie. And then about 2 hours later, I made a buffalo sausage pie. Everything was great and everyone seemed pleased with the pizza. Pictured ar ethe chicken parm and buffalo sausage pies.
I had a couple scoops of ice cream for a snack, a couple beers throughout the day and a couple pieces of candy - they were some sort of sour strip things.
Sunday: On Sunday, I woke up to scrambled eggs, taylor ham and toast. That was a nice surprise! Then, I had a couple leftover slices of pizza that I had burned in the air fryer and the kids didn't want. Happy lunch! They were actually pretty good. On the way home, we stopped at Red Rooster. I had a pretty huge soft chocolate ice cream cone with chocolate sprinkles. It was glorious! Top it off with a Red Bull to kick off the drive, and there you have it. At home, I can't remember what I had for dinner but I'm pretty confident I had a handful of goldfish and picked a little bit at some snacks here and there.
Overall - was it a great weekend? NO. Was it a lost weekend? NO. I can't say I'm completely pleased, but I did limit the damage and didn't go off the deep end, so I am happy with that. Also - I can not guarantee that I listed everything. I am just going off a quick memory at 1:30 in the morning a few days after the fact, so it's highly likely I missed some stuff.
WEIGHT LOSS UPDATE: As of 8am on Monday morning, 7/17/23, I was up 3 pounds for the weekend. This is disappointing, but not surprising. Tune in tomorrow to see how I dropped almost all of the 3 pounds I gained back off on Monday!
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