179 Still better

Okay, better and better and my stats homework is almost done! My only complaint is that after FASTING on Monday and eating lightly yesterday, I was still 187 this morning.  But really, I'm not complaining much--I'm still just so delighted to see anything in the 180's, let alone 187 that I'm thrilled. Now, how to get the doctor's scales here to register that for the insurance?.... Those scales will still say 191 and the nurse will subtract 2 lbs for clothes.  Oh well.  Might be just as well to reset the insurance weights. My own personal goal will be 181 (woweee!) by the end of November. Obviously, Thanksgiving is the famous challenge there, but I don't think Thanksgiving will be nearly as deadly to me as next weeks conference in Denver. I'll be in Denver Sunday through Wednesday--Four straight days of eating out for every meal. And do I want to be reasonable?  I do NOT. Denver has OLD CHICAGO--one of my all time favorite restaurants--the spinach and artichoke dip is to die for. The appetizer platter which has buffalo wings, the dip and cheese sticks is my definition of heaven. This trip is coming up fast--I need to think of how I'm going to get through it without putting on a bunch of weight. Lots of sitting lots of food. Maybe I can make my mind up to have one big blow out at Old Chicago and then eat lightly the rest of the trip? I'll have good examples all around me and I can try to just mimic what they do. The only problem with that plan is if other restaurants are equally as tempting. It's still hard for me to be reasonable in the face of "rare" food. Even though I grew up only 5 hours from Denver, I've never been--and big cities are famously loaded with great food. HOWEVER, I live only 1 hour from SLC and SLC has loads and loads of great food too. I'll be there really isn't too much in Denver that I couldn't also get in SLC if I really wanted to. I think I'll make a point to telling Maria, Jennifer and Margarita this and make it their job to remind me fo this fact---I probably need the reminder on an hourly basis. The other problem I fear, might be boredom. Boredom always makes me want to eat and sitting for hours and hours listening to speakers---hopefully they'll be interesting, but there are no guarantees.