Travel Slippage and Trip Recap

First of all, thanks so much for all of the encouraging comments on the last post!  It definitely helped to have those to read as I was psyching myself up for this trip.  Yesterday morning I got up at 5, worked out and walked the dog (of course), packed the car, dropped the dog off with a friend, drove almost 8 hours, checked into the hotel, did a round on the treadmill, met the professor and his grad student for dinner, then went to a bar with the grad student.  Got in around 12:00, did some work on the computer, bed around 1:00, woke up at 5 this morning to do stuff and get ready for my first meeting at 7, had meetings with admin and various faculty all morning, presented some of my research to the lab group at 11, did lunch and toured town and discussed project details with professor until 5, long social dinner, got back to hotel around 9:15, worked out....so now I'm EXHAUSTED, it has been a whirlwind!

For the briefest possible recap:

Eating: has been very, very bad.  H. will not be pleased.  I restricted pretty much all day yesterday. I was able to eat a normal dinner and have a beer with the grad student that was assigned to be nice to me, but total for the day was much reduced.  Probably balanced with the fact that I sat on my ass for 8 hours straight to get here, and got in from the bar too late to do the workout I'd planned.  Today I was so busy it was easy to restrict, and I ate out with the prof for lunch and dinner but kept it light enough to remain a fraction of my usual intake.  I have also done a fraction of my usual exercise, but I know the numbers today are much farther into the calorie deficit zone.  I really, really have come to resent grilled chicken salads, because I feel obligated to order them.  The prof took me to some unique local places with cool menu items I wasn't "allowed" to try, and it made me sad and angry...but not to the degree that I actually risked challenging the automatic ED reflex. 

But I did eat enough in front of them to appear like a relatively normal person, so that mission was accomplished.  Tomorrow will be a challenge with the return trip, but I'll be home soon and this little slip won't affect anything in the long term. 

Exercise: I have indeed done much less exercise, which is good, at one point I would have stayed up to do everything no matter how late I got in or how early I had to wake up.  Tonight I had more time, but was so depleted from the meager calorie budget today that I decided it wasn't worth it.

Interview: This, at least, has gone great!  I really hit it off with the prof.  The only problem is that the school itself is a step down from my undergrad institution.  I have a few other places to consider also, but this one will remain on the radar.  The prof told me the position is mine if I want it, but I have to wait for some updates on my other options before I can accept/decline anything.

Ok, off to bed because I am zombified and still have to face the drive home tomorrow. I am behind on e-mails from the past couple of days but will get caught up asap when I'm back in my native habitat.  I hope everyone's weekend is off to a good start, take care and thanks, again, for your support.