To weigh or not to weigh that is the question...

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Yesterday I decided I was not going to get on the scale every day. That it's very disconcerning. Then today I turned around and got on the scale to see 166. That's not bad. It's not 170, it's not 168 even. It shows progress.

I get nervous when I stray from combinations and recipes that aren't in the book. I feel like I need permission to make substitutes or to create my own dish. I'm afraid I'm not within the 400 calories. When I stray from the book I feel like I'm cheating on the diet. It's not bad guilt, because I want to try so hard to follow the diet and pay attention to my portion sizes and eating every four hours. Next week I want to try a lot of the recipes in the book. As long as I find recipes with nutrition information that I can work with I will probably feel better. Speaking of Nutrional Information. When I'm buying things what should I be looking at? Calories, Fat.. Sure.. but what about Carbs? Sugars? Sodium? Cholesterol? What are better numbers, what are numbers I should avoid? The book doesn't say anything about that.

I leave for the beach tonight with friends. We will see how well I do with alcohol, eating out, and everything else that will be thrown my way.