More Vegetables, Less Chocolate…

Hooray!  Another goal met!  I’ve been officially weighing in on Thursdays, but I peeked today and I liked what I saw.  :~)

I haven’t posted much lately.  I’ve been reading lots of blogs, and doing okay on my plan, but that hasn’t left me much time to post. 

 I went away for a scrapbookking weekend after my last post, and it was hard to stay on plan.   Friday I met my scrapbookking friend for lunch at PF Chang’s before leaving my car at a park and ride to drive to WV together.  We got won ton soup and lettuce wraps, which didn’t seem like bad choices, but I consumed more than I needed.  Friday night I got a grilled chiken sandwich, and just ate the chicken and a couple of fries with it.  Saturday, we walked a mile from our hotel to a cafe in Shepherdstown for lunch.  It was chilly, but the fresh air and exercise was great.  I wasn’t super hungry for dinner on Saturday night, so I just had a bowl of black bean soup - that was a good choice.  I also had 2 beers with my soup and a Nutty Irishman afterwards - that was maybe not such a good choice.  All weekend there were snacks on our table - chocolate, nuts, etc. - so there was more snacking going on than was necessary.  When I left on Sunday, I went to the gym first (I’m so glad I had my stuff with me), and then went home.  If I had gone home first I never would have made it out of there again.

I did notice this year, that my back did not bother me at all during this “Crop ’til ya drop” extravaganza.  Normally by late Saturday afternoon I feel like I need a massage after all the sitting and sort of leaning over my scrapbook for hours on end.  But this year it was not a problem at all.  I think swimming has really strengthened my back.  :~)

Anyway, I’m gonna work my butt off this week because I really don’t want to have to log back in on Thursday after my official weigh in to “un-strike” my goal of saying goodbye to the 150’s.  I never want to see that number again!!  :~)