I’ve weighed in at 198 lbs this morning! Hooray! And actually, the scale said 197.5 several times first, and then started saying 198, so I think I’m somewhere in between those. I hope I don’t mess it up for the weigh-in tomorrow!
I should be fine, considering that there is already a plan in motion to combat any slip-ups that might occur. Hubbo’s cousins are in town this week, and the family got together last night and will be doing so again tonight to spend some time with them. We wisely turned down the socializing last night, and will also be eating dinner before going to see them tonight, despite a lot of pressure to do otherwise. But what can I say? My mom-in-law is making lasagna. Firstly, I’ve already had a cheat meal this week. Secondly, there’s nobody in the world who can get me to eat lasagna on the day before a weigh-in when I’ve been working this hard.
The thing is, social eating is probably the biggest downfall of most dieters. We want to spend time with our friends and family, and that so often includes sharing a meal together. What friends and family don’t realize is that we (dieters) make such deliberate choices about what we will eat and what we won’t. And what most dieters don’t realize is that it’s ok to tell people that, while you think the food they’ve prepared looks delicious, we’re not going to have any, thank you.
It’s hard to be polite in turning down something someone has prepared for you, but sometimes it just has to be done. In this situation, I know that my mom-in-law would probably bend over backwards and prepare a completely separate meal for me if I told her “no, thanks,” and I would feel equally bad about that. To combat this, Hubbo and I have just taken ourselves out of the equation; we will just eat before we come.
Here’s to hoping for a good weigh-in tomorrow!
Updated to include a HUGE NSV!!:
I just logged onto the United Blood Services website to check my cholesterol (which they test free for you) from my donation last week. It is down thirty points from my previous donations! All my previous donations had been at about 203, 204 (just in the “borderline high risk” zone), but last week’s donation was 173 – healthy! Awesome!
