Well, I have 18 more pounds to go to make my 25 pound loss by Christmas. It was a tough week, I was a little bi-bowler (one bowl of everything one bowl of nothing). I could not fight the power of the Halloween candy. I have friends who buy their kids' candy the first night and throw it all away. That seems inhumane. In fact my friend who did that brought it to a function and told us where it came from and in protest of this horror out of a sense of solidarity with her deprived children I ate it till I could eat it no more. (Someone had to do it). I have not figured out just what to do to lose weight so I am doing a little of everything I have done before. I stop eating around 9:00 and walk most days and feel guilty about not stopping around 9:00 or walking some days. I also feel guilty about not drinking water. The guilt diet seems to be working for me. I have lost 6 pounds in 2 weeks. I think I have about 6 weeks to go so if I just apply a little more effort I will just make it. I am a little worried about the terms of this "contest". In my original post I had thought I wrote "get in shape by Christmas" but in fact I had written "get in shape". SO perhaps I will have to define the terms a bit clearer. It if is by Christmas I have to work harder but if it is just in shape, I will have to work longer (either way, longer and harder are highly over rated and in this case not something I relish). I plan to just keep this up till I am a single celled organism regardless of the wager, but it sure helped me get started. Bless you First Wife.
I went on a juice fast for 3 days. My nutritionist friend said I could do this for up to 2 weeks. I love a challenge and think it would be cool to say I had done it. However, since I am nursing that does not seem wise. I did not mind the fast. I hated the juice. It was lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper. It was gross. I think I mixed it wrong or maybe I was not supposed to keep the peel on when I juiced it or maybe it is just disgusting to mix pancake syrup and lemonade and cajun spices (otherwise, Hickory Pit would offer it on the menu). But at least I got a headache. So maybe it was worth it. ;0/ Oh, and it burns on the way out and I spent the day burning several times and had to cancel all my plans today so I could stay close enough to the burning site and howl in pain instead. I'm not sure it was at all worth it in the end. If I decide to fast or detox in the future I don't think I will do it this way.
I had the intention of doing the induction phase of South Beach when I went off the fast and had an enormous salad this afternoon with those good intentions. Unfortunately, after refusing dinner I came downstairs and everyone was eating burritos. A bite led to half which led to the ice cream I did not eat the past few days and while I was making up to my sweet little friends for the neglect I showed them over the past weekend, I had some candy too. But at least I stopped around 9:00 and felt guilty about not walking or drinking any water.
This is all much more thought and effort and emotion than I think eating should be. I hate this. I'll look forward to sharing my journey with you next week.
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