AAAAAAAAAAnd Again!

Chris and I returned last night from a long visit with his parents in the 'burbs of Chicago. I knew this would be a tough trip for me with food. I had no clue that it would be impossible though! It really really was.

Usually when we visit with them, we make at least one day trip where we spend a day on our own. We also usually find something to do during the day on our own, because they usually don't want to leave the house. So we'll have lunch on our own, etc. That stuff didn't happen this time. I did get out a bit and went shopping (and spent money I really didn't need to spend just to get out for awhile), but Chris had decided he wanted to stay there mostly, to try to talk with his parents a bit, in an attempt to work on a relationship that has been very broken for many many years. But I won't go into all that.

The point is that they didn't serve (by my standards) a single vegetable the whole time we were there. I tried to eat in moderation, but it's so hard not to feel awful about it all when I'm sitting here having eaten things like potato salad, baked beans, deviled eggs, breakfast sausage, potato chips (as a side dish for dinner - UGH) for four straight days. Seriously - the only thing that came close to a vegetable that was served was cole slaw. In FOUR DAYS. On Thursday, I went to Trader Joe's and bought the fixin's for a fruit salad. Chris and I were the only ones who ate it. But we devoured it over two days. Chris even commented last night that he didn't realize how much i've changed our diets over the last couple of years because he missed the veggies too.

The dreaded weigh-in was this morning. I'm up two pounds. I could cry.

Today is all about detox. I don't want an ounce of meat. Or artificial sweetener. Or anything that's heavy on starch. This is all veggies all the time!

Luckily, I have today off from work, too. Here's my short to do list for the day:

Weed the vegetable garden
Take the dog for a walk
Go to the gym!
Go to the grocery store
Go to Lowe's to buy ceiling fan, look at paint swatches and buy wallpaper removal stuff
Read/Relax