Apparently, my post poofed! Which stinks considering it was long and took me a long time to write!
Ok, starting again...
Evening Beach Chickies!
I am back from my 5 day hiatus - from both SB and the internet. I spent a lot of time with my brother and dad. Even my sister and my mother [who is in a home after her 3rd heart attack, kidney failure and a stroke within 2 weeks of each other 6 years ago]. I never got along with my sister or mother [who's now mentally incompetant and partially paralized] so I am trying to make amends. I emotionally ate a few times, but kept it to a minimum, which I was proud of.
I stayed on plan with one snack and meal [usually dinner] per day. And I never ate later than 9pm, which is amazing for me, since I usually go out to a diner with friends to give us something to do.
I did drink a few Michelob Low Carb beers and had a few drinks -- but nothing flavored or with juice as I usually do. When I ate out, I stayed OP [aside from a mozzarella stick or two!] and ordered fajitas without the tortilla. I was starting to LOOK like a fajita.
I did have a few sweets as well [like real Italian Ices] and yesterday I had some rice and potato salad -- but it was West Indian food. And well, my friedn is West indian and I was at her mother's and you do *NOT* say no to food in that house. So I had a bit of a few things and passed on the rest. I ate quite a few nuts to satiate my appetite and NOT eat more of the sweets.
I did ok, and am expecting a gain of about 4. Which is ok, because I am going to start Phase 1 again -- starting with tonight's dinner. Then I will shower and go get some groceries. Stinks because I bought berries and Cool Whip and was looking forward to having them. But I will wait the 2 weeks for Phase 2!
It was great to get home. I saw family and friends for the first time in 6 months. I had people commenting left and right, wondering how I did it. FOr once, I wasn't the fat one in the group. Actually, come to think of it now, my friends GAINED weight so I may have been the thinnest! I went shopping and bought some *real* size 16's in "normal" people's stores!The best had to be the note my dad left for me this morning [he leaves for work at 5:30A, and I was way asleep then]. It said:
Jennifer -- Have a safe trip home. It was good to see you, come back soon. Keep losing the weight, you look good. Love Dad
There was also a PS -- Because I always forget stuff home. This time he guessed I left 3 items. So far, I don't think I left anything! We'll see.
I put the note on my fridge to keep me from going in to get things that are not good for me!
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And what a lovely note from your Dad. I can appreciate what that would mean to you.
