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Day Route 66!

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My parents are here!!!! Hip hip hooray!!!!!!!!!!

They got here around 9:30 this morning (the left at 5:00 yesterday evening and drove through the night because they are legit like that) so we have been showing them the lovely sights of Tallahassee. It’s been a pretty awesome day.

Lunch: Since it’s my sister’s birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIT!) and she loves sushi, we went to Mr. Roboto’s since they have sushi along with cooked food for the rest of the family (except for me, I love sushi too!) I wasn’t really sure what to get, but I was trying to avoid cream cheese and avocado… oh yeah and something fried. So, in hasty decision, I got the Avalanche Roll because I had had it the first time I was here and I knew it was good but I couldn’t remember what was in it. Then I remembered when I got it. It was a shrimp tempura roll with a creamy sauce with imitation crab on it. At first I felt a little guilty about it, but then I just decided to enjoy it. I’m glad I did and not to worry about it because I looked it up and it was only about 10 points! I don’t think I’ve ever been full from one roll of sushi (much less a 6 piece roll) so I’m pretty stoked about that.

 

Dinner: For dinner, we went to Barnacle Bill’s which is a Tallahassee classic. If you ever come in to town that should be one of the first stops you make (first stop is Doak and the second stop is Bruster’s.) On the outside it looks like kind of a dump… and when you go inside it still looks like kind of a dump. Regardless, the food is fantastic. This is the first time we had been to a seafood joint since we started our weight loss journey and I used to just get fried anything even though it would make me feel disgusting (even though it tasted soooooooo good. I personally think that’s when you know that you have a problem: when you are willing to eat something even when you know you are going to get sick from it. But I digress…) Brit, Dad, and I all got the crab legs which were just fantastic. I was going to avoid the butter at all cost because it’s one of those things where I don’t need it but if it’s close by I’ll eat it. When we got our food, the butter container in mine had fallen over and it was all over the crab (#Fail) Luckily, dad was willing to trade with me so that crisis was averted. I thought the crab was going to be kind of bad, but one pound of crab leg meat is only 4 points (can I get a What? What?) and the potatoes were only 3 points! What a legit meal!

So if I think I’m only at 17 points right now which is just insane because I’m really full and I felt like I was cheating all day. A very rare feat. Tomorrow is the Turkey Trot (Gobble Gobble) and I’m pretty stoked. I thought about going on one final run before the big race, but I decided to take it easy since my Achilles tendon was really tight (I’m assuming that is racquetball related.) I’m hoping I can beat my 5k time in April which was 39:32, but if I don’t awe well, it’s just going to be fun to do a run with my family. I’ll probably do two posts tomorrow: one for the 5k time and one for the post thanksgiving day report (sponsored be Maalox.) Happy Thanksgiving, and see ya tomorrow.

Day 65! PaPaPaPaPaPaPOWER!

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Thanksgiving Break (aka Christmas Break Jr.) has officially begun! And not a moment too soon at that. I can’t believe how fast this semester and even this year has gone by. It feels like only yesterday I started this blog. I guess this what happens when you are old… or having fun! Anyways, on to my day.

Breakfast: I knew that I would be out and about all day so I looked for something that would stick to the ol’ ribs. I found some Quaker High Fiber Instant Oatmeal deep in the bowels (pun intended) of the pantry. One packets was only 3 points so I made two for 6 points. It was definitely worth it and definitely delicious.

 

 

 

 

 

Lunch: I met with Megan for Lunch at Pitaria for a light lunch. The special today was vegetable lentil soup so since it was super cheap, we both got that. Don’t let this picture deceive you, that bowl is massive and totally worth the $3. The soup was 3 points and the pita was 4 points. It was a very filling soup and it felt even more filling because it took FOREVER to eat with this tiny spoon. (Hence my confused face.)

