Saturday, 02/19/11

breakfast:
banana
raisin bran
skim milk/coffee/1 sugar
yogurt
14 almonds
cheese sick
subtotal: 15

lunch:
14 almonds
chicken short cuts perdue
banana
pb crackers
subtotal: 8

dinner:
sushi (all you can eat....mistake!)
1/2 cup frozen yogurt
toppings
subtotal: 15

daily total: 37
activity: 0
weeklies used: -41

Feedback:
Another roadtrip. Learned from the last time and only ate out for a nice dinner. Packed a massive amount of my own food and made sure we had a room with a fridge for everything.

I packed a pack of string cheese, a pack of that pre-made chicken (3 portions in bag, 2 points per portion and it's a lot of chicken!), a bag of mini carrots, apples, bananas, almonds, 1 six pack of peanut butter crackers (on the theory that if I wanted a treat, the devil I know is better than the one I don't. They are 3 points per bag and pretty tasty.)

I think the strategy worked pretty well. If I just wanted to chew, I ate a banana, apple or carrots. If I needed protein or energy, I went for the nuts, chicken or cheese sticks.

Our friends suggested the all you can eat sushi, but both of us felt uncomfortably stuffed afterwards. It was not a nice feeling. It was $14 per person. Why can I spend that on a salad (one reasonable portion), but then feel like I need to eat 20 pieces of sushi because it's "free"? It doesn't make sense. I don't think I can handle going back there again (at least for now. Buffets and all you can eat are too tempting for me right now.)

We didn't really want the frozen yogurt, although it was fun to go. Next time, I'll pack some candy with me and munch on that, or pack a small dessert (a piece of rich chocolate) to enjoy while everyone else eats. I was doing it to be social and that's the wrong reason.