I’m going to make the effort to change things up around here. We’ll see how that works out for me. Me being me, I’m not taking the hard road, but I intend to tweak my lifestyle by eating smarter. No, I don’t plan to count calories or anything like that at this point. I’ll just try to show a little more discipline and self-control when it comes to what I put in my mouth. As a first step in that direction, while grocery shopping yesterday, I successfully avoided purchasing the usual half-gallon of ice cream. Instead, I made a sugar-free pudding before heading out to the bars, and my drunken dessert was waiting for me when I returned.
Speaking of drinking, I’m making some modifications in that regard as well.
So, one shot of gin is around 97 calories. That’s not much less than the 100 in a bottle of San Miguel Light. But I get the shot in a tall glass and order a can of soda water (no calories) on the side. That turns one drink into three, reducing the calories consumed and lessening the alcohol volume. But I’m not giving up on beer entirely. My current plan is to alternate between the drinks. Hopefully, that will moderate the impact of the gin intake whilst also reducing my overall consumption of calories. In my previous switches to gin, I suffered some repercussions that included getting drunker than I wanted to be (like falling down getting out of the trike drunk). Wish me luck as I move forward with my new plan!
Oh, and if you are wondering about my motivation, for some reason, I stepped on my bathroom scale yesterday. 259.7 pounds. Yikes!
I walked home from the Royal supermarket after yesterday’s shopping excursion.
As nice as the views along the highway are, there isn’t much shoulder space, and people drive here like pedestrians have no business being out walking. The scooters are especially bad, treating that small roadside space as a motorbike lane. It tends to take the joy out of the hike for me.
I did my drinking at Sloppy Joe’s and Wet Spot yesterday. Green Room is closed for renovations now. As I understand it, the new owner is adding restrooms (yay! no more going next door to pee) and a dance stage (boo! we don’t need another dancing bar). We’ll see how that works out. In the meantime, all the Green Room staff are working out of Wet Spot. That meant buying twice my usual number of lady drinks. Anyway, I was still standing when I got home, so my moderation plan is working so far.
From the November 2017 LTG archives comes a post about my working life. With less than six months to go before re-retirement, I felt appreciation for the meaning work brought to my life and some trepidation about what my life might look like without it.
Today’s YouTube video offers five signs that your life may be ending soon. Other than my expanding abdomen, none of them is yet in evidence for me. Well, the memory is fading, but not to the extreme extent the AI voice talks about. I still can’t shake this feeling of impending doom for some reason, but I’m going to keep on doing what I do for as long as I am able.
Bad puns and bad humor are always here to be enjoyed:
And now on with my snack-less and sweet-less life. Thank God for alcohol!
Just out of curiosity, how far is it from Royal to Sit-n-Bull? LOL
Re: Green bar renovations
For the most part, I have faith that the majority of people are relatively smart. But like you, I dont understand what bar owners are thinking. “Hey, we have hundreds of girlie bars in Barretto, and they are all fighting for the same small group of customers, and none of them do really well. Wouldn’t it be a great idea to open another one?!!!”
So, one shot of gin is around 97 calories. That’s not much less than the 100 in a bottle of San Miguel Light. But I get the shot in a tall glass and order a can of soda water (no calories) on the side. That turns one drink into three, reducing the calories consumed and lessening the alcohol volume.
I assume you mean “reducing calories per drink” or something. Otherwise, if you drink all the gin in one session, you’re drinking all 97 calories.
Kevin, yeah, what I meant is spreading those 97 calories out into the equivalent of three drinks. That reduces the alcohol content and takes me longer to finish than a bottle of beer. That’s the goal at least.
Brian, I’m not sure, but I read somewhere that it is 5K from Sit-n-Bull to Royal, but your mileage may vary.
Yes, I don’t understand the bar owner mentality. Make your bar the only one like it in town, and people will come. The beach bar niche here remains a void needing to be filled. Another dancer bar, not so much.