Diet Coaches/Buddies - I had a legitimate reason to stop at Whole Foods while out for a walk (CREDIT moi) - I needed a pint of fresh ground peanut butter. Who'd have guessed that they were having cherry festival where you had to stop at ten stations to get an answer to each of the ten questions on your application for a FREE something or another. And, of course, each station had a FREE sample of a cherry concoction: fresh cherry, cherry cole slaw, cherry salad with feta, grilled salmon with cherry, cold cherry soup, cherry turkey salad, cherry jam over French goat cheese, cherry spritzer, cherry mascarpone, green salad with cherry balsamic vinegar dressing, cherry pie. <sigh> . . . I did them ALL; I really got into it. I now know that Michigan is the cherry growing state in the U.S. and that cherries contain high levels of Melatonin. (Did I mention that they were FREE and that the prize will be FREE if I win?) But I counted it as my afternoon snack.
I have no idea why it matters that cherries contain Melatonin. But I'd have that cherry salmon again in a heart beat.
maryblu - Super good news,
"cuz nunna that tempts me" - that's a good place to be. Your lake with parents and loon chick sounds like paradise - even with the rabbits competing for your garden.
FutureFitChick - Ouch for Japanese Beatles attacking your cherry tree - no doubt I'm a little sensitive to protecting cherries at the moment, LOL. Kudos for choosing a plan that includes your reality of having a
"spontaneous meal eating husband." Just need a spontaneous section of your plan. What mystery of the biochemistry world are you chasing?
Joy (gardenerjoy) - Congrats on the new low ... again. I like the sound of
again in that sentence. And Kudos for making your ambitious exercise goal for June. It was fun watching that counter increment.
Beverlyjoy - I hope you have an OK colonoscopy today. For me, the routine itself was the easy part - the prep part was the PITA. Ouch for facing evening snacking creeping in, but good news that you can see it and select strategies to face it down.
Cheryl (Seadwaters) - Welcome home. Kudos for all attempts to
"to reign in the inner glutton" even when you're concerned that you were doing some vacation eating. Yep, I know about adult older siblings remaining BIG brothers for life, LOL.
Debbie (Lexxiss) - Yay that Rudi is home - garden cart and all. Sending you supportive thoughts as you tend to your mother and Rudi both. Kudos for having the wherewithal to get yourself to the pool despite being on 24 hour duty. And Huge Kudos for having reached the mindset where mindlessly eating
"just doesn't feel right anymore."
Donna (new2me2) - Kudos for
"putting it back because I wasn't hungry" - that's such a good skill that you've incorporated into your brain that eating is about hunger. For years that connection didn't occur to me, LOL.
Readers -
Quote:
day 31
Decide About Drinking
The Facts About Alcohol
You might think it's okay to make spontaneous decisions to drink. But just as you've had to learn to eliminate spontaneous eating and stick to your food plan, you have to learn to eliminate spontaneous drinking. Otherwise, you put yourself at risk, sooner or later, for gaining weight. You need to make decisions about whether and how much to drink today, before you find yourself presented with the question. Otherwise, you're likely to drink too much.
The Beck Diet Solution, pg 220.