Staying Focused

It's one of the toughest parts of the process. You have a few good days, you see your weight drop, and you figure you can take a day off. When you feel like you've earned a bad meal, it's easy to justify eating one.

Enter Casa Bonita.

As a kid, I used to go there once a year, normally as a reward for a good report card, or for winning a 3rd-grade spelling bee. I loved it. For those who have never been, take a look around the site, and you'll see how it can be so appealing to a young kid.

Now, the food is pricey, and it's mediocre, at best. A dinner for four, with drinks (all diet, of course) cost us nearly $50. For that, we got four huge plates of all-you-can-eat chicken-based fare. Enchiladas, Chimichangas, Tacos, re-fried beans, Spanish rice...And once you finish the first plate, it just seems natural to have a second. So I did.

So, bad food choices, but at least my kids enjoyed it.

No. No, they did not. That place, with its caves, guys in monkey suits, fake bats hanging from the ceiling, and so much more, scared the living ba-jeezers out of my girls.

So, lesson learned on two counts.

1. I haven't earned JACK, yet.
2. My kids are still too young for semi-scary, mediocre, themed, Mexican eateries.

Got it.

Today's weigh in: 301.6 (crap)
My 5-Day average: 300.1 (crap)