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"Follow busy mom Kathy as she tries to slim down. Don&amp;#039;t miss her weigh-ins and her ups and downs following Ellie Krieger&amp;#039;s 12-week plan, Small Changes, Big Results.    Randy and I got invited to a free (!) Kenny Loggins concert the other night, buffet dinner included. Who could turn that down? I&amp;#039;ve been a fan since I first saw Loggins and Messina as a teenager.  I&amp;#039;m happy to report that Loggins sounds as fabulous as ever, and he looks fantastic, too. One reason? He&amp;#039;s stayed in shape and kept the weight off. According to his bio, he&amp;#039;s 59 \u2014 and let&amp;#039;s just say the women in the audience thought he was looking pretty great.  But back to that free dinner. One of the things I&amp;#039;m trying to do on this weight-loss plan is to do just that: Plan. Ahead. But the night of the concert, I figured there would be plenty of healthy food options\u2026 Ha! (And yes, it was free, and who was I to complain? But that weigh-in day always hangs over my head. What can I say?) The buffet table held several not-so-great choices: mini cheeseburgers, mini chili dogs and macaroni and cheese. (Oh, and there was a big bowl of iceberg lettuce and a bowl of heavy-looking blue cheese dressing.) I was starving. What to do? I had one mini chili dog and half of a mini cheeseburger (both really tiny) and a bit of mac and cheese and salad. None of it tasted all that good, and I knew it was a real fat-fest.  What lesson did I learn? Plan ahead. I could have brought a banana or an apple, some low-fat Triscuits and some low-fat cheese in my purse and avoided the fatty food altogether.  The good news? Loggins and his band put on a great show. And joining in when the whole place was singing along with &amp;quot;Footloose&amp;quot; had to burn a few extra calories, right? How do you prepare for situations where you might not have healthy food available? (And are you a Kenny Loggins fan like me?) Drop me a line in &amp;quot;Comments.&amp;quot; \u2014 Kathy Sena "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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