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Day 78

Oh Friday, you started out so well.

 Breakfast of Champions was a glass of water and three tic tacs.  (I just wan't hungry.)  Total: 0 points
I had lunch with my mentor, and ate very healthy: two cups of water, a cup of sauteed spinach, four ounces of shrimp, and goat cheese and tomatoes.  Plus a tiny piece of bread.  Total: 7 points

 Then I was going to exercise, but work got crazy.  So I thought to myself "I'll go for a walk later tonight!"  Yeah, right, Alyssa.  On a Friday night.  After you go out for a big dinner.  Sure.

 So then it was on to big dinner.  Chris is in town for 24 whole hours, so we went to Magnolia's, which is doing our wedding catering.  I had two pieces of foccacia bread (which is to die for) and three teaspoons of olive oil.  Then OF COURSE we had to try the chorizo hash to see if we wanted it on the wedding menu (verdict: not making the cut).  My entree was a beer braised pork shank with asiago polenta and bacon roasted brussel sprouts.  Then a molten chocolate chip cookie with ice cream.  Did I mention the two glasses of wine?  Total: Lots.  Maybe like, 41?

 Then I woke up at 4 a.m. with a stomach ache, because my little stomach is saying "why did you put all this food in me?  WHY?!?!?"

 Liquids: 3/6 Disaster!
Dairy: 1/2 Failure!
Vitamin: 0/1 Sheer Laziness!
Healthy Oil: 3/2
Fruits/Veggies: 3/5 Fiasco!
Protein: 2/2
Whole Grains: That's a big ol' nope!
Exercise: Ha ha ha ha ha!
Total: 26/26 points  
Weekly Points: 29/49 for the week  

To commemorate this trainwreck, I present to you several pictures of Princess Anne.  Bless her, she tries so hard, but she's just a serious mess.
Unchanging hair and a suit that only a UPS driver could love? Sure!
A coat dress made out of drapes from The Sound of Music, and a hat that got stuck in her spiderweb-like hair.
Proof that money doesn't buy taste.
What has been seen cannot be unseen.
All aboard the Hot Mess Express!

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