Sharons Victory's Journal, 28 Aug 17

ok, so, all last week I did so good with my diet and not drinking and this weekend was my first weekend being back on low carb and trying to not drink.

I was successful not drinking all weekend - which I'm SO SO proud of because I didn't even avoid events or people to avoid temptation like usual - I was surrounded by drinking the entire weekend (went to a bar Friday night with a friend, Saturday boxing match with my family and friends and everyone was doing shots, Sunday by the water & everyone was drinking beers). I just kept telling myself - "you can be entertaining and fun without the booze...don't worry what people think." (because that's the main reason I drink so much) and I actually think I had an even better time because I had actual meaningful conversations and I got to do a whole lot more with my weekend and go to more events because I wasn't nursing a hangover any of the days :).

As for my eating - I did good until Sunday. My siblings went to a Chinese/Japanese buffet and I did good for the most part (unbreaded shrimp, clams with cheese on them) but then I ate some questionable things like some beef with a sauce...it didn't taste too sweet but I know from experience that it could have God knows how many carbs in it. After the buffet it was 100+ degrees outside and I've been wanting ice cream for days and my sister said "let's go get some frozen yogurt!". I was weak and said yes justifying it because I knew they had a no sugar added version and some berries...which is what I ate. BUT I also know that I looked up the carbs once and they were kinda higher...so at the end of the day when I was lounging around I thought "I probably ate too many carbs today so why not just enjoy the rest of my night and some carbs?" went and got a candy bar, two pieces of pizza, and a little tub of more frozen yogurt. It was stupid and not even worth it but I am not going to be so hard on myself and I'll step up my game next weekend and I'm right back on track today.