No matter how nervous you get, stay focused! You don’t care about anyone else there, just yourself.

Thanks Mopsy! Made it through dinner with one slice, one glass of wine, and maybe another third slice in my friend’s pizza crust, and another corner of a slice. And then the meat, not skin, from about 5 chicken wings. It was just 600 calories or less. I felt a little weird about being careful, and about not eating the chicken skin-isn’t it a faux pas to look like you’re on a diet or are being careful? Actually, it was just tacky of me to not eat the skin, and to eat my friend’s crust, and to eat bits of leftover cheese on the pan. Very tacking. I guess it wasn’t the dieting that was the faux pas but the lapse in self-control later-and eating when everyone else stopped. My timing was off. Oh well. What can I say-I am learning, developing self-control. It wasn’t as bad as eating three whole slices and then being too comatose to converse. It was still a major break for me to not eat half as much as I usually do at these events. Plus, today I weighed in at 135-136 pounds.