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Day 20

This morning I felt uggie.  (Uggie is a word made up by my cousin Josh to describe things that he does not like.  It first came in to use a few Thanksgivings ago, when I passed him the cranberry sauce, he looked at it, said "uggie!" and passed it on.  Also, you may be thinking that Josh is in elementary school, but he'll actually be 21 years old this month.  Heads up to Josh: dry martinis are also "uggie.")


Don't do it, Josh!  Have a gin and tonic instead!
I got up and had some rice chex and milk (Andrew--protein!), decided I felt super uggie, and went back to bed.  I came in to work around lunch time, and grudgingly ate my pre-planned lunch of watermelon and blueberries, tomatoes in olive oil, and peanut butter (Andrew--protein!) and crackers.  What I really wanted was baked ziti.  And a Mediterranean hummus wrap.  And chick-fil-a nuggets.  And chocolate chip cookies.  Om nom nom nom nom nom nom!
Oh Cookie Monster, you understand me!
Also, remember yesterday when I said I was going to go pre-make dinner?  Yeah, LIES!  Lies told to you by the devil!  I took one look at the steps required for Low Carb Chicken Enchilada Bake, said "screw it" and went to bed.  Maybe I will make it later in the week.


So our non pre-planned dinner was fish in a lemon pepper marinade with sauteed spinach and a farro salad.  It was one of our rare dinner failures.  :(  I'm not taking responsibility for the fish--I got it from Harris Teeter and it wasn't very fresh.  So that went in the trash.  I will take responsibility for over-garlicking the spinach.  So that also went in the trash.  But the farro salad was good!  And so was the popcorn shrimp that I heated up in the oven to attempt to redeem dinner!


Total water count today? Six glasses and counting.  Mission: Cardio is also complete thanks to the treadmill.  I also did hip stretches and my upper body strength routine.


In conclusion: how is it only Tuesday?!?!

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