But this weekend is going to be a challenge. Tonight we're invited to dinner at our friends' place (amazing cooks both), followed by what is shaping up to be a huge party at another house. Saturday evening we'll be at yet another dinner party with sure-to-be delicious Indian buffet. And Sunday, well, yeah, St. Paddy's day, but as everybody knows that's no big deal at all in Boston, so I should be totally safe.
In between all of this, I have an important text to finish (I really shouldn't be writing this post now - I should be churning out that darn article!) and I'm suffering from a humongous case of writer's block. Yes, I'm one of these horrible procrastinatin' last-minute people and don't respond well at all to Sunday evening deadlines...
Soooo... I figured I should really have a good plan to get through these three days relatively unscathed. Here's what I've come up with so far, but I'd really really love to have some input from you lovely ladies!
- Workout: I took my rest day yesterday, so I'll ramp up my cardio to 60 min. today and do some weights on either Saturday or Sunday (normally my rest days)
- On the day I don't exercise I'll try to fit in a longish walk - that'll help with the writer's block, too
- I'll try to save up calories throughout the day, but I'll definitely need energy to write, so I'll just try to stick to stuff that fills me up well - eggs, veggies, lettuce and whole wheat bread (no time to cook, either)
- For writing-related munchies, I've loaded the fridge with seedless grapes, blueberries and baby carrots.
- At the events themselves, I know that limiting drinks will be my priority and also the hardest thing to do - so I can have *one* evening where I don't limit my drinks but have to drink equal or higher amounts of water, and the other two evenings limit my drinks to two. I won't have any alcohol the rest of the week.
- Party food is another issue, of course. I have no idea what we'll have on all those events and how much influence I have over what ends up on my plate or on the bar table. On this point, I could use a few suggestions on what to do, as I'm hesitant to ban anything completely - in the past, that has only led me to go off plan completely...
How does that sound so far? Doable? Sensible? Totally over-obsessive?