lunch – Sweat & Sparkle

Right at lunch time yesterday, with no time for planning or looking up the menu online, that consultant showed up at the office and asked where I want to go. I made a suggestion, somewhere I’ve been before, somewhere I feel safe ordering since I sort of know the menu. I don’t know why she asked where I want to go, though, because she proceeded to tell me where she wanted to go.

A steakhouse! I love steak. I’d love to order a steak. A huge steak. And fries. And dessert. And soda.

I kicked myself (figuratively, of course, so I didn’t look ridiculous) and scanned the menu for something diet-friendly while she gushed about having a coupon for a free appetizer and asked if I want bread and butter. Holy crap, did my fiance’s ex slip this woman a twenty to make sure I gain some weight back?

I ordered a caesar salad with chicken and an unsweet tea. I know caesar salad dressing isn’t exactly low-calorie, but I still didn’t expect to see a calorie count of 700 when I went to log my lunch later! Luckily, the dressing had so much pepper in it, it nearly burned a hole in my throat, and I barely ate half the salad.

So I survived the lunch, by the grace of a cook who got pepper-happy (thank you, mystery cook), and I went home after work to try on my dress. I had ordered two sizes, and, with eternal optimism, I tried on the smaller one first. It fit! Actually it’s a bit on the too large side. The color is gorgeous, and it’s very pretty.

When the rest of the Plan B dresses arrive next week, I’ll try them on, figure out my favorite, and hurry up and order any different size I may need. I really like the one that arrived yesterday, but from pictures alone, I am holding out hope for one that hasn’t arrived yet. It’s my favorite, but I’ve never worn anything like it, so I have no idea how it will look on me.

I went ahead and returned the first dress today, the one that left me wanting to cry. I tried it on one more time, and it’s just not the right style for me. I am short, and long and flowy and billowy doesn’t work with my body type. I feel much better now that I actually like one of the dresses, though I am worried if it’s slightly too big now, and I am still losing weight, it will be obviously too big in a few weeks. If the dresses hurry up and get here next week, I will still have time to order a size smaller, but it will be cutting it close.

Sorry for all the wedding dress talk. It’s pretty much all that’s on my mind these days!

Yesssss! A co-worker came into my office this morning, stopped, then asked, “Have you lost weight?” I said yes, and she said I look different, and that she sees a difference in my face. She only works part-time, so she isn’t here every day. It was a great way to start the day.

I am going to lunch today with a consultant for our company, so I am a little nervous about that. We’ve been to lunch before, and she is a burger, fries, and appetizer kind of person. I don’t know where we are going, or else I’d go online, review the menu and nutrition facts, and select my meal ahead of time. Well, I just need to stick to my plan and be smart with my choices. No one is going to hog-tie me, threaten me with weapons of mass destruction, and force-feed me french fries. It’s up to me how this lunch goes.

I tracked the packages for my Plan B wedding dress options, and one package is scheduled to arrive today. Wow, that was fast! The rest should be here next week.

These dresses are sleeveless, so this week I ramped up my weight training and am focusing hard on my arms. (The first one has lace sleeves.) Tonight is cardio though, so I’ll be sweating it out to Insanity.