Some readers of this blog have told me that it reveals quite a bit about me. One of the things I’ve heard is that it shows how much I like to eat.
Yes, I like to eat. When you look at me, I realize that can be hard to believe. In fact, when I look at myself in photos, I often see a haggard-looking face, pants that are cinched at the waist, and (when my shirt’s off) protruding collar bones. I chalk all that up to my obsessiveness about exercise and my high metabolism.
Anyway, traveling for work so much is really cutting into my need to eat good food. This week’s been particularly bad. Here’s what I had for dinner the last three nights:
- Monday. For just the second time in my life, I packed both lunch and dinner before leaving for work. That’s why, at 6PM you would have found me standing at the microwave in the office kitchen, heating up my leftover meatloaf and green beans. I trudged back to my desk and plowed through a few more e-mails during dinner. Sad, I know. The meatloaf was actually quite good, though.
- Tuesday. I didn’t want to get room service or eat by myself at the hotel bar. So, I headed over to Whole Foods which was conveniently located just across from my luxurious room at the Doubletree Suites. The prepared foods section at Whole Foods was awesome. I was overwhelmed with choices. “Hmmm,” I wondered. What should I get? The decision became easy. I needed a dinner that I could eat with my hands. Why? I didn’t want to “splurge” on plastic ware. So, I settled for chicken wings for dinner and a bag of chips for dessert. The wings were great – I sampled 3 different types. The chips were also quite good. I should have stopped halfway through the bag but, alone in my hotel room, watching “Property Virgins” on HGTV, I managed to finish the whole bag. Before I went to bed, I made a mental note to buy a box of plastic ware to throw in my car as I think this eating in hotels things is going to become much more frequent.
- Wednesday. I didn’t want to eat on the road so I waited til I got home. When I walked in the door at 9:10PM, Kim had left me a plate to warm up for dinner. On it, I found chicken, ravioli, and broccoli. Perfect. Plus, I got to eat it sitting in my own kitchen while eating them.
