Goodbye Two Bucks….
Comments(1) And hello to a buck-90-something. That was the lofty goal for this week and this morning I achieved it. 198.6. I don’t “officially” weigh in until tomorrow, but this counts. And I’m thrilled to be out of the two-hundreds and into the anything-less-than-two-hundred theme park better known as ONEderland. The mental burden of having a 2-buck number has been almost crippling to me. I know the number is just a number and doesn’t define me as a person, and I weigh what I weigh, and I am who I am, and it’s all changing anyway, and the scale is just a torture device developed during the Spanish Inquisition and thereafter used to keep women under the control of a giant evil media conspiracy… oops, I seem to have gotten off track there for a moment.
Let’s get back to the celebration such as it is. Now that I’m out of the two-hundreds I am telling myself (repeatedly) that this is the last I’ll see of them. EVER. And I really mean it this time. Right? I do NOT want to have to do this all again. It is stupid and unhealthy to yo-yo up and down. That is the most important idea I want to get from this experience. I simply can’t abide by the idea that I would someday have to repeat all this effort. Because it is HARD to change my lifestyle. It is HARD to develop healthy habits. It is HARD to have patience while the weight comes off. But as hard as all that is, it has been harder for me to MAINTAIN a healthy lifestyle and habits. I’ve been here before, several times, and it hasn’t stuck. This time, I’ve got to make it STICK.
Yummy, yummy falafel balls (baked and not fried, so no oil) are simply delish. I made these last night (used the Casbah falafel mix) and they are one of my favorite meals. Plop three or four balls into a wrap (tortilla) or a pita pocket and add thin sliced onions, tomatoes, and a cool dollop of tzatziki sauce (or tahini if you prefer) and you’re in heaven!