Free lunch today!

looks good! I should be
a still food photographer...

Today, I got a free lunch from Pret A Manger that just opened up on 1 Astor place here in NYC.

• Reviews:  The crowds of folks cheering you on as you stand on a line that moved swiftly was enthusiastic (pause)  fervently animated, keen and excited to say the least. They gave you high-fives as you were whisked in and handed a bag and high-fived on the way out.
• Very forced festive.
• Food:  It looks good. The 1/2 sandwich was a chicken/ avocado/ bacon something on this multi grain bread. Fail. Save for the multi grain bread <<--Allergic tendencies-->> it was a success--- but I picked the parts I could eat off the 1/2 sandwich. That tasted good. The organic sea salt popcorn was OMG good. Who knew organic popcorn would be a hit! That brownie I gave away <<more allergic issues>> and the soup lid & coffee sleeve there entitles me to a free coffee and a free soup whenever I turn them in. Great promotional scheme to guarantee return visits cause who doesn't like free stuff??

All in all part of the NYC experience and it was a good snack- I supposed if I had a whole edible sandwich it would have been amazing.

now..back to our regularly scheduled progra

Lunchtime thoughts...

Lunch is a full and I mean full serving of bag salad (you know the kind that you buy in a bag from the grocery store) well I went to BJ's Saturday afternoon (easy there....) and got a huge bag for $2.50 (which is exactly the price they are selling the small bags for in the grocery store) and I am like OOOOH I am all healthy cause I will have a salad with my meal every day and therefore continue the letting go of some of this weight I got on me. Well, I realize that there is only so much salad a person can eat (this is only day one of the salad mind you but it is flippin lettuce, can i get a hot wing with that?)

sigh... someday this may be all worth it.

until then... chew chew chew chew.

coffee thought...

coffee thought...8:59 am

Welcome back!

After day 1 back from my 2 week vacation I am about ready for another one ASAP.
Let's see-

• immediately came back to about 400 emails of things that should have happened while I was away
• also had 2 of my projects from work stalled therefore the effective communication of information for the population I work with is halted as well- what this means is that instead of me looking like I am productive in reality I appear to be stagnant in my progress- no bieno for me as this is not all I want from this gig. The minute this stops becoming mutually beneficial I am out.
• I answered phones in the morning and got an earful of idiotness that is enough to last me the rest of the week (thanks for that).
• I got some projects done AND
• had to interview two candidates for an opening in the office (more on that first interview later) but all in all I felt productive. 

(let's not forget i paid my bills are are effectively broke as of the 6th of July but what else is new?) 


Basically I worked till 9pm on the first day back from vacation- 9 pm. That is a 12 hour workday- wtf?

And am not stressed.

Then I got locked out the office and had to call security and had to wait a half hour for them to open the door. Good thing it was not an emergency (tho I did find out that they respond quicker if I am mid cooking something or I was naked- I'll keep that in mind)

that's all...

Lunch

don't we all love sushi?

Waffles & dingles

Apparently this came thru to the area where I worked... Not bad for lunch

Lunchtime

Having a salad which is a lot of green. my taste buds are rebelling and asking for something i can put hot sauce or chocolate on...
(sigh) trying to mentally wrap myself up in this healthy eating.

Today's Lunch

Another day, another opportunity....

Today's lunch includes a salad...step 1 to getting back to where I belong...
Oh & Lil' Jon was here & Famaglia's pizza on 8th street in NYC doing a charity event with other "famous" folks- this is the line/ crowd to get in to have famous people touch your pizza.


that's all...

when bad= good and other foolishness

hi. welcome. this is me at 1:57 pm just getting to my first cup of coffee.
yes, so not a good look.

Surprisingly people have survived and mass destruction has not ensued.
yet.
and what did i have for lunch today? a BIG MAC and fries. this is the 2nd time in 2 weeks I have been to Mickey D's and I am not proud of it. There was a time I would physically get sick at the smells emanating from that place- now as of late, it is calling me and my weak willed self is answering the call like the crack pipe calls my neighbor. why can't I just get the salad?
this is so endangering the loss of poundage that i have accomplished and am keeping off. Of course at this rate I will have regained all that weight and then put myself into depression- a deeper depression than the semi depressed fake it (sunshiny days) till I make it (see. I am smiling. Yes, that hurt my face)
I need to refocus my energies and stop being in this depressive state that even my therapist is unaware of (cause yeah i am good like that- or just bad like that) or maybe because we didn't even get to discuss what i really want to talk about which is stupid since i am paying my money and not getting what i want from all this. what is a girl to do??? speak up? yeah i know.
and I am already stressed. work is stressing me out. People LOVE to not come to work (you know illness and all...riiiight?) and guess who is there with their flippin moral fiber & good work ethic. Moi.
and where does this get me? here still with no real bed & no real prospects and no real motivation to do anything else.
Is this normal?
oh, and when bad=good & other foolishness- yeah i was happy for 0.0005 millisecond eatin that french fry.
My stomach is punishing me now.
foolishness.....

Aww man, recession!

I took the extra walk from my current office to go up to this deli (located by my old office where i had a view/ office door, etc.....) where they made the best tuna sandwiches on wheat ever (next to homemade this was good) and was good money ($4.50) for samich & pickle! I get there hustling cause I got to make it to my therapy appointment and gasp! It's closed! Now I was just there like July but man oh man they are closed... I hope Maria (who made my coffee excellently) was able to find other better jobs...But this leaves me on the hunt for lunch....stay tuned!

So true!

Lunch...

Whipped cream!! this is soo gonna f* with the shape i am trying to achieve which is no longer round BUT haagen das is sooo goood.

Lunch...

this is my lunch for today
because
i have acquired a few other tasty morsels
to satisfy my appetite....
enjoy!


:)

chips

the lunch of champions!
( i love love love these things!)

lunch time

we need food to live, that's how I see it. So when it is time for me to get the necessary sustanice in this world thru a meal rather than my preferred method of java, i start the "neverending quest for a good meal". this quest happens daily because since "my body is my temple" on some days & hoping 'my body is a wonderland' on others, i can become picky for what i put in me --> (insert joke here)
it's funny, that for a plus-size girl i am a picky eater.
Go figure.
I have many quirks about what I will eat & what i won't. (for example, I tend NOT to do leftovers. Unless it is something I cooked and was particularly fond of (like my chili or baked chicken) then i will do it. Other than that, it is a one shot deal...) all this to say...
i am eating a salad for lunch.
WHY?
do i particularly enjoy salad ??(some days yes, today is not that day)
this day, a salad happened upon me because due to the sheer laziness factor of actually walking a greater distance to an actual food mart than the deli next door (called campus thievery by most) i just ain't feel like it.
plain and simple. so i go next door and the ONLY thing appetizing in the entire place is a freakin salad.
i think it is a conspiracy for forced weight loss...