Weekend of Indulgence(s)

And as much as I enjoyed it, I'm glad to get back to normal.  Less guilt.  Blake's mom left for Dallas on Friday afternoon, so we'll have the house to ourselves for the next week or so.  With all of the deprivation going on around here, it was starting to grate on me.  So Saturday evening after work I decided we deserved a treat.  We live literally next door to a Carrabba's (plus we had a gift certificate burning a hole in our pockets) so we traipsed on over around 6 o'clock, trying to beat the Saturday night rush.  Everything was so good.  Blake wanted the fried mozzarella appetizer but I wanted the calamari, so we agreed on the antipasti plate which had both (plus bruschetta!).  I've discovered in my old age that I can now handle having a drink or two without then having to get totally smashed, so I had a pomegranate martini.  Terribly foofy I know, but it was really good (I came home that night and made one myself, and I actually liked the homemade one better; less sweet).  Caesar salad and veal piccata to follow, and tiramisu to go.  It was so satisfying that I felt the need for a smoke, so I had one on the walk home (aaahhhhh, so many revisited vices at once!). 

Went back to my vegan regimen on Sunday, and now I feel I probably need to get back to my regular exercise regimen.  I pushed a Jillian Michaels-induced knee injury for about a month longer than I should have, and as a result, for the last 3 weeks or so, I've had to kind of give it a rest.  I dropped my calorie intake to 1,200 a day in an attempt to balance out the lack of exercise, but my knee doesn't hurt anymore, so I'm probably going to start it up again.  I think I'm only going to do it 3 days a week for awhile to see how my knee reacts.  I've actually pretty steadily kept losing weight without the strenuous exercise, so I'm just going to keep the calories at 1,200 and see how it goes.

I have very happily been veganizing a bunch of Nigella Lawson recipes over the last week, and I'm going to start posting them soon.  Making another one tonight- Mexican lasagna.  Stay tuned!