Hard week back

I'd hardly call this week a success. It must be the worst time of year to try anything around a diet, but especially now our kids are getting older, Christmas is a constant mess of party's and celebrations of some sort. Every night this last 2 weeks has been flat out either at home or out somewhere, and that won't change until around the 2nd week of January from what I can tell.

Breakfasts have been solid. I think this is a constant for me now, the morning routine is a solid one that I could continue for a long time I think. Lunch has also been pretty decent, except for one bought Chinese lunch, where I still threw out half the rice. Dinner has been mostly good, but the 2 nights out I had sausage rolls, and a couple of snacky thihngs, and home made burritos (not that nice either) and ham. Probably the worst I've had some snacks almost every day. Not heaps, mainly crackers, with some peanut butter, once cheese. Plus the snack food on Tuesday night when out, not 100% good this week. Still I'm happy to be doing the breakfast, and so far today looks like it will be quite solid. I guess tomorrow is a cheat day. I'll probably treat it like that, but I have to closely monitor the results of when I have a medium week like this and do the cheat day, because it may mean I start putting on weight. Either way I want to get back proper routine as soon as the silly season passes. Next week also might be a solid week, as we aren't going out as far as I can tell all week, and Christmas isn't until after cheat day next week. I'll aim for a solid week anyway.

Drinking is the biggest fail. Even after going out at night, not drinking out, I still managed 4 drinks (inc 2 generous bourbons) both those nights, and last night had 1.5 wines with dinner, 3 beers and 2 bourbons, which is way too much for a school night. Chrismtas and late Jan holidays will be tough for me to control too much, so I really want a solid week next week to give me a good start to Christmas. I'm aiming to be drink free early in the week, and 2 reds until Thursday night, the main point being not having the 3rd drink as that is always the turning point from controlled to out of control.