Day 1. . . cont'd

So I ended up going to lunch with my friend Jen. I must say, it probably was a very stupid idea to go on my first day, but I did it! Another friend of mine compared it to a drug addict saying he was gonna hang out with his crack- head friends, but he won't do any drugs. . . just too much temptation and why even put yourself in that siutation. I got the point. . . waaaay after the fact I had already gone to lunch. Nonetheless, point taken.
Lunch was at Chevy's, where by the way, I had eaten my "last supper" the night before with my husband. I had eaten flautas, flan , and a scoop of ice cream as my last meal. Anyway, she ordered her food and I ordered a tall glass of ice and a water. I'm gonna have to get used to waiters looking at me in disbelief, as if they're thinking "this over-sized woman doesn't want anything to eat?" hahaha
Of course Jen and I engaged in conversation and were busy playing with the babies; making snowmen outta raw dough, so I was able to keep my mind off of eating. Buuuuuut, when the food finally came I could smell every morsel. . . it was ridiculous! I did have a quick second thought, but I was already there and I was gonna make it work! She ate her food and I poured my shake over ice :) I drank it slowly and talked most of the time. I'm happy I was successful. . . not even the smallest bite of a chip. . .but after a few days, weeks, or months, this might've been a way different story ;)

Later in the day, I had my cinnamon bar while picking up the boys from school. It wasn't bad and actually made me feel a lil better, considering the boys had just bought themselves ice cream (one of my faves) and were eating it in the car. We got home around 430pm and then... I hit a wall!

I was trying to make a Christmas lei and all of sudden I felt dizzy and a bad headache came on. I stopped what I was doing, mainly because I had to pee again, but then crashed out in bed right after. I had told the kids I made plans to walk Mantelli and they wanted to join me, so I asked them to wake me up at 6:30p. Don't know if I would've made it without that quick nap.

I was pretty re-freshed afterwards. I drank my dinner shake and we were off to Mantelli. Jen and her fam couldn't make it, but we met up with some of our other friends and had a nice time walking. The weather was perfect and although I forgot how much my calves and butt burned walking up that hill, it sure felt rewarding to reach the top!

Thanks Vero and Liana!