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I am trying to psych myself up for this weekend. They are typically the days where most of my weekly points are used up without mercy. This has got to change and I’m the only person who can change it, right? I need to reread previous tips on how to handle the “off-days”.  Regroup and all.

This weekend already didn’t start out well. My final day of relaxation didn’t happen at all. Last night began an annoying cough that triggered each time I laid down. So I did not get much sleep at all. I think I finally got some shut eye about 5:30, just to get up at 7 to get the kids ready for school. My adjusted plan was to relax and nap through the day so I can get over this thing. That didn’t work either since the 5-year-old diva decided to have a huge screaming fit at school. Huge enough that I had to pick her up after lunch. Grrr. If she was my daughter, let me tell you what I’d do… (muttermuttermutter)… What I’m really upset about is that this served as a major trigger. I picked her up and drove right to McDonald’s and bought myself a double quarter pounder. No, the single was not good enough for me. Oh no. I was going to make someone pay. Unfortunately that someone was me. [Boo me!] How embarrassing. There it is, out there for the world to see.

To deviate away from that awful few hours of my day, I did show some backbone tonight. My bf always brings dinner home on Fridays and it’s never a place with healthy choices. This time I told him not to buy anything separate for me. Instead, I used some of the kid’s chicken strips and put it on a salad. [Yay me!]

I have more to say but I’ll save it for tomorrow. I’m headed to the fridge for a cold one. Yes, it’s a light one.

Things went great for my first week back on program. I made a promise to myself to take baby steps because that’s what worked for me before and has kept me from gaining back the full 15 lbs. So far so good. Even with TOM’s visit and scary during-the-week WI’s I am down 1.4 lb. Yes!

Food: I’m still working on eating lower calorie meals. It seems like I have one painfully large meal each day and then it’s a struggle to keep points down. That’s because hunger is still taking it’s toll. I really hope it subsides some this week when I re-introduce snacking throughout the day.

Exercise: So far so good. JES is keeping me on track.

Motivation: My motivation for the week was during The Biggest Loser: Couples. When the Brown team faced the truth about how much food they were eating, they turned to each other with tears in their eyes and said, “We’re killing ourselves.” That immediately made me think about all the health problems my mother and father have been going through the past few years. We can’t escape every problem (my mom has an immune disorder), but there are so many that we can escape and/or keep under control by living healthier lifestyles. While smaller clothes and male attention can serve as great motivation, the real reason why I cheer for TBL contestants and weight-loss bloggers is that I can’t help but care about their health and well-being. We deserve to live our lives without depending on pills and shots to get us through another day. We all deserve to live.

Quite a boring day. Not exciting, I’m sorry.

Goal: 26 pts

Finally I had a day of peace. The kids are back in school and I have this week off before the new semester. It was so quiet I didn’t know what to do with myself. Most of the day, I confess, was spent on my butt watching daytime TV and playing video games. I did put in 30 minutes straight on DDR, sweating up a storm. Tomorrow I hope to spend more time getting errands finished and the office organized.

Monday, January 07, 2008 (Goal: 26 pts)