Success

Last night I went out to dinner and a play with one of my good friends. She told me about four days ago about that dinner would be at Olive Garden. At first I was excited because I love Olive Garden and go maybe once a year but then I panicked about what on earth I would order. I am pleased to say that I did a little research and was able to eat my full plate of Shrimp Primavera with a salad and a glass of white wine. What I did was go on line to Olive Garden's web sight, look up the nutrition info, pick something that would be yummy and have low enough carbs and fat that I could justify eating it. I did the math and figured out how many exchanges I would consume at dinner and eat accordingly for the beginning of the day. It worked out great!

Today I went over to my mother and father-in-law's house. My mother-in-law always has chocolate and treats around in little candy dishes and on the counter. I have the hardest time not snacking when I'm there because snacks are all around me and yummy ones too! I walked in and recognized my first inkling was to go looking for the chocolate. This startled me into paying attention to my self and my cravings. I did eat two small cookies but they fit into my exchange plan and I stayed on track.

People keep asking me if I have lost any weight. Well, I don't know. I have only been doing this for 5 days but I've been doing a good job following the rules so maybe but I still don't know. The problem is my scale weighs not really in pounds but more in "ranges". I just always make sure I'm in the same range. The other thing with my scale is it is a little friendly, about 5 pounds friendly. It is really funny when ever somebody comes over and they use my bathroom they always anounce they lost five pounds. This always cracks me up. Why are people weighing them selves at my house? I wonder, do these people just hope on any scale they see? The other thing that is funny is how happy they are when the announce their weight loss. We won't even be on the topic of weight or any where close and then somebody pops out of the bathroom and shares with a big smile that they just lost five pounds with out even trying! I start to smile and say, "Well my scale is a little friendly and weighs 5 pounds under." They get sad and say I wish my scale was friendly. No, I don't like to crush people but it still is funny, try it some time. So here is my dilema. I would like to be keeping an eye one on how many pounds I'm loosing but I don't want to suddenly gain 5 pounds when I get it. I like to pretend that my scale is accurate and the doctor's scale is always wrong. Isn't ok to like in ignorance? But I do think I will buy a nice digital scale and I will let you all know when I loose a few pounds.