Even though kale chips are schedule to arrive in the office tomorrow, I noticed that kale was on sale at Schnucks tonight, for 99 cents. That seemed cheap, so I grabbed a bunch. At the checkout, my "kale" ran up as mustard greens.
A Google Image search turned up two leafy vegetables that look exactly the same. I decided to go for it; what could go wrong?
Long story short, I now know that while kale takes 15 minutes to chip up, a mustard green will turn to ash after 5 minutes in a 350-degree oven.
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I survived dinner at the Esquire tonight. I ordered a glass of red wine and a club soda. I splashed a bit of wine into the soda, and set the glass aside. 5 more glasses of soda, I left with 2/3 of the wine still on the table. A little cheaty, but it was probably less than 4 Tablespoons of wine. I'll try not to guilt myself too much over it.
Salad with salmon was good, but after a salad lunch, I was still ready to keel over from hunger by 8pm. Chicken lunch meat and avocado slices for dinner number 2. Hmph.
I'm quite proud of myself... I made it through Easter dinner. Ok, dinner wasn't actually the hardest part. The appetizers were. OMG... cheese. Crab muffins. My favorite family chip dip... potato chips!
ReplyDeleteOh, LOOK, there's a bean salsa-y type thing I can have. But wait... there are no vegetables. *Sigh*
So I drank water. About 5 glasses of water. Then it was dinner time. Twice baked potatoes? What? These never appear at family dinners. They looked soooo good. I passed. I had green beans, some salad, and a little bit of the lean beef.
I was good the whole time. Not a single bite OR DRINK of anything I wasn't supposed to have. Well, except for that accidental pecan in the salad because I didn't realize until I ate it that was sugar roasted or something.
I also made it through the AAA reception tonight without eating any of the gorgeous food catered by Classic Events. And I didn't drink! Well, ok, I had a sip of Champagne, but that's only because I felt like I had garlic breath and wanted to make it go away. I don't even like Champagne. (Amazing how hard it is to spell Champagne. My fingers naturally want to type Champaign.)
So, that makes 10 days of straight and narrow. And no booze. Woo hoo! I'm glad I didn't wait for that "2 weeks that nothing was going on." Tomorrow, I will go on with my party as planned, I will drink, I will eat, and I will NOT feel guilty, because I have had 10 days of successful SB diet. Because had I done the alternative and not started until Saturday, then well, you know, I probably would be going into tomorrow about 3 pounds heavier instead of 7 pounds lighter.
I like this secret blog thing. And I also like my diet buddies. You guys are a life saver. While I know I can do this on my own, you sure do make it a lot tastier and much more bearable. I would be eating lunch meat and cheese every day for lunch if it weren't for you. :-) Looking forward to figuring out how to return the favor.