Today was mostly a day of getting ready for tomorrow.  We are having a lot of family over for a picnic.  It is supposed to be very hot and it will be a great day to chill at the pool.  Looking forward to it– hoping I don’t go too crazy.  We shall see.

Today I went to the awesome picnic at Rick’s co-worker’s house later in the day.  I did go over my calories for the day, but I didn’t go over the calories I earned back for doing exercise.  And I actually really held it together given that the food at this picnic is so good and I really wanted to get up and keep eating.  But I stopped myself.  And I also passed on dessert because tomorrow I want to be able to have an ice cream cone or cupcake.  What is huge for me is not letting every single fun event become an excuse to completely over eat.  In the past, that is what I would do… just eat as much of whatever I want.  This week I have kept it in check better than I ever have.  I have been to two different picnics where I have either stayed within my calories or gone over but not too bad.  Then last night for my anniversary dinner I didn’t go nearly as over as I thought I was going to.  Tomorrow I am sure I will go over– and I am ok with that.  Especially because I have kept it in check really well this week despite everything I have had going on.  I also don’t want to stay on track all of the time as I know I will not keep with this new lifestyle long term if I don’t indulge every once in a while.  With that said– I need to stay semi within range as I know we are leaving for vacation in a week and that is going to really be a challenge.  My concern is that in the past I have gone on vacation for a week and I am never able to get back into the swing of things when I get back.  Inevitably, I gain back any weight I have lost.  So far I have lost more weight than any previous attempt in the last several years– and I can feel that this time is different.  I just need to keep reminding myself of that.