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At week's end
This week I lost 3 lbs. I have noticed a great improvement in my ability to
stay on my eating plan since I stopped taking prozac. I have many theories for this, but do not advocate anyone else stopping their meds. I was taking it for OCD and I am able, from time to time, to not take it. When my little quirks take over my life again, I know it is time to restart.(yes, this is all done through my doctor). In the meantime, I thought that after such a good week, I would go out to dinner with a friend. Turns out, she had to work late so I went with my husband, which is fun too. I planned for the dinner calorie wise all day and I made two changes: Did not have a pre-dinner cocktail (a real sacrifice because I do like the treat of a martini when I go out) and did not even allow the waiter to put the bread basket on the table. That was a real sacrifice because this restaurant doesn't just serve crummy bread but a selection of "homemade" breads in about 5 different kinds per basket. I love bread. I knew I would have nibbled my way through it since my husband can take it or leave it. Plus, I only ate 1/2 the dinner which was more than sufficient to fill me up. Oh, yes Friday is lobster bisque night at this restaurant and I did have a bowl of that, because what is a trip to Artie's without that? So, all in all I was happy that I was able to control the situation in a manner that I usually don't bother to do when going out. Elise |
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At week's end
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 02:35:20 GMT, "Cox SMTP east"
wrote: This week I lost 3 lbs. I have noticed a great improvement in my ability to stay on my eating plan since I stopped taking prozac. I have many theories for this, but do not advocate anyone else stopping their meds. I was taking it for OCD and I am able, from time to time, to not take it. When my little quirks take over my life again, I know it is time to restart.(yes, this is all done through my doctor). In the meantime, I thought that after such a good week, I would go out to dinner with a friend. Turns out, she had to work late so I went with my husband, which is fun too. I planned for the dinner calorie wise all day and I made two changes: Did not have a pre-dinner cocktail (a real sacrifice because I do like the treat of a martini when I go out) and did not even allow the waiter to put the bread basket on the table. That was a real sacrifice because this restaurant doesn't just serve crummy bread but a selection of "homemade" breads in about 5 different kinds per basket. I love bread. I knew I would have nibbled my way through it since my husband can take it or leave it. Plus, I only ate 1/2 the dinner which was more than sufficient to fill me up. Oh, yes Friday is lobster bisque night at this restaurant and I did have a bowl of that, because what is a trip to Artie's without that? So, all in all I was happy that I was able to control the situation in a manner that I usually don't bother to do when going out. Elise Way to go, Elise! I know what a challenge it is for you to pass up that bread basket :-). I've never tried Artie's lobster bisque -- will have to do that sometime. Chris (who's going to Ruth's Chris next Monday night for dinner, sushi at Kawata on Tuesday with Ahmed (wanna come, Elise? 4:00), lunch with Elise on Wednesday, and Inn at Little Washington on Friday -- major splurge next week :-) ) |
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At week's end
Three pounds is fantastic...congratulations. I'm another who has a hard
time passing on the bread basket and usually ask the server to not bring it to the table. If I feel I absolutely have to have bread I ask them to bring just one roll. Beverly "Cox SMTP east" wrote in message ... This week I lost 3 lbs. I have noticed a great improvement in my ability to stay on my eating plan since I stopped taking prozac. I have many theories for this, but do not advocate anyone else stopping their meds. I was taking it for OCD and I am able, from time to time, to not take it. When my little quirks take over my life again, I know it is time to restart.(yes, this is all done through my doctor). In the meantime, I thought that after such a good week, I would go out to dinner with a friend. Turns out, she had to work late so I went with my husband, which is fun too. I planned for the dinner calorie wise all day and I made two changes: Did not have a pre-dinner cocktail (a real sacrifice because I do like the treat of a martini when I go out) and did not even allow the waiter to put the bread basket on the table. That was a real sacrifice because this restaurant doesn't just serve crummy bread but a selection of "homemade" breads in about 5 different kinds per basket. I love bread. I knew I would have nibbled my way through it since my husband can take it or leave it. Plus, I only ate 1/2 the dinner which was more than sufficient to fill me up. Oh, yes Friday is lobster bisque night at this restaurant and I did have a bowl of that, because what is a trip to Artie's without that? So, all in all I was happy that I was able to control the situation in a manner that I usually don't bother to do when going out. Elise |
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At week's end
"Cox SMTP east" wrote in message ... This week I lost 3 lbs. I have noticed a great improvement in my ability to stay on my eating plan since I stopped taking prozac. I have many theories for this, but do not advocate anyone else stopping their meds. I was taking it for OCD and I am able, from time to time, to not take it. When my little quirks take over my life again, I know it is time to restart.(yes, this is all done through my doctor). In the meantime, I thought that after such a good week, I would go out to dinner with a friend. Turns out, she had to work late so I went with my husband, which is fun too. I planned for the dinner calorie wise all day and I made two changes: Did not have a pre-dinner cocktail (a real sacrifice because I do like the treat of a martini when I go out) and did not even allow the waiter to put the bread basket on the table. That was a real sacrifice because this restaurant doesn't just serve crummy bread but a selection of "homemade" breads in about 5 different kinds per basket. I love bread. I knew I would have nibbled my way through it since my husband can take it or leave it. Plus, I only ate 1/2 the dinner which was more than sufficient to fill me up. Oh, yes Friday is lobster bisque night at this restaurant and I did have a bowl of that, because what is a trip to Artie's without that? So, all in all I was happy that I was able to control the situation in a manner that I usually don't bother to do when going out. Elise I hope that I can show the same kind of restraint when I finally get to eat at a restaurant again (coming soon). It's good that you were able to let yourself enjoy at least one thing and control the rest of the environment. We have a place we go with excellent home made bread and I've decided that when they open again next summer and we go, I'm going to ask them to only bring half the amount they normally do Keep up the good work! Jenn |
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