Exercise Matt is flying home tomorrow so we played racquetball and it was 2 hours of complete bedlam (yes… we played for 2 hours.) It was exhausting but it was soooo much fun. After 3 games, I won game No. 4! When we were playing, Matt was getting me to work on my serve and it came it handy. After we had played at least 6 games, the guys in the court next to us asked us to play doubles, and we said “bring it sons!” I went on 2 really good serving runs, one of which helped lead to another win! So That was win No. 3 this month! Granted it wasn’t against Matt but regardless it was awesome. We were better than them, but we were both really tired when we played doubles. Anyways, Matt keeps wanting me to get an action shot of us playing. I forgot again (which is actually for the best because we were both really sweaty and gross) but I did get some video footage of us wreckin’ shop on some little Freshman: So, I did some calculating and for 2 hours of high intensity racquetball, it was a whopping 21 exercise points. Holy Crap. After we were done, I got a Raspberry Royale smoothie which has low fat yogurt (legit) so it was only 5 points!

Din-Din: Once again, we went to Tijuana Flats (I know I know, we go there a ton. Enough that I am already the Foursquare Mayor. I think we have a problem.) It was Taco Tuesdaze so I did the chicken and black bean burritos. Like always, I dumped said burritos to act like I was eating nachos without queso. The meal was a little steep and I don’t think we can do taco tuesdaze anymore. Their website is really cumbersome, but from what I calculated, dinner was approximately 21 points. Ouch! Luckily I had the points but still I don’t think that’s going to work out anymore.

 

 

 

Today, I got to 39 points, but with the exercise points, I’m really only at 18 points but I’m full and feeling good. See ya tomorrow. THANKSGIVING IS THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW!!!!!! GET STOKED!!!!!

Day (Nintendo) 64

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Why hello my loyal reader. Thanks for being awesome.

So this has been the best Monday I have had in a while. I didn’t have an assignment due so I did a lot of laundry and cleaned up the house for my family’s arrival (have I mentioned I’m stoked?) I also found out I got a 12 out of 12 on my focus group report which is super fantastic awesomeness.

Breakfast: Megan had a short class today so after she was done, we went to Starbucks for a little breakfast date. I was in the mood for something a little lighter on points and hot because I haven’t had a hot drink there in a loooong time. I just had Megan’s staple: Grande Skinny Vanilla Latte and we split a piece for Low Fat Cinnamon Coffee Cake. The piece pictured is half of it and it still looks like a lot. Has anyone tried Starbucks oatmeal? I want to try it but I was wondering if it was worth it. Anyways, for half of the cake it was 3.5 points and the latte was 3 points. Like I’ve said before, that coffee cake is worth eating only if you are splitting it because a whole piece is definitely not worth 7 points.

Lunch: In the middle of doing laundry, I had a ham and cheese sandwich and a bowl of Campbell’s Chicken Noodle soup. I think I’m going to take a vacation from processed soups. I don’t like the taste of sodium. (I actually think it was because of the awesome soups from Soup Night! They spoiled me!) The sandwich was 4 points and the soup was 5 points.

Snack: Since mad can not live on soup and sandwiches alone, around 8 tonight I had to eat something. We didn’t get to have dinner until late because Megan had a make up class until 8:30 (lame) so I just had a piece of bread with some pb on it. (4 points) It held me over pretty well.

Dinner: Since we were going to go to college night on Thursday (Chick-Fil-A is closed that day for some reason…) we decided to go tonight. I was adventurous and tried the Spicy Chicken Sandwich and it did not disappoint in the spiciness department. It was tasty but boy was it hot! (Yep, it was so hot that I had the put the word hot in red.) The sandwich was 11 points, half of the large fries was 5 points and 2 BBQ packets were 2 points. I really need to wean myself off of sauces to save the points but I have no clue how I’ll do that.

Today I topped out at 37.5 points!?! Crap! (I just calculated it myself which is a no-no, you should know your points through out the day.) I really didn’t want to use my flex points this early in the week but I guess it happens. What are you going to do about it right? See ya tomorrow.

Day 63: The Ballad of My 10th Weigh In Day!

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This is going to be an awesome week. How can you not love Thanksgiving? I love this time of the year so much, but I have never experienced it while being healthy so this is going to be quite a test. Bring it on yo!

If you recall last week, I had a really rough time at the wedding taking my eyes off the prize and focusing on a beautiful chocolate fountain. Well, I worked hard this week to try to make up what I didn’t lose last week and I think I did okay. I lost -3.6 this week! I’m really happy with it! What could make me happier? Um.. I don’t know, maybe being in the 310’s for the first time since my freshman year of high school!!!! It’s such an awesome feeling when you realize that you have found a system that works for you and works so well. What’s even cooler is that I am only 2.6 pounds away from being at the 40 pound mark (I can’t believe it as I just typed that!) So right now I am at 319.6 and I am 79.8 pounds away from my goal.

