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Ok, I am officially STUPID!  It’s ok, I admit it.  I was just telling a buddy today in a message that the weekends are cherished by me because I don’t have to work.  But I also told her that it is also scary because I tend to eat poorly on the weekend as far as eating out and such.  I am really not a snacker, so I don’t go overboard there, but restaraunt food is horrible!!  It has waaayyyy too many calories for me to even think about going.  But like always, my family and I tend to go out at least once if not twice a weekend.

 Well, all that being said…I started my weekend early.  At work today (I’m still here) a few of us decided to go out to Chevy’s for lunch.  Well, if you go online to their menu and pull up the nutrition info, you will see that it is a dieters nightmare.  I went with the intentions that I would only eat half of what I ordered.   Well, I ordered artichoke/mushroom enchiladas(it came with 2) and it came with rice and black beans.  I had the intention to not eat the rice, but it was so tempting that I ate every bite of it.  I did only eat one of the enchiladas, but I had chips, chips, and chips too.

How am I ever gonna be successful if I make choices like this?  Sure, you can say it’s only one meal, but it is one meal that I probably consumed 900+ calories on.  I have really got to get my act together or either I need to stop trying to lose weight and be happy with myself the way I am.  Cause I can’t continue to play these mind games with myself.  I weigh in tomorrow, and I am sure the scale will not spit out a number lower than what I am now.  I mean, if I had not eaten so much at lunch today then it might have showed at least 1/2 a pound loss.

(AFTER A BIG DEEP BREATH AND A GLASS OF WATER)

Ok……pity party is over!!!  I have lost 14 pounds since mid-September and I did that by consuming 1600 calories or less a day.  It is just one meal and I have the power to not eat anything else today because I am a stong minded woman with a goal to be 130 pounds by April.  So, I will press on and know that I will not lose weight by being stupid.  I will not eat out at a restaraunt this weekend and if my husband wants to, then sure, I will join him but I will have a green salad…and not one of the fru-fru salads that have 800 calories in them either.  A lettuce, carrot, tomato and cucumber salad with vinegerette dressing.  I will not fall victim of myself again! 

I AM ON A MISSION!!

 I was just wondering what ya’ll have on your Christmas wish list this year.  I have a lot of big ticket items on mine, but they are just wishful thinking…but here they are.
Wii Fit, KitchenAid mixer (I’m getting this, my hubby got it for me on Black friday for $130 at wal-mart), new digital camera, my mom to visit me in California (she lives in Alabama and I miss her!), 11 pounds off my tummy and butt (please don’t take it from my boobies), and Good health for all of my buddies and family…oh and of course Peace on Earth and Goodwill toward Men!

What about you?  What do you want this year?  I know it has been a hard year for a lot of people with the economy the way it is.  But we all have to remember that with God, ALL things are possible.  Sometimes they might not be in our timing, but He has a plan for each of us, and we have to “be still and know that He is God”.  He will work it out.

So, chime in.  I love to share in my friends excitement!  Let me know what you want for Christmas, even if it is unrealistic.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!