A weekend off?!?!

I have high hopes for this week!  After being up almost 4 lbs at the end of last week I was really bummed about my progress; as of this morning I am only up 2 lbs but that's still not good!  I think it definitely has to do with the fact that I ate dinner out EVERY SINGLE NIGHT last week.  I am planning on eating dinner at home Monday-Friday (or at Nicole's should we be invited (as long as the food is home cooked it counts)), I can't make any promises for the weekend though.  Plus, I'm still pretty tired even though we tried to get to bed early last night.  I think it's just going to take a few days of good sleep to get me back on track.

Sunday was full of ups & downs.  I didn't sleep well Saturday night, I had gone to bed much later then usual and was just very restless.  I got up and got ready for work but ran out of time to make my breakfast.  It was so cold outside, like 14 degrees!  Once I got to the restaurant I was complaining that I was hungry so Mike told me to go home and eat something; we don't usually get any customers for the first hour anyway.  I ran home & made a quick sandwich (299 calories) before sprinting back across the street.

I enjoyed my breakfast while we chatted about the news, life and how I was taking the following Sunday off to spend with Joe.  Then he offered to let me take Saturday off as well!  I was a little slow to agree, I hate missing out on making money!  But then we remembered I hadn't cashed a restaurant paycheck in almost 2 months so that money will totally make up for any I miss out on by having the weekend off!  I'm really not sure what I'm going to do with myself!  Well that's not true...Joe & I were already thinking about going to the car show in Philly with my dad & Shana/Bill on Sunday but now I will have all day Saturday to myself because Joe's working! 

We were pretty steady all morning and into the early afternoon.  Angela & Rob came in for a late breakfast and I was asked to try to limit my talking to them while there were a lot of customers around.  I was extremely annoyed by this, I pride myself on being a good server but also on creating a rapport with the patrons, I never neglect any work with mindless chatting.  This is just another reason I'm beginning to think about when I will stop working a second job.  I need to start work on my MBA and I know I won't be able to work out regularly, go to class/complete assignments & work 2 jobs.  While I love the cash the restaurant provides me it seems like recently I'm not having as much fun there as I used to and the stress it creates isn't worth the money.  Anyway enough angry rambling, I was starving around noon so I had this piece of rye toast with butter & jelly = 127 calories.  I made just under $100 but didn't get home until after 2.

In one of the few moments I managed to talk to Angela while they were eating, we decided to reschedule our 5 mile run for the following Saturday now that I'm off.  It was just too darn cold outside to attempt the bike path and I really don't want to run more then 3 miles on the dreadmill.  Luckily I padded my training schedule with lots of extra time so we can move runs around without screwing everything up.  I tried to take it easy the rest of the afternoon.  I took a long hot shower and hung out in the bedroom folding laundry, blogging & cleaning out the DVR.  I also managed to really finish off that caramel corn = 122 calories.  I hadn't thrown away the tin yet so I decided to eat the last few handfuls of broken pieces, not my finest moment...

We had plans to meet my mom, Shana & Bill for dinner at Outback Steakhouse for dinner to discuss options for a trip we are planning to take for her 60th birthday.  It's looking like we're going to head out west for a week in mid-August.  We're talking about maybe staying at a ski resort and visiting national parks that are close by; Joe is going to do some research, he's really good at finding awesome travel deals.  I remembered to take a look at the restaurant's website before leaving but it wasn't nearly as helpful as some of the others.  I ate...

 about 1/5 of a loaf of honey wheat bread = 40 calories

 about 5 small bites of a bloomin' onion = 157 calories

tilapia with crab meat and a side of broccoli = 539 calories

I have to say none of it was particularly good.  I mean it was ok but nothing that would make me want to go back again anytime soon.  I probably should have had a steak and mashed potato.  We were home around 9, watched a little tv and headed to bed just after 10, I was asleep almost as soon as my head hit the pillow.  I had really been hoping to get to bed earlier for more sleeping but there just aren't enough hours in the day...

How did I do on my January goals?

1. drink 64oz of water every day: check, every day total

2. track all my food & burn at least 500 calories a day for at least 25 days: 2346 burned -1284 eaten = 1062 total burned, 17 days total

3. 1000 fitness minutes, not allowed to count walking at the restaurant: 0 minutes today, 557 total for month

4. run 20 miles: 0 today, 21.6 total

5. 15 spend free days - I put $10 in for tip at dinner, 6 days total