il mio viaggio

hello ladies.  and gents?  are there any gents here?

how was your weekend?  mine was fab.  friday night we went out for drinks, but made it home safely.  saturday we worked in the yard for 4-5 hours, cleaning up a fallen tree, raking leaves, mowing, weed-eating.  yesterday we shopped and began working on our halloween costumes.  ate too many wings and lemon pound cake, but what’s a weekend without a little indulgence.

this saturday, the 23rd, is our 11-year anniversary.  wow, i’m getting old.  it is also the end of the 5 Week Challange.  in which i was slated to lose 10 pounds.  well, that’s not gonna happen.  as of this morning, i am down 2 pounds.  any loss is a good loss, but 2 pounds in 4 weeks is hardly anything to celebrate.  especially when my sister, and competitor, lost 7 pounds alone just last week.  sheesh.  i really want to get into the 70’s so i’m hoping for 5 pounds within the next couple of weeks.  i can tell i’m holding some water, so i think it’s doable.

10a: odwalla makes great smoothies.  so when i saw carrot juice yesterday at walmart, i snatched it up.  little did i know, it was actually just that - carrot juice.  icky.   i paid $2 for it, so i’m gonna chug it down (for the nutrients, too), but boy is it a chore forcing that wet, cold, carrot taste down my throat.  breakfast was a banana and a couple sips of odwalla carrot juice (100).

1p: lunch was garlic shrimp (175), 1/2c cottage cheese (120), odwalla mango tange juice (300), and a lindt dark chocolate square (80).  total calories so far = 775.