Thursday, July 5, 2007

Will They Let Me Do the Lemonade Diet with Alcohol Instead?

Because that's pretty much been my diet the past few days. I sleep through breakfast every day, sleep through or eat a little at lunch (the food at our cafeteria is atrocious), skip dinner or eat little in order to enjoy conversation, and then drink. A lot.

It doesn't help that our formal dinners include champagne receptions, followed by white wine, red wine, and port. With waiters who continuously refill your glass, whether you want to them to or not. The drinks outside aren't cheap, but there are always some specials on the board for every night. This is a sample of what I have been eating.

Yesterday: Whole packet of chocolate crackers + one packet of Pretz Salad sticks (roughly 500-600 cal). Half a round of steak, 2 fingerling (is that what they're called?) potatoes, salad, more salad, half a piece of some sort of lemony cake. And then most of the alcohol given to me, except the port. Not a fan still.

Then of course we went out to celebrate the our independance from the country we're staying in. Where I then had a jagermeister, a double vodka and soda, a single gin and tonic, and a tequila shot. Suffice it to say it was a fun night. I'm hoping the 2-3 hours of dancing burned off some of the alcohol calories.

Today, so far, I skipped breakfast to finish the reading due for the 11AM class, barely touched lunch (three or four bites of gross fake Asian food, some salad, half a piece of some sort of cake with preserves in it), and then proceeded to sleep through my alarm for dinner.

I know, I should stop skipping/sleeping through meals and instead just plan to eat healthy at all of them. I should also curb my alcohol consumption. Also, sleep less and enjoy the town more.
Futhermore, exercise.

But you know what? I'm on vacation, and I'm enjoying it, and I'm sure I'll be back on my usual eating habits and not drinking everything in front of me soon. Probably.

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miss gloss said...

The title of this entry makes me laugh a lot! Glad to see you're back, enjoy your vacation lady!

Glossy said...

Have a great time. I can't believe you don't like port, I love it. You know you're supposed to sip it right!?!?!? Still finding England expensive? You can see why we love going over to the US to spend our money, it is so cheap over there.

Samantha said...

Best of luck with your weightloss!