The Factory

I spent the other morning having a cup of coffee with a friend who is on a weight-loss journey!  She just kept encouraging me and telling me I CAN DO THIS!  You know who you are L!  And let me tell you the strength this girl has is motivating! 

 

So lately when making decisions I’ve been able to think about my friend L and make better choices! 

 

Diet Pepsi and I have been separated since my slip up at BJ’s!  But it’s getting easier!  

I spent the other evening helping Rudy with something in his office.  We were passing the Bridgewater Mall and there was traffic so we stopped for dinner.  Ahh, the Cheesecake Factory….My favorite!

 I ordered a water and told our server that I broke up with soda.  She didn’t say anything at first, but after I gulped my first glass of water, and she was filling my second she said, “I gave up soda too, I know how hard it is, you need something else cold to always be sipping on”.  I appreciated her acknowledging what I had said.  I also appreciate that she attempted to connect with me.  

Sometimes I feel so judged.  I know it’s easy to judge someone by the way they look.  Sometimes I feel like people look at me the way I look at Honey Boo Boo’s Mom.  I say to myself, “really?!”  People automatically look at me and probably think, I am a constant junk food addict, that I feed my kids crap, that I don’t ever work out, and that I don’t value myself etc.  All of which is extremely untrue. 

 

But at that moment I felt like I was accepted, the real me!  Well the Alissa who desires health!  The real me?!  That’s a whole other blog!  {insert awkward laugh}

So eating at the Cheesecake Factory is one of my favorite things to do…the menu is so extensive, you can find almost anything you could crave.  Usually at the Factory, I would have a burger or the orange chicken.  Instead I stuck to the Skinnylicious menu and found something that struck my fancy! 

The Mexican Tortilla Salad…

…and notice my ice water!  {Go Lissa, Go Lissa!!!!!}

Rudy and I did share a piece of cheesecake and to both of our surprises, we each had a few bites, wrapped the rest to go home and sure enough we left it in the car to spoil and so never touched it again!  I think Skinny Alissa purposely forgot the cheesecake….The fuller Alissa would have ate the cheesecake with her hands in the car ride home.  Don’t lie….You would have too!!!  

I had to skip out of my weigh-in on Wednesday because the day was crazy.  But on Thursday I had to go to the doctor…silly girl.  I thought I was having a heart attack. The doctor thought I had a blood clot…everything ended up being okay, but I hopped on the scale, and I lost 3.8 pounds!  

WOoHoo!

Thanks for all the encouragement!  You guys have been great!  You can do it too!