*$#@ Starbucks

*$#@ Starbucks and their *$#@ stupid size names...

Since starting this little "exercise in the morning" thing, I've stopped every morning at the Starbucks a couple blocks from work for my morning cuppa. I always order the largest cup of whichever regular coffee floats my boat that morning. Said "largest cup" is called, inexplicably, "venti". Now, I've been ordering this for the past six months, so you'd think I'd have gotten it down by now, but this morning, I was thrown off my game. First, I was more tired than usual, and second, as I was getting ready to order, one of the employees handed a cup of something or another to a patron and proclaimed it as a "tall" whats-it. Which, of course, is their small. Unfortunately, to my sleep-sodden head, "tall" sounded big, so I ordered one. It wasn't until I got the wrong change back that I had realized my mistake. *$#@ Starbucks. I wish there was a Caribou on the way to work...

All of which reminds me that when I grow up, I'm going to own my own coffee shop. I'm not going to do the Starbucks fru-fru naming convention, no siree. I'm going to have size names that make sense:

• 8 oz - "Wee"
• 12 oz - "Little"
• 16 oz - "Middlin'"
• 20 oz - "Big"
• 24 oz - "FRIGGIN' HUGE!!!"

Customers will get a discount if they pronounce any of the names with a fake Scottish accent.

None of which, of course, has anything to do with the purpose of this blog, so I'll shut up now :)

Diet Update

Breakfast 3/27:
Food	Category: Servings
South Beach bar	Grains: 2
8 oz light yogurt	Dairy: 1
Banana	Fruit: 1
Pineapple	Fruit: 1
32 oz water	n/a
32 oz coffee	n/a

I had a cup of tea between breakfast and lunch.

Lunch 3/27:
Food	Category: Servings
Roast beast (3 oz) and pepper jack (1 oz) on wheat w/ mustard	Protein: 3 Dairy: 1 Grains: 2
9 oz salad w/o dressing	Veggies: 3
Banana	Fruit: 1
32 oz water	n/a

Afternoon Snack 3/27:
Food	Category: Servings
Carrots and celery	Veggies: 3
Hot tea	n/a

Dinner 3/27 (Old Bag o' Nails):
Food	Category: Servings
Fish & chips	Protein: 6 Grains: 2 Fats: 1
Large pub house salad w/bleu cheese on the side	Veggies: 3 Dairy: 1 Fats: 1
Cole slaw	Veggies: 1 Fats: 1
25 oz water	n/a
Blueberry sorbet (from Graeter's)	Fruit: 1

Totals for 3/27:
Category	Servings
Grains	6
Veggies	10
Fruits	4
Protein	9
Dairy	3
Fats	3
Extra	0

Exercise for 3/27:
Type	Duration/Sets
Strength	Ab/back: 10 min
Aerobic	Treadmill: 30 Recumbent bike: 15