Four days of fun and agony (ok that was dramatic LOL)
Calories for 03/22 — no idea I got up to lunch and abandoned my best little friend. I sat and ate licorice and almonds until I was almost sick. No idea why - didn’t even feel good doing it. So I am starting back again after 18 really good days. Hey Joanne 18 is pretty good be proud of yourself — “ok I will”. I must be loopier than normal having a conversation with myself here. Of course last night I catch up with the TLC program “I Can Make You Thin” — I have to admit I agree with most of what he says. He has the four golden rules and as shocking as they might seem — its all common sense. I look forward to the next 4 shows and see what else he unlocks. I have been doing one of the lessons for a while. I only eat what I want — I loath rice cakes so I won’t have them. I will not sub “lite” mayo for regular - I just make do with less and account for the calories. I never realized that to make things “lite” it meant adding chemicals — so I chucked all that crap a long time ago. I have one light ceasar dressing but its all natural and it really tastes good. So we will see. Following some of his rule (as many as possible) and recording my calories might help me.
Lifestyle crashed over the last couple of days. Not horribly but enough to make me angry with myself. Went brain dead and bought the last package of mini eggs in the store yesterday - -it was a large size pack and of course I ate them all. Could leave any behind if I wanted to get back on track today — throw them out you say - -guess that could have been an option but I didn’t want to do that. Funny thing was I really didn’t enjoy them and eating all that sweet just made me crave savoury and I did something also last night I haven’t done forever. I had two pieces of bread and margarine. Crazy but I should get back to “normal” today. Another crazy weekend ahead but lets hope I behave better for my sake. It was an emotional busy busy weekend. We were cleaning up to get ready for my son to move in and I unearthed a few forgotten treasures and some lost items that are very precious to me. I had decided long ago that I was going to use this four day weekend to re-caulk my bathtub. So each day I spent about an hour scraping, cleaning and redoing the new caulk. I should be able to use the tub tomorrow morning - I just hope I did a good enough job and there are no leaks where that miserable dangerous mildew can grow. So lots of work was done — lots of good eating and some bad but I guess it all comes out in the wash. I also had a dream that I gained 14 pounds during my 18 days of being good - 
Funny thing is that in remembering the numbers it would actually be a 6 pound weight loss so lets see what Friday brings — although I have to behave to have anything actually happen.
Filed under: General on March 25th, 2008
Yes, you’ve BEEN doing this, my friend, and you will CONTINUE to do this…a brief lapse is nothing to be too concerned about. Easter’s over, luckily, and we can all get back to normal. I think that once your son is settled in, things will calm down a bit, too. You’re doing GREAT, and don’t you forget it!
Hugs,
Z