Oh to be just overweight!

I’m SO close to the 135 goal.  In fact, I was inching up on it all last week….losing in .2 increments.  Then came Sunday.  My family ate out for lunch.  Now, I’ve gotten a pretty good hold of how to eat out well and all, so I wasn’t too concerned.  In fact, I had planned what I’d eat at 3 different places, just to be prepared.  Well, DH chose a place not on my mental list.  I thought maybe I’d be okay, but NOPE!  We got there, I got the breakfast buffet and ate until I was stuffed!  Granted that’s not nearly the quantity it used to be, but still…NOT GOOD!  I realized right away what a bonehead I was, so I started drinking mass quantitites of water the moment we got home and then ate a healthy supper, so the scale showed me up 1 pound.  Now if I was in maintenance range, I’d realize what a dumb mistake I’d made and learn from it, but still be fine since I have a small cushion.  I am NOT hwever there yet, so it’s like I have to undo the damage and get back to losing so I can reach that magical maintenance range.  I do realize maitenance will look a lot like losing.  I’ve been lurking on the maintainer’s forum for a few days.  I want to know what I’m in for..LOL  I’m cool with still counting calories, exercising and realizing food and I are not ever going to have a “normal” relationship.  In fact, my mentality is partially there.  My parents think I’ve lost enough and should be done losing and so I just tell them I basically am, but I want to stay there, so I have to keep making healthy choices.  Yes, I CAN eat grandma’s delicious Christmas candy, but not in bulk.  I CAN eat my children’s birthday cake, but just one serving.  This is my LIFE.  I CAN enjoy it without going crazy with food!  Yeah, I’m still figuring it out and maybe I always will be, but thank God for bringing me this far and I intend to STAY healthy.  That doesn’t mean perfection, but it does mean realizing unhealthy behaviors and correcting them ASAP.  I hope to soon be posting that I’ve surpassed 135 and I’m headed toward my maintenance range!