Insane Random Ramblings

So I keep trying to lose weight and nothing is working. I’ve started exercising and I’ve cut back on junk food. I also cut back on soda - even though you probably can’t tell from My Friday Five post. But I have in recent weeks. The weight still hasn’t come off though, not even a little.

The Special K diet is where you eat 2 bowls of cereal for meals and then a regular meal for dinner. I’ll probably throw some fruit and veggies in there for snacks. I know that won’t be enough food for me. I’ve been reading up on the diet and they really want you to do it something like one day on then one day off after the first week. This way you can maintain it and you’re not starving yourself.

I’ll give it 6 weeks to start working, with exercise involved of course. Then it’s on the the anoretix, slim-quick or whatever else I can find for rapid weight loss. This fat is slowing me down and I can feel my body not responding the way it should be. I’m just not healthy and I want this extra weight gone. Sooner rather than later.

You would think that since we just got back from vacation that I would want home cooked food, but I don’t. Right now I have a taste for a Chili’s steak. They put this steak butter on them that is so good. We spent so much money this past weekend that I really don’t want to spend any more money than I have to. We don’t need any food for lunch so we don’t have to go shopping. And yes we do have food in the house, I just don’t want any of it.

We might take a little trip to the mall or something and get something to eat. We can also browse around the mall and look at clothes, air tools, or sneakers. I really need a new pair of white and/or blue sneakers. I have 3 pairs right now. One pair is pink so I don’t wear them very often. Another pair is blue and they’re cracked down along the seam so they have to go. The last pair is starting to crack across the top and down in the front by the toes. I should only have to spend about $35 or $40 on a new pair.

But I’m not doing anything else until I eat.

We’re used to going to Ohio to go to IHOP. It’s really not that far, it only takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes if that. The one in Pittsburgh is almost 45 minutes away so it’s just a little bit further to Ohio.

We get spoiled at the other locations. It’s probably because there aren’t as many customers so they can really focus on each table. They bring a carousel with condiments to the table as well as a container of warm melted syrup for the pancakes. What’s funny is yesterday I ate John’s pancakes. He had 3 and I only had 2. I didn’t know how many he was supposed to have so when they accidently switched the plates we didn’t know. I do know that those pancakes were good though.

I do know that I better put my new car insurance card in the car before we go anywhere else. My old car expires on Wednesday and I know I won’t remember. I’ll probably just put the card near my keys so when I grab my keys, I’ll grab the car too. I fully expect that we’ll go somewhere before Wednesday.

I went out to lunch by myself today because I was starving. I started to go somewhere quick like Mc Donald’s or Wendy’s. I changed my mind and decided to go to Chili’s and I’m glad I did. I had the steak, potatoes and broccoli meal. The steak was so tender.

I didn’t get dessert because the meal was so filling even though I really wanted one. They have these little glasses that they fill with desserts that are yummy. I usually get the cheesecake one. It’s only $2.00 or 3 for $5.49. I thought I would make myself sick so I decided against it .

Afterwards I went window shopping to try to walk off some of the food. I saw several home gyms that caught my attention. Then I thought that it was probably just the food talking so I kept shopping. I was really looking for a air conditioner but there were none out that were reasonably priced. Maybe I’ll find one before it gets hot. I live on the third floor so it stays hot in my apartment.

I had a pretty good day. Now I’m sitting back watching baseball. Yanks vs the Red Sox. It should be a good game, especially if the Yankees win.

First let me say that I love IHOP. There are plenty of other places that serve pancakes and/or breakfast food, but none of them compare. I found out that they were here by accident. A coworker was talking about IHOP and mentioned that one had just opened in the Robinson Town Center. I looked online and sure enough it’s here.

I called and they had a 30 minute wait for a table. We decided to go for a drive and visited the one we usually go to in Ohio. After we got home I called to find out why we hadn’t heard about the restaurant. It was just like John thought it was. They had a “soft” opening last week. A soft opening is where they open and serve food but they don’t announce that they’re in the area. It’s mostly to work out the kinks before they do their big splash into the area. They’re going to do the grand opening in another week or so.

