Ate like a pig and paid for it

My last blog discussed some upcoming meals that would be detrimental to my diet if I made bad decisions. Well, some of those meals have passed, and I paid no attention to my diet this week, aside from the single piece of chocolate pie that I decided not to eat.

Friday at the fondue restaurant was fine. I ate very little earlier in the day, and ate everything at the restaurant, at a total of 2800 calories for the day. Since I burn 3500 a day, no big deal.

Saturday was a different story. I ate a chicken salad sandwich and tortilla strips at my favorite local bakery, and then we hit the casino buffet. I had two full plates of food that included crabs, fried catfish/shrimp, cornbread, prime rib, mashed potatoes, among other things. Then I had a salad with ranch dressing. Then I had a peanut-butter pie slice for dessert. Worth every calorie.

Sunday morning, we went downstairs to the casino again to eat breakfast. They had a wonderful breakfast buffet that I was told I had to try. So I ended up eating two plates of breakfast food that included eggs, bacon, sausage, french toast, pancakes with syrup, and strawberries. Agan, worth every calorie.

On the way home, I had a frozen mocha drink. Probably another 500 calories.

That night, we ate at Longhorn steakhouse with her parents. I went fairly light and had an 8-ounce sirloin with mashed potatoes. Unfortunately, the ceasar salad and fried onion pieces beforehand were not so light.

I weighed myself this morning: 378. Last Wednesday I weighed 375. I’m hoping I only really gained a pound and the rest is just a bunch of water and food that has yet to come out. I ate a lot of food, drank a lot of coffee, but did not drink enough water. I figure I’m retaining a lot of fluid. We’ll see on Wednesday morning when it’s the official weigh-in time.