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Dodging dinner invitations is not the best way to keep friendships, yet, that is what I had to do last night in order to keep myself together.  "When it rains, it pours"... today I have a lunch date with another friend!

This lunch invitation I'm keeping.  She's a good friend and not at all intimidated or defensive about the fact that I will not eat my heart out.  My friend from last night, though, has this to say about my efforts "Please tell me you are not on that diet!"; that makes me angry.  Why is it so hard for some people out there to understand there are some of us who DO struggle with food?  To me it's an addiction, yes, I did said "addiction", and my body knows I'm stating a truth here.

Food is good man!  It is!!! and I should know, because I went for lunch and passed with flying colors!!!! Loaded up in salad, greens and was very, very happy.  Only to come back home and stuff myself with cinnamon raisin bagels and cream cheese... along with anything else I could find.  WHYYYYYY???!!!!  Why do I do this to myself; I have no explanation.  I wonder if it had been better to indulge at the restaurant with pasta or baked potato, or anything else and just leave it at that, be satisfied and done with.  Would that had made it easier to come home and keep a strong fort?  It seems it's always something 'little' which gets me over the fence.

Back to the trenches tomorrow.  This battle was lost, but the war is still on!  I guess from now on I have to disregard all social events which include food, period.