First week in the books....AGAIN

Dinner from Friday night - Pork Chop Marsala

Well the first week is in the books and man am I tired today!  I have been trying to give myself more of a routine wake-up time and since I'm a working person that time is anywhere between 5:30 and 6:30am.  That includes weekends since my internal clock wakes me up at that time.  This morning I had planned on snoozing till like 6:30 or so; but when my alarm went off at 5:45 then again 5 minutes I was wide awake at 6am.

Since last time I almost passed out from low blood sugar, I thought it would be better to start the morning out with something to eat before I went for my bike ride.  A ripe peach to start off the morning and I was on my way.  Boy it was muggy this morning and luckily not many people on the trail although it was more than last week since it has been so hot in the late morning/early afternoons here.

So came home, took a quick shower....got my weight logged for the first week back and then had some actual breakfast.  Then my morning continued with errands to the bank, Bed Bath and Beyond, a quick car wash, the post office...home, then back to Bed Bath and Beyond because I forgot something...dumbass I am!  Finally back home I made some homemade Shrimp Salad, kind of like what I used to make back at Associated Foods where my dad used to work.  Suffice to say, I haven't made this in about 15 years and I did a pretty damn good job.  Made one serving just for myself and done!

The rest of the day I spent getting the menu ready for next week, making the grocery list and of course...going shopping.  BTW on a side note, these damn gas prices are killing me and everyone.  $3.90 and up in most places. Luckily going to Stop n Shop I get whatever cents off gas depending on how much I spend on groceries...so today was .40 cents off, which made it a little more bearable.  So that was nice!

Hoisin BBQ Chicken

And finally we're at dinner...tonight was Hoisin BBQ Chicken with sweet potato fries and Spicy Summer Corn.  The BBQ sauce I made from scratch was FANTASTIC!  The chicken was still nice and juicy after being under the broiler and the sweetness from the sauce paired nicely with the little bit of spice in the corn.  All in all, a great dinner.  After dinner I pretty much kept going..prepping everything for a Raspberry Ginger-ale that I saw Bobby Flay make in one of his shows along with some Carrot cake!  It's amazing how much I just wanted to cook today.  Erin was like, you might want to take it easy...I say, so I shouldn't make rice pudding also then LOL

Raspberry Ginger-ale

Anyway...dinner was fantastic, the homemade ginger-ale was great too and the carrot cake looks like its going to be a winner as well.  I will post pictures of that probably Monday as tomorrow I will be at the Rockstar Mayhem Festival all day in Hartford!  Cannot wait to have another full day of just pure hard rock and heavy metal and I get to see one of my new favorite bands Battlecross!!

Oopps and now finally after the first week back at it...I have lost 4 pounds!  Very proud of myself for getting back into the swing of things but I still feel sorry for what I see as letting myself and others down with putting on a good chunk of the weight I originally lost.  That's enough feeling bad!  Goodnight everyone...till Monday!