Treats from a Friend!

It's great to have friends that support you!  

On Friday, I went to an early showing of The Kids Are All Right with Neena and Jess.  A great film, by the way.  I was a little nervous about the cinema experience.  The smell of movie popcorn might send me back to the other side, you know.  I'm a big popcorn lover -- maybe one of the few left with an actual air popper. And one thing I'm really missing on this diet is an outlet for my crunchy, salt cravings. 


I already warned my friends about the diet but encouraged them to still get any theater concessions they desired as I needed to get use to this life change.  Besides - I was prepared!  I snuggled in a low calorie diet  bar and a couple of bottles of SOBE 0 calorie flavored water. (Don't rat me out!)  I had them all jammed in my purse and it wasn't a pretty site.  My purse wasn't exactly equip to keep the waters cool!  But, it was a great first try.  After the show, we stopped at the Grape for a quick drink.  I asked the waitress for an empty wine glass and a tall glass of ice water.  She was happy to assist.  I poured my SOBE pink colored drink in the glass and enjoyed the experience almost as much as if I was drinking a good cab.  Almost.  The mind is a wonderful thing.  If you can get your brain to buy into the experience, then it makes this transition so much easier.

The next day, Neena stopped by with some treats.  She went to Target and got me some better equipment to better assist me in this life change.  Target has some adorable lunch bags that look like purses!  She picked me up a couple so I could always pack my goodies without it being such a big deal, or being so obvious. A really cute small one that looks like a fun handbag and a larger black one for days I'm out longer.  I can't wait to put them to use.  She also found a SOBE flavor I had NOT discovered yet.  Syrah!!  Almost like the real thing.  At least when I'm drinking that one, I can say I'm drinking a Syrah! It's called Syrah Grape Berry, perfect for an evening with the gals drinking wine.

I was worried, at first, my friends might stage an intervention when I told them about my decision -- saying this diet of yours is cramping our fun times.  There has been some discussion about how it does impact what we do.  But, everyone's been great.

Like I mentioned before, it's wonderful to have friends who support you during challenging times.