Weekend Check-In

The past few days have gone well and I'm quite pleased with myself. I had my first Social Situation test last night and thanks to my friend Joanna, passed with flying colors. She invited me along to a birthday party so I was a bit worried. I studied the menu at the pub and found Chicken Slouvaki which was one of the only things I could really have. There were 2 nice skewers of chicken, onion & peppers (I could have had 5!) with some yogurt sauce, a whole wheat tortilla & hummus. I only had a couple of bites of the tortilla & hummus, which was pretty blah so I wasn't tempted to go nuts. Joanna had the same thing and even drank sparkling water unlike the rest of the group downing 2-for-1 cocktails. We had coffee instead of dessert and I sat watching everyone down brownie and cookie-dough sundaes with restraint. I *really* wanted the little butter cookie that came with my coffee and even sniffed it a bit. haha.

I'm sort of and all-or-nothing kind of person. It's been almost 2 weeks without having one taste of junkfood, sugary snacks, candy or booze. I don't even want to tempt myself yet.  Next month, I am going on a girls trip to Paris, which is something I've looked forward to my entire life..or at least French class in High School. I've never been to Paris proper, only Disneyland and we drove through on the way home, jumped out in front of the Eiffel Tower and took a photo while Skylar was sleeping in the back seat. So - thinking it over I know that there WILL be wine, cheese and bread that weekend.  I'm sure I'll show some restraint so I don't mess up what I have accomplished at that point. The following weekend, Chaz and I are going away for the first time without the girls in 4 years! It's our 5 year Anniversary so we're heading to London. So... there WILL be Mexican food! haha. Hopefully I won't fall off the diet wagon completely.

I've stayed true to the exercise plan, and some. I've been doing 2 Zumba classes  each week, walking 30 minutes each day and today I went on a very muddy, cold, 4 mile hike with Skylar's school club. So far so good, almost 2 weeks down. I'm excited for my weigh in on Monday! (Something I never look forward to).