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This week I found out I didn’t get a job after a phone interview and two rounds of promising in-person interviews. I’d been checking my phone obsessively for news for weeks, and while I was incredibly disappointed that day, it was a bit of a relief just to know either way.

The day before I found that out, I had a phone interview and have spent most of this week working on a proposal for another job–one that sounds right up my alley. Please send good thoughts my way!!

(Job searching is stressful. No wonder my stomach’s been bothering me.)

So I escaped to NJ for a little bit of downtime in the midst of all of this stress.

My mom and her friend had come into the city for a doctor’s appointment, so I met them for lunch and then they kidnapped me. We went to Coliseum, because it’s right by the doctor’s office, and I had a turkey burger with avocado and sweet potato fries (apparently it’s an annual check-up because I went with them July 14 last year too, and ate the same thing), and it was delicious. I could live on turkey burgers and sweet potato fries, I think.

For dinner, we went to the golf club. The food isn’t so great, but the ambiance is nice–when we sit outside. (When we sit inside, it feels like a nursing home.)

Not surprisingly, there aren’t many healthy options on the menu. I am more than fine with not eating healthy sometimes–as long as it’s because I want to, not because I don’t have any other choice. I got the chicken thighs with vegetables and (an unidentified) rice and was underwhelmed as usual.

I’m glad to have this proposal done so I can focus on some fun things coming up:

long run with Heather tomorrow
biking date on Sunday/friend in town
Tina visiting Monday night!
running with friends Tuesday morning
Chobani event Tuesday
Emily’s birthday Wednesday
sprint tri next Saturday!

What fun stuff do you have coming up that you’re looking forward to? Also, what food(s) could you live on forever?

Last night, as I was making my egg wrap, I grumbled to myself that I didn’t have any meat ready to cook. The eggs were a decent source of protein, but eggs are no meat. I poked around my freezer, scowling at frozen chicken and turkey burgers and willing them to defrost. When they didn’t immediately defrost, I moved the turkey burgers to the fridge and vowed to make them tonight.

As I prepared to leave work tonight, I did my usual scanning of food blogs for good ideas/contemplating how good some sushi from SeamlessWeb would be. The only recipe that looked good to me was Anne’s chicken fingers, but I remembered my turkey burgers and decided to stick with them but still go with the healthy comfort food theme.

I had no veggies at home, so I stopped at the grocery store and got two frozen things of veggies, baby spinach, sweet potatoes, broccoli and those Jala frozen yogurt bars. I don’t always write about dessert, but I usually do have some sort of small-ish dessert after dinner. When I was losing weight, a nutritionist I saw told me I could have 200 discretionary calories to eat whatever I wanted, whether that was having a bigger dinner or having small dessert. Having the small dessert gave me something to look forward to all day.

This bag of groceries only cost me $20! I have no idea how that would rate outside of Manhattan, but $20 for any bag of groceries feels like a miracle to me. I really need to remind myself every single time I shop, that I really don’t need that much food. Just the broccoli, sweet potatoes and things of frozen vegetables are enough veggies for at least 4-5 meals. I really realized how little food I need when I made a big portion of soba noodle stir fry last week and ate it for quite a few meals last week. While, yes, I do try to eat in more sometimes, it’s really just cutting back on takeout that I need to do. I am young, single and living in one of the best cities for food–I’m okay with eating out a bunch as long as I don’t spend too much money and as long as I keep it healthy.