I don't know if I mentioned it before, but my coworkers and I have a "dinner club." We spend so much time eating on campus, and we're so spread out, that a few years ago this club got started to act as a way to spend some quality non-work time together and to eat a good meal. So, at the beginning of the semester, one person sends out the typical e-mail looking for those interested and comes up with a schedule based on everyone's availability throughout the semester. We take turns hosting the others for dinner and send out our menu a few days in advance so that people will know what they're about to walk into. It's obviously not mandatory to go to every one, but most people try to go to as many as possible...I mean, hey, it's more free home cooked meals! We don't claim to be chefs, nor do we expect a gourmet meal from people. This week, it was my turn to cook...and I am generally known for going all out. I like to theme my dinners - 1. I think it makes it more fun and 2. it makes it easier to pick a menu. Last semester I hosted the day before Halloween so I made a whole Halloween themed dinner. Bloody Barbecued ribs, deviled eyeballs, scarily good cheesy potatoes, Halloween tortilla chips (homemade) and guaca-moldy...you get the idea. Last spring I went French...cheese fondue, Boeuf Bourguignon, and chocolate fondue. The problem this causes is...how the heck am I going to top myself?!?! It's been a bit of a crazy, somewhat stressful few weeks back after spring break. I wasn't really looking forward to cooking for mass amounts of people...there are about a dozen people in dinner club. But, it was my turn and I'd already rescheduled my date so I didn't want to do it again. I was trying to come up with something that would be tasty, but as easy as possible. So, I decided on a good old down-home meal: slow cooked roast beef (cooked in my crock pot with onion soup mix for about 10 hours), mashed potatoes, corn, asparagus, and a homemade apple pie. Unfortunately, between the business and then difficulty making a decision on the menu, I didn't get to send it out until the evening before. And then on Friday I didn't feel well - massive, massive headache. I ended up going home from work early because my headache got so bad I thought I was going to throw up. Thankfully, the meat had already been cooking, the corn and asparagus were both super simple, so the only things I had to spend much time on were the pie and the mashed potatoes. I took a long nap and felt slightly better - at least well enough that I could finish cooking. I barely got them done in time, but it was well worth the wait. However, somehow either the date or my late menu caused some issues and only two of my coworkers showed up for dinner club. I had cooked enough food for 12. That was a looooooot of leftovers. Thankfully, it was super tasty, and reasonably healthy.
A few weeks ago I wrote about having the dreaded problem of "The Day of the Empty Stomach" where no matter what/how much I ate I was still hungry. This week I've encountered the (just as deadly) "Day of the Full Stomach" where I didn't feel like eating at all. Saturday, the day after dinner club, I woke up still not feeling well. I spent most of the day in bed reading, and after that I went to the couch to watch tv. It was after 5:00pm before I ate anything. And even then, I had a small amount of leftover roast beef and potatoes...and felt stuffed. Now, you'd think that it would be a good thing, but really it's not. You need sustenance to keep your body going...and frankly the few days after a "full stomach" day, you are usually famished. Thankfully, that wasn't exactly the case this time.
Sunday, wasn't quite as bad as Saturday, but I still didn't really feel much like eating. My headache FINALLY went away...I guess a whole lot of hours sleeping were the cure. I was able to eat a banana and granola bar before heading out to see a movie. After the movie, I was really hungry so I ate some more leftovers, but again, I felt stuffed after not eating much.
And, I haven't made much of a dent in the leftovers...anyone in my area is free to come take some!!
Initial weight: 257.2
Week 11: -0.8
Total weight loss: -20.8 lbs
Current weight: 236.4
Oh, and I think I officially have some Weight Watcher meeting friends!! Last week a girl sat next to me and told me that I looked like Spring and it made her happy. This week she sat next to me again and complimented me on my hair cut and said she'd meant to tell me last week. While the ladies (and one or two gentlemen on occasion) at my meeting are friendly and welcoming, they don't often do much to befriend me and I usually sit by myself. Funnily enough, I think I've realized the division of the room...one side of the room almost all work in secondary ed, the other side works at the college level, and the middle works elsewhere. It just kind of happens naturally, too. Anyway, so my new friend, Sabrina, is super friendly and she and another lady (whose name I have yet to learn cause she wasn't wearing a name tag) actually spent time talking to me today! Yay friends!
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