[jillybean720]

First of all: Glynne, you have nothing to apologize for or feel badly about! Your first post was honest and true, and isn't that what we're all here for? A kick in the a$$/reality check?

Thank you to everyone who planted some great little ideas in my head. It's Sunday morning, so the hardest part of the week is almost over--weekends are most difficult for me because I spend them with my honey who sooo does not need to diet. He is very supportive, though, and is good at pointing things out without hurting my feelings (I was hard-core PMS-ing the other day and wanted the big frosted sugar cookies from WalMart with sprinkles--they are AMAZINGLY good--and he was just like, "Doesn't that kind of go against what you decided at New Year's?" So he's got a great way of kindly helping to keep me on track, whereas others in my life would have said something more accusatory about how I shouldn't even be thinking about cookies when I've got so far to go, or they would have said nothing at all and allowed me to gorge myself).

I made some breakfast burritos this morning with eggs, fat free shredded cheddar cheese, turkey sausage, and some little whole weat tortillas--SOOO good, though I wish I had remember to pick up some salsa yesterday! So, I'm doing pretty well with making food that seems normal to him but is still healthier than going to the diner and having an omelette smothered in cheese, greasy bacon, and pancakes swimming in butter and regular maple syrup. ALSO, I don't know if anyone else has tried it, but I have switched to the lower-calorie orange juice (I LOVE orange juice and would have 3 or 4 glasses of it when we went out for breakfast). It only has 50 calories per 8-ounce serving (I still have more than one serving, but at least it's a step in the right direction), and it actually tastes like orange juice instead of Tang (which the low-carb oj tastes like).

AND, just to let everyone know, I have already started incorporating some of your helpful tips! While I was making breakfast yesterday (eggs with fat free cheddar cheese and reduced-calorie white toast with low-sugar jelly), I was also chopping up a bunch of veggies I had bought. Now when I am hungry, I have lettuce, cucumbers, onions, and spinach all set to just grab a little of each, throw it in a bowl (or tupperware container if needed on the go), and I have a salad filled with things I actually like, like having my own little salad bar at home. Hopefully while I am making dinner tonight, I will also be able to cook up some of my boneless skinless chicken breasts so I can cut that up to top off the salad with my fat free dressing. Yum! and so much healthier than a little microwave pizza or a Hot Pocket like I used to have