Day Forty Three

Ok, I have a new plan. Exercise twice, stretch a lot, have three protien shakes (none after dinner), eat popcorn and you lose weight. Just kidding.

Finally good news. The weigh-in is 237! What? The body is a strange thing. When you think you are losing you are not and when you think you are gaining you are not.

So I lost 4 lbs this week. So my eating habits must have a major part in this and my body is adjusting.

Day Forty, Forty-One and Forty Two Feb. 10-12

Hi again. I have been extremely busy with work. And my BP is now up again so my experiment of not taking my Diovan is not working. The issue is that I have not been hitting the gym and I have failed with the protein shakes. Katie, I love the protein shakes--TOO MUCH. I am happy to confess that I am like a dog. If the bowl of food is there, I will eat it. Suzanne witnesses this. Please know that I don't snort or lick when I eat and it is not from a doggy bowl. Anyway I learned this about myself many years ago. So when I lived alone (pre-marriage), I kept my place devoid of all temptations.

When I was in college, living in the dorms, I learned how to survive on dorm food. The first semester I gained weight, which is normal. But then as the years went on, and after working in the cafeteria, I learned that the food wasn't all that appetizing. Once you actually see how they make it, you really don't want to eat it. Imagine large vats of pee with a butter slim on the surface. Yuck! It looked like some type of chemical spill, witch's brew, or child's vomit.

So when I entered graduate School, I moved into an apartment. Finances helped keep me within a food budget, but on Sundays I would splurge---KFC or something like that. Sunday was the fun day because in the dorms, we had to fend for ourselves for dinner.

Nowadays, my choice would be to not have "goodies" in the house. Suz is a candy freak. She hides her stash all over the house. It is like living with an Candyaholic. I find candy in various drawers, cabinets, closets etc and they are generally old and stale. I think she needs to join CAA (Candy Addicts Anonymous). She claims that the kids need to have goodies but they don't eat her goodies. They eat cookies etc. Needless to say the arguments with the kids over candy, treats never cease to end.

For my part, since I started this whole thing, I have not been rummaging around for her treats so to speak. Ha Ha. At least not those treats. Ha Ha. Nor have I been partaking in her baked goods. She loves to make brownies. She goes on these brownie binges where she finds "the recipe" to end them all. And then after a couple of brownies decides to throw them all away. I think we could create a good sized college fund from all the wasted powdered chocolate, sugar, flour, eggs, baking powder, salt and chocolate chips. Ha Ha.

Anyway....went to the gym on Wednesday. My knees have been killing me so I have been struggling. Will go again tonight. Food wise I have been doing well. Yesterday I had the last protein shake for lunch but I was starving at dinner and had some popcorn after dinner for a snack and a small bowl of Fiber One. So I am done with the shakes. People survived for years without shakes.

Have a great weekend. I am dreading the weigh-in tomorrow.

Day Thirty-Seven through Thirty-Nine (Feb. 7-9th)

No I have not been swept up in the blizzard hitting the East Coast, eventhough that would be fun. No I have not gone to the gym over the last couple of days either. No real excuses. I have been swamped with work, but that really is not an excuse. I will be going later today. Food wise I have been behaving. I will bore you later with my list.

Day Thirty-Six Saturday Feb. 6th

241 lbs. Nothing gained and nothing lost.

NOW IT IS TIME TO GET SERIOUS! I have been lazy but I have learned out to maintain. I know how to eat good food and not gain weight. I think I have perfected it. Now it is time to move forward and jump start things.

I will be much more focused this week. I will list everything I am eating and I will start with Super Bowl Sunday.

Day Thirty Five Friday Feb. 5th

So I have missed a couple of days. Friday was not bad. I hit the gym. Not feeling so go as evidenced from yesterdays blog.

Scrambled eggs for Bfast
Sushi for lunch
And we had a group of friends over. I ate very little and had two beers and two rum and diet cokes. Suz tied on one and had a ton of fun.

Tomorrow is the weigh-in