I tried. I wanted to go out to eat if we went all the way to slc for the reception, so I looked up Zupas and found that the turkey bacon panini wasn't very many calories. I had a harder time with the soup--my favorite is the wisconsin cheddar. I couldn't find this exact soup online, but I was delight to see that other cream of broccoli or cheese soups were only 220 cal. Really? I was starved so I didn't question it. We got to Zupas, and I have never seen soup that thick in all my life. It was more the consistency of oatmeal than soup. No way that a Zupa-sized bowl of that was 220. However, I was too hungry to be rational and the internet DID say it was 220, so I ate that soup (and sandwich, and side of bread and strawberry---all accounted for assuming the soup was 220). It felt good. I also behaved myself very well at the reception. They had two of my favorite weaknesses--crackers and cheese, and really good cookies. I had a little fruit,and only 2 crackers with 2 small slices of cheese. Even though the soup was probably 1000 cal all on it's own--I gave myself a red star for the day.
Today is worse. Breakfast on track. Lunch problematic. We went to Javiers for an after recital lunch. I got something off the lunch menu and tried to take it easy on the chips. Tonight is pizza. I give up. I will try to be fairly moderate, and I will also do my best to earn calories for tomorrow.
I feel a little better about my efforts after yesterdays reception. My dear friend, who we went to see, has put on quite a bit of weight. She's still darling. I weigh exactly the same as I did 24 years ago when we left Japan. This isn't that great, because I weighed too much back then, and still weigh too much now, but I could have added a whole bunch of middle-age spread and I haven't!
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