Day... what? of the vegetarian experiment

It's getting a bit late and I honestly don't remember off the top of my head which day this is out of my 30 day experiment, but I will comment that everything it going well so far. We took a little family trip to the Mall of America and walked around the mall for a few hours. Also, we picked up a copy of EA Sports Active
! and I must admit after watching Faythe play it for a little bit that it looks like a worthwhile exercise program. I'm going to be playing it in a few minutes, so I'm just dashing off a quick entry here.

Here is a little inspiration for anyone following this blog: it's easy to fall down with your dietary choices, even when you've cut out meat. I had an absolutely delicious meal at Opa! Souvlaki of Greece in the mall food court. It consisted of a vegetarian pita wrap, Opa! fries (YUM!), and a pita with hummus. In all, about 1150 calories for the whole shebang. I should have skipped the fries, but they were so good! I don't regret that decision. Now, we come to the decision I do have regrets about. At the end of our mall adventure, we stopped by the Cold Stone Creamery on the 3rd floor of the mall.

I ordered a "Like It"-sized Creme de Menthe shake. Bad. Choice. 1160 calories for that behemoth, entirely from fat and sugar. Get this: 124g of carbohydrates and 67g of fat, about 2/3 of which was saturated fat. Ugh. But, its ok, even though I surpassed my calorie goal for the day even counting the three hours of light walking that we did today. I will pick myself up and forge onward with my goals of good health and vitality.

Thanks for taking the time to read my ramble.

Love and best wishes,
Charles