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Days 69 and 70

You know when runners start a race strong, but then they trip over one hurdle, then another, and then they break both legs, and catch on fire?  Well, Wednesday was like that.
This was Wednesday.
It started off with well with five crackers, a slice of cheese, tangerines, and three glasses of water.  Total: 4 points.  Lunch (if you want to call it that) was two ounces of chicken, a cup of green beans, two glasses of water, and a tiny container of pinkberry that I ate at light speed between two meetings.  Total: 5 points
I love you, pinkberry.
Then, a coworker called to say she was sorry, but she hadn't had a chance to prepare for the hour long meeting she had booked with me.  "Great," I said.  "Can we still leave it on the calendar? We can? Awesome.  Bye."  And then I snuck off to the gym for a half hour of exercise bike and weight lifting!  With two more glasses of water.

 Right now you're thinking "this is sounding so successful!"  Well, it was.  And then The Room happened.

 The Room is the War Room for the project I'm on.  Doesn't that sound exciting?  And like it'd be nice?  And not a windowless room with poor air circulation designed to hold a maximum of three people, in to which we have crammed up to 11 people and their laptops?  Did I mention there's a table of sugary snacks?
Artist's rendering.
Oh dear God, the sugary snacks!  And that is how, without intending to, I had 9 pretzel rods, two starbursts, and two pieces of chocolate.  Total: 7 completely ridiculous points, with almost no nutritional value except for the pretzels.

 Then I came home and had a cup of milk, and some healthy five layer dip (fat free beans, cheese, tomatoes, cilantro, onions), an indeterminate amount of tortilla chips that I did not count, and a tangerine.  Total: 12 points, I guess.  I was mad about the snacks still.

 Liquids: 8/6
Dairy: 3/2 (I am totally counting the Pinkberry.  The first ingredient is milk.  Okay, the second ingredient is sugar.  But!  The third ingredient is yogurt.  DON'T YOU JUDGE ME!)
Vitamin: 1/1
Healthy Oil: 0/2
Fruits/Veggies: 5/5
Protein: 3/2
Whole Grains: yes--pretzels, tortilla chips, whole grain crackers
Exercise: yes--bike and weights
Total: 26/26 points  
Weekly Points: 35/49 for the week 

So I give the day a Princess Eugenie.  Coulda been good--ended up a mess.

I vowed to do better on Thursday, deciding to bring my own snacks to The Room.  So I smartly packed the snacks, and not-so-smartly forgot to pack lunch.  

 But!  I was horrible enough to schedule a meeting during lunchtime (mwah ha ha) so my boss let me order pizza for the horde.  So I got thin crust veggie pizza and salad!  Since I keep a bottle of olive oil in my desk (it is right next to the chocolate chips), I had a slice of pizza and a salad with two teaspoons of healthy oil.  Also, two glasses of water.  Total: 9 points

 Controlled Snack Time (CST) was a slice of cheese, five whole grain crackers, two tangerines, and a tablespoon of chocolate chips.  Plus one more glass of water. Total: 6 points with some nutritional value!

Dinner was with Chris at The Greene Turtle, since they were donating a percentage of the proceeds to the Alzheimer's Walk.  I had three ounces of a pork chop, a half cup of green beans, a quarter cup of mashed potatoes, two servings of mozzarella with tomatoes, and three glasses of unsweetened tea.  (Btw, the cheese and tomatoes was awesome.) Total: an estimated 15 points since I'm assuming the cheese was made with whole milk.

Liquids: 6/6
Dairy: 2/2
Vitamin: 1/1
Healthy Oil: 2/2
Fruits/Veggies: 5/5
Protein: 3/2
Whole Grains: yes--whole grain crackers
Exercise: no :(
Total: 26/26 points  
Weekly Points: 40/49 for the week 

I'll give it a Countess of Wessex.  Better than a York girl; not as good as Kate.

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