Day Four - 290.0

I got on the scale (*hiss*) this morning to reluctantly learn that I've gained .6 lbs since yesterday. Is that possible? Although I was disappointed, I'm actually enjoying this daily weigh-in thing. It makes me realize that maybe I shouldn't have eaten TWO bowls of cereal last night before bed. Plus, dinner was a little heavier than I would've liked. We had pasta and broccoli alfredo and a salad. A note to anyone who cares: Ragu's alfredo sauce tastes like nothing and is a waste of CALORIES! Although the dinner was not the best thing we could have made, I feel like it made me reach a benchmark - I restrained myself from having garlic bread!

I am a bread-aholic. Bread has always been my downfall. I love bread in all shapes and sizes: rolls, biscuits, slices, dumplings, toast - the list goes on and on. At any rate, I've been getting my daily "bread" fill at lunchtime, when I eat my Lean Cuisine Panini, but it's just not the same as eating a buttered roll. Ooo... maybe that's why I like bread so much... because it invites its cousin, butter. Anyway... back to the issue at hand - bread is really hard for me to pass up. I can eat four rolls in one sitting (with my normal dinner). However, I was really proud of Rob and me for both passing up the opportunity to overindulge. I asked him, as I was stirring our wheat pasta, if he wanted to throw two slices of garlic bread in the toaster. His reply, "I don't want it... it's so many calories for a little bitty piece of bread..." threw me for a loop. Way to go, Rob! My pre-journey response to this would have been *whine whine whine* until he gave in. The new Becca is no whiner! No pain, no gain!

I think I'm finally starting to get it!