Day 12

Starting Weight: 221
Today's Weight: 215.2
Total Loss: 5.8 pounds

I'm in Chicago!!  I got a late start this morning since I didn't get to bed after flying in until 2:30am and chose sleep over food this morning.  Then I went straight into interview mode so didn't even really think about the fact I hadn't eaten anything until I was well on my way to my interview at 1:30pm.  Luckily I still had a cup of fruit that I grabbed in the airport so that was enough to hold me over through the interview.  I hung out at the mall across the street after the interview while the recruiter was trying to get my 2nd round interview scheduled.  She was taking her sweet time getting back to me and I was trying to hold off on the food until I could get somewhere with better options.  But I caved (after I got my Clinque bonus gift - thanks Candice!) and got preztel sticks from Auntie Annies (having a flash back here to a few days ago when we had this conversation before).  Logically I reasoned myself through it by saying I've had less than 100 calories for the whole day since I'd only had the fruit but if I'm being completely honest there is more there.  Just not quite sure what it is yet.  Luckily, the recruiter called and put me out of my downward spiral (2nd round interview on Monday afternoon!! Woohoo!!). 

Then I had to drive back to the airport and switch out my rental car (long story) and then drive back to where I'm staying in rush hour traffic which took me more than 2 hours.  Needless to say I was pretty hungry when I got there.  We went out to dinner and I did make the best choices I could at the restaurant we were at.  I got unsweetened iced tea and ate half of a side salad (with a little bit of ranch dressing) before starting on the entree assuming I'd eat less.  Mmhmm, well how that worked out is I ate every french fry on my plate (except for the gross ketchup logged ones) and about 2/3 of the burger.  I estimate the whole meal at around 800 calories which might be a little bit of a high estimate but still not great in the end.  I did give away the pie that came with the meal though so am trying to look at the positives here.  I haven't done a calorie search for the pretzel sticks yet so I'm concerned about them being extremely high and completely throwing me off for a loss today.  Guess I'll find out in a couple minutes.  Very excited about the gorilla challenge tomorrow which will give me a ton of exercise I'm sure.  Go Team Oh My Goodness!!!

Thanks for reading,
Mellissa

Food Journal April 8, 2011

Breakfast - 112 calories
1.5 cup of mixed fruit
Lunch - 680 calories
Pretzel sticks
hot salsa cheese dip
frozen strawberry lemonade
Dinner - 800 calories
side salad w/ranch
2/3 of average size cheeseburger
french fries
iced tea
Total calories - 1592 calories