Days 5 and 6-

Well the weekend has turned out to be somewhat of an epic fail. Breakfast and lunch on both Friday and Saturday were successful. But dinner.....that's another story.

Taco salad (good) with cheese dip (ok) and tortilla chips (sigh) on Friday night. 5 pieces of pizza (gasp!) on Saturday night. Fail. Fail.

But what was the common theme in both of those fails? Not anxiety. Not celebration.
That's right....booze. I had a glass of wine on Friday night before dinner and I had two fingers of scotch on Saturday before the pizza decision was made. And that was the key. Having very few carbs has greatly magnified the effects of those small amounts of alcohol. So with that comes the desire to sober up along with the decrease in judgement. And that equals a huge carb fest all around.

So for Sunday (of all days) comes the penance. Lots of water, no carby treats, lots of laundry.
But this time it also comes with the understanding and a new rule:

9) No alcohol before a meal, unless the meal is already planned, prepared, or otherwise underway.

This will hopefully accomplish two things. The addition of food to the drink will in theory lessen the effects. And, if the meal decisions have already been made the alcohol will not be able to derail it.

I've been pretty good about most of the rules. The exercise rule has not be followed (yet). My plan is to wake up early tomorrow morning and go for a walk.

I've gotten some decent rest this weekend. I've fallen off the wagon, but I've picked myself up again. I'm not beating myself up (too badly) about the pizza and tortilla chips, and I've tried to use those examples to gain understanding.

So, a fresh start is in order. I'll take the knowledge I've gained this week and try to use it for next week. Weigh in is in two days, so we'll see how it goes!