Breakfast: Didn’t happen. Yikes.

Lunch: After church, we went to Tijuana Flats and had their super awesome burritos. We had a BOGO coupon so it was super awesome cheap too! I had the Chicken and Black Bean burrito on a Wheat Tortilla with fat free sour cream and low fat cheese. The burrito looks small in this picture, but I was so stuffed after lunch. They pack it in there. I just emptied the contents of the burrito and put it on my chips to make nachos. So good, and the burrito and chips was 14 points.

 

 

 

 

So after lunch, we drove around and did some clothes window shopping. We went to Old Navy and I tried on a few things. It nice to actually to be a chooser and not a beggar while clothes shopping again. There was a time when if it fit, I bought it because it was slim pickens. I got a nice V-neck t-shirt for like 4 bucks. Then we went to Dillard’s which is where I buy most of my nice clothes because they have a pretty good Big and Tall section. One of the last times I was shopped there it was August and I needed to buy a pair of khakis. I had a hard time trying to find my size (which was a pretty high number. There are 3 numbers I will probably never say on this blog: my GRE score, my social security number, or my pant size (that is until it is much lower.)) Anyways, I just remember all of the frustration and the internal embarrassment of walking out of the fitting room time and time again trying to find a bigger size, trying on pair after pair of pants with them being too tight. Today, I tried on a pair that are 6 sizes smaller than the pair of pants I bought that day. They fit, maybe not perfectly, but the button didn’t shoot off killing an old women while I put them on. They fit. That’s when I realized I’m actually doing it. This is actually working. So after that awesome experience, we went and registered for the Turkey Trot and the shirt sizes on the registration form only went up to a XL but when they got there they had XXL’s so that was pretty cool. The shirt is legit. It’s a Under Amour-like long sleeve and it’s pretty light. I actually almost wore it to racquetball today it was that comfortable. Do you like my action pose?

Dinner: There are some days where I think I could become a vegetarian, then there are meals like this… We got some Turkey brats from Wal-Mart (as if we aren’t going to have enough turkey this week…) and we bought this huge vat of sauerkraut which will probably last longer than me because it was the only size. Anyways, the brats were only 3 points and they were really good. Plus sauerkraut is only 10 calories for a 1/4 cup! The buns were 3 points because we got white instead of whole wheat (oops.) I had the two legit brats pictured and then had one more with no bun. (Of course it came in a pack of 5 so we had an extra one so I took one for the team. ) It was a 15 point dinner which was so worth it for how good of a dinner it was.

 

 

Racquetball: Well I figured since tonight was a Blue Moon, I would have a good chance at winning. I got really really close 2 games, but I couldn’t pull out the W (I would make a terrible closer pitcher.) It earned about 13 exercise points.

So today I had only 29 points which is pretty awesome for how well I ate. See ya tomorrow.

Day 59: Things To Hang My Hat On

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Song of the Day: I was a Lover by TV on the Radio. Listen to it now.

Today was such a good day. I worked on some homework and got to hang out with my awesome wife. I then played some racquetball, but more on that later.

Brunch: We (or I) slept in this morning (like until 9) and it was a little chilly outside which was nice because it actually felt like Fall for the first time in a few weeks. Anyways, yesterday I mentioned the yearning to make omelets but didn’t due to time constraint; well I actually made them this morning and they were delicious. All they had in them were onions, jalapenos and cheese, then we had bacon on the side. It was only 9 points for the omelet and bacon which was good for a brunchish time (we didn’t actually eat until around 10:30.) Also, next time you make eggs of any kind, definitely add some green Tabasco to it. It really hits the spot.

