140 a tough week ahead

Saturday, thank goodness.  It's the week before school and all week I've been talking to frantic students who have holds on their records that won't allow them to register. They should have taken care of those holds months ago! This week will be a food challenge. Tonight is the high priest dinner. No idea what they're serving, but it's sure to be high carb, high point and mediocre. The plan is to save 15 points for it and try and be moderate. The rest of the week is a little tougher. Tomorrow is Catherine's last Sunday dinner before college. We're having rouladen--extremely high calorie and fat (meat browned in loads of butter), Monday shouldn't be too bad, but we'll be packing and loading the van and busy. Tuesday we take her to BYU--probably both lunch and dinner out and Wednesday Dave and I are celebrating our newfound freedom with our own dinner out just the two of us. Well, ok---that's only till Wednesday that's hard--and today and monday aren't so bad. I'll probably survive.  I suppose I could try to make healthy choices at the restaurants--but honestly, I don't want to. Going out is still a comparitivley rare treat. Partly it depends on the restaurant. If it's a so so place, I don't mind so much making the better choice because I'm not missing out on anything especially great. But if it's a place I REALLY like---not even necessarily an expensive place--but if it serves the things I really want, I resent passing up what I want and paying for something I don't want. I guess I'm just not quite ready to take the restaurant step wholeheartedly yet. And, happily, money is still tight enough that we're not going out nearly as much, so that helps. I guess with restaurants I'll fall back on the plan that helped start me on this journey and lost me my initial 30 pounds---if there's a good choice I CAN make and still be happy with it, then I'll make a point of choosing the better option. If not, then I won't worry too much.  You'd think choosing the better option would be no-brainer if two things are equal, but it's surprising how often I won't make the better choice unless I have that mind set.  I remember once vacillating between an italian salami sandwich and a veggie sandwich with avocados and sundried tomatoes on really good bread. They both looked fantastic and I couldn't decide. It took me longer than I'd like to admit to even put health into the equation, but it finally dawned on me that heeeey--the veggie sandwich might even be better for me. That tipped the balance and I ordered it.