Day 8: No idea…

Orientation day.  OMG, I start school in 5 days.  I am freaking out!  I did meet a really cool colleague and I think we’re going to be good friends – that’s always a plus on your first day, right?

Speaking of the friend, we went to lunch at an Indian restaurant.  I didn’t want to say,”Oh, but I hate Indian food” when that’s where people were headed, but I’ll admit, I was NOT looking forward to it one bit.  Since I NEVER eat Indian food, I had NO idea what would have a decent calorie count.  I was ordering blind.  I knew what chicken masala was and I didn’t think I hated it (which surprised me!), so I decided to try it again.  Not bad but it does have cream in the tomato sauce.  However, it was a really small serving (lunch menu) and I don’t eat the extra sauce, but I have no idea what to count it.  The numbers online are all over the place and when I have more time I’ll do some sleuthing.

I had left over stir-fry for dinner, so that was about 400 calories with the scoop of rice I served myself.  I had a cup of coffee with milk and a little bit of caramel to sweeten it (I know, Splenda would have worked) which I counted as 40 calories.  I’m pretty sure I have a few extra calories – there’s no way that lunch was over 960 – so I think I may treat myself to hot chocolate or sorbet.  I haven’t decided which.  Since my hands are frozen, I may go for the former.