Day 8. Weigh in #1.

Results for today's weigh-in: -1.2!!! Yay!!!! I get to move a marble over from "pounds to go" to "pounds LOST"!!! I love collecting my bravo stickers and moving my marbles. Positive reinforcement! Really, its the little things in life. I believe this.

Tomorrow marks the start of the weekend. What's on the schedule? Brother is coming home for spring break so out to dinner with the family Friday night. Boyfriend is coming home for spring break so out to dinner with boyfriend Saturday night. Voice student is lead in her school's musical so out for lunch on Sunday. This is a lot of "out." I don't tend to do well with "out." I have come to accept this. So really, my goals and strategies are:

• Try to leave food on the plate. Serving sizes in the US are way too big, and we think that in order to "get our money's worth" we have to eat everything. False. Its called GET A BOX AND TAKE HALF OF IT HOME.
• Go for water in stead of soda or alcoholic beverages.
• Salad w/ dressing on the side where possible. Stay away from fried foods when possible. 

Hopefully I will find some time to run. Or at least do some crunches and arm work. Sunday Filip and I are going hiking and I am SO excited for this. I wish I lived in a forest so I could just go for leisurely strolls/hikes/jaunts every day. I feel so at home and so empowered when I'm out in nature, like I can accomplish anything no matter how big or how small.