Another week, another dollar. Only it’s been a week and a day, and I’ve only spent dollars (you know, on important stuff like wine tastings and half-pints of beer). So, in truth, that phrase doesn’t apply, whatsoever.
Another 8 days, no dollars. BUT I can chalk another week off in my fitbook endeavors. I’ll be honest, this one wasn’t quite as successful as the first. Then again, when you have two days where entire daily food entries read “Didn’t eat much other than brie… but there was a lot of brie”, a one pound gain isn’t really worrisome. In fact it’s somewhat impressive.
I only eat carbs when they're paired with wheels of brie. #healthy
Luckily, the half-pound of soft cow’s cheese that I inhaled over the weekend and the massive quantities of beer and chocolate from Wednesday at Big Boss did not actually translate to the gain that I feared when approaching the scale. And I’m gonna give a lot of credit to this little guy:
I haven't come up with an official name, but it feels like a fellow
Looking back at my weekly wrap up, here’s a little summary:
- The Good: Worked out before my glass night on Thursday, avoided my standard fare of pickle chips with my beer buddies, burned 4,140 calories during the week (over a quarter of that was just from Monday’s INSANE workout), and despite a few minor/major bumps on the road, I never fully “gave up” on a day by succumbing to fully eating awful from start to finish
- The Bad: 2 days where “Brie” was a major food group, skipped dinner on Saturday, missed my workout on Sunday due to kind of feeling sorry for myself (I know rest days are great, but this was just laziness).
- Notes: Unless I’m like… on an epic vacation, there’s really no need for an entire day of indulgence, it’s nice to treat treats like what they are: special. Meal skipping makes me cranky and hungry and lame. My weekend eats need more structure.
- This “no soda” thing is really easy now that I’ve stopped, you know, buying soda. I think it’s one of those “out of sight, out of mind” things.
- Grapes are nature’s candy. Seriously. They’ve totally owned my sweet tooth. Gotta stop at Target to pick up more.
Grapes should always be eaten out of wine glasses. New life rule.
- I did my first official “Meatless Monday” last night and it was a SMASHING success!! More on that later.
- I love the calm post-sweat session where I just sit down in the gym and write up my workout and my daily eats in the fitbook (if you’re interested in getting one, and don’t wanna click through to the last post, here’s a link to the fitbook store!)
- I forget how amazing wearing a HRM during a workout is. Remind me to never forget that again, thanks.
Food, Sweat, and Beers 
oh my gosh, I love brie! and your 1 lb weight gain could always be water weight! I can’t help you with your meat situation I am a veggie!
Well, luckily, I’m starting Meatless Mondays!! So soon I’ll be looking to you for inspiration!
Re: pork butt- throw it in the crockpot, if you have one! Rub with your favorite spices (I like chili powder, cumin, and a little oregano) and add 1 cup of beer (or water, if you prefer, but who are we kidding?) Cook on low for 8-10 hrs or until it’s falling apart. Mmm. It also freezes *very* well, and you can make all sorts of things with it- stir fry! Enchiladas! Cuban sandwiches! Burritos! (Prepared enchiladas and burritos freeze well, too, and then lunch /dinner is already ready.)
Sorry, I love cooking big hunks of meat in the crockpot, can you tell? 🙂 If you don’t have a crockpot, you can do the same thing in your oven with a covered dutch oven, just cook on low (300-325) for several hours.
It’s just SO GOOD! I threw it in with some garlic, salt, pepper, cumin, AND chipotle peppers with adobo sauce. Since then, I’ve used it in an omelet, taco salad, and a quesadilla. Heavenly.