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Day 83

When we last left off at The Shame Squad, I had promised to do the things listed below.  Here's how it went:
  • Eat an alternate lunch if necessary-The choices were sandwiches, salad, chips and cake.  I got a sandwich and threw away the bread so I could eat the turkey.  Then I brought my own healthy oil to add to the salad.  And I did have three bites of cake.  And an orange.  Total: 7 points
  • Cross my fingers about dinner with friends-We ordered Thai food, so I got to pick my own!  I had something called "Wild-Dish," which is chicken with thai chili paste, bamboo shoots, thai eggplant and basil.  I also had two cups of milk, which Jason told me was something "not generally requested by [their] adult visitors."  Maybe that's why he served it to me in a blue plastic cup.  Also brown rice and grapes.  And imaginary ice cream that Robin and Jason's son made me.  Total: 15 points
  • Exercise-I did 10 minutes of yoga at work, 20 minutes of yoga at home, and 10 minutes of playing wii fencing against Sam, who I let win because he's 5.  And then wii fencing against Jason who nicely let me win at first--chivalry is not dead--and then beat me really bad once I told him not to let me beat him.  It was seriously embarrassing.  Jason was barely moving, while I was flailing around with the wii-mote like a drunken monkey.  Whatever, it burned calories.
  • Drink 10 glasses of water- I had two cups of unsweetened tea, four of water, two of milk, and then two more of water for a total of ten.
I felt kind of like this.

In conclusion: SUCK IT, SHAME SQUAD.  What do you have to say about that, Kate?
She's so excited that she's dancing, people!
And for you math wizards, here are the healthy checks:
Liquids: 10/6
Dairy: 2/2 
Vitamin: 1/1
Healthy Oil: 2/2
Fruits/Veggies: 5/5
Protein: 4/2
Whole Grains: yes--brown rice
Exercise: yes--yoga and a few minutes of wii sports
Total: 22/26 points  
Weekly Points: 24/49 for the week    

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