Cracker and Pizza

Ah Mondays. Two weeks away from the office was all it took to forget how rotten and slow you are. It probably didn't help that I worked 10 hours straight rather than 8 hours with a lunch in the middle. But that's how I roll. I like to front load the week by working long days and eating at my desk. That way I get to leave early on Fridays. It is so worth it! Imight even go back to working 4 ten hour days and having a 3 day weekend. I used to do that. It was wonderful.

What kind of work schedule do you keep?

What I Wore While Slogging Through a Long Monday:

• black suit (Lane Bryant)
• teal grecian crepe tank (Lane Bryant via Thrift Town)
• patterned platform pumps (hand-me-down)
• wooden bangle (Lane Bryant)
• red asian necklace (via Goodwill)
• red earrings (Lane Bryant)
• button ring (Etsy Bash)

What I Ate While Battling Free-food-itis:

I've mentioned it on more than one occassion; I suffer from Free-food-itis. If it's free food, I want it. It doesn't matter if it tastes bad, if I already have food, or even if I am already full. Seriously, I don't like chocolate cake, but when someone brings one to the office, I have a slice. sigh. Well, the Powers That Be brought in lunch today from Jason's Deli. I almost grabbed a wrap from the sandwich tray, but I know better than to be fooled into thinking that stuff is okay to eat. Jason's makes good food, but if I can't control the type of bread, the amount of meat, or even the condiments, it's way too easy to tell myself that "it's just a turkey sandwich" even though it's a 700 calorie turkey sandwich.

I am happy to say, I grabbed some salad (no dressing) and some fruit (no dipping sauce) and then had my turkey hotdogs that I had brought with me. And when my brain told me "there's still free food over there" I went back and got more salad and fruit rather than giving in to the giant bag of potato chips. Yay!

• breakfast: healthy bagel sandwich, small orange, 1/2 Monster
• lunch: salad, mixed fruit, 2 turkey dogs with high fiber buns, more salad, pickles
• snack: Clif Z bar, lite yogurt, banana (way too ripe for me. yuck)
• dinner: tomato and arugula pizza on a Flatout wrap, salad, grape flavored Crystal Lite in a wine glass for fun *
• dessert: 7 almonds (1 pt), diet margarita (2 points)

* That's one of my kitties, Cracker, checking out the pizza.

Total for the Day: 27 points**

** I'm supposed to eat at least 29/day, so this is too low. I thought that I had eaten 29 when I went to bed, but when I added things up the next morning I saw that I miscalculated. Darn it. I would have had another diet margarita. Or a real glass of wine with dinner.