Year 2, Day 335; Two Meals Out and Still a Medium

I ate a lot today because I had two meals out. It's disingenuous to say it's not the kind of the thing you plan—in fact, I had planned the lunch with coworkers and a date with my wife, so it's also not true. But at V Majejstic I usually get the broccoli and shrimp—a lunch and diet staple—but this time we went off the board with a whole bunch of new stuff in volume. For dinner, Emily and I always think we're going to see a movie, but at the last minute decide the times don't work or we're just not up for it. If the movie has just come out we don't want to deal with the crowds; if there are no crowds we can't stand to see a movie on the postage-stamp sized 'back' theatre. So tonight we went to Fava in Needham, which was very, very good. I ate some her pate, which I rarely eat and never like. But they do it very well.

Breakfast
Kashi Go Lean!
Heritage Flakes
Blueberries
Banana
Unsweetened Soy Milk
Coffee

Snack
2 oz 50% Jalapeno Cheddar
2 Sticks Beef Jerky
1 oz. Boston Lite Popcorn
10 Pistachios

Lunch: V Majestic
Crab & Artichoke Soup
Vietnamese Pancake (Actually an egg-like omelet with chicken, shrimp, mung beans and mushrooms)
String Beans with Seafood

Dinner: Fava
1 Glass Red WIne
Caesar Salad
2 Bites of Fois Gras
Flounder with Pancetta
and sauteed Spinach

After all that eating, Emily and I went to the mall, specifically Eddie Bauer, after a series of department stores had frustrated me in my attempt to buy new clothes. The Gap, usually a stalwart choice seems to only carry distressed clothing and stuff that I wouldn't wear in public, the stuff at Macy's was too—I don't know what. After trying on a lot of stuff at Eddie Bauer, I was convinced that I was going to go home a three-strikes loser, but Emily pulled her aside for a consultation. The woman at Eddie Bauer said I was a medium—this shocked Emily and certainly was a surprise to me—I was picking out larges, and she told me that it was wrong. So we walked out with a bunch of medium shirts, go figure. They really are different. I always purchased the XL shirts because I was 'big.' I never thought of myself as a 'medium.' It will take a while to process. I hope it's because of my weight loss and not just too my 'getting older and shrinking.'

Year 2, Day 292: Missed Walk

For one of the first times in recent memory, I had to miss a Domania walk today because I had a preexisting engagement. I have certainly missed walks before, but today was a nice day and I was especially eager to put some miles on. Instead, I went to lunch with a corporate employee (not a Domania employee) based in Boston that's leaving the fold. We went to V Majestic, which is an incredible Vietnamese Restaurant in Allston. And just as Emily and I did so many times during our 20s, we went to Herrell's ice cream after. Despite my advice to get the chocolate pudding, my coworker got the butter pecan, even though it was a 38 degree day.

Breakfast
Kashi Go Lean!
Heritage Flakes
Ikea Muesli
Blueberries
Banana
Unsweetened Soy Milk
Coffee

Snack
1 Extra Smokey
4 sticks beef Jerky

Lunch: V Majestic
Broccoli & Shrimp (5 Shrimp Total)
1 Fresh Roll

Dinner
1.5 Hamburgers
Pickles
Salad
A little bit of Blue Ribbon BBQ

Made the woman at Blue Ribbon angry at me when I forgot her name. It happens to be Laura, but when I called I thought it was Lisa. When I asked if it was Lisa I got a curt "no". Then I tried again and she said "are you calling Blue Ribbon?" Caller ID has made the entire process painfully transparent, and even though Emily would say I am imagining things, I am certain Laura saw me come in and hid behind the barbecue door until I paid for my meal. Though I must say they heavily stuffed the containers of food beyond all normalcy, so that it was hard to open and close them. Well it was a lot easier to close after I opened it in the car and ate some of it. I drove home thinking "My name aphasia is getting bad in my old age."