171 Strong!

YAY!!!  189 today--I wasn't going to weigh till Friday, but I "digested" so well yesterday I thought it might actually translate into a lower number on the scale. I will carry on! My gosh, what a fight! And there's no guarantee I'll be this low on Friday--that's what's so frustrating. But it IS good to see that number again. Last Christmas I bought a bottle of fancy oil and balsamic vinegar bread dip. I had two tsp. of it this morning with some crackers. Weird for breakfast (I also had other stuff), but if it works--no complaints here.

I don't know how I'll ever learn to enjoy smaller portions and lighter eating. Like I said yesterday I was a little blindsided by a luncheon that I forgot about. I was pretty hungry going to lunch. And what they had were these marvelous big round turkey sandwiches--I don't know what the bread is, but it's the perfect combo of chewy and crusty with oil and salt. I've never been a mayo person, but whatever the mayo-like spread is is out of this world. The problem was that the sandwiches are so big that they were all cut in half on the platter. There was a smallish bowl of an iceberg based lettuce salad with italian dressing and a plate of cookies. NOT a great point lunch. Everyone was only taking a half of a sandwich. The plates were small, so we all also only took a little salad. I took one macademia nut cookie.  Oh my gosh.  I was hungry when I started eating, I was STARVING after I'd finished. It was pure peer pressure that kept me from going back for the second half of the sandwich. The other thing that saved me was that I had brought two wasa crisps and a laughing cow cheese for lunch. If it hadn't been for that I probably would have snagged another sandwich half--or possibly two I was that hungry, on the way out. To heck with peer pressure! But I didn't. With a deep sigh I threw away my plate and fled to my office where I wolfed down my snack, plus the apple I'd brought for my other lunch. Barely ok. After about an hour it was better, but that was a hard lunch!! Paid off though! 189 today. The other good thing was that after work I went to the gym. I wasn't particuarly in the mood, but I'm glad I went. I felt strong. I even upped a few of the weights because my arms seemed to want to lift them. Right on body! The weather was perfect--it will be perfect all week, so I've really been enjoying my walks to work.  Dinner was the mystery chili--but it might even have been the Wylie's goulash that I'd planned---whatever it was I knew it was healthy, because that's the only kind of chili I make. I had two mini corn muffins, and a small slice of mom's zuchinini bread with a banana and chocolate pb2 for dessert.  Not bad! I got to eat at a reasonable hour and I'm sure that helped. Overall, it was a weird point day--not much idea how much anything was worth, but I did my best with it. It's nice to have the body respond on the next day.