Hey guys! Another late post! This has been a calm, quiet weekend. I woke around 11 and decided against the gym in favor of brunch - I was starving! I did want to run to the gym to do a weigh-in. I’m interested to see if the surgery and recovery will cause me to lose or gain weight. If I lose weight, I just hope I don’t lose muscle! On the way to NYSC, I ran into Eva outside Banana Republic! Of course, we had to go in and peruse.
We met up with Peter when he came downstairs. It was such a serendipitous meeting!
At my weigh in, I lost a lb! It was nice to see the scale move after maintaining for a while. I’m officially down to 167 lbs. 21 lbs down, 24-34 lbs to go!
Peter and I went to a new place for brunch, Alexandra. I started out with my favorite, iced coffee with fancy frothed milk:
Then we split a fruit bowl, I had about half:
Then for an entree, I got the spinach and goat cheese omelette:
Potato wedges on the side. I ate all the potatoes, and half the omelette (plus a couple bites of Peter’s eggs benedict).
After brunch, we walked around a while in the heat for a while until Peter started getting grouchy for want of a milkshake. We finally found a Baskin Robbins, where P got the largest Strawberry Cheesecake milkshake in existence. It was the size of a Double Gulp. I snapped this pic:
TOO CUTE! (He did not drink this whole thing, thank goodness.) I got a small cup of mint chip and forgot to take a pic until a few bites in because I was scowling about Peter’s jug of milkshake:
I ate about 3/4ths of this. Brunch was estimated at 800 calories.
After that I got a manicure and pedicure (Galapa-ghost on my nails, and Strawberry Margarita on my toes) and a massage. The massage was P’s idea - and a good one too! I’m starting to get really nervous about tomorrow and that really calmed me down.
Not sure what the plan for tonight is. Probably more keeping it calm.
Maybe a workout, but I’m on the fence about that - we’ve done ALOT of walking today. See ya guys!







Congratulations on your weigh-in results!! You’re doing great :0)
That fruit bowl has my name on it - yum!
Hi! I found your site through Kath’s and I enjoy your writing! We are also traveling to NYC for the 4th, and I love reading about all of the restaurants you visit. Good luck with the surgery!!
Good luck with your surgery tomorrow-try not be too nervous!
VG - Thanks!!! I’m really proud of myself.
Tracy - Thank you so much and welcome to WFWS! Let me know if you want any specific restaurant recommendations for your upcoming trip! I definitely consider myself blessed to live where I do and eat all the amazing food that NYC has to offer. I love trying all the new places - especially little holes-in-the-wall that the average person doesn’t notice. Re: surgery, Thanks!

Tina - Aw, thanks!!
- Kate