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Friends Can Help With Weight Loss

Last weekend, I had dinner at my best friend's house.  One of the many reasons we are such good friends is that we have a mutual love of pleasure in all forms – good food, good wine, good music,  good times  . . .  and so on and so forth.  Anyway, she is an excellent cook and one of her favorite chefs is Emeril Lagasse whom I also adore.  Expecting a delectable, but calorie rich meal and a few too many cocktails, I saved up all of my extra weekly Weightwatchers points for the occasion.  I even had the nerve to bake my first cake ever to bring over for dessert.  It was a chocolate cake made from a recipe out of Betheny Frankel's book “The Skinnygirl Dish Easy Recipes for Your Naturally Thin Life.”   I thought it came out pretty good.  I think my friend would agree with me even though the peanut butter in the icing made her tongue stick to the roof of her mouth and her husband had us laughing so hard over his imitation of her dilemma that she was afraid to eat any more.  But I digress.

To my surprise and delight, my friend, in consideration of my weight loss efforts, had made a delicious and healthy dinner for us to enjoy.  She made bruschetta on 5 grain Italian bread, a light version of coq au vin, whole wheat couscous, cauliflower, and a salad with low fat dressing.  She even had low calorie desserts available but I, apparently, sabotaged that with the chocolate cake. 

During dinner, my friend told me that she had enjoyed the challenge of making a light but tasty and satisfying meal from appetizer to dessert.  The next day, after I entered every morsel and sip into my Weightwatchers online journal, I saw that, even with the cocktails and the chocolate cake (I had a very small piece), I had stayed within my Weightwatchers points for the week.  I called my friend  to thank her and to share the good news.  She was thrilled.

The moral of this story is that a good friend can support you in your weight loss efforts.  Sometimes they do it on their own, like my friend.  Sometimes,  you may need to ask for their help.   Don't be afraid to.

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