We have downward movement!

And thank goodness for that! I was down 3.5 lbs at my WI today and was I relieved about that! It was funny because the lady in line behind me told me she was having exactly the same problem, she had weighed the same for the last 3 weeks too. We both agreed we would throw huge tantrums if we didn't get more agreeable numbers this week! Thankfully, neither of us had to.

I feel better, and more positive going forward. Today I hardly snacked at all and didn't feel hungry most of the day. It's so weird how some days I can eat my body weight and then a switch flicks and it's not a problem other days. And I was proud of not feeling the need to snack out of habit today (eg. it's 11am, must be time for a banana...4pm, must be time for something sweet, etc.), I was actually listening to my body, or even better, just not having to think about it. NSV!

Also, I put on a new pair of linen trousers today. I don't have many summer bottoms and with the sun finally peeking out I thought I would put my trusty jeans away and wear something light. I bought this new pair in a size 16 (US 12-14) thinking they would fit snugly and last me the summer, hopefully fitting better in a few weeks. Well, they were actually pretty loose when I put them on the first time. NSV!

And there's more... J and I went out for dinner tonight, to a place we've been wanting to try called the Bountiful Cow. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what their speciality is! We are always hunting down decent burgers. J being a transplanted American, has it in his blood, and me, well, I just love burgers. A lot of gourmet restaurants now have gourmet burgers on their menus and they are pretty amazing, made of good ingredients and not junky. So anyway, we had a gorgoeous meal - I had smoked salmon for starters and then the signature burger which was amazing, J had duck rillette on toast and then a chorizo burger and we both had ice cream for dessert. By the way, this was a comp meal I was gifted and was a 3 course set menu. If it wasn't I probably wouldn't have ordered any dessert but I really enjoyed the treat of ice cream (which is one of my favourite foods in the whole world) because I have it so infrequently these days. We did also share a bottle of Prosecco with the meal. I really enjoyed the whole meal but the thing I am proud of is, even though I ate the 3 courses and had the Prosecco I made pretty good choices I think. I had the salmon but didn't eat the rich toast that came with it. I had the burger but I left some of the bun and almost all of the fries. NSV! I now wish I had taken a picture of just how many fries were left on the plate!. I only had a few and it was easy to stop and not think about it any more. And that is definite progress.