Day 5

The First Challenge

My first big challenge came today.  I am heading to my parents house for the weekend.  I have found that the Meal Replacement Plan isn't difficult to stick to when I am along, but traveling is tough.  First challenge today - driving the three hours to my parents.  No big deal, but I had to stop twice to pee.  (That's the problem with drinking so much water!)  The second challenge, hanging out with the family and we're all big eaters.  Luckily, they're very supportive and are working very hard to not tempt me in any way.  My dad even offered to throw out the apple tarts my mom made for herself - so sweet!  But those weren't an issue for me - had it been chocolate I might have said yes!

The biggest challenge today was visiting with my best friend.  We only see each other every few months and when we do it's usually a long talk over dinner.  I told her we could do anything as long as it didn't revolve around food.  First we did a little shopping at Wal-Mart.  Then we decided to go drink some tea at a local coffee shop.  Unfortunately my friend decided she was hungry, so she ordered food.  It looked good, but I wasn't really tempted.  I also figured, why should I make others suffer because of my own decision to go on this diet.  It worked out well - I drank about 3 cups of tea, felt full and enjoyed spending a couple of hours talking with my oldest friend!