day six: -1.4

I seriously love getting up in the morning and stepping on the scale.

Yesterday I made 5 dozen cookies to bring to our nephew, Shawn's, farewell. I didn't have a single one. Not even a small taste of the dough.

Shawn gave a wonderful talk at church. We were touched by his testimony and know that he will make a great missionary and servant of the Lord.

It was so good to see lots of family. We went over to Mary and Ed's after sacrament meeting. Bud and Miriam (Jeremy's parents), Ben and Gina (Jeremy's brother and sil), their daughter Jessica, and their son Nathan came down from WA too and will see Nathan off at the MTC on Wed as well, Raleigh and Kim (Jeremy's brother and sis) and some of their kids, and of course Mary and Ed (parent's to Shaw and Jeremy's sister and bil).

There were also TONS of Shawn's friends. He is such an outgoing, likable guy.

Jeremy's family is extremely entertaining. They laugh and have fun and that's how they show their love for each other.

There was A LOT of good food. I'm going to be totally honest and say the temptation was strong. One thing that helped me was the thought that I will be able to eat those things again, and when I do it will be with more control. I also thought about the scale in the morning.

I felt so good about myself when we left, because I stuck to my guns. (In this case, strawberries, a few slices of lean roast beef, spinach and my handy-dandy grossini bread stick.)

This morning I made crepes for my family.

I love crepes.

I will be able to have them again.
The scale this morning gave me strength.

19 days to go.
total weight loss: -9.8