It was GLORIOUS.
Friday night we ate at Sprecher's for Christopher's birthday. In addition to eating a burger on a bun for the first time in 3 weeks, I had my first beer in over three weeks. Well, technically, it was a mixed drink and by the end of the night I'd had the Wisconsin Cosmo (beer mixed with Cranberry-Cherry soda) and 2 more beers:
Mine is the big glass - Chris had the Abbey (the beer in my drink) in the smaller class next to it. This is so good I had dreams about it. YUM.
After dinner we went bowling. It was a BLAST. I always forget how much fun I can have while bowling - even when I stink at it. :)
Oh - the last time I blogged, I was stuck at seven. After I blogged, I lost another 2 pounds. :) Giving me even more confidence to wear my specially-purchased outfit for the big birthday dinner:
Saturday morning I had a donut. One glorious, plain, cake donut. It was SO good. It was also free because we were audience members for the Whaddya Know radio show on NPR. That was a fun time! Michael Feldman is a funny guy - and it was nice to sit and laugh for 2 hours. We followed that up with a trip to the zoo. We both LOVE the zoo and our good friends Jen & Jamie joined us for an afternoon wandering and looking at adorable animals. Always a good time.
Then we drove to Dubuque. Dinner at Vinny Vanucchi's in downtown Dubuque with Chris's parents. Nothing on that menu is Dukan friendly. EVERYTHING on that menu looks AMAZING. I ordered the Pasta ala Vinny. SO good. It's pasta topped with shrimp, crab, scallops and lobster bits - all drenched in an olive oil and hot sauce based sauce. REALLY good. Oh, and they have this amazing garlic cheese bread that I ate 2 full pieces of because it was sooooo good. Unfortunately, I couldn't eat all of my pasta (huge portions), so Chris got to eat it for lunch this week.
Sunday we went to the movies - I resisted the popcorn and the nachos and the mini-donuts. We went out to eat with our good friends Nick & Marisa at a Dubuque place called Crust. LOTS of pasta and pizza. Also, they bring out a basket of fried pizza dough before your meal. SUPER good. I didn't have anything fancy - chicken pesto - but it was quite good. The lemoncello martini was alright. (Basically just a lemon drop martini - only a little warm. Meh.) Everyone else's meals looked really tasty as well. After dinner, we had drinks - again I imbibed 3 drinks - none of which were sugar, carb or calorie free. They were delicious. :)
Oh - and I dressed up - because I had these awesome new shoes!
Monday morning I was ambitious: I got up at 7:30 for an 8:00 yoga class! It was GLORIOUS. I love yoga classes. I enjoy doing the dvds at home - but going to a class is even better. I get to learn new moves, meet new people and have a teacher there who can help if I'm having trouble. The class at Body & Soul was gentle, but effective. I was sore on Tuesday! :) After the yoga class, I went for a "run" with Dexter. It was quite hot & humid, so we went less than a mile and probably walked about half of our little route. But, in my defense, there were lots of hills.
Leftover pasta for lunch (from Crust) followed by mini-golf! The course was a lot of fun - even if it was super windy. Nick & Marisa joined us and we all hit some balls on the driving range. Because it was quite hot (heat index was 92 at one point), I indulged in a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream Bar. It was wonderful. :)
Dinner that night was closer to being on the diet - steak, corn on the cob, cottage cheese and a small salad. It was very tasty.
So - after all of that eating and eating and eating (and paying little attention to the diet), I wound up gaining back 3 pounds. Oops.
Luckily, I've decided to do 7 days protein only followed by 7 days veggies + protein - so this week I'm already down 4.2 pounds - with no exercise since Monday.
That means, despite a full cheat weekend of overindulgence, I'm down a total of 10.8 pounds since starting the diet (roughly 4 weeks ago). Since February (when I was told by my doctor: "Lose 30 pounds) - I'm down 15 pounds! That means I'm due a massage! :) Woohoo!
Now, I know I need to do better on the exercise. I have a 5K in 2 days. (Uh oh.) I know that I'll be walking at least part of it. My next goal: Run the entire route of a 5K. I'd like to be at that point in time for the Zoo Run Run in September - hopefully way before that! I think I can do it. I just need to be better about making out to actually run. Maybe there'll be time to do that tonight before it gets dark... Or maybe I'll succeed in waking up early tomorrow morning so I can beat the 90 degree heat...
Until next time - happy dieting! :)
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