The Restaurant Experience June 14, 2007

We took the kids out for dinner tonight as a little treat for being cooped up in the house all week. Poor little monkeys have been so sick. I was quite determined to stay raw if at all possible. I came close

First, I asked for their house garden salad. All raw, no problem there. Not quite the same story with the dressing. I knew of course that they would not have any “raw dressings” So I asked for olive oil and a bit of balsamic vinegar (not raw, but it needed “something”) They brought me canola oil and balsamic “dressing” - The salad was also tiny. At this point, I’m starving and watching my family chow down on yummy smelling and looking food. I break out the menu again to see what else they had. Not much. They did have a vegan pizza on the menu though with tons of veggies. I actually ordered the pizza, and only ate the toppings - The veggies were cooked, but a much better choice than anything else on the menu. I’m quite proud of myself - I did get very strange looks from the waitress though.

food today:

breakfast was two banana’s sliced into little bits with a raisin and a half walnut on each slice. This came from a raw compilation cookbook. Shazzie me thinks.

later I had an apple, and a sunburger patty (same cookbook as above)

I guess that’s it, along with the above mentioned dinner. I wasn’t overly hungry until I got to the restaurant. I should probably try to force myself to eat a bit more during the day. I wouldn’t get quite so hungry at night then.

Had an excellent workout tonight. I followed another of the programs on my treadmill. This one was the “weight loss” program and I upped the difficulty level. I actually RAN for 1 minute! Most of you are thinking big f$%$#ing deal i’m sure. However, I don’t think I’ve “run” in about 7 years. So this was a huge step forward for me. Total milage 1.67 in 40 minutes with a maximum climb of 5.5 (average 3)

weight today 221.8 - same as yesterday