Dinner with Friends
Saturday food & exercise:
I skipped the gym today. I ended up going shopping with my sister - she likes the way I dress her & I have much more patience for scouring the clearance racks for finds. By the time we were done, there was no time to hit the gym & shower before dinner with friends.
Breakfast: Bowl of Raisin Bran Crunch w/ Silk Vanilla Soymilk PLUS Fiber. This is my first time trying soymilk with fiber added. I expected it to taste differently from the regular stuff, but it doesn't (I'm happy to say). Since it has 5 grams of fiber per 1 cup serving, I think I'll start buying it from now on.
Lunch with all the girls of my family (mom, sister & daughter): Chick-Fil-A Spicy Chicken Cool Wrap w/ light Italian Dressing and Diet Coke. The wrap was also new to me. I'd never tried them before, but I had a coupon to get a free one that was about to expire, so I took the plunge. It was so-so - probably nothing I'd order again. I admit to being picky about my salad veggies - I love raw spinach but am not fond of lettuce. So lunch was a bust and I ended up leaving a lot of it uneaten.
Dinner with friends: We went to a Japanese Steakhouse (their choice, not mine, although my daughter was thrilled). I ate a few pieces of sushi from a shared platter - 2 pieces California roll, 1 piece each tuna and yellow tail. Dinner was standard fare - clear soup, salad w/ ginger dressing (I left most of this because it was iceberg lettuce, which I dislike), small amount of hibachi shrimp for an appetizer, onions & zuccini, fried rice, and my entree, hibachi rib-eye w/ mushrooms.
Snacks: Baked tortilla chips w/ fat free refried beans and salsa - I was starving after my botched lunch and an afternoon of shopping. I'm also in love with this new salsa I've discovered - Peach, Pineapple and Chipotle. It's Sam's Choice brand from WalMart and it's absolutely delicious with a great sweet-spicy flavor. It's also cheap - $1.99 for a big jar. And since it's full of chunky fruits and veggies, I see no reason why 1/2 cup wouldn't count as a fruit/veggie serving. For a late-night snack I had a reduced-fat ice cream sandwich. Plus Crystal Light, water, and Diet Coke to drink all day. Diet Coke at lunch because I had to buy a large drink to get my free wrap (terms of the coupon). Crystal Light at home. Water with dinner, and more Diet Coke at the bar we went to afterward. All in all, I drank more Diet Coke and less water/Crystal Light than I would have liked, but it's not anything I'm going to stress over.
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As I mentioned, my daughter and I went to dinner with friends from out of town. Joining us were friends of theirs - a woman I've known for years as a friendly aquaintance and her 19 year old daughter, whom I'd never met.
I just couldn't take my eyes off the daughter - she was an absolutely beautiful girl. And she was also a big girl. About 5'10", broad-shouldered, buxom and curvaceous, wearing about a size 16 - 18. Her general body shape and size reminded me of this year's AI winner.
I commented to my friend (not the girl's mother) about what a stunningly beautiful girl she was. My friend's response both surprised and disappointed me. She said, "Yeah, I always thought she could model if she just lost weight."
I responded, "She could be a plus-sized model right now, without changing a thing."
It was such an offhand remark and I know my friend didn't mean to be disparaging, but it still made me a little sad. Here was this gorgeous girl, the picture of health and happiness. Yet she was still being judged for not meeting an ideal that, for her, would be unattainable - being model-thin.
