Sunday, Oct 3 -- BIRTHDAY DAY!!

It's Ryan's birthday today.   I had good intentions of working out thanks to impending cake & ice cream but never got around to it. Too busy errand-running all day before the festivities started. I guess I could count some speed-walking as exercise, and running after a rambunctious Owen -- but I won't.

FOOD

BF = 1.5 boiled eggs; had some bad luck peeling the first one, grrrr

Snack = grapes

Mid-day meal = Babe's. Ugh. It was the hubby's dinner of choice, so I went along with it. I'm of the opinion that place is WAY over-rated. So I had about 4 pieces of chicken and some water. Everything else is totally not on the diet. I sure did salivate watching everyone else eat biscuits and honey though. But I stood my ground, debating whether or not to make an exception for cake later...

Mid-afternoon snack = Can you believe it?? Ryan didn't want cake or ice cream. What a let-down. Poor Owen was looking forward to it, and secretly so was I. But I figured I'd leave it alone since I didn't work out like planned. Am looking forward to having a small cake and singing "happy bday" to him tomorrow though. So instead, I explored the world of dark chocolates. Um, wow. When I was researching what existed in the realm of 85% cacao, I read that one can't just jump into that high of percentage and still enjoy the experience. So what did I do? Jumped in, to see what all the hub-bub was about!!

MISTAKE. A trip to Central Market then resulted in some 70%, 75%, and 85% dark bars, either plain or with almonds or mint, which are a little better. But 'they' were right: the higher percentage chocolates are an acquired taste. Guess I won't have to worry about binging on that....

Dinner = fruit/spinach smoothie

WOD
As stated before, it has to be considered an off-day.