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Day 23

The road to hell is paved with chia seeds.

I started today with good intentions.  I took my blueberries, my chia seeds, and my tennis shoes to work.  I ate the blueberries, then mixed the chia seeds with my weird cheese/yogurt.  Coworker Shelly (the nicest person at my job) stopped by, looked at it, and said it resembled paste.  The truth is, I would have rather eaten paste. Sooooooo...trashcan.  Shelly suggested that maybe I should give up on the chia seeds, to which I say "NEVER!  CHI-CHI-CHI-CHIA!"

My plan for lunch was to pick up some Chick-fil-a and the rest of Amy's birthday present (happy birthday sis!), then do a little cardio in the company gym.  But then Things Happened at work, and my boss ended up ordering pizza for us since it was late and we hadn't eaten.  So I had 2 1/2 pieces of pizza.  And didn't exercise.  And only had two glasses of water.  (Well, I kind of exercised because today's disaster involved moving lots of heavy things.)

Dinner was mildly healthy sushi with 2 glasses of wine.  Then ice cream from dairy queen.  Because when it's already a train wreck, why not keep going?

Today was a....well, you know.

In summary:

Water? Nope.
Cardio? Nope.
Planning Ahead? Nope.

At least, as Scarlett says, "tomorrow is another day."

"Drink some water and go for a walk, you moron."


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