One month passed, and trip coming up

I was planning to have a quiet night yesterday, but some friends called and arranged to go to Chinese Hot Pot with them. Hot Pot is a pretty fun experience, and I'm convinced you end up eating less, because it takes so much more time! Plus the food is all cooked in a broth, so it's not fatty or anything like that, as long as you go easy on the peanut sauce, of course. I had enough to feel not hungry, maybe even slightly full, but stopped right there. Then we went back to my place for cocktails. I had two champagne glasses of rum mixed with ice, strawberries and lime, which was delicious and very light. They got some really fatty-looking chocolate ice cream, but I only had a teaspoon of it, to taste. Overall, I'm happy with myself.

Unfortunately, I woke up this morning feeling dehydrated and bloated, and the scales showed 96.4kg. So this is only a 1kg loss for the first month. Actually, I *could* say that it's two kilos, because I weighed 98.4 on 29th March, but oh well. It's still a loss, and I'll take it. It feels good to manage to lose weight with all the social happenings this past month.

Tonight I'm leaving again for the long weekend; I'm going on a roadtrip to Bath and other places with some friends from my boyfriend's town! So I won't be able to have direct control or weigh myself for the next 4 days. I will try to be on good behaviour: go easy on the alcohol, avoid desserts, eat enough to not be hungry but not more. I hope the scale will be forgiving.

Have a good weekend everyone!