more than just talking about it

Yesterday we celebrated my nieces 13th birthday at my brother's house. He was having Pizza. I told him not to count me, that I would bring something for myself. I brought a nice salad with chicken and shredded cheese and my favorite dressing. YUM!! So when I get there he pulls out this HUGE bottle of my favorite wine..."look what I bought for you!" he says. Then I have to tell him that I am not drinking tonight. "But I bought this just for you, a glass of wine won't make a difference" *sigh* but it will. It's not really the calories in the wine, but how the wine will effect my choices tonight.

Then my nephew comes home with the pizza and of course, it' my favorite kind. And they lay it on the table where we are eating! And then...my brother takes homemade garlic bread out of the oven. Oh, come on!! And of course that goes right on the table too. This meal is turing out to be a wet dream for me and I have it inches from my nose! But since I went in there knowing that I was having NONE, it was easier to handle and I just ate my salad. It would have been a complete disaster if I had gone in there with the "moderation" theory. It was much better to have none and move on than to to try and have just some. I am a total convert for the theory of abstinence. I am just better off having none! I passed on the cake and ice cream too.

Calories yesterday were 1403. :)

Mary, it has been sort of a fluke those really low calorie days. Not planned. It was almost like I was too busy to eat. Yesterday looked like this.

Breakfast: Instant Cinnamon Roll oatmeal made with skim milk
Lunch: Sandwich made with whole wheat bread, chicken lunch meat, salami, cheddar cheese and light mayo & pretzels
Snack: yogurt with strawberries
Dinner: salad with grilled chicken and shredded cheese and low cal dressing
Dessert: choc/peanut butter skinny cow