I’m writing this from a hotel room in Chicago, with no television to have on in the background because they use satellite and we got a bunch of snow last night. I’m just assuming their dish needs to be swept off. Maybe I’m wrong. I flew this time but I’m seriously thinking of just driving it next time. It was almost 5 hours from the time I left my house in MN to arriving at the hotel in IL and I can do that drive in about 6. That way I would have my own all-wheel drive car instead of this rental that will handle this snow who knows how well. And that 5 hours was with only a minor delay, which is not always the case. Sometimes it can be much more. Of course I won’t have that option later when I need to be in UT and GA.
So a mixed bag this day because I’m on the road again. I also didn’t get to take a picture of the airline peanuts that I ate. 140 calories for the two small packets they gave me. I did just have water though.
Here’s the rest of the day:
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Breakfast was a super yummy mushroom omelet, dry toast and an orange. I sauteed the mushrooms in a little butter and then deglazed with Sherry. Normally I would use rosemary in this but I didn’t have any fresh so I went without. There was also a slice of provolone. Had a banana for a mid-morning snack.
For lunch I had a small baby green salad with just a little balsamic vinegar, three radishes and a piece and a half of my wife’s leftover cannelloni from her previous night out with the girls (ok, maybe a piece and three quarters. How does she just eat a quarter of a piece?? But I am grateful she ordered the extra piece for me). It was so good. I also nibbled on a couple of extra pieces of some chicken dish but I didn’t grab the photo.
Dinner was in Chicago, they have a restaurant in the hotel here but the prices were outrageous so I drove around looking for a good place to catch some good cheap food. My options were White Castle, Burger King or Panda Express. I chose the latter although in hindsight I should have chosen BK because I think they have some healthier options to choose from. I had the Kung Pao chicken with noodles. I think they may have given me more than normal portion size because they were about to close and they just wanted to get rid of their surplus food. I ended up only eating about half of it. I forgot to take a picture of the fortune cookie.
I feel good about the day except for dinner, while I’m glad I only ate half just looking at that picture makes me a little ill - that’s a big plate of food and it is certainly not lo-cal.
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