It's Monday, and I'm afraid. Well, afraid may be a bit strong, but this is a week full of meetings for me at work. Our entire sales force is in town. What does that mean? Well, ladies and gentlemen, that means catering. Lots and LOTS of catering. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, two snacks, and booze. This kind of event is always difficult for me, but this week especially I'm apprehensive because I'm tired, but also because I'm more committed to the schedule than usual, so food prep and bringing my own snacks will be tough. Wish me luck.

On another note, we had a great weekend. Got most of the yard cleaned up and winterized. Its chilly here, so felt inspired to make some comfort food in the form of beef carbonnade, courtesy of Elise at simplyrecipes.com. Delicious. Husband had a big serving over mashed potatoes. I had a smaller version over spaghetti squash.

Almost Friday

Pretty good day today, although I have the last of my garden produce sitting on the counter. The last few delicious tomatoes and a cucumber. It has been a big help this summer to have a bunch of fresh, organic veggies to eat. It makes it much easier to stay away from the carbs. Now as winter is coming, I'll be back to relying on frozen veggies, so I'll have to be a bit more creative.

Better Day

Today was a better day, work and food-wise. I was thinking it would be a day of hellish carb cravings, which is what usually happens to me after a binge, but not too bad. I had very sensible (and delish) steel cut oatmeal and some egg beaters for breakfast, a big salad with flax oil and lemon juice for lunch, with some cottage cheese. Dinner went a little sideways on me (damn these 12 hour days at work!), although not too badly, in the form of a fabulous Mikey's Gyros Gyro with Feta. Yumm...

What the Hell Happened Today?

What. The. Hell???

I did something today that I haven't done in I don't know how long. My day at work started with a lot of stress, and I reacted HORRIBLY. We had treats at work this morning, Starbucks Coffee and doughnuts. I had three extra cups of Starbucks-more-caffeine-than-you-can-fit-in-any-other-cup coffee. Not a great choice, but ok, just a bit jittery. Then through the course of the morning, I ate a bear claw, half of a blueberry muffin the size of my head and then half of a almond poppyseed muffin of roughly the same size. I got to lunchtime feeling a bit sick, way strung out on caffeine and trying to figure out how this had happened to me.

Reminds me that I can't take chances when things are crazy.... I have to have good food to substitute for bad food that comes my way. Lesson learned. Again. I think I'm going to take me and my sick stomach to bed.