MONDAY GRATEFUL POST

Good Monday Morning all you Beautiful amazing people,

It's one week till Christmas Eve.   WOW the holiday's are coming very quickly.   Holiday parties are upon us in full force.   Hope everyone is making good choices at those parties.    I went to one last night at a restaurant that I have never gone to before.   It was a Italian restaurant and I don't eat Italian that often due to the high  fat and calories in it.     I've been trying to loose some weight and made the best choice possible of the foods on the "limited group menu" we had to chose from.     Needless to say.....I ordered grilled shrimp and wilted spinach and it came on a bed of garlic buttered pasta.    Now anyone who truly knows me well.....knows I pretty much do everything fat free.    I dump on fats so I do try to avoid them as much as possible ( BTW..I did NOT eat the pasta )...but still I ended up dumping when I got home...guess from the salad dressing.    Good note...I guess because of my wise choices I am down almost 2 more lbs. today from last week.   WOO HOO.   I am SO grateful for the weight loss and that my "tool of choice" still works.     Grateful for the ability now to turn down foods that i shouldn't have.     Grateful for my family.   PLEASE keep the families that were involved in the Ct. shootings in your thoughts and prayers.   I can't imagine loosing that many children at one time in one place from some really mentally ill person especially at this time of the year.    Have a blessed and safe day and hug your children a little tighter today and in the future and always tell your family you love them.    Never know when it could be their last day on this earth.    Have a great day and PLEASE share if you will what you are grateful for today.

Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian