JustShowUp

So last night they had what is called a “Hale and Farewell” for my husband.  It is when the guys in his unit get together to welcome or say goodbye to guys that are coming into or out of the unit.  When my husband called me to come and get him he was feeling no pain.  When my husband has had a few beers he is inevitably hungry.  We ended up at a Chinese Buffet.  These places have FAILURE written all over them if you are not careful.

I was not only hungry by then - it was 9 pm and no dinner - I was irritated because my husband is embarrassing when he has had to much to drink…LOL  Way too silly in public…but I digress…so I am starving AND irritated both reason enough for me to overeat in the past…

But instead I made myself a salad from the salad bar with lots of cucumbers and tomatoes and instead of salad dressing I just put a little oil and vinegar and some salt and pepper.  I had 3 little peices of sushi - you know the ones that are the size of a nickel with just the crab meat in the middle?  And then I had 3 small shrimp and that was it!  To round that off I had some UNsweetened tea and for dessert I had a VERY small bowl - like maybe a 1/4 of a cup of that yummy chocolate pudding they always have at these places.  The pudding is always soooo thick and creamy I don’t even want to know what they use to make it….but where I would have had the biggest bowl I could find and then go back for seconds…I had the smallest bowl I could find and called it a night.

When I left that restaurant I was BEYOND proud of myself.  I held fast to my will power and stayed strong and I didn’t miss the other stuff one bit!

So I feel like I jumped a major hurdle last night and that has made me feel like I can kick this thing I have with food in the ever shrinking bootie!

Just wanted to share…hope everyone has a blessed day!