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Day 31

Since Brent and Brooke were in town, I took Friday off of work (thanks for the excuse for the day off, guys!).  We had a late breakfast at Eggspectation, where we made lots of egg-related puns, and I ate very healthy.  I had a hard boiled egg (Andrew-protein!), some Canadian bacon in honor of Beckie's birthday (Andrew-more protein!), some roasted tomatoes, some fruit, and a piece of whole wheat toast with a suggestion of jelly.
The door handles at Eggspectation.  They are eggceptionally precious.
Then we went to the Udvar-Hazy Air & Space Museum, where I did not partake in any astronaut food, but where we did see Astronaut Tom Jones (not to be confused with singer Tom Jones).  We also went to the Leesburg Outlets, so I got lots of walking in (8,000 steps!), plus I did 10 minutes on the treadmill in the morning.
I think I'll pass on the astronaut food.
Snack time was a quarter cup of hummus, half an apple, one ounce of pretzels, and water.  Hooray for measuring!


Then we went to Lost Rhino Brewing Company, where the food was meh, but the beer was awesome!  Since I was the driver, I only had a 5 ounce tasting of the Honey Blond, and then another 5 ounces of the non-alcoholic root beer (delicious!), plus some cheese and tortilla chips and salsa.


Dinner was at Magnolia's at the Mill, where I had a glass of wine, one piece of bread with olive oil, grilled softshell crabs (soooo good), wasabi mashed potatoes, and a lettuce/beet/tomato salad.  Dessert was 4 onces of sugar-free vanilla ice cream at Sweet Frog, with mango and just a few mini m&ms.


In conclusion...
Blog all the things? Yes
Do all the cardio? Yes.
Measure all the food? Well, I measured my snack.  The rest of the time we ate out, but I tried to estimate pretty well.


Tomorrow is weigh-in day!  Scary!

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