Drop 10 With SELF: Tostones, Starbucks and Another Two Lbs

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It is so hard to resist those interoffice emails inviting me to eat cake for someone's birthday, bagels for that work breakfast or free doughnuts because it's Friday. I like to think of it as torture. I just try to pretend that my Drop 10-approved waffle sticks with maple dip taste better -- and if nothing else, make me feel better.

I'm also feeling better, physically, too. Over the weekend, I celebrated a friend's birthday at a Cuban restaurant in Richmond's city center. Living in the suburbs can spoil a girl -- I'd never have to walk far from my parking spot to my destination. This weekend, though, I parked a half-mile from the restaurant and actually enjoyed my walk there, probably because I felt so fit, too.

But I couldn't let my diet stop me from celebrating, so I used my banked Happy Calories on some (phenomenal) tostones. And the Happy Calories are what make the diet so flexible. That, and all the awesome to-go options. I had the Starbucks lunch meal (Dubbed the Power Plate, it consists of a Starbucks Protein Bistro Box and a Tall, sweetened, blackened Tazo Shaken Iced Tea.) two days in a row because I was just so busy. A diet for busy people that has take-out and tostones options? What more could you want?

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