Going Out, But Not Eating Out

Today had me worried. I work as a home health care companions, but a few Saturdays a month I spend the afternoon with a young lady with childhood dementia. We have a lot of fun, we go to movies, have lunch, and shop. But on p2 there aren't any restaurants that have any food I can eat. So I've been dreading today all week long.

I knew that I had to eat something while I was with her- my shift was from 10am to 5pm. So I packed some chicken, apple and tomatoes and put them in a cooler with cold pack and hoped for the best. She'd already eaten breakfast by the time I got there, so after we got her all ready we headed out to the movies. There was a few minutes of panic when I was afraid I'd have to take her into the city to Mexican Restaurant to meet up with a potential new caregiver, but lucky me that plan fell through. So instead I got to take her to Toy Story 3 3D. I spent $4 on a 1 liter bottle of water, and chugged it merrily through the movie. Then it was time for lunch.

My client loves Arby's and Panera. I love Panera too, so we went to Arby's- why torture myself? I stuck my chicken in my purse and in to Arby's we went. Ordered yet another bottle of water and discreetly as possible I took the chicken out of my purse, which was thankfully still cool as today has been pretty hot. It wasn't the most flavorful piece of chicken, so I added a teeny tiny bit of hot sauce. Success!

We still had a couple of hours to kill, and the only festival in town was a wine one. So I took her to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch soccer. I ordered her an sweet tea and the least appetizing (for me) dessert- Apple Pie. Dang, did it look good! But I drank my water and sipped a couple small cups of coffee. Success!

The past two days have been easier. I still get mad cravings at time, but if I can avoid physically handling the yummy food I want, I do so much better. For all of you out there with kids and hubbies that demand the treats you deny yourself, my hat is off to you! And to my friend Ame, who manages to work at Panera without mainlining the potato soup. :) My Hubs, Aaron, has been fairly awesome about eating around me- other than the heavenly smelling turkey he made (which normally I don't care for much) and the whole milk he needs to get his calories in after he works out. Oh, to have his metabolism!

Since I'm only doing 23 days this first round, I am half way done already! I've lost a little over 16 pounds and would love to take off another 10 by the end. I want to me in the 260's by vacation!! I think I can get there, even if it takes through p3.