Life in the crap lane (crap food, that is)

This week hasn't been a great one.  I'm hoping that my Monday morning weigh-in is only moderately disappointing.

The last 2 days in review:

Friday

Went down to Toronto to visit Carlos and Andrea -- university friends -- and watch the Blue Jays vs. the Yankees at the Rogers Centre.  I knew it would be a tough day food wise.  I should have made a plan for eating so I didn't have to eat food that was really bad for me.  It's pretty tough when you're both visiting friends AND going to a sporting event.


Pros:
-had a relatively decent breakfast of a piece of homemade bread
-Roy Halliday pitched a 1-hit shutout against the Yankees.  Great game!
-didn't eat any junk food
-5km run with Scooter -- felt great!
-had some salad for lunch to help quench my hunger cravings



Cons:
-not only did I have that salad, but 2 pieces of leftover pizza.  Not so healthy now, are you, salad?
-ate what can only be described as a cheese-fest of chimichanga, some plain nacho chips and a couple of beers.  Not on the diet agenda!
-croissant on the way home to try and keep myself awake

What lesson can I take from today?  Making a plan for a day that will be hard on a diet might help me to eat the right stuff.  I'll try that next time.
Saturday


Here's a morning problem for you:  nothing goes better with a cup of decaf coffee than one of those toll house cookies from Thursday.  Man are they good!  Breakfast was a disaster -- coffee, cookie and a piece of pizza.  Won't be doing that again.

One problem this morning was that I got in a rush when my wife found out there was a half off sale on men's pants at Sears, but only until 11am, and it was 10:00 at that point.  Stuffed my face with easy, crappy food to save money on pants I probably won't fit into soon if I keep eating like this!

Next was dinner.  My wife's youngest sister just got a job at Boston Pizza, so we went to visit her there.  That pizza goes down too easy -- they must put some kind of hunger-exacerbating herb on top so you don't feel full!  My wife had to look at me and say: "You know, we COULD take some of that home.  You don't have to eat the whole thing!"

Yep, it was that kind of day.  With a couple of glasses of wine to boot, I wasn't doing myself any calorie favours.  

Today's a new day (Sunday).  We're going to the in-laws for dinner, which always means wonderful, healthy food, and an unending supply of red wine.  So two things to remember for tonight:

1.  No more than 2 glasses of red wine.
2.  Don't reach for that second helping.  (It's not worth it -- only makes your stomach rumble and your butt mumble!)

Signed up for the Toronto Island 5km run today.  I've got a buddy running with me, and I'm hoping to do a competitive run with him once a month.  Hockey season starts now, and I'm joining a squash league once a week.  So I've gotten back to exercising 3-4 times a week -- it's the food I have to master.

Also, school starts again in earnest on Tuesday.  I can use that as a new beginning!

Blog you later!