Well I'm in Edmonton this week, visiting DFi.  I was a little leery to get
on the scale Monday morning, but did it anyway and...

I'm down 5 pounds.  Whee!  I was a little worried that his scale might be a
little off, but it hasn't been off yet so I'm going to go with the theory
that it's an actual loss.

I also managed to get in 5 days of exercise last week.

Now to see if I can keep that loss, and maybe lose a little more for next
week.  Monday of course was Valentine's Day, and DFi was thoughtful enough
NOT to get me chocolates.  Actually there's a box of See's truffles here
that we were given in November - there's still 5 pieces left in it!  I have
been allowing myself one now and then, but frankly I'm impressed that
they've lasted 3 months.  For Valentine's dinner we did Chinese food
(frozen) at home, so I was able to just pick bits of what I wanted and not
feel obligated to eat a whole plate of something fattening.  For dessert I
made fat-free chocolate pudding mixed with ultra-low-fat CoolWhip - much
more point-friendly than if we had eaten in a restaurant!

Tonight I suspect we'll be ordering pizza, since I don't have anything ready
yet and we have a few hours of errands to do before we're back home.  I
don't know what DFi is planning on ordering, but my plan is a veggie pizza,
no olives, thin crust, with only half the cheese.

What I really want to know is, why is it that when I'm here, away from the
comforts of home but still with all the stuff I need for exercise, I have
such a hard time making myself do it?  At home I get on the bike and watch
TV, here it's just murder.  Of course it might have something to do with the
fact that the TV at home is a 27" or something like that, and I think the
one in the basement here (where the bike is) is a 13"!