The weekend has always presented me with difficulty, and this weekend was no different.  I went to a baby shower on Saturday (I was one of the hostesses, so I had a bit of the food prep issue).  I did really well at first.  I got a big scoop of fruit salad (no added sugar), but the mini-quiches got me.  I was hungry because it was an early shower, and I am NOT a morning person, so I ate “breakfast,” which was about half of what I was supposed to have, on the way, so by the time the shower food was out, I was starving.  I ate 6 mini quiches (330 calories), a couple of bites of a muffin, and a little cinnamon sugar cream cheese square thing. 

I tried to get right back on track, but that night I had two lunchables (the tiny kinds, so probably about 400 calories total).  I think I was just so mad at myself for cheating that I let the “all or nothing” mentality take over.  That was not an issue for me when I first started dieting last fall, but it’s become more of one lately, especially since I just restarted and had this idea of having to do everything perfectly.

This morning I was up a couple of pounds, and I’m assuming it’s mostly the salt.  I’m trying to drink a lot today, and I’m back on for the most part (I had a few of my husband’s pringles– all or nothing carryover from yesterday), and except for that, I’ve been good.  Hopefully I’ll be back to normal by tomorrow’s weigh in.  Regardless, I’m in a much better place than I was a week ago, so either way I’ve moved forward.

These next ten days will be more regimented than normal, but I think that will be good for me.  I plan to order some shakes so I can do metaquick while I’m at my grandma’s if need be.  I’ll probably test things out, and then if I can’t handle it and need the convenience of the shake/bar thing, then I’ll do that.  At least she’s not well enough to be cooking and baking like she used to do all the time, so I won’t have to worry about that.

weight at home:  172.5 (up 3 lbs. from Friday morning)