Day 344: Round the Bend

Update:....

Ekk... this week has been a horrible horrible week for food and exercise. Since Friday, I have spent approximately two days at home (and only one of those days did I eat normally). Friday I was doing so well until my friend came over for a movie night. She wanted to get candy and other foodstuffs, and made sure we had all the candy food groups... chocolate, gummies, and popcorn. Ate way too much, but had a nice time. It was the first time I had invited someone over to the new place (from school) to hang out, so I am glad it went well.

Saturday night I drove to mom/dad's to say hello, got my TB test checked (waited a bloody hour for a 2 second session with the doctor) and drove to Guelph to both shop and visit with the Fashionista and my other friend Emma. We all (and Fashionista's bf) made dinner together (eggplant parmigiana) and went to the bar afterward. I bought some really great tops and at one point Fashionista is like 'did you lose weight? you look really great...'. Yay!... although at that moment I kinda brushed it off. Later she said it again and I finally just told her the big number. Definitely think she was surprised. Great to hear it from her. It was a nice night, but besides the drinking, it was relatively tame - I find going out with couples always works out that way.

Sunday was spent driving out to see my niece and nephew, eating take-out for lunch and eventually making it back to Toronto in time for Super bowl... ah yes, there it is... the almighty superbowl. Frankly, I have never watched it, but a friend from class asked if I wanted to go to the bar with her and her friends and I didn't want to pass it up. It was really, really fun. But... it was 6 hours of drinking, with a little bit of bar food (worst part was the beer though). My 'team' pulled off a nice win, a team chosen merely because they were the underdogs (although Tom Brady did make a good argument for the Patriots).

Monday was spent partly hung over, but I managed not to overeat... but also didn't get any exercise.

Tuesday was an okay day. I finally managed to force myself to exercise despite feeling a sore throat developing the last few days. My sister had invited me to a hockey game, so I spent the evening eating popcorn, a sub and some m&ms... oh yeah, and a beer.

Today I just couldn't force myself awake early enough to make lunch, so I bought a slice of pizza at school, and since then I haven't been making good choices... And tonight I have a date. With a lavalife guy. Ekk! We'll see how it goes. I am really trying not to get my hopes too high about the whole ordeal. At the very least I could probably get a friend out of it. I'll let you guys know how it goes... good or bad. We are going to a pub (for more beer) and some pool and darts. I like that idea because there is some interaction there, not 100% pressure on constant conversation. Tough part #1 is what to bloody wear...

So this week is a bust. I'll try to make Thursday count as a good day. I definitely have time to get to the gym, but I may not weigh myself until next week. So far I have nothing fun planned then - except maybe a movie with some friends on Valentines Day.

Anyhoo... I just wanted to give a quick update before it looked like I had gone the way of the dodo bird.