Even though we didn’t go there this week, I’m super excited that it’s a option for the future.

I ran out of lunch items. I have enough food for breakfast and I have food for dinner at home. But when we went shopping this past weekend, I didn’t buy any frozen lunches because I thought I had enough at home. It turns out I only had 2 left in the freezer.

We did buy other food like hamburger and deli meat. We also got cleaning supplies for the house, and we looked at acne treatments for John but he doesn’t really need them. He has pretty clear skin so this 1 pimple he has is driving him crazy. Meanwhile I’m rolling my eyes because I have teenager skin with zits all over.

Now that I think about it, we really didn’t buy much. I’ll probably head to the store today instead of waiting until this weekend. That way I’ll have lunch for tomorrow and Friday. I much prefer bringing my lunch with me. That way I don’t have to go out looking for anything, standing in those long lunch-times lines and trying to figure out what I have a taste for that day.

I do have a taste for a baked potato today so I’ll hit Wendy’s for that and some chili. That should be a pretty filling lunch.

I missed the party in my old department. In todays meeting, we were told that my new department is having a pizza party. We’re working on a special project and that’s there way of showing us their appreciation.

I feel kinda bad about participating though. I’m not on the project team and I’ve only been here 2 weeks so they’re not really thanking me. But my manager already said that it’s for everybody so I’ll go. Maybe I should go and pretend it’s a make-up party since I missed the other one.

Tomorrow is my last day in the area that I work in now. On Monday I start my new job. I won’t be in the same building. I won’t even be in the same area. Right now I work in the Strip District and on Monday I’ll be in our downtown building. Once I start the new job, I won’t see any of my current coworkers because our work paths won’t cross.

Today they threw me a party. We have a mini food fest going on right now. We had breakfast and lunch food. We also have a boatload of snack foods. My friend Jennifer knows that I love cookies so she made me some homemade Ginger Snaps. I really didn’t want to share them with everyone else but I did. I also had Spinach dip and donuts.

Although I can’t wait to start my new job, I’m really going to miss everyone here.

Woo Hoo! Last week we went to IHOP in Morgantown Wv. We found a closer one to us. It’s in Youngstown OH. It’s 60 miles away but it’s still closer than the one in WV. After we ate, we drove around Youngstown. The population of Youngstown is only 82,000 so it’s really tiny. The weird part is they have a different variety of restaurants than we have. In addition to IHOP they have a Perkins and a Burger King. There’s only 1 or 2 Burger King’s in Pittsburgh.

We need to get some gift cards for the various restaurants that we visit. We don’t spend too much but we do go to a lot of restaurants. I think our biggest expense right now is gas since it’s so expensive. It could be worse, we could be doing shots off of a beer pong table or something.

We’re going back to Ohio in 2 weeks to buy baseball tickets so I know that we’ll stop at one of their restaurants. The ticket shop opens at 10am. We’ll probably leave home around 8am and not get back home until 7pm or 8pm. As long as we have decent weather that will be an all day trip.

We eat at the same restaurant’s all the time. It’s usually Golden Corral or the chicken place. Last week we went to IHOP in Morgantown WV and I wrote a post about our trip. It was the first time I had been there in quite a few years. Now we might go to Shoney’s in a few weeks. We want to wait until the weather is more stable before we take that drive again.

There’s no Shoney’s in the Pittsburgh area so we have to go to WV to visit. I also want to visit their mall while we’re there. I want to look at their clothes and see how much they go for. As long as I don’t start trying to look at diamond rings or jewelry in general, I’ll be fine. I might get a new pair of sneakers for the spring. The ones that I wear every day are getting pretty old looking.

Hopefully Shoney’s will live up to the hype. I wish Pittsburgh would get some more restaurants. I hate driving to Cleveland or WV just to get something to eat.