Sporkie time

Allright, I have had some questions about Yesterday's Lunch where I raved about a thing called the "Sporkie". If you do not know what a Sporkie is, you are indeed missing out. If you are from Australia, there's not much you can do about it, but if you live in New England, or the greater Washington DC - Baltimore - Philadelphia Area and you enjoy some good italian food and/or pizza, you should run, not walk, to the nearest Bertucci's. As far as Italian Restaurant Chains go, it is the best that I have ever had - far and away better than Olive Garden. If you are a restaurant critic, it may not measure up to to one of the fine Italian restaurants you will find in Boston's North End, but for regular folks, it is is pretty good.

Anyway, a sporkie is pretty simple really. It is a regular Bertucci's Brick-Oven Cheese Pizza, with some Ricotta cheese and sweet Italian sausage. And it's not a ton of sausage either, just these little sausage "meatballs" sprinkled around with some pools of Ricotta cheese. It doesn't really sound like much, but it is very good. If you look at their menu, they actually have many unique combinations that are quite tasty, only some of which I have had a chance to try - but the sporkie is my favorite for now. And again - it is a fun word to say - try it, it has a nice ring to it. You can make up meanings to it. It can be an adjective - "I feel pretty sporkie today" - a noun - "Man, that guy is such a sporkie" - a verb - "Man, you really sporked that one, didn't you?" ......
They also have a pretty full non-pizza menu of Italian dishes. On the Pasta Menu, I also highly recommend the Scallop and Shrimp Rossini. And of course, if you are eating in the restaurant, every meal comes with salad and delicious rolls. Dangit, now I'm hungry - I may have to go to the one down the street for lunch.

You will all by happy to know that I am wearing normal boat shoes and socks today. Apparently people are fascinated by my footwear, because these boat shoes are a source of another very common comment that I get - my shoes are untied. Leather Boat shoe laces are stupid - they are only there for decoration. Over the years, I have spent tons of time tying these shoes only to have them come untied within 5 minutes. I have eventually given up. People are constantly warning me about them - which is rediculous, because in 31 3/4 years I have been on this earth, I have NEVER, to my knowledge tripped over untied shoelaces. I have done lots of other clumsy stuff, including tripping over nothing, and I have even been done in by my beloved sandals (like when I am stepping over something and my foot clears the obstacle but the front part of my sandals do not - stairs are a particular problem sometimes) but I have never been done in by the shoelaces. The worst that has ever happened is I have stepped on them and broken them - which is actually a good thing because then they become impossible to tie and they no longer flop on the floor. This is the case with my left shoe currently, but it STILL DOES NOT STOP people from telling me to tie my shoe, even when it is perfectly obvious that it is no longer possible. Oh yeah, by the way, it is rarely a man who ever mentions either the sandals or the shoelaces. It is almost always women.

Anyway, on to the diet stuff.

Workout: 45 minutes on the treadmill and 80 Situps. Watched the Season Finale of "The Apprentice". I did not really care for this season that much. I think Donald Trump is full of himself (more so than usual, I mean) and I was not all that impressed by the candidates either. Plus the ending was pretty predictable.

Weigh - in -22. To quote Homer Simpson, "meh". Not bad considering I have blown of the diet for a few weeks, but not the miracle I was hoping for when I finally worked up the courage to step on the scale again.

Breakfast: Campbells apparently got wind of my idea for drinkable soups, because they have come out with a line of their own. They should take it one step further and actually market them as "breakfast soups" for busy commuters, but anyway - I had a can (cup?) of drinkable New England Clam Chowder for Breakfast. 140 Calories. Also, even though, according the rules, I can drink whatever I want, in the spirit of things I washed down the soup with 16 oz of Clamato juice. I know it doesn't sound that appetizing, but it was pretty good. The Clamato juice was 120 calories, for a grand total of a 260 Calorie Breakfast.

Lunch seafood salad wrap from the cafeteria at work. approx 500 calories

snack the remaining 16 oz of Clamato Juice. 120 Calories

Dinner Ceasar Salad, Stuffed Haddock and fake fried potatoes. What are fake fried potatoes? They are potatoes soaked in a solution of water and sugar, that when baked, crisp up just as if you had fried them in oil. They taste just like fried potato wedges, but with a lot less calories and none of the fat that comes with frying. They are very tasty. I also didn't really care for the stuffing in the Haddock, so I took out about half of it, which is where most of the calories were anyway. Total - about 600 Calories


Total for the day: 1480