Boy do I hurt from yesterday, but it’s a good hurt. 

I did the complete waste of a morning errands this morning. Two grocery stores, Costco, and back to the shoe store after unloading the groceries. Then as I was starting to cook the liquor store called, my Pisco was in. If I haven’t mentioned it before it’s a South American Brandy that I use to make Pisco Sours (water, key lime juice, splenda, and Pisco). They stopped selling it a couple of years back so we’ve used other substitutes, but nothing is quite the same. I was online the other night checking for something else and saw they had it, just not in our city. With gas being the price it is I thought I’d see if they would order it in. The guy took all the info and said someone would call me. I figured they would call to tell me they could get it, but this morning it was in. So this afternoon I had a drink with my afternoon snack. Come to think of it, likely the only drink I’ve had since New Years Eve. It’s just a wonderful refreshing summer drink. I’m having friends over for dinner on Wed, so we’ll have a nice light drink for all (or wine if they prefer).

I’m also trying to replace my soup / lunch meat combo with something else for the summer. The soups have been good, but just looking for a change. I’m also thinking that the lunch meats are just not the best choice (even though they’re low fat). So I made turkey/pork mini meatloaves this afternoon (3/4 turkey really) with chili powder, cumin, and salsa, with eggs to bind them. I’ve cooked them off and I’ll freeze them, reheating with a little salsa. Also I’ve got two roasts in the crock pot which I’ll slice up tomorrow and reduce the liquid. All told I’ll have 34 lunches when I’m done. Although I’m still looking for a third option that will go with the roasted veggies I’ll make as a side. Busy, busy, busy (but hey, it’s not bad for almost 5 weeks worth of lunches).

I did manage to get my 60 mins of walking in during the afternoon, but my heart definitely wasn’t in it. I could have just as easily skipped it, but I didn’t.  I suspect tomorrow we’ll end up going to the neighbours, so for the moment I’ve planned lower cal meals until dinner and then I’ll just do my best.

From the HRM:

Food for the day:

Food: 2421 (30% fat, 30% carbs, 36% protein, 3% alcohol)

Breakfast: pecan cherry bread, jam, orange (235)
AM Snack: almonds (164)
Lunch: whole wheat tortillas, mustard, smoked ham, cheese blend, apple (506)
PM Snack: protein shake, soy nuts, pisco (359)
Dinner: sirloin steak, lamb leg steak, mushrooms, asparagus, butter, salad w/dressing (762)
Late Snack: protein shake, fruit salad, biscotti (395)