ROUGH WEEKEND

Weekends are hard for me. Especially when my girlfriend visits from Boston. It has nothing to do with her, because when we are together in Boston, we eat a good well balanced, calorie aware diet. I think it's my apartment.

My apartment has a lot of great qualities, one of which is not space. I do live in Brooklyn. My bedroom is spacious and my kitchen is kind of a walk through between two bedrooms. No living room or lounge space. Therefore, we spend a lot of time out of the apartment and eating most meals out, which we all know is horrible when attempting to restrict calories.

Her apartment is a home. Spacious, full kitchen, dining room, living room, back porch, no furniture (lol). There we cook a lot. Breakfast, lunch , and most dinners, eating out just some of the time.

I hate New York. Okay, I don't hate it. I would die without it, I am sure. Still, I am aggravated with New York at the moment.

So this weekend, my calories were way off the charts. Luckily, I tracked properly and I know I averaged around 2300 per day. (Again, eating out sucks!) I can at least be thankful for the data and the knowledge I have gained through the beginning of this experience.

This week is a busy one. Lot's of extra, pro bono projects at work, trying to maintain work out schedule, eat properly, and I am leaving Thursday to go camping for my birthday! I am not a camping regular, so I am gathering supplies, making list, plans, etc. Loads of fun, but lots of extra work to squeeze in this week.

I am excited. Sara (g/f) and I have planned out our menus, bought most of our food supplies and have a great plan for healthy eating, a little cocktail sipping, and lots of fun exercise like activities. APPLE PICKING!

Pabst (the dog) is super stoked too. I can tell you. You know, we communicate. He loves the outdoors! Swimming, hiking, adventuring around! Keep you posted!