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Day 46

First, I'm dying to tell you what I'm thankful for today, which is you all, my peeps!  This afternoon I signed up to walk in the 2012 Walk to End Alzheimer's Disease in memory of my grandmother (there's some awesome back story about her if you follow the link). Within 5 hours of e-mailing my coworkers and posting a facebook link, I was 110% to my original goal.  Damn, you guys!  You're awesome.  So awesome, in fact, that I'm gonna bust out a really good Duchess of Cambridge picture.
"Wills, aren't Alyssa's friends wonderful?  Let's hug."
Just as a reminder, if you want to donate to me or Chris (he's doing it because he wants a purple t-shirt and also because he loves me, I guess), we'll take a picture of something that reminds us of you and post it on your Facebook wall or e-mail it to you.

 Okay, so let's discuss Tuesday was a disaster of epic proportions.  Breakfast was bacon, M&Ms, and a wheat bagel with veggie cream cheese.  This is what happens when you don't plan, Alyssa!

 Lunch was better--I had spicy tuna sushi made with brown rice, and mixed fruit.  But I also sampled ALL THE CHEESE at Whole Foods.
Why yes, I would like to sample all of your calories.
Exercising was a highlight.  I remembered my workout pants and top, but forgot workout shoes, and cork high heeled wedges weren't gonna cut it.  So I harassed all my coworkers until I found someone with a pair of flip flops in my size.  I did 20 minutes on the bike, and 10 minutes of weights.  Yay!

 Then there was dinner.  It was with a former coworker, which meant lots of boozing and eating bad things.  Like bread with olive oil, MORE cheese, deep fried figs wrapped in bacon, potatoes with a salsa verde, and the only redeeming feature of the night--a crab meat salad.  Then there was cake.  Whatever, it was Jaleo, it's delicious, and I'd do it again.
I love sangria like a fat kid loves cake.
I'm not too worried about this though, because I'm going on vacation with the founder of The Shame Squad, people!  Yep, I'll be spending a long weekend with Kyle in Cape Cod, and we do lots of the walking and the biking and the healthy eating.
The Shame Squad Founder and CEO, Kyle.

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