A little behind...

April 2
Oatmeal — 250
Chicken salad (with vinagrette dressing) — 380
2 chicken sandwiches — 940 (wowza!)
granola bar — 90

April 3

salad — 250
a Big Mac — 560
grilled chicken with squash and spaghetti sauce (don't sleep on it!) — 340
2 granola bars — 190

April 4

Trip to Golden Corral — 950
Salad with shrimp (vinaigrette dressing) — 350
Sweet tea — 350

RALEIGH — There seems to be no way of getting around fast food.

If a news event comes up where I'm going to be tied up for an extended period of time, going home for that healthy meal I prepared is out of the question.

Let's face it, the granola bars can only hold me for so long.

This week, we've dealt with six deaths and one shooting victim. That's meant a lot of eating on the go with no end in sight.

I find myself working harder in the gym after I've been denied my basic right of a lunch break though. It works to balance out what's going on.

At least, that's what I keep telling myself.

Anybody got a tip to handle a busy day? I filled up my extra storage compartment with twizzlers and granola bars in case it looked like lunch would come later. And yeah, I know there are more healthier options at fast food places. Usually my wallet's empty, which means the 2 bucks I do have will go for something on the dollar menu. Can you show me something healthy on the dollar menu? Me, either.

On the bright note, I've lost 5 pounds as of today. My goal is to drop 20 more before May 1. Let's see how next week — and 5 days in Puerto Rico — affect my chances.

April Fool's Day

Meal 1: grilled Salmon steak, green salad — 300
Snack 1: Granola bar, cup of fat free yogurt — 190
Meal 2: Green salad, topped with grilled Salmon and tomatoes — 350
Snack 2: 1 Granola bar — 100
GOSH: Five Peanut butter cups — 400
(Woke up late, so the third meal isn't happening. I may get a yogurt cup or something tho.)

There's definitely a trip to the gym in my future after work.

So today I made my goals for the month of April. I seem to be smashing all the other ones, so I've gotta do something different to keep my head in the game.

I want to lose 15 pounds this month. It's enough to put me at -65 for the year, but also to get me back in it. The last month (struggling through the food while maintaining the workouts), I cheated myself, but I still lost 10 pounds.

So this weekend, I pigged out. I bought a lemon pound cake like no other with the goal of downing something I hadn't in a while to take away some of the heavy cravings I've been experiencing.

As you can see by the peanut butter cups, it didn't really help.

But my determination will. Damnit, I wanna be down 75 pounds (wow, it doesn't sound like so much until I write it) by Memorial Day. I'm going home for a reunion picnic with some of my elementary school friends, and I'll be seeing the fam. They haven't seen me since November, and I can't wait!