I'm still alive!

Wow-eee! Moving totally kicked my ass. Note to self: next time you move, please make sure you do so when you can either take some vacation (didn't have any left for the year), or can phone it in for a week or so.

Hence the lack of blogging! I barely had time to shower, much less blog. I have been keeping up with everyone's blogs, though...and have tried to comment when I can.

Scale-wise, I am doing ok...no loss, and a slight gain actually. I weighed in at 254 on Thursday (official), which was up 1.8 from my low of 252.8, and today for the Holiday Challenge start weight, I was at 255.2, up 2.4 from the low. Not thrilled, but I'll take it. My eating has been all over the map this week - I started sleeping at the new apartment on Tuesday, but didn't have any of my kitchen things until Friday. Then I wasn't able to get food shopping until today, so there's been a lot of take-out. Added to that the fact that I can pretty much eat anything, in any amount (altho I am trying to keep it in check)...and my new addiction...

Which leads me to...the new addiction. Starbucks Chai Lattes. I am one of those weirdos who doesn't drink coffee. Never have, no plans to start. I drink tea in the morning if I am eating breakfast. I had had chai a few times, but recently, rediscovered it, and started drinking a lot of it. I'm talking a 2 a day habit....which calorie wise, is fine, fits completely into the "budget"...and since they have a decent amount of protein, that's another plus...but I'm not sure of the sugar. A grande has about 16g of sugar (I think). My nutritionist hasn't mentioned any caloric/fat/sugar guidelines...just the protein. Anyone have any thoughts on whether this much sugar is ok/not ok? Or what kind of sugar guidelines they follow?

I have to travel for work tomorrow/Tuesday, so not sure what that'll mean for eating, but I'll hopefully make decent choices. Friday will be fill #2, and I'd like to go in showing some loss from the first one 3 weeks ago (I was at 258.8 by my scale a few days prior - theirs is usually a few pounds more).

I did cook for the first time in my new kitchen today, but my chili (usually fantastic) came out a little off....I think I may have browned the meat a little too much while I was having technical difficulties with the cheapie can opener I bought (and promptly threw out afterwards). I'll just have to suck it up and eat the other 5 portions....wasn't bad, just not as good as usual.

That's all I've got for now...hope everyone is having a good week!