Lupper?: I’m not really sure what the time frames are for respective meals (I’ve been in college way to long to really know. Maybe you can let me know.) So since we were still full from brunch, we didn’t go to find lunch until around 2:30. I had a coupon for this new sports grill by campus and Megan needed to do some stuff up there anyways so we went to try it out. We walked in, sat down, looked at the menu options, saw that they served their nachos on a large pizza tray, and left. It was not the place we needed to be. I don’t know what made us think it would be any different. Don’t get me wrong, the food looked really good, but after this weekend I didn’t think I needed to eat anything else that would be disastrous to my colon. So we did what we needed to do on campus, and went to Monk’s grill. It was a beautiful day and they have picnic tables under trees so it was a nobrainer for us. I ordered the Vegan Veggie Burger with their Hot Chipotle BBQ sauce on wheat berry bread with a side of sweet potato fries. Oh boy was it good. I really have taken a liking to veggie burgers and I’ve been looking for a good recipe. If you have a good veggie burger recipe, send me the link!!! Anywho, Their sweet potato fries are so good but they have cinnamon and sugar so I’m sure they are not great for you but they are the best fries I have ever had. I went all Harriet the Spy on this meal to figure out the points. McCain’s sweet potato fries, which I’m pretty sure that’s what they are, were 7 points. Not bad for happiness. The bread was 3 points, and the patty was about 4 points. I was stuffed after and I had only eaten half of the burger and the fries! So awesome! For dinner part II I had the rest of the burger.

Racquetball: After Lupper, I was went and played racquetball with Matt. Probably not my smartest choice. We played pretty hard and I was exhausted. This weekend was catching up with me but it felt good to get a really good sweat going. 12 exercise points of awesomeness.

Snack: After church we stopped at Starbucks and I had my iced chai which was 6 points. I really need to make my own at home to save some money.

A few things to hang my hat on: So during grad school orientation, they handed out FSU grad school shirts and the biggest size they had was a XL. Since then, that shirt has been hanging up in my closet, laughing at me. You see I haven’t been a XL since… 4th grade. I have flirted with that XL/XXL line in the past but never have fully been there. Well, today I tried on the shirt and it fit. Not just fit, but it fit comfortably. In fact, I wore it to church tonight. It fits like most of my XXL use to fit. Keep in mind, I still have a long ways to go, but it’s a great start. I look forward to the day where I’m too small for a XXL and a XL (or even further in the future, a L) is all I can wear. Someday, and when that day comes, it’s going to be legit (and skinny!)

Now, Page 2. Megan and I took a lot of pictures this weekend and I am so stoked about how much better I look. It’s one of those things where you have this image of what you look on the outside, but when you see pictures of yourself you cringe in gluttonous horror.

After looking at these pics side by side, I really feel great. It was just what I needed after the frustration of this weekend. Definitely something to get me through next week which will be full of temptations.

So today, I got to 29 points. Legit. See ya tomorrow.

A Short Blip: Day 57ish

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I love the beach.

I use to never be able to decide if I was a mountains or a beach guy. I grew up driving through the Rockies to see my family in Montana and I lived in Alaska for a summer (which was beautifully awesome) so I always thought I was a Mountain guy. Then my family started going to Florida every couple of years so then the idea of being a beach bum was just stellar to me so then I thought I was a Beach guy. I think fate made my decision for me because for grad school it came down to University of Colorado (mountains) or Florida State (beach) and we headed to the shore.

Anyways, this morning I woke up to the ocean air blowing in my face and I thought “I have to go run. God made this beautiful day so I need to make the most of it.” I put on my Nike’s, set my iPod to Running Mix, and hit the sand running. The tide had been earlier this morning so the sand was packed pretty well and it felt just like a road. The wind was cold and the sun was beating down, but it felt amazing. The crashing waves sounded like cheers and applause (it also sounded like water hitting other water.) I totally forgot my pedometer (I have no clue why I suck at remembering that stupid thing) but I went for about 40 minutes and I only stopped a few times but that was just to enjoy my surroundings. So far it’s been a pretty awesome morning to say the least.

Food News: I’ve been pretty good all weekend. Tomorrow I’m going to go in to more detail about this weekend and everything that’s been going on. We are going to a wedding this afternoon (congrats Brandy and Chris!) and I’m not too worried about it, however there are going to be 3 chocolate/other delicious flavors fountains so that will be quite the temptation but I think I might have one chocolate covered pretzel and call it good. We’ll see how that works out and see how much running I’ll need to do tomorrow morning. See you tomorrow.

