The scariest word a dieter can hear…
Yes that’s right ladies and gentlemen…
POTLUCK! DUN DUN DUN!!!
The crime lab director is leaving and this thursday is a BREAK-FAST-POT-LUCK! DUN DUN DUN!!!Of course I’m going, he’s a very nice guy AND THE SHERIFF is going to be there! I’m gonna try to get a picture with him 
You might think so what it’s just the sheriff- but he’s the sheriff of SD county and he’s retiring. SD county has a population of 3 million and the law enforcement unit of the county is about 7,000 employees I believe- so there are quite a few of us!
I am already planning on making a low fat/reduced fat hashbrown casserole with 2% cheese and reduced fat sour cream and so on. The particular recipe I found on sparkrecipes.com is under 200 calories a serving so sounds good to me 
Yesterday was all sorts of bdays so there was cake galore! I got myself a SLIVER of cake, enjoyed it, then went back to work…
I wanted to work out yesterday but when I got home and was starting dinner (I have dinner around 5 pm and work out later…) our friend called, his dog died and he was very upset and so were his girls (10 and 12). Well unfortunately yesterday I said dying was one reason you could call me when I’m going to work out so apparently there went the workout. We went over to his house, him and hubby buried the dog (he was pretty old and had medical problems but I guess the dog wouldn’t take his medication last night) and we had a little funeral for the girls. I was comforting the girls the whole time and we printed out a copy of the rainbow bridge poem for them. He’s divorced and his wife’s not exactly the motherly type (for lack of better word) so of course she wasn’t around for her girls… Things like this okay I’m fine missing a workout… Not a big deal, life happens.
Then of course he wanted to offer us dinner (was STARVING by then) so I didn’t want to say anything like I want something healthy so I was like whatever you want dude so he picked up mexican. Rolled tacos, burritos, and carne asada fries. So I had three rolled tacos and some carne asada fries… I felt so gross afterwards though. Literally I wanted to puke I felt so gross from the food. The food actually wasn’t even good- after hubby and I left even he said his burrito was bland lol.
We went home around 9 pm and I got to sleep by 10:30 pm, I’m slightly tired today but feel good about helping someone out.
Tonight’s dinner is the steak we didn’t eat last night (now it’s sitting in the fridge DEFINITELY thawed out) plus corn and salad (mashed potatoes for hubby). I’m kind of starting to like my steak a little pink but hubby is Mr. well done till it’s chewy lol.
Have a great day everyone
RIP Buddy
So sweet of you to help out your friend and take care of his girls
Good luck at the ..dun, dun, dun…POTLUCK!
Awww, poor puppy. That was so sweet of you and hubby to help out and hold a funeral!
Gosh I haven’t been to a potluck in FOREVER! Good luck with it!
You are a good soul, my friend. :: hugs ::
Mexican food? One word: FAJITAS. (erm, preferrably without the tortilla.) That’s my go-to Mexican food, and since I gave up the carbs, man do grilled onions and bell peppers taste delicious! Give that a try next time you are “forced” into Mexican food.
Potluck!? I want your recipe! I have a great “Millionaire potatoes’ hashed brown recipe that I bet I could lighten up, too (non-fat sour cream, ‘healthy request’ cream of chicken soup)….hmmmm. But I want YOUR recipe! Football season is right around the corner (YAY) and we are all about the occasional nice big breakfast while we watch the morning game!
I love fajitas but this was one of those hole in the wall taco shops- not an actual restaurant. All they sell is tacos and burritos and other fattening stuff. But it’s okay- today’s back on track
BUT course now I want fajitas lol! Trust me I wasn’t thrilled about the choices but for me to only eat three rolled tacos and a few bites of carne asada fries is definitely an improvement!
Here’s the recipe I found:
http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=685197
I’ll probably sautee the onions first though- it doesn’t say to in this recipe.
Also I’m substituting chex mix for corn flakes lol.
Aww that’s so sad about the doggie. You did the right thing.
Potlucks are scary. What I do is look at the whole thing and I avoid anythign store bought. I eman why waste calories on that junk? Then I take small portions of the yummy fattening stuff and BIG portions of the healthy stuff.. no seconds on the fattenign stuff, becasue really the first bite tastes the same as the 15th!
aw that’s sad… you did the right thing for sure. They’ll always remember you were there for them when they needed you most.