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Good Afternoon, FS Warriors! Well, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. I'm talking about our experience Saturday at the Cirque D'or show. First off, the Cirque D'or is not a Cirque Du Soleil show. Bummer. The Cirque D'or is the Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobatic team show. I think they are trying to (and succeeding at) capitalizing on the overwhelming acceptance of the "Cirque" shows by including "Cirque" in their title. They are not even close to being in that league. If I had taken the time to look up the reviews of previous attendees, I would not have bought the tickets. The people on both sides of us, in the theater, all agreed that we had been duped, and nobody would have paid the $50 a ticket to see the shoe. Don't get me wrong, the acrobats did some impossible gymnastic moves on occasion, but almost every act went about 10 minutes past the boredom threshold.
To top it off, or should I say, to enhance my experience, I came down with a case of food poisoning ten minutes after taking our seats in the theater. With no center aisle, and being center stage, with 30 people to my left, and 30 to my right, I was filled with apprehension from the beginning. We had just eaten at an Oriental Buffet prior to coming to the theater. After being seated, my stomach began to roll and cramp up. All I could think of was not being able to make it across all the people before spreading the cheer. Fortunately, the affliction never developed into diarhea, but the feeling was ever present. A quick search of the internet with my cell phone revealed that there would be an intermission somewhere mid-stream. It was a grueling hour. I was ever grateful for announcement of Intermission, and made my way to a bathroom where I relieved some of the symptoms that enabled me to make it through another endearing encounter of stomach acrobatics that seemed to synch with the performers on stage. Made it home uneventfully, but with churning and burning, and multiple visits to the john.
Needless to say, but I'll say it anyway, the feeling was somewhat subsided the next morning, but still present. I was afraid to work out for fear of depleting what energy I had left to fight the illness. A little wine in the afternoon helped alleviate the symptoms, and as you may have surmised by now, I survived. I felt as if I was starving all day, and kept feeding myself with whatever was handy that I didn't think would aggravate my stomach even more. Funny, I never felt nauseated - just painful cramps. I'm sure it wasn't TOM.
Got up this morning at 3:45, and did my run/walk program. No damage done, just one day behind schedule. Looks like I'll live. I was down a pound and a half this morning. I don't know whether it was just time, or because of multiple trips to the bathroom on Saturday. In any case, I'll take it. Well, that's probably way more information than most of you were wanting to hear. I don't know how anyone can enter the food they ate at an Oriental Buffet; I will probably just forget this weekend's diet calendar. Just suffice it to say that I deviated from the plan, and it is what it is. Well, I'm back to normal, or at least what people have come to expect as normal of me. Hope everyone has a wonderful evening. Toodles!
Diet Calendar Entries for 17 March 2014:
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1730 kcal
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Fat: 92.48g | Prot: 83.24g | Carb: 196.00g.
Breakfast: Body Fortress Super Advanced Whey Protein - Chocolate Peanut Butter (42g), Milk (2% Lowfat with Added Vitamin A), Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Kroger Non-Dairy Creamer. Lunch: Yellow Mustard, Potato Salad with Egg, Flatout Healthy Grains Multi-Grain with Flax Flatbread, Kroger Deli Thin Sliced Smoked Ham. Dinner: Great Value Non-Dairy Coffee Creamer, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Denny's Biscuit & Sausage Gravy. Snacks/Other: Oranges, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Great Value Non-Dairy Coffee Creamer. more...
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3107 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 14 minutes, Running (jogging) - 5/mph - 26 minutes, Resting - 18 hours and 20 minutes, Sleeping - 5 hours. more...
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