10/23/2011 SUNDAY DINNER - TODAY 196 LBS

My sister, her husband and youngest son are here from Manila, They are all bona fide meat lovers, I mean they bring back to manila, luggage space permitting 2 to 3 pieces of those 4-5 pounder chunks of rib eyes from Costco each time they visit, which is twice a year.  Last night, they invited me to dinner and true enough they were having steaks, she said it was easiest to prepare since her house help wasn't able to get a visa,  yeah sure, Not that I hate steaks, matter of fact there was a time when I would look forward to a good piece of meat (oh.. that didn't sound right did it?) medium rare to well for me with a side of corn, peas and mashed potato. I can't even look at mashed potato now. So in keeping with my self imposed weight challenge, I politely said no thank you to the steaks and instead opted  for a cup of  "Tuscan style chicken and white bean soup" (120) cal/cup) from Nob Hill- delish!! and a plate of salad of corn. lettuce, artichoke and tomato with 2 tbsp (one serving)of Lighthouse's  "bacon bleu cheese dressing) 150 cal/serving. For the salad maybe add 50 cal

                                               I mean, HELLO, how can you not ENJOY this?

For my afternoon snack I had 2 mini wheat thin 100 cal for 2 pairs, turkey meatball sandwiches with jalapeno slices, avocado,  approx 15 cal a slice  tomato , greens and one turkey meatball 54 cal each

BEFORE I WENT TO BED I WEIGHTED MYSELF AND AS OF TODAY OCTOBER 23, 2011 I ACTUALLY GAINED  18 LBS FROM MY 178 LBS WEIGHING AT 196 LBS, REACHING THAT DREADED NUMBER -200 LBS . JUST GREAT TIMING TO DO THIS...