Oktoberfest

Today I went to an Oktoberfest at the rectory of our Church, hosted by my priest. What a great time I had.

Being a weight watcher and really serious about it now. ( That Cornea thing really burned me!) I saved up an extra 12 points to be able to accommodate the food that was sure to be there. This is, after all, a church gathering of adults and our motto is "Give them food and they will come!". And they always do.

I specifically did not eat dinner but had a snack that I planned for but did not plan enough for. I wanted a 3 point snack and I was at Dunkin Donuts getting my coffee, so I ordered what was sure to be an over priced cookie, sight unseen, and that was my first mistake. It was bigger than my hand. My three point cookie rapidly went to 5 plus my coffee so there goes that.

Being smart ( or being a "smart cookie" as Poodle would say), I compensated by drinking half a beer rather than an entire one. I had two brat's and one slice of cake. I was not only proud of myself, I wasn't hungry for anything else either.

On the exercise scene, I did the body sculpting session today ( 55 minutes) and did the entire thing, somewhere between beginner and advanced, depending on the moves. I haven't felt this good in a long time. So the answer is slowly but surely its starting to phase in the way I want to be so it doesn't bite anymore.

Back to Oktoberfest, the food was delicious. The Beer was wonderful. I hadn't been in the rectory since Fr Christopher came to town and it looks wonderful. I spent some time talking with what surely should have been my twin, she has the same name and spelling as mine and we share the same birthday - what are the odds of that? We are both musicians. She teaches my god daughter in school and we both sing with the same group in different seasons..... it's kind of weird to be honest. I sing with her mom in our church choir and I absolutely adore her! So it was kind of cool to be able to socialize with my twin and her husband tonight, they usually have the kids and they are so adorable but at a tough age for the parents to be able to socialize.

Both of us being musicians and singing with the same director during different seasons, she and her husband are going to come to the concert in November. I think I am going to have the two of them and her mom over for dinner some night. That would be fun. We'll talk about it in the morning at church.

All in all it was a nice and successful evening. I am really happy I was able to get there. I also wore a pair of pants I haven't even attempted to wear in two years and they looked pretty good.

I showed a big gain at the scales this morning, but honestly this has been a crazy week and I could make excuses but the reality is I had an awards banquet on Thursday, my cycle started on Friday and I am evidently retaining water in the event of a drought. I couldn't even put my rings on this morning and they were big on me to start with. By this evening I stood on my scale and some of the water has finally left my body. I am just watching the sodium intake to make sure that isn't playing a part.

Tomorrow I will try to start Pilate's. I need to keep some variety going or I get bored. I think got "it" back!