Bobby and I put on a little bit of weight after Lauren arrived and it’s going to stop now. We allow ourselves to go off program when special events arise but the party’s over. The good news, when Bobby and I went to NY, I tried very hard to eat sensibly and to make good choices at meal time. There’s always balance too as Jennifer invited us to meet her family at Cold Stone Creamery. Bobby and I have never been there and it sounded like a wonderful treat. All I can say is the ice cream was so good that Bobby and I went back the very next night just to make sure they knew what they were doing over there. We weren’t disappointed at all!

When we got home early Sunday afternoon feeling a little on the hungry side, there was freshly baked, soft & chewy, oatmeal/chocolate chip cookies on the counter, complements of Lauren. The only way for Bobby and I to deal with temptation was to succumb to it. I must have had 5 cookies and oh were they ever so good. But after that big mistake I didn’t allow another morsel of food in my tummy the rest of the day. The really scary news was that I had to get up and face the music Monday morning by stepping on the scale.

Monday came quite early coupled with reluctance to step on the scale for the bitter truth. Truth be told, I was down ½ a pound from our trip. Bobby told me I was golden but I think it had everything to do with balance.

I’m doing really well and back in the grove to polish off the rest of this unwanted weight. It’s so good to be on my ‘weigh’ down once again.