yay work!

I'm using the term "work" loosely. I'm filling in at a school where the secretary doesn't like much of her own stuff done, so here I am zoning out, genuinely concerned about my awakeness for the day. ha!

my tattoo is awesome. I will post pics when it is less red. I absolutely made the right choice of artist, and I'm so happy!

I'm calling a mulligan on yesterday's post. I was actually pretty good on plan all day, and then after the tattoo (which had me seated in front of a full length mirror for 3 or so hours, and let me tell you, that was traumatic and discouraging), I had a few handfuls of tortilla chips. ARRRRGH! I would say "I don't know WHY I did that", but it was this: completely counterproductive self-medication. that mirror was upsetting.

anyway.

breakfast:
pumpkin "loaf"
hwc
small piece of cheese

lunch:
chicken wings
iced espresso w/cream & stevia
few nuts, <1 square of chocolate

dinner:
steak
salad w/ranch dressing
avocado, salsa, sour cream

dessert? I guess?:
stick of pepperoni

ack!

gottarunin20minutesnotreadybadhairgonnahaveleaguephotosandthe
bouttodayandimsotiredsomeoneshootme!

breakfast:
bacon
eggs
two bites of pumpkin loaf (trying to be accountable here)

snacks (another write off day...not prepared):
strawberries
raspberries
blueberries
couple of handfuls of potato chips
pizza (with less than half of the crust

ok, so yeah...another somewhat of a writeoff day, due to my own poor planning. I'm not condoning my own cheating, but all I can do is what I never did before: get right back on the next day. at least I was busy all day and barely sat down at all over the course of 12 hours!

whoops, forgot to blog! :D

I have pumpkin loaf in the oven so I can have some non-starch laden snack-age this weekend. this stupidly busy weekend...ack.

breakfast:
yogurt
couple of strawberries
nut bar

later:
americano w/cream & sweetener (does anyone count coffee as a snack? I've asked this before, I think. I personally wouldn't, but would YOU? :) )

lunch:
bacon
cheese

dinner:
steak
sausages
veggies
pumpkin loaf (which ended up more like a gooey cake, very good but not the portable snack I was aiming for) with HWC

power OUT!

a car accident knocked the power out in my 'hood for HOURS. weirdness right here: before I went to bed, I set my cell phone as a backup alarm. I NEVER, EVER do that, and it's a good thing I did, even though I woke up in time. stupid drivers. I hope nobody was hurt.

I actually got called into work today, and the school had no power until about 20 minutes ago, apparently. so yeah...school's out today.


breakfast:
nut bar
yogurt

lunch:
bbq chicken wings (not the best option)
cheese
red pepper
strawberries (ok, 1 strawberry!)
americano w/cream & sweetener

snack (just noticed: habit to eat something right after work. must stop):
cheese
few strawberries

dinner:
steak
cheese
red pepper
nut bar

ugh, june 3 already???

this year is going too quickly. it's freaking me out.

I also am finding my referee schedule to be burning me right the hell out. it was all downhill once the teams started asking us to come to their practices, when we already have two per week of our own, plus league scrimmages. blah.

breakfast:
bacon
eggs
1 mini babybel cheese

lunch:
iced espresso w/cream & sweetener
cheese
handful of nuts

snack:
few walnuts
cheese

dinner:
tiny bit of leftover turkey and cheese
salsa
yogurt
nut bar

I seem to have the "please give me shit" neon sign above my head lit over the past few days. either that, or I'm just being a wimp, which is also possible-bordering-on-likely.

I've also been really lazy about exercise for the past week. if I'm feeling really down, I just can't get up the energy to do it, and it's frustrating, because exercising would, of course, help. bah.

just FYI: coconut oil in hot drinks can give a creamy mouthfeel. coconut oil in cold drinks DOES NOT. hahaha! additionally, yogurt in a smoothie/protein shake is delicious...less so when coconut oil has been added.

breakfast:
smoothie (non-homogenized organic yogurt, half scoop of greens, almond milk, coconut oil, whey protein powder, cocoa, stevia, pinch of salt, ice, splash of HWC)
few walnuts

lunch:
chicken
cheese
tomatoes
bacon bits

dinner:
turkey
salsa
sour cream
lettuce
cheese
pecans
chocolate

monday yet again!

suffice to say, yesterday was a gong show. as I may have mentioned before, it was the Bad Shit Tattoo Party, a fundraising effort for safe injection sites. cheap tattoos by amazing artists at a very reputable shop. we thought ok, go down there, be done in 3 hours.

WRONG.

from arriving at the lineup until leaving with new ink took almost 8 hours. yup, EIGHT. some people were getting 4 tattoos at once, and that's what kept things s-l-o-w. so here's the math: $25 + 8 hours = 1 ninja star tattoo by the super awesome dave green.

locational dietary disaster: the shop is on a stretch of road where there was literally NO food options for a grain avoider like myself. I have the odd blood sugar issue at the best of times, and as an FYI to any tattoo virgins thinking of getting one, you cannot get one hungry. going in with low blood sugar can cause you to faint once you're done. so...yeah. the owner of the place bought everyone pizza, which unfortunately was vegetarian. and this was after 6+ hours of waiting. the other food available up until that point was little chocolate chip cookies. and I'd unfortunately had too much fruit in the morning. so suffice to say, yesterday ended up being a write-off, though really, it could have been worse, not to justify my own bad choices. I had the equivalent of maybe 2 normal sized chocolate chip cookies, and a piece of pizza that I threw away a good chunk of the crust of.

I'm getting tattooed again on sunday, but this time I'll be prepared.

breakfast:
protein shake (unsweetened vanilla almond milk, small scoop of greens, cocoa, coconut oil, stevia/inulin packet, few drops vanilla stevia, whey protein powder, ice)

lunch:
steak
coconut oil
handful of bacon flavoured Just The Cheese baked cheese (SO good)
americano w/cream & sweetener

dinner:
chicken
handful of walnuts
1 square chocolate