Day 56… Kind of

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So I’m kind of in a rush so here is this skinny (or the obese?) we are gone for a wedding and our stupid hotel doesn’t have free wifi which is like charging for air so blogging this weekend will be slim. The weigh in will be on Monday, get stoked. See ya later.

Day Double High Five!

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Curt Schilling had the bloody sock, I had the bloody finger (I cut open my finger this week while chopping onions and holding the racket was torture.) I had lost two games already and was at the threshold of loss #3. I stood my ground, dug deep and went berserk. I finally beat Matt. It was glorious. As I was in the zone and gearing for win 2 (well.. maybe not,) the the room went pitch black. No, I didn’t pass out, all of the lights went out in Leach with no flood lights. So I think it might have been God saying “quit while you’re ahead” or something along those lines. And that was my exercise for the day.  I know this is out of order but I figured this would make a good introductory paragraph.

Breakfast: Before my group meeting, I grabbed two waffles for the road hooray for a 3 point breakfast. When I got to Club Stroz, I got a venti iced non fat chai latte from The Bucks. 6 points of caffeine happiness.

 

 

 

 

 

Lunch: I’m sure you’re thinking “Wait a cot dang minute! This isn’t Monday or Thursday! Why are they eating at Chick-Fil-A!?! WHAT KIND OF CHICANERY IS THIS???” Don’t get your chaps in a wad, Megan and I signed up for a Facebook fan appreciation day at our local Chick-Fil-A. We each got a free chicken sandwich and then we split a diet coke. I haven’t had a chicken sandwich there in such a long time since it’s more points than the nuggets, so it was a real treat. It was particularly delicious for 9 points.

 

 

 

[This is when the racquetball victory happened]

Dinner: Megan, my stud wife, whipped up this awesome dish we had a while back. What is it you ask? Oh, I don’t… maybe THE BEST PASTA DISH EVER!!! (That’s not Alfredo based.) You got it: The WW Pasta Primavera with Provolone. It’s a vegetarian dish with bell peppers, steamed tomatoes, onions and cheese. Keep in mind that this bowl pictured it pretty big so this is a big heaping helping. For this much it was 10 points which totally hit the spot after racquetball.The 1 point glass of milk was also a good choice here.

 

 

 
So right now I’m at 29 points so I think I might have some cereal or something. Maybe some fruit? See ya tomorrow.

Day 54 Galore!

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Tuesdays are Legit. Why?? I don’t know.

Since we don’t have class on Thursday, I have officially started my 5 day weekend. So awesome, I have a lot to do, but so awesome.

Breakfast: Before I hopped on the bus to go run at Leach, I grabbed 2 waffles with no peanut butter since we are out 🙁 but luckily my parents are bringing some organic PB from my favorite grocery store in Texas (H-E-B. So awesome.) Those 3 points held me over pretty well. Waffles are awesome. Let’s just leave it at that.

Exercise: I really needed to get some running in for #NovGTD so before class I went and treadmilled it up. I decided to try out my 5K time to see where I was at. I ran 3.1 miles in 43:15 which was about 4 minutes slower than my 5K in April, but I still a few weeks to get that number down. Plus I feel like I run faster on the ground. Does anyone else notice that?

Lunch: In keeping with Unofficial Healthy Choice Steamers Week, I “made” the Red Pepper Chicken Alfredo. Unlike yesterday, I was actually able to sit down and enjoy it. Also unlike yesterday, there was plenty of chicken in it and the alfredo was very tasty. I would add some pepper to it for a little more flavor because even though it is a meal, it’s still a frozen diet meal. Anywho, this meal was only 5 points which was really worth it. We also had some of that 6 grain bread leftover from Sunday so I chowed down on that which was 2 points and then a behemoth of a honeycrisp apple which was also 2 points.

 


Dinner: We decided to take a look at drive around town and to check out the Turkey Trot Track on the other side of town (is it just me, or does the race actually look like a Turkey? I wonder if that was intentional..) Luckily, there weren’t too many hills or severe elevation changes and it’s in a beautiful community so we are both really stoked about it! So after we check that out, we drove around town and ended up at Tijuana Flats, a Mexican joint that we had heard nothing about. When we walked in, it looked like what I think Jerry Garcia’s dreams were like, so many murals with stuff hanging from the ceiling. It was pretty trippy. Anyways we took a look at the menu and they had some really great healthy options including Powerlite Options which were fat free sour cream and cheese. How awesome is that!?! Plus, they have an under 500 calorie portion of the menu. They also had a lot of facts about their food (as seen above) which is always impressive to me. I had the Veggie burrito with a side of chips and salsa. Are you ready for this? The meal total was only 11 points! It was really good and I want to go back already!

