As expected, but not as bad as it could be

My weigh in this week wasn't a surprise (in the sense that there was a gain), but I was prepared for worse.

This week's weight: +0.6 lbs.
Total weight loss: -13.5 lbs.
Body fat -- still at -4.5%, which is great, considering that could easily have slipped, too.

I faced a lot of temptation and a lot of "special occasion/eating out" this week, but made some good choices here and there:

• Holiday luncheon on Thursday (I skipped the bread, my app was a light salad, and we didn't have dessert)
  
• Out to celebrate my new promotion on Friday (I had 2 cocktails, but I had soup and salad for dinner and only one of the rolls... which are amazing).
  
• Out with friends and an elaborate dinner on Saturday (I stuck to small portions and skipped dessert, though I had a cookie afterwards.
• Brunch with friends on Sunday (where there was a ton of attention paid to making it a HEALTHY brunch, not just for me, but all of is -- I had some scrambled eggs, root vegetable hash, fruit salad and 2 bloody marys, and a couple of cookies).
  

I've got lunch plans the next 3 days, but hope to keep them limited to salads and lighter sandwiches, if I can. AND THEN comes the traveling for Christmas. That will be:

• Party at my mom's friend's house Christmas Eve night
• Fancy breakfast on Christmas (stuffed french toast thing)
• Christmas dinner with lasagna
• Dinner out at Roy's steakhouse over the weekend
• Probably another elaborate meal in there somewhere

So... a week from now (well, Tuesday morning) will be the post Xmas weigh in. Week 19.

Hope those of you who celebrate Christmas are looking forward to a great week of joyousness and being able to say no to the extra cookies! :-)

And the rest of you... well... you can find will power with the cookies, too!

Thanks for reading!