Perfection!

Hi people! I do still exist!

Guess what? National day of stuff yourself until you make yourself ill (aka Thanksgiving) is now in the rear view mirror.....I made Thanksgiving dinner at the Mother in laws house, and therefore, there was a nice, healthy modern twist to turkey day... for the most part. The mother in law was in charge of buying ingredients and we all know that she can't follow directions so she purchased some incredibly wrong ingredients, but we survived. We then had ANOTHER Thanksgiving dinner at my dads house... I noticed my plate after everything was served.... I had taken nothing more then a sampling of each item... and I thought "how pathetic am I?! This is ridiculous! But I ate my plate and enjoyed my food, without packing on the pounds....

And then, finals week hit....I discovered that I am a "stress eater" when I am under stress, I want to pig our on the most unhealthy things imaginable......

One of my finals was going out to eat at a very fancy Italian restaurant... at the beginning of the meal my teacher pulled me aside and asked if I could have what was being offered, he made it a point to tell me that he would order me something not on the "UNLV Party" Menu, so that I could enjoy my time out with my new found friends, and not sabotage my "diet".... I ate what was offered with no qualms.  We had pasta for an appetizer, a choice of either chicken or salmon for an entree, and tiramasu and a connoli for desert. Very small portions, but very tasty.... oh, and the most delectable bread imaginable!

Well, in case if you are wondering about the very generous congratulatory gift card if it has been spent yet: It has not. I wanted to utilize it to get an outfit after several months of maintaining, as a sort of incentive to stick with healthy habits! I'll post photos whenever I get to go shopping.... School has stolen more time then I thought it would, I quickly found out that taking 18 units in one semester was bonkers!

Today, the scale revealed the numbers 143.... I have been perfectly maintaining for 3 months now!