South Beach, day 5

Today's Menu

Breakfast: 2 pan-fried eggs, over medium; two pieces canadian bacon, grilled mushrooms.

Morning snack: 1 triangle Laughing Cow Cheese

Lunch: Hoo boy. So, I left my lunch at home accidentally AND was short on cash (tomorrow's payday) so I looked at the restaurants nearby for a lunch under $5. I ended up at the teriyaki place, but I couldn't afford actual chicken, so I ended up getting spring rolls, as I knew they'd have some protein, they wouldn't be fried, and at least the carbs would be minimal. Then I get them back to my desk and open them up... no, they're deep fried. Craaaap. The order came with four. I forced down two, just because I couldn't skip food altogether, and threw the rest away. Also, 1/2 cup of miso soup.

Afternoon snack: grape tomatoes, a slice of turkey & a slice of havarti cheese rolled up together -- Also, I was weak and had carb cravings after lunch, and gave in enough to have half of a Hershey's mini Special Dark. I threw the other half away, though. Go me. :)

Dinner: Turkey and swiss roll-ups with sun-dried tomato spread in the middle (all legal). Also, I'm boiling an artichoke to have with... well, my allowed amount of mayo or margarine or something. I've never done this before. It may suck. If it does, I'll report the suckage here, as ever.

Stuff I've Learned

1) I'm really displeased I ended up going off my diet. If that forces me to start over, I'm going to be deeply annoyed.

2) 1st carb craving happened around afternoon snack. Damn it. Luckily I found lunchmeat in the company fridge with no formal claim on it... sorry about that, but it could have been so much worse.

3) I felt pretty blah and yet still hungry right after lunch, but I'm starting to feel a bit better now (now being around 3:00 PM).

4) I had to cancel my trip to the gym today, as I've got a doctor's appt tomorrow and I can't take too much time from work. I'm really bummed about that, though. Hopefully I can go tomorrow.

5) I really want something for dinner that isn't tuna. Time to go to the store again.

[Politics] I hate Sarah Palin.

I do. I don't like to admit to hating anyone, but there it is. I miscalculated and watched her speech the other night, and... I'm horrified. She knows nothing. She's cute and charming and calculating and has just about as much ethics as you could pour into a thimble, if that. She's 110% a populist candidate, with the idea that anyone can do anything if they put their mind to it... never mind all the schooling and other unimportant stuff. Doing is the thing! Actually learning anything is a complete waste of time. All you need is a bit of pluck and beauty queen good looks and you, too, can Have the American Dream. Even my mother really likes her.

She is, quite frankly, my nemesis.

I can't decide how I feel about the debates, whether I want to seem them or not. On the one hand, I have every faith that Biden and Obama can run rings around her. On the other hand, I can't shake this fear that the people who like her -- and would vote for McCain because of her -- will just not care. The thought that we, as a nation, could seek out an uneducated small-town politician who has evidently never discovered the problems with nepotism or abuse of power and decide to elevate that to a hairsbreadth away from the presidency, over 20+ years of experience and vision and bipartisan efforts, just to "keep the country safe?"

Once I thought that even if McCain got elected, things would basically still be okay -- not as happy, but okay. Now? Heaven help us all.