TGIPD

Day 9

Well here we are...Friday. Pay Day. Halloween. Spoooooky.

I'm pretty excited...I'm going to Sherlock's tonight, yes...I know. I don't really like Sherlock's. It isn't that I don't have a good time when I go there, it is just always so packed and loud and overpriced. I'll take my sweet little Outer Marker any day of the week, thank you. BUT I'm going to Sherlock's for a reason. I won't be drinking, which is going to a test...this is the first time I'll be in an actual bar since I stopped drinking. My wonderful Tango 9 boys (Paul, Mike and Jeff) and Lauren (Paul's wife) and I think some girls that Mike knows will all be there. I don't see any of them very often anymore, but between work, how far we all live from each other and Mike constantly going to Malaysia for work...it isn't easy. But I figure what the hey, they'll practically be in my backyard. So I'm stoked. I wish Chris could come and meet them all but he'll be taking Annie trick or treating tonight, so I'm sure he'll have a blast with her.

I went in for my first official weigh in on Wednesday and I'm happy with the way things are progressing. It's very encouraging to see results after just one week. It really makes me want to stay on this thing. I will, of course, be making an exception on Saturday night for Denise and Jonah's party...but other than that, I'm pretty happy sticking to this diet. I eat well at night and so far that seems to be appeasing most of my snacking desires. Last night I was really craving something salty to snack on and probably would have stabbed someone for a calorie free can of pringles or something. At least tonight I won't be at home with nothing to do but think about how much delicious food is out there that i can't have.

On the plus side, I tried a new kind of not cookie today. Blueberry. WOW. I wasn't very sure about this one...you know how I feel about fruit and bread together. Man, it is about as close to eating a blueberry muffin as I think you could get without actually having one. Sooooo yummy. That makes me really happy, to find yet another one that I really actually like. It makes me excited about the banana one, they told me to heat that one up a little bit in the microwave and put a couple sprays of butter on it, it tastes like banana bread. So I'll hold off on trying that one for a few days. At least these things don't taste like cardboard. That would suck.

So my only plans for Halloween are partying it up tomorrow night with the neighbors. I'm trying to decide what I want for dinner tonight as all my chicken and fish leftovers are gone. Maybe I'll treat myself and run over to The Flying Fish for something yummy and grilled. Their veggies are soooo good. Who knows? What I wouldn't give for something smothered in cheese and deep fried.

Dreaming of chicken fried bacon,
Lauren