The week remains light, which of course is a good thing in many respects. I mean when you think about it, I've been pretty busy from the day I stepped off the plane so a little slow time is good for the mind somehow, right? That's been pretty much 6 weeks straight of being in the training environment, whether as a student for the first two weeks, a trainer and pretty much a member of the support implementation team in Texas for another and these last two weeks as a trainer for a completely different campaign that what I had been focused on for the previous weeks. In the short term, I'm still working with this same campaign, albeit a different line group, for the two weeks after this one.
Wait, wasn't I supposed to be talking about how light things are? Ugh, given mini-rants like that, I guess I really do need to relax a bit more.
So I pretty much spent today exploring the knowledge bases of the three campaigns I'm fully trained to handle now and watched every single video available to be within those knowledge bases. Ah yes, the joys of work-related media viewing. I actually brought a headset to work for precisely this purpose, haha.
The pseudo diet plan is doing okay, although I could be in better adherence I bet. I am managing to blindly avoid sources of carbohydrates like rice and potatoes but stumbled a bit when Cathy ordered pizza last night and when Armando brought us out for some Vietnamese - how can you not eat Pho without enjoying the rice noodles? Still, that part is doing pretty well and I was really good for dinner by only having fish and veggies.
In terms of exercise, Cathy and I have gotten into a pact to always use the stairs at the hotel, which means her going up three flights of stairs and me going up four all the time. That plus our walking to and from work and pretty much wherever we choose to eat for the day should help a wee bit in terms of helping us managing our weight and not falling prey to the ridiculous portions here and how rich most of the food is. In recent days, I seem to be managing to get Asian food as opposed to the US fast food which is a lot more prevalent and readily available in the area, which generally goes down better than all that beef. As long as I don't get too tempted to gorge myself on rice and other starchy foods, I should be well on my way to a more manageable weight before we eventually go home. Our goal is to try and come home
lighter than how we came here, which isn't usually the case for most folks who visit the US and end up eating way too much.
Mamma Mia isn't going to happen anymore - Auntie Emma called to let me know that it turned out the show is no longer in Pasadena and had moved on. We'll still meet up tomorrow for dinner and maybe visiting a mall instead and I'm always good for the quality time and free food, haha.
This actually sounds like a fun idea to try, LOL 
