Last Monday of 2008
You won’t believe it. Here’s today’s menu:
Breakfast - an entire sleeve of Kedem vanilla cookies. You know Kedem cookies–the ones Weight Watchers helped me discover, because you can have a whole bunch for just a few points? Those.
Lunch - A QuarterPounder withOUT cheese, thank you very much (cheese is fattening, you know), and a small order of fries. I brought my own diet Coke from home, so I don’t need the entire meal.
Dinner - An entire DOZEN of the same snowflake rolls I had the other night, with another tub of baba ghannoush, because it was so good the other night. I ate them all right in front of my husband, sitting in our living room watching TV. I think he may have given up caring how much I eat, because he’s heard so often how I’m “gonna start again soon”. He did ask why I was drinking a regular Sunkist orange soda, because he knows I’m good about always drinking diet soda. (I don’t usually like full-sugar soda, but tonight I was in the checkout line that had only regular sodas in the cooler. I went with one of them so as not to annoy the guy behind me in line any further–I’d already “excuse me”‘d him twice, once to grab another magazine with the latest fabulous diet on the cover, and once to try to zip into the line before he got there when a new register opened.)
My spare tire feels overinflated. I’m having to wear my Size 2XL black velvet pants to work right now because I have no others I can breathe in for more than 5 minutes. I gave away everything I had in larger than a Size 18 in a fit of optimism this summer when I was down into the 180’s and sure I’d never let myself go again and need them. Thank God I didn’t give away the velvet, too, and thank God the temps are back down in the 20’s and it’s still “the holidays” so I don’t look like QUITE as much of an idiot wearing them right now. They have an elastic waist, too–no buttons or snaps or zipper pulls to dig into my gut all day. Hallelujah.
I read another inspirational story about Michelle Aguilar, the Biggest Loser, today. Her Before and After pics are breathtaking. I took a picture in the same type of outfit — the black sports bra and black shorts, with all the fat rolls hanging out in the middle — a couple of weeks ago. I’ll post it here soon. That’ll give you something to look forward to. :-)
There was a quote from Jillian Michaels in the article saying that “using the Loser system at home is not realistic”. I guess I knew that; those people work out literally like crazy, eight hours a day. But Jillian says “all I ask is for people to exercise 5 hours a week, maintain a healthy diet, and use common sense.”
Sounds good to me.
December 29th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Hey there “Fine in 2009″. I pretty much have taken the same approach as you. I have made up my mind that I will accomplish my weight goal this year but since I have eaten everything I wanted for months…I am not starting until January 1. I am sorry to say I have probably added another 5 pounds on during the lholiday…but I am actually starting to look forward to vegetables and grilled meats. I KNOW what to eat. I am a lifetime member of Weight Watchers and I know how good it will feel to once again be in control. Good luck on your journey…enjoy pigging out for a few more days…then Let’s do it!!! “