Great Indulgent Weekend in Atlanta!

Last WI: 214.2/ At Home WI: 217.2 (ick)

MONDAY

Well, this weekend was wonderful. And of course I'm paying for it on the scale. :-( But - it's better today than yesterday. Yesterday morning I saw 219.2. That was mostly dehydration, however. Friday I left work early and had lunch with Holly in Fayetteville. We went to Bugaboo Creek and I did "ok", but definitely not great. I had my favorite "Twin Peaks Sandwich" which is basically chicken, and moz cheese on cuban style bread. Not horrible, but I should have only eaten half of it. I also had a salad with ranch on the side (2pts) and some mashed potatoes (counted at 4pts) and bread (umm. yeah - like 6 pts). It was very good - but I shouldn't have splurged for lunch since I knew I was going out for dinner and drinks.

Friday evening I had the best intentions of hitting the hotel gym once we got up to Atlanta while Erik was in his meeting with my lawyer friend. But, we got to talking, and I ended up staying with him through the meeting. It was great catching up with an old friend. Then we went to a "tapas" restaurant for dinner. So - good, but definitely too much food and drink. Out to a club after that, where we got blitzed, but could walk back to the hotel. Very good times. I can only estimate points, but I went WAY over of course.

Saturday I had Fellini's for lunch in Atlanta - one of those restaurants I don't get very often now that I've moved out of the city. It's a great pizza joint, and my typical order of salad and one (large!) slice of pizza is about 15 pts. Then we were off to the poker tournament. I had some beer and they had chick-fil-a for dinner, so I went over again, but not as bad as Friday. Lots of fun. I ended up in 19th place out of about 120 players. Not enough for money - but just enough to be disappointed in no money. Oh well - I had a great time. Erik busted out much earlier - like about 50th, but hung out and cheered me on.

Sunday was a catch up day. We slept till almost noon! Then it was time to hit the grocery store and stock up for the week. I did very well. I almost got out of there under $100 but ended up at $109. I hate grocery shopping as I never seem to be able to spend under $100 no matter how long or short my list is! After grocery shopping I prepped my salads for the week, and then had to do my taxes. I know - I know - very late. For some reason, this year, I just couldn't get myself on it earlier. I usually have them done in February, but this year I just kept putting it off. Unfortunately my procrastination cost me a work out because I had hoped to get to the gym before our 4:00 poker tournament. No such luck. The Sunday tournament went till 10:00. Erik won and I got 4th (out of 8) so it was a fun night. After that I had to finish my taxes and get to bed.

Today is another "trial week" but after calendar call this morning, it doesn't look like any of my cases are going to trial. Which is good because I have a brief due on Thursday for the Supreme Court and really need this week to finish that.

Today's plan is to eat as few points as possible and "try" to get a work out in. Again I have a poker tournament tonight to go to - this one I help host - so I'm going to have to get out of work early to make it to the gym. Since I'm not trying any cases, though, that might be possible. I've had 4 pts so far today. I'd love to finish the day around 20-24 and get 10AP's. That will help counter-act this weekends "free-for all"

I do get to report that even though I totally over-indulged this weekend, I still tracked. So I'm on course for my 84 days of tracking challenge. I definitely had to "guesstimate" on Friday nights points A) because it was Tapas - weird food i wouldn't normally know the points for, and B) I had a lot too much to drink and don't remember the end of the night too well. Oh well - It's in the book, for better or for worse.

My goal to start lifting weights hasn't work out too well either. Maybe I can get that in today, but in reality if I get to the gym at all priority is as many AP as possible in my short time frame. That equals running! Which is good since I haven't run since Tuesday last week, or done any cardio since Wednesday last week. Gotta get back on that horse!