Today, Jackie and I went on a binge. Our binge consisted of approximately 1,000-1,100 calories! A whopping amount of food, indeed! (Yes, that's sarcasm!)
On a mission to get our fall garden planted, we responded to an ad for free dirt. Of course, we had to stop for lunch, and our destination of choice was Mountain Mike's pizza (since it was on the way--do not consider this an endorsement). We opted for the lunch buffet since I am incapable of stepping into a pizza parlor without actually eating pizza (Pepperoni pizza is my diet Kryptonite). The buffet pizza slices were tiny--mere slivers. From our perspective, that was a very good thing. So, we helped ourselves to salad and pizza, and I mentally tallied up my meal to be about 500-600 calories.
We then went to retrieve our dirt. That was a workout! Afterward (and with an SUV filled with buckets of dirt), we stopped by Big Lots, where we must have walked 200 miles around the store. (My apologies to the store manager for the accidental explosion of the Diet Hansen's iced tea in the aluminum cans).
After our mini shopping marathon, we stopped by Kaiser pharmacy to pick up something, and...well, let's just say the encounter wasn't pleasant for Jackie. We decided to take advantage of Happy Hour at the Elephant Bar restaurant. So, we added margaritas and sweet potato fries to our food log (we split the order of french fries).
All in all, it was a nice day. I came home and did my best to add up the food for the day, and it's somewhere in the arena of 1030-1100. I have to say, one of the things I really like about this 600-calorie target diet is that the "splurge" days are still within a normal "calorie restricted" weight loss diet.
Of course, these little hiccups help to keep my body's digestive and metabolic processes on its toes. At least, that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
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