June 20, 2009 Low-Carb Menu

7:45AM
Marshmallow Mudslide Atkins bar



11:15AM
Baked chicken, meatballs, cheesy crab meat, broccoli and cheese
Diet Coke with lemon

7:45PM
10 ounces prime rib steak with horseradish sauce, 3 crab cakes
Diet Pepsi with lime

9:00PM
Dana Carpender's low-carb carrot cake with cream cheese icing recipe and one scoop of vanilla CarbSmart ice cream

NOTE: It was reunion day and I was excited to meet up with old friends from my high school days two decades ago today. But first I spent some time with my mom and stepdad who took us out to a Chinese buffet place for lunch. I like going to these kinds of places since you can pick and choose what you want. Of course, there's plenty of stuff to avoid at these kinds of places, but you can make better choices if you are deliberate about doing so like I was with my meal selection today.


Me and my mom Judiann

Tonight at the reunion, I was a little disappointed that there wasn't more to eat from the heavy hors d'oeuvres than steak and crab cakes...but you make do with what you can. For $75 a person, that was hardly worth it. But seeing people for the first time in nearly a quarter century was really neat. Everywhere you turn, you see somebody who you think you don't know but then it all comes rushing back. Although I moved away during my sophomore year in high school, I grew up in elementary school and middle school with a lot of these people. It was pretty awesome reuniting with them even for just a night.

It was very hot and we ended up leaving relatively early at around 9:30PM. We wanted to cool off and get to bed at a reasonable hour since we have a long drive ahead of us on Sunday back home to South Carolina. All in all, a GREAT day!