Mark and I just got home from our weekend in New Jersey. It went VERY well and I have to say it really was easy since I went there prepared with my own food if needed.

We arrived at my Sister's house around 11:45pm Friday night and it was an exhausting drive since we both worked a full day first. We got only a few hours of sleep and then had a busy Satuday ahead of us.

For breakfast at my Sister's I had 1/2 of a Mini Whole Wheat bagel with 1 tbsp. PB2. For lunch we went to Chili's and this was the FIRST restaurant experience for me. I ordered a Grilled Chicken Sandwich and asked for the honey mustard dressing on the side and for either american or cheddar instead of the swiss that it came with. Well they didn't follo any of the requests but luckily the sandwich had barely any honey-mustard on it. I ate about 1/3 of the chicken breast and gave the rest to my sister to take home.

We drove to Mark's brothers house and brought them 2 large pizza's for dinner. I brought 1/3 cup of salad with light Italian Dressing and about 1oz. of Low-Fat WW Cheddar cheese. These are individually wrapped and are AWESOME!!!  I also had all of my water and a protein shake.

Sunday for breakfast I scrambled one egg. Lunch today was while we were tailgating at the Jets game. I brought another WW cheese and 1/4 of a whole wheat sandwich with turkey and light mayo. I do have to admit that when we were seated at the game I was wanting a pretzel so badly! That was actually the biggest temptation that I have felt since surgery almost 7 weeks ago!

Sunday night we went to my parent's for dinner and two sets of my Aunt's and Uncle's came out just to see me! They all live an hour away from my Mom and Dad so that made me feel good! My Dad grilled chicken but put BBQ sauce on all of the chicken breasts so I opted to slice some chicken off of the roaster my Mom made the night before. I had 1/2 oz. of Fresh Mozzarella and 1 large green bean. Dessert was Apple Crumb Cake and boy did it look good!!! I was a bit jealous, lol.

This morning I had 1/2 of a mini whole wheat bagel with 1 tbsp. of regualr peanut butter and then we took off for home.

I weighed myself immediately since I couldn't for the last two days, lol. I am down exactly 40 pounds since surgery and 55 since I started seeing surgeon. When I lose just 5 more pounds I'll be the lowest weight that I've been since 2000!!!

I am a little bit nervous about this weekend. Friday after DH gets out of work we are making the 6 hour drive to NJ. We will stay with my sister but will see both sides of the family and attend the Jets vs. Cincinnati football game on Sunday. We will be tailgating with my in-laws (MIL, FIL, BIL, SIL) and my Cousin and his Wife. I plan on bringing a whole wheat mini pita with turkey and low-fat cheese.  This is a tried and true item that I know I won't get sick on. Perhaps I'll bring a Mini Bag of Kay's Protein Snacks too.

I'm just nervous about being away from my house. I know I need to prepare, prepare, prepare and I will. I'll pack all of my foods that I need to survive.

This will be a really good dress rehearsal for the end of the month when I go on a cruise with my family. I'll be driving down to my Sister's again for Halloween and then we leave the next morning at 5:30am to fly to Florida for the cruise. I am going with my Parent, Sister, her BF and her daughter. DH was not able to get off of work. To prepare I printed off some menu's and I'll bring them to my NUT tomorrow to see what the best selections would be. I know that typically fish and chicken are ideal (especially without sauces) but I would like to know if Lamb or Duck is ok or if it is too greasy.

I'll definitely post about how the weekend goes!