Thanks God it's Monday?

Never thought I would say   "Thank God for Monday! Seems if I think really hard there were some positives to be made from this weekend.  When I got on the scale Saturday morning it showed the weight I lost over the week- 3 lb dip!  There were many positives. Spent time with family and had a wonderful time.Brought healthy food and got through the buffet with making good choices. I brought the Skinny Girl Margarita too.  Despite planning some things on Sunday and Friday night just got away from me.  I am going to try and stay positive, so instead of a blog filled with guilt and confessions I will describe some of the things that went right! So you may infer there were lots of things that went wrong. 

First Let me explain about "Enright" parties. They usually last 2 days  My family is more of a Fraternity. Sigma Kappa Enright!  You would think people in their 40's 50's 60' 70's and 80's would settle down. This is not the case. My 83 year old Dad was cutting a rug and drinking Manhattans till about 1 am.  Going into this with the notion of "dieting" may have been foolish. At one point I saw my 13 year old with the microphone (there was  DJ!)  she was wearing a fur cheetah cowboy hat sun glasses and singing along with the Black Eyed Peas. It was a proud moment for me  The next day 6 of us were in the pool by 8:30AM floating and eating grapes.  hydrating together!   I am going to make up my mind to just move on and be grateful for the time with my family.  Worked off some calories dancing too! In fact, the Metalica medley at the end of the night has rendered my neck stiff, my heel spur has flared up and the hip hop numbers  made me feel like someone hopped on my hip. Seriously in pain!

A little about hydration. the extreme water loss in Bikram Yoga combined with the water loss from alcohol creates a situation in the following days  of extreme water retention. I am talking a 5 pound difference from Saturday morning after Yoga to Monday.  I know it is water but it is a bit of a let down. Lots of water today should help.- will help.  5 Lb  of fat would be an excess of 17500 calories and that did not happen. The biggest mistake was lunch on Sunday and then trying to makeup for all of it by skipping Sunday dinner and getting too hungry. Jack ordered Chinese food and I ate some of that without really paying attention from the cartons while standing at the kitchen counter thinking, I would just start over Monday.  Stupid but I am not in this position because of my brilliance with food choices.
Today I was asked "why I was so obsessed with weight loss?"  I think the answer is I have never been at home in my own skin. When I was a kid I was always a few pounds heavier than my best friend. My Brother teased me a lot and I had the nick name Mary Pat the Fat Brat. "Thin" periods in my  life were short. I guess I am also on a quest for control. I have noticed that every time my daughter goes into the hospital ( average 2 weeks a year for the first 10 years) I went on a diet. I really believe this is a brain problem not a stomach problem. I think that is why people who have gastric bypasses gain weight back. When they have brain surgery for weight loss I may be a candidate.

Back on my bike today eating right and drinking water in order to rehydrate. Still hopeful! Not giving up but getting a little tired of the weekends screwing everything up. Do not see any way around them.  The next few are going to be tough. We will see what happens!