 

 

 

 

After we went to Tijuana Flats, we walked by Gold’s Gym to check out this Gold-Getter’s promotion where you social media (can that be a verb?) while you go there to train and work out. That also included 5 months free membership. I think they have already picked their 5 people, but I wrote on the Gold’s Gym Tallahasee’s Facebook mentioning my blog and to see if they might still consider me (if you are from Gold’s Gym and reading this, you should definitely give me a shot! I’ll make Gold’s Gym Tallahassee famous!!!) So we will see what happens there.

So far today, I’m at a whopping 23 points? Weird… plus I have some exercise point too so I’ll probably have some cereal here in a bit. See ya tomorrow.

Day 53: Monday Awesomeness

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Понеделник, са за нещастници Google Translate it.

Woke up this to some stressful news in regards to our Focus Group. You see, when I fell asleep last night we had 7 participants, when I woke up, we had 3 (I should have just stayed up all night to avoid this.) Somehow, 4 people had dropped out all of the sudden. Luckily, we did some last minute recruiting and ended up with 8. It was a complete relief, but made for a stressful day, and consequently, some stressful eating. Oh joy…

Lunch: When we went grocery shopping this week these Healthy Choice Café Steamers were on sale so we each got a few since this week was going to be a little (and when I say a little I mean a lot) hectic. It’s one of those things where the food is in it’s own container and there is sauce at the bottom of a bigger container so when it’s done you just mix it in. I had the General Tso’s Spicy Chicken (“Ah, General Tso, you were a bloodthirsty foe, but your chicken is delectable!” Name that quote!) For inhaling it in a bout of stress-filled fury, I was really impressed with it. There are only 3 chunks of chicken but the vegetables and rice make up for it, and for 6 points it was a pretty sufficient meal… for any normal day. Today was not one of those days. After I was done, I was ready to tear in to something else like a Tasmanian Devil… wait, I’ve already used that analogy. Anyways, since I bought the good Publix multigrain waffles again, I made an 8 point wafflewhich and had a 2 point glass of milk. Bizarre lunch? Yes… yes it was.

 

In this time span, I got jacked to moderate by listening to Underoath (it’s a lot like how Dwight gets ready for a sales presentation) and by drinking a Low Carb Monster (the blue can) which are only 20 calories!!!! No points, just adrenaline.

 

Snack: After my moderating portion of the focus group, I was a little stressed because I was worried about what our professor was going to say about how we did. We had Halloween candy for the participants and in a stressful haste, I snagged (3) 3 Musketeers mini bars. I knew better and I’m usually really good about absolving, if you will, from little snacks like that, but I felt like I needed something so I caved. They were a point per mini so 3 points for a trinity of happiness was totally worth it at that point.

 

Dinner: After talking about Hot Pockets and other frozen products for 2 hours, I went home and had a frozen pizza. It was the first time we have had pizza since the great change and it was welcomed with open arms. We had the Kashi Mediterranean pizza and it only took 8 minutes to bake! Legit. For 4 slices (as pictured) it was 9 points which was AOK with me. I had 2 points worth of milk in my cup, then it spilled, so then I only had 1 point worth 🙂

 

 

 

 

Dessert: Megan has been feeling achy with a sore throat so we both thought she needed to go see a Doctor… Dr. Hiro’s that is!!! (#cheesyjoke) As a pick me up for Megan, and a celebration that I made it through my focus group, we went to Hiro’s for some FroYo even though it’s 50 outside. I got the usual Taro but before we went I did some homework and found out that Oreo’s are around 1 point so I added some on there this time with strawberries. It was really really good. For 5 points, I didn’t mind, although I probably won’t do it again.

 

 

 

 

So through all the silliness, today I came out to 34 points. 2 points over… meh. See ya tomorrow.

CONAN IS ON IN 29 MINUTES!!!!!!!!!!