Well, my weekend plans have been cancelled!  One of my friends (the social organizer one) has a cold, so we’ve postponed dinner/drinks and bowling until next weekend.  Still, those are some major calories I’ve just avoided.  It looks like I should have a diet friendly weekend.  Part of me is sad (I do enjoy cheating, of course), but I know it’s for the greater good, lol. 

I’m kind of on a roll right now, and I feel like it’s a crucial time to either finish strong or stop where I’ve stopped before.  I’m under twenty pounds left to lose, so I’m over 3/4 of the way done with this whole process.  I know for some people those last pounds are the hardest, so I should be taking every opportunity to make it not as hard as it could be.

I’m just getting sick of being on a diet.  It’s not dreadful, but it’s very confining, and sometimes I just want to go have fun without worrying so much.  Hopefully that time will be here soon.  I think what I’ll have to do on maintenance is kind of what I did when I was on WW– do really well throughout the week and then give myself some freedom on the weekends because that’s the time I really struggle. 

I should be able to eat 1800 calories a day (sedentary) to 2200 calories (moderate exercise) and maintain a weight of 145.  That’s according to the online calculators, but we’ll see how it goes, I guess.  I plan to keep exercising, but we all know how plans go sometimes.  I think I could handle 1800, though.  Actually, I would need to eat more like 1400 a day to have extra for the weekends.  Still, I think that’s doable.  Once I’m finished with MRC, they have me start counting calories.  I will, however, try to continue to eat more lean protein as I have on the diet because it really does help me stay full, and I know it helps me keep muscle. 

Anyway, I’m happy that I don’t have to fight with off plan foods tonight.  Now I’m excited for Monday’s WI!

Oh, and weight at home today:  159 (that’s down 1/2 from yesterday).  Hopefully now that I won’t have a bingey weekend, I will be low enough in the 150s at home that I won’t go back up out of them even next weekend when the dinner/drink plans reemerge.