Damage Control

This week is birthday week in my family. My sister and I were both born in January, exactly 7 yrs and 7 days apart. We usually celebrate our birthday together one way or another. Sometimes it is a family dinner. Sometimes just the two of us go out to lunch together or with our mom. This year, we decided to celebrate with a girls night out. We had both been wanting to go to The Melting Pot and had never been. Both having rather impatient husbands, we knew this fondue restaurant probably was not the place for them. So we enlisted a few friends and made a plan. All of this was planned before I joined WW, obviously, because who in there right mind would plan a dinner involving bread, cheese, chocolate, etc. while simultaneously counting points. Hence, the damage control. Saturday morning, I had to dig out the treadmill, which has been buried in the garage since my ankle injury last year, and put it to work. After 1.5 miles yesterday and 1.75 miles today, I feel much better about dinner last night. Btw...it was sooo gooood! And really, even though it was not what I would consider 'on plan', it really wasn't too bad. Yes there was bread and cheese and chocolate with yummies for dipping, but the bread was in small pieces and there was only one soup bowl of it for the three people on our end of the table. The chocolate was awesome too, but again, there wasn't alot of it and it was shared. The entree was awesome, but still rather healthy...shrimp with a little steak, chicken and bratwurst. Everything is bite size for the most part so it is hard to stuff yourself. Anyway, the food was good, the stories were better and the laughter was priceless. I think we all need a little more laughter in our lives.
Oh yeah...we have several more birthdays coming up in the next few months. I you have a yummy 'girls night' suggestion in the greater Charlotte area, please let me know.