A Tour of the Restaurants in Belt Buckle

Hell. I'll have to go backwards again. . .

July 10 - Monday:

• Breakfast: A banana. In the car running errands. 12 oz Dasani.
• Lunch: At Chili's with Mom - had a Quesadilla Salad (Unfortunate Iceberg - I despise iceberg lettuce as a waste of taste and time - topped with corn, black beans, grilled chicken, "Prairie Dust", sprinkled with tortilla crisps and a balsamic vinegar dressing) with this really violently spicy cajun/cayenne/"Prairie Dust" stuff sprinkled liberally atop, which the doofuti server assured me wouldn't be too spicy. Somehow, it became addictive, but caused me to consume immense quantities of medium-sweet tea. I admired Mom's concoction of water with about 4 lemons squeezed into it plus 1 packet of Splenda - quite tasty. Would have concocted mahself one, but Doofuti never buzzed close enough when I was between bites or not connected to mah beverage. Mom, meanwhile, smugly consumed a bowl of Broccoli-Cheese soup (which we agreed was like drinking velveeta sprinkled with broccoli and tomatoes) and a dinner salad (iceberg ladled with Ranch) and felt superior. I think me and the tea came out on top in the Sugar Contest - what do you think? Or maybe I just won the Fat Battle.
• Snack: a very cold, very tasty 16 oz Sprite, consumed in the midst of a sugar meltdown after shopping extensively at WW.
• Another Snack: Large fries and small lemonade from Chik-Fil-A.
• Another Snack: A bite of a double Cheeseburger from BK (the kids demanded dinner from there, and assured me that they had vegetables: lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and onions. BD was on the phone for this recitation and was very proud of his minions.) Somehow, the cheeseburger was unappealing, so I gave it up as a bad job. And threw it away!
• Dinner: Bowl of Special K with the red berries (latest addiction - Thanks, Vic!) with SKIM milk. I assume it was a lot, as I used a BAB (big-ass bowl) and filled it 3/4 full.

July 9 - Sunday:

• Breakfast: Brunch, really - 2 scrambled eggs a la Big Daddy, sandwiched between whole wheat toast (I don't do white bread, and am working on Big Daddy, but he is intransigent. At least it's not Wonderbread), with 1 slice of cheese and a schmear of mayo. Some kind of Twister fruit juice that I later discovered was LOADED with sugar - 29g in 8 oz. No wonder we liked it. I had planned on a bowl of cereal, but BD was bored and !started drinking at 10 am! (unusual, but occasionally he does it - this is the second time in a year - the last time, he painted the top half of my kitchen in a day), and refused to consider anyone having cereal for breakfast. So, he cooked, and I have no problem with that. He did, however, cook me 4 eggs, just like he did for himself. After a bit, he quit drinking and attacked the yard instead. I like it when he gets bored.
• Snack: a mini-bag of Movie Theater Butter Popcorn. Love those minibags!
• Dinner: home-made Chinese feast, consisting of steamed rice, fresh broccoli stir fry with onions, and teriyaki chicken and onions. Ate way too much, and it was yummy - even the kids liked it, with the onions removed. Sprite. (But not a bit of tea all day long!)

July 8, Saturday:

• Breakfast: Bowl of Special K w/berries with (ugh) whole milk.
• Lunch: Ryans. I hate Ryans, but they like it, so I go. Concentrated on vegetables, and had some fish, and tried to have a huge salad but ran out of stomach. Sweet tea. (Duh.)
• Dinner: None, as we had a very late lunch, but we all polished off whatever ice cream was in the house.

July 7, Friday:

• Breakfast: Who knows? That was 4 days ago, and I'm having trouble w/yesterday.
• Lunch: Big Zax Snack from Zaxby's. Small sweet tea.**Actually, this was Wednesday's lunch, and Wednesday was the day I had lunch with the Crack Whore. Oy. My memory's like a sieve these days.**
• Dinner: 6 oz steak from Steak Out (small, compared to BD's 12 oz.) Salad, baked potato. More tea.

July 6, Thursday:

• Breakfast: I think this is the day I played hooky to drive by the Driver's License bureau unsuccessfully. . . nope - this was Friday. Whatever day it was, I went to BK and had the best breakfast - Ham, egg & cheese croissant and small sweet tea. Mmmmmmmm. You know, this has to have been Thurs, because it was the day we took Pam to lunch for her birthday. . .
• Lunch: At El Sombrero, Mexican joint we don't usually go to because it's farther out. A tiny bit of cheese dip & chips, sweet tea, and the best thing! 2 tortillas sandwiching grilled shrimp, onion, peppers & cheese, served with sour cream and guac and lettuce. Mmmmmm.
• Dinner: At the Fish 'n' Pig, new restaurant out by the lake that combines the menus of a local homegrown seafood joint and barbeque joint. Mom & Dad hobnob with the BBQ owner, so we took my sister-in-law there for family dinner. I had fried shrimp with cheese grits and a salad, and didn't eat all the cheese grits, and had only a bit of her peanut butter silk pie, but did consume large portions of excellent Sweet Tea.

July 5, Wednesday:

• Breakfast: Who knows? Might have skipped it. Have been on an F2O kick lately, so think it might have included that, but was probably a Scrambler from Krystal. Am pretty sure it was, actually, because we were running late that day.**Actually, it was leftover potato salad from the day before.**
• Lunch: Oy. I have no idee. Oh, yeah - out with my old co-worker who is now a crack whore ( I think - maybe not a whore yet, and maybe not at crack yet, but has gone from noble, sophisticated, intelligent, articulate woman to slightly desperate, skinny, faintly unpleasant chick. But we still hang because I am unfortunately loyal) and my protegee. Our protegee. But we are bad mentors, for sure. Anyway, they got to the restaurant late (it is owned by a guy Vic and I drooled over in high school, but I hate the daytime restaurant - pretentious soup, salad, sandwich place that is ridiculously overpriced.) I ordered without them, and had Broc/Cheese soup and roast beef& provolone sandwich with fresh fruit and pickle. And SWT.
• Dinner: On Wed, Crazy Sis picks the kids up to pay for IB's nextel bill - it's in my name, which is something stupid I did nearly 2 years ago and have been trying to wriggle out of ever since. Anyway, on Wed., BD and I go out (or have 2 weeks running.) This time, we went to Longhorn and had steak, baked potato, vegetables, SWT.
• Beverage note: I have been making a point to consume at minimum 32 oz of water during the day. It's not a lot, but it's a start.

July 4, Tuesday:

• Breakfast: I slept until 11 am. Nothing qualifies as breakfast after 10.
• Lunch: Sandwiches? I have no clue.
• Dinner: Took my mahvelous baked beans over to Mom's, where we paired it with bbq chicken, potato salad, squash casserole. I tried a diet Dr. Pepper and pronounced it icky. There was cake for dessert, but I skipped it and had seconds of potato salad instead.

Everything before July 4th is a big blur, although at some point in the weekend we had hamburgers on the grill 2 nights in a row - I think Sun. we went over to BD's parents house and grilled out, then had leftovers that we grilled at home on Mon. Mon, I do remember being inspired to use my Fry Daddy for the first time ever and made homemade french fries to go along with the hamburgers and squash/zucchini/tomato saute.

Basically, I appear to eat out. A lot. This seems like a bad thing.