We had two birthdays in the family this week. I sailed through them with no guilt! For my son's he wanted baked manicotti, of which I was able to eat the cheesy filling, and ice cream cake which isn't a big temptation for me. Two days later was my mother's birthday. We went to a nearby Chinese buffet where I had egg drop soup, a small amount of pepper chicken with vegetables, two steamed clams and some melon for dessert. When the check came I opened my fortune cookie to read it and popped the cookie in my mouth without even thinking about it. Fortunately (ha ha) fortune cookies are not too sweet so I did not have any bad side effects. We went back to the house for cake. Now the cake was a luscious looking devil's food with chocolate buttercream frosting. Normally this would be a MAJOR temptation for me. However, I was pretty full from dinner so there was no way I could cram any cake in my pouch. Later I had a few of my sugar-free popsicles. Only 15 calories each and I am addicted to the tropical flavored ones.
Normally these two events would have meant ingesting thousands of unnecessary calories. I am happy to say that I am not feeling sorry for myself. I had a good time without overeating. I have not paid a visit to the "official scale" for a while so I need to check on my progress. I have a support group meeting on Wednesday so I'll weigh in then. In the meantime I have some opera to memorize before Friday's staging rehearsal. Tosca awaits me!
Love to all,
Marlena of Mohegan
I am very impressed with your managing through the Chinese buffet experience. Great job! That would be a hard one for me.
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