DB's log 01.08.2010

Breakfast:
-two scrambled eggs with 1 Tbs chia seeds and 1 Tbs salsa

Lunch:
-salad: romaine, kidney beans, corn, hard boiled eggs, carrots, celery, sprouts, crutons, green olives, balsamic vinegar, olive oil
-1/2 cup cottage cheese with a few blueberries, grapes, and pineapple (YUM!!!)

"Snack:"
-2 dove chocolates (my boss brought them to a meeting)

Dinner:
-piece of duck confit quesadilla appetizer
-clam chowder with potatoes, leeks, and clams-in-shell
-pretzel roll
-a couple of sweet potato fries with curry ketchup (damn it with the fries).

Beverages:
-4 glasses water
-1 glass ice tea with 1 tsp honey
-1 glass pinot gris at dinner
-1 "21st century" cocktail from the Whistler after dinner...it was some gin, coffee bitters, lemon concoction.

Exercise: Much too sore to do any exercise and in fact my trainer advised me against it. But I took the stairs all day at work (three flights to my office!) and trudged through the snow at least 2 miles or so over the course of the day.

Notes: Tonight I will again be challenged by social "eating-out" pressure as we're getting dinner with some friends who want to try the new menu at Goose Island Brewpub. Apparently the new menu is more 'gastropub' in nature, meaning a higher quality cuisine than what you typically get at a bar. My goal tonight is salmon and NO FRIES!

Update: No salmon on the menu at Goose Island and boy howdy it was hard to not overeat with all the food we had at the table. My main course was a very fresh and surprisingly light clam chowder. The cocktail I had at The Whistler after dinner appeared to be low in sugar (wasn't too sweet)...it was funny thinking that I'd have to jot down my Friday night drinks in this blog later. Definitely kept me from getting a second round as to not look like a lush. :-)