Day 265... The Griddle

Today Ava and I went to lunch with Ben. He has been raving about The Griddle for what seems like forever so I finally decided that I should check this place out. I told Ben that I wanted to go and that I would find something healthy to eat there... he laughed. I took that as a challenge! I was a little nervous when I first looked at the menu because everything seemed so unhealthy and also so delicious! However, I stuck to my guns and found healthy options. I had a bowl of plain oatmeal (I forgot how bland that is), a cup of fruit (awesome mixture too... grapes, bananas, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries and watermelon), one large egg over medium (it was more like over easy but oh well) and water. I WIN! I did however sneak one bite of Ben's biscuits and gravy and a bite of his hash browns. I must say that I will definitely be going back. Other then that I've had an apple, some cheddar cheese, a hard boiled egg and a handful of almonds today. I've also had 3.5 liters of water. Oh and I guess I did have a spoonful of peanut butter at 3 this morning.

What a pathetic day at the gym today. I was only able to do 3.7 miles in 65 minutes on the treadmill... I'm usually sitting over 4 miles. I have no clue what was wrong with me. First my side was hurting like I pulled something, then my shoulder started hurting like it sometimes does and then my back started tensing up and now it is killing me. :( Needless to say I'm not too happy right now. Tomorrow is lower body and cardio. I just hope that it goes better then today did.

In other news my daughter is a little flirt! After lunch we went back to Ben's office to see her Uncle James for a bit well as we were leaving Ava decided that she wanted to go into the VP of Digital Publishing's office... she just stood there and started waving at him looking all coy. I remember when she wouldn't even wave at family members and now she is waving at strangers! On top of being a flirt she also proved today that she has her Uncle James wrapped around her little finger. As soon as she arrived James looked up Elmo on his computer and proceeded to play Elmo songs while holding her. They watched Elmo's Ducks 3 times... that is more then I would be able to handle... maybe it was because she had the headphones and didn't have to listen to the song but still. It was really cute to watch though. :)

Now if my back and shoulder would stop hurting today would be so much better. It better stop before tomorrow because I plan on upping the reps to 20 tomorrow. :)

Let the lbs melt!!!