Jaqys - dusting off the diary

[jaqys]

Good weather is no more neither is being good

Just rushed back to get tic confirmation to find message show cancelled grrrrrr. Not my week.

Yesterday food was pretty good.
Late lunch buffet, had lotsa chicken, beef from carving station, salsa and salad and maybe a bit of cornbread stuffing made it onto my plate.
Dinner anothe mcdonalds chucking the bun and salad no dressing.

Today im off the rails
Breakfast chicken and waffles, soooooo good, unexpectedly so.
Didn't get hungry again til about 2though which was great.
Late lunch burger with blue cheese, caramelised onion, roasted peppers on an onion bun, sweet potato fries and onion rings and 2 pints beer.

Ate about 1/10th of the fries, 2/3 the onion rings and 2 bits of the bun.
Was amazing, might go back for a dukan friendly version later in the week.
Best burger I've had, the fries were and but the onion rings mmmm crunchy, sweet and could take a bite without pulling the whole onion out.

Now eating choc. Will have cocktails later.

Bit of a lose end now as raining and show is off. Don't fancy running round trying to book another.

Best head to a bar

Getting all the bad stuff eaten in 1 day.

 

[robinhood]

Bummer that the show was cancelled. Hope the bar made up for it!

Thanks for the food updates too - all sounds great *adds blue cheese to shopping list*.

 

[BREN]

Sounds like fun is being had!

Xx

 

[Maintainer]

oooh cornbread... I ate that once, heavenly...
FOOD PORN - keep it up Jacqs!
And I love the way you say you're eating ALL the bad stuff in one day - I've been known to stay up late especially. Seize the day!

 

[jet1968]

hiya jaqy's ,shame about the show ,but at least the weather is good and u are enjoying the food too !!!

 

[anjuschka]

Mmmmhhh nice - thanks for sharing!! Hope the weather picks up!

 

[jaqys]

I'm back.
Gained 5lbs, not unhappy with that.
Found I could stop when full!!! And didn't need to mindlessly munch.
Had some great food, met some nice people, saw some amazing and some crap shows, had little to no luck on the gambling front, bought some shapeups.

Glad to be back, the desert air has turned my skin reptilian.

Will be back dukaning tomorrow

 

[alottolose]

I'm back.
Gained 5lbs, not unhappy with that.
Found I could stop when full!!! And didn't need to mindlessly munch.
Had some great food, met some nice people, saw some amazing and some crap shows, had little to no luck on the gambling front, bought some shapeups.

Glad to be back, the desert air has turned my skin reptilian.

Will be back dukaning tomorrow

JAQYS!!! Welcome Back hun xxx

5lb that's good going! well done you (I could put that on in a weekend ) - what's the plan for dukan restart?

get moisturising you'll be back to yourself in no time x

GLAD YOU'RE BACK!

 

[jaqys]

Aww thanks.
No special restart just back to 1/1 pattern, I've eaten practically no veg for 10 days unless sweet potato counts(I suspect not when fried).

Eating takeaway tonight as too tired to foodshop.

How's you?

 

[alottolose]

I'm good thanks hun ...just chilling out...house chores rock n roll lifestyle x

 

[jet1968]

hey jaqys hun ,glad ur bak ,we ave all missed u loads , 5lb wow u did very well ,and u will get that off in now time !!!!!

 

[anjuschka]

Hi welcome back, we missed you!
Sounds like you had a great time, wish I could go on a trip like that (and no kids!). Good decision to go back with 1:1 - I don't think the extra days PP do much good (for any one at any time)...

 

[scrumper]

welcome back hun ......impressed you didnt put on loads i would of lol

 

[Maintainer]

EXCELLENT JAC! 5lbs is nothing - as Sarah says, a mere weekend's "work" for some of us...

Careful not to blow it now you're back, mind. There are tempting English foods you've not eaten for a while, so soonest backest onest betterest...eh? Restart today? And, sorry for going against the grain - while I agree tenfold ref weekend abusers - after holiday, 2 x PP (minimum) for ketosis...

Looking forward to a FULL holiday report!

 

[jaqys]

I'm out for the day on sat so 2 pp isn't practical, maybe next weekend.
Plus I don't want to feel too restricted, I have sweets in the house( for gifts).

 

[LVLLM]

welcome back 5lbs will come off in no time. just plenty of water. Some pics would be fab please

 

[alottolose]

Afternoon Jaqys all go and off to London again this weekend?

tired just reading about your travelling x

 

[jaqys]

I too am very tired.

Pics will be Monday probs, Internet issues here so using phone.
Though I didn't take many, felt like I'd taken them before, even though went to new places.

Shows
Divas las Vegas - Frank Marino.
It's a bit pants, dunno if it's due to seeing so many actors in drag in recent years but the drag artists miming to pop songs just wasn't something worth watching. Frank himself was fabulous, his outfits were great and although not all his jokes hit the mark, I'd have happily watched just him.

Nathan burton comedy magic
This was free, so a great deal. He's not much of a showman and didn't hold our attention that well.
He's great at making people disappear but didn't have any other tricks really.

Recycled percussion
Excellent, I saw them last year as part of the Americas got talent tour show thing.
They totally deserve their own show, it's very interactive, everyone gets a drumstick and pot/bucket/something to hit during the show.
Lots of drumming, ladder action and the guys are pretty cute too

Justin timberlake and friends
OMG most amazing night, 4.5 hours of music.
Started with dj freestyle who came back between acts alot.
Then went downhill with selena Gomez, very pretty but coma inducing music,
Then salt n pepper!!!! I was so excited at this point. Was such a fan as a tween.
Some other American acts I didn't know( getting bored at that point) but Justin joined them for some bits. One of the bands covered 'In the air tonight' and the girl behind me was Ooooo it's that mike Tyson song.
Things got amazing with christina aguwhatsit who was amazing, would never gone to see her on purpose but glad I did. Diddy and his new band, total shocker that one.
Justin did an acoustic set and then it was Elton John, super shocked, was brill.

Food
I was good for a couple of days, was worried about carbs tiring me out and undoing everything.
But I really really wanted to try chicken and waffles. Sooooo good.
After that had everything, cheesecake, ice-cream, bread, onion rings, sweet potato (baked, as chips, as poppers with caramel dipping sauce), ribs, beans, choc, beer, fruit cocktails....

Went to very posh steak place(called Cut) to get protein boost, really nice piece of meat but oh so expensive, half bottle of Californian wine was over $50. Fun to live the high life for a bit though.
But the best meal I had all week was at the burger place at Mandalay bay.

Went to 2 meet and greets with people from a Vegas board, was okay, bit awkward but nice to be a little social.

Gambling, hmmmm, mostly played sex and the city and the amazing race slots as they're pretty fun had some luck the first few days then not so much.

Sights went to csi, titanic and shark reef, all overpriced but pleasant enough diversions.
Once I moved downtown spent time watching the light shows.
Did a lot of walking about round the casino attractions, looking at the fountains, waterfalls, conservatories and various animals.

Shopping
Shopped until my card melted in sephora, somehow I bough 16 tubes of Lipgloss, 2 lipsticks, creams, perfumes.... Much of which will be for Xmas pressies.
Hit the malls but bought nothing but coffee.
Premium outlets got shapeups for me, tshirts in Ralph Lauren and dkny for Xmas gifts all down to $10, few tops for me and sunnies for sister in dkny too, they had a 50% off sale.

That's about it. Was great, tiring, expensive

Full report???

 

[jet1968]

hey jaqys it all sounds amazing ,im glad u spent loads !!!!

 

[alottolose]

amazing time you had Jaqys when you going back? x