So, I ate chinese, and I totally spaced on the carb blockers.  They probably don’t do anything anyway, but it helps me mentally… oh well.  I did not get a workout in because friends came over to play guitar hero, so instead I had two cappuccinos…yikes.  Also, I am totally not on my eating plan.  I’m in check calorie-wise for the most part (chinese excepted), but we’ll see how it shakes out tomorrow.  I drank a ton of water today, so hopefully I won’t be holding as much tomorrow.

To get myself back on track, I’ve decided to do metaquick again since you can do it once a month.  I was planning to save it until after Thanksgiving and then again after Christmas, but I think now is as good a time as any.  If I wait until after Thanksgiving, I’ll be late getting started for the month, and the same goes for Christmas.  Besides, I think I could use a jolt right about now since I’ve started to deviate so much.  The espresso pot is going in the cabinet so I’m not tempted with the milk.  I’m much stricter with myself when I’m on MQ just because there are so many fewer options.  Plus, I think it will be easier to be able to eat somewhat normally (as opposed to being on MQ) after Thanksgiving because I’ll still be at my parents’ house and dealing with eating out and just not having quite as much control.  At least my mom is on the same diet, so we’re eating similar stuff, but it’s always a bit of struggle when the go-to foods that I like aren’t always readily available at someone else’s house.

So, now you have my plan for the week, and here’s what happened today:

Breakfast: cheese toast, 1 egg white, HNS

Lunch:  chicken lo mein (about 4 oz. of pasta, I would guess– it’s very hard to estimate calories.  I found anywhere from 400-1500 on calorie king, but the portion was small, and there wasn’t a ton of sauce, so I’m guessing about 800), 1 egg roll (guessing 150), few bites of egg flower soup (negligible calories), so maybe around 1000 calories for the whole meal– high, but not outlandish, I suppose.

Dinner:  2 cappuccinos (probably 3/4 c. milk total), cheese toast, applesauce 

I’m probably going to wimp out on exercise tomorrow since I’m on a super time crunch for some homework.  So, we’ll see what happens, but my expectations are not high.

weight at home: 179.5 (up a bit)