Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Stuck in an airport with no electrical outlets

As I type, the battery on my laptop is slowly draining and dying. I am stuck at the Pittsburgh airport until approximately 1130 this evening (EST) because my poor uncle's flight got delayed and it seemed stupid for both of us to rent cars to drive 2 hours to my grandmother's. Plus we leave from the same airport at the same time on Sunday so it would have been a waste of money to get another one. So instead I am sitting in the food court killing time. I walked the airport looking for an electrical outlet 1. not in a bathroom and 2. not next to the trash can outside the bathroom, and I have concluded that this airport is the most unfriendly electrical outlet airport I have ever been in. Strangely enough, they have a great free wireless service that I am taking advantage of. I think maybe they added that as an afterthought and then realized they had no budget for things like plugs. I have 4 and 1/2 hours left here and I guess I am going to have to go sit outside the bathroom with my laptop plugged in. Sad....... I also have been doing my best not to drink beer. Normally I would have just sat at the bar and had a grand old time while waiting, but since Lent is not over for another week, I can't do that. Instead I went to TGI Fridays and while my dinner was the light menu dragonfire chicken (10g Fat < 500 calories) I cheated and ate about half of the spinich and artichoke appitizer. God knows how many calories were in that. But honestly it was either that or get a delicious dessert or have a drink (or seven). I went to Mayorga coffee afterwards for coffee and ordered a small regular coffee. Wow - let's just say there is a reason Pittsburgh is not famous for coffee. It was actually not even as good as McDonalds coffee, which is what I will be getting for myself in the near future.

As far as my diet goes, I am positive I have lost at least a few inches, but the frustrating thing the last week was no weight loss. No weight gain, which is positive, but no loss either. I know you hit plateaus, but I did not expect to hit one so soon since I really have been controlling what I put into my body. Perhaps I am not eating enough small snacks to get my metabolism going. Does anyone have suggestions besides fruit and nuts because I have been eating the crap out of those.

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