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ok, ok. well creep up .5 but I think I know why. I went out to lunch yesterday with my good friend and her mom. We went to a new Japanese steak house (where they cook at your table). I think I was relatively good to my plan, but I'm sure there are hidden things I did not see (maybe more sodium in the soy sauce than I should have, sugar in the sauce and dressing) but I didn't have too much and I didn't go crazy off, like I would have in the past. Soooo, I feel that is good and since this was my first 'going out' experience in a long time, I think I handled the situation well. I was fearful whether I would be able to handle it. I had water to drink, which my friend and her mom had also, so that was a good start. No appetizers or sushi, good for all of us again. A small bowl of Broth, small salad with ginger dressing, steak, stir fry vegies (brocolli, shoots, mushrooms, little bit of carrot, onions, think that was it). I allowed the fried rice to be put on my plate but only because my friend said she would like to take it home for tomorrow. I let it sit there and gave it to her in a take home box (WOW that was an accomplishment for me). Next time I might ask for the "to go" box to come with the dinner and put it in there right away. Actually, my brother told me he does that all the time when he goes out to dinner and he will put 1/2 his meal in the box as soon as it comes to the table. And he lost about 100#!
Then we all went shopping around the new outside mall in the area, so there was alot of walking (slow because I broke my toe, another story, but walking just the same).
Now comes some more of my self talk, 'no, no'; after shopping awhile we pass a smoothie place and my friend, hints, "gee maybe we should all try one of these 'healthy' smoothies". They maybe be 'healthy' but I wasn't really hungrey, so I told her, "I'm still full from lunch" and she agreed and we shopping some more.
Then, she starts talking about going to an ice cream, marble slab place down the road and how good it is, well I'm sure it's good, but I really didn't want any. So I passed, not sure if they went there or not. But I was proud my 'no-no' was being heard by me!
Now today they are going to a friends for Easter Dinner, I know it would be more difficult for me to keep on my plan, not sure of their menu and I really have other plans, so I'm not going. But I was wondering, how to others handle going to a friends, of a friends house for a dinner party, get-together, holiday where food is one of the main events? I'll ask this in the forum in case you all don't read my long journal entry! I think I'll also use this journal as a tool to help me when I go back and read the entries if I'm ever weak.
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171.5 lb
Lost so far: 26.5 lb.
Still to go: 33.5 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entry for 04 April 2010:
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1029 kcal
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Fat: 59.67g | Prot: 101.38g | Carb: 10.73g.
Breakfast: dukes mayo, decaffinated green tea, bacon sugar free, Natural Cage Free Eggs. Lunch: italian dressing, low sodium soy sauce, scallion, chicken, pork rinds, garlic. Snacks/Other: sugar free jello. more...
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gaining 3.5 lb a week
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