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Fun weekend… ugly weigh-in

Well, stressful though getting ready for the trip was, I had fun! I wouldn't say the eating was utterly horrible, but I ate too many calories, I'm certain of that! I didn't track and I was too busy to log.

My weight is now almost 10 pounds higher today than it was last week at 229.0 pounds.

Sigh.

I'd say most of the problem eating was road trip food. I had meant to make some food at least for the drive to the Seattle area... but ran out of time and instead, swung by Albertson's and picked up some dozen or so PowerBars. I find those help when I get sleepy on the road and given at the time, I was running on 2.5 hours of sleep, getting tired was almost a certainty. Plus, I figured I wouldn't have time to stop much for actual meals. So though I did have a proper smoothie for breakfast on Friday, the other food was several PowerBar Performance - Peanut Butter bars during the drive and a Subway roasted chicken breast wrap with a cookie and water. And a cup of coffee and two cookies at the Indian John Hill rest area. (Coffee was BADLY NEEDED by then!)

Once at my hotel, I went down to Shari's restaurant and had grilled salmon with steamed veggies and a rice pilaf. And I'm afraid I splurged and had dessert, apple pie ala mode. Plus a cookie on a stick! And ate another couple PowerBars and some beef jerky back in my room.

Breakfast Saturday was the hotel's continental breakfast. I had a bowl of cheerios mixed with granola and milk. Plus a mini muffin and an orange and glass of apple juice. Lunch was a turkey sandwich box from Ingallina's, with fruit, bag o' chips and a frosted sugar cookie. The sugar was rather welcome by then, it was a long hot day. But I got to visit and have fun with friends and was on my feet a lot, so I'm sure I got plenty of walking exercise. Dinner was at Olive Garden, where I had the Venetian Chicken (chicken breasts in an apricot glaze with vegetables). Also had some bruschetta, tossed salad, a single breadstick and 2 strawberry daiquiris. No dessert!

My feet were pretty badly off by the time I retired for the night... I filled a couple gallon ZipLoc baggies with ice from the ice machine and did my best to ice them down. I still felt hungry, so ate another couple PowerBar Nut Naturals and some jerky. Thirst was a biggie, I kept trying to drink, but was chatting so much that I really didn't get anywhere near my normal liquids consumption in. So I was drinking a couple diet cokes a night from the hotel vending machine.

Breakfast at the hotel again... waffle with butter and syrup and bowl of cheerios. PowerBars as needed to keep me going. Two cookies and coffee again at Indian John Hill. Late lunch finally in Prosser at Taco Bell. And then, after some rest and unloading the car, the remaining three PowerBars and some beef jerky for dinner. Watched "The Tudors" and "Desperate Housewives" and crashed.

OK... most of the weight is going to be water weight. So it's not as bad as it looks right now, but it's still possible I gained a pound or two. I'm getting back on track TODAY!

One bit of bad news... came back with a big blister on one toe. So I had to skip water aerobics today. My feet are rather painful, so I am going to try and do what I can to calm them down again. Even my ankles are upset. And my back is a bit sore from being on my feet so much.