Week 10 Day 1

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Just a reminder that the photos that mostly track my food intake are found through the above link.

It gets crazy next week as there will hopefully be a super special "Foods of Minnesota" collection on my photostream.

Yes, you too can see the mythical Mama's Pizza. The SMOX is a long time family favorite, that's Sausage, Mushroom, Onion, with eXtra cheese if ya don't know. And on a flat bread crust is comes out gooey and delicious – just like my…

I think the weigh-ins for Mondays should be banned. They are not particularly accurate given the horrible eating schedule I have on Saturday and Sunday. If I say I am at -22 this morning and then tomorrow is -28, that is more a factor of food processing times than of any wild dietary excess.

That said, I ate like a madman this weekend. The cookies at Subway are about as low class as Chips Ahoy cookies, but I love the crap out of them. So the foot long Subway Club with Cookies and fruit wasn't the best meal choice, but mmm good. Also managed to eat three dinners on Friday. I had lunch at Mexican place for breakfast, then ate my breakfast for dinner at about 5:40 pm. Then ate ½ of a Moo Goo Gai Pan for middle dinner at 8 and then had ½ a California Shrimp salad at Applebees around midnight. Yes, it was awesome.

Today is back to normal and I can feel the food of the weekend making its way through the forty miles of intestines, it is 40 right?, as my body resets. In a way it was kind of a fun challenge. I didn't know I was having Chinese food at 8, so the controlled ordering and controlled eating which would generally be out of character for me (I am not known as a taker of leftovers when it comes to eating out). Ordering the ½ size of the Salad was different too. Still an Applebee's salad is like 900 calories in the half sizes so no real calorie savings even ignoring that it was my third meal out in 12 hours.

I seem to be doing a little better with the ordering for one. To be fair I am trying to stay away from fast food as I usually think the say number five at mcdonalds with the super fries and a coke might not be enough food and I order a chicken sandwich add on. Still, could have been very happy with one Subway cookie and a 6 inch sub over the 12 incher. God, knows 6 inches is more than enough, right ladies? Ladies?

So, more exercising this week. Now the crunch is on! Going to the MN next Wednesday and I do not want to be the weak link in the Fair walkers when the other two links are 60 or over. That was sad two years ago and I don't want a repeat of me sitting and gasping (despite clearly photoshopped pictures I did not cry) while my mother is dragging me to the cream puff stand way, way, way toward the back of the fair grounds. What I really need is a "Quest Finder" ala WoW that lays out the best path with the minimal effort to help me level up on fair food. That's for the one person who might get that.

Later Taters.

Give ya a numbers update this week too. Sometime. Maybe.