Battle of the Bulges

I just finished reading strawgirl’s post and was a little torn about signing up on weightwatchen again only because it’s quite comfortable to blog here… but after thinking about it for about 30 seconds, I posted. So here is my first second post on weightwatchen.com.

I’m back but torn…
So it does feel good to be back. THANKS RONI! In the meantime, I’ve made many “friends” and had so many supporters to my journey. That is a hard thing to pass up. Ever since the crash, I like many others started again on blogger, which I hope to keep up. The question is, can I keep up with two blogs? Sigh.

I guess in the meantime I will try to keep up with both (I mean, how hard is it to copy and paste). Talk to ya soon!

I get far less comments here than I did at weightwatchen but all in all, that’s not the point of me blogging. It’s really become like a form of therapy and accountability for me. Like I said above, I may just end up copying and pasting. That can’t be too hard!

Just wanted to keep ya’ll updated on my colon’s state. You’re welcome. Right now we are approaching the middle lane of the highway. No excessive speeds - we seem to be keeping up with the flow of traffic. I was a little nervous because I thought for sure I’d have to take a vacation day or at least half day because of all my toilet time. But things seem to be normal.

It’s the day before WI and I’m hoping that all my convention hoopla-ing last week has not resulted in a gain. But I’m preparing myself mentally for one just in case!

I walked into a crazy day here - most of the phone lines were ringing at the same time when I walked in at 8:10 (we don’t open until 9). Definitely an indicator of how the day would go. Boss is kinda in an impatient mood because we’ve had some customer trying to get something for nothing. He’s not fully taking it out on me but he’s a little testy today which makes me a little snappy too. I think I’m kinda PMSing too - FUN! Plus one of the secretaries is ALWAYS having hot flashes so we are in a constant battle over whether 72 degrees inside and outside is a nice temperature. She wants the AC on. I don’t. I’m winning, for now. Ok, well I have to go. Lots more work to do. Boss said he wants to close the office early tomorrow (YAY) so I’ll end up having about a day and a half off. LOVE IT! What’re ya’ll doing for the 4th?

UPDATE: Totally winning the AC battle. My boss just said “why the heck is the AC on? It’s freakin’ 70 degrees outside! (the sneak put it on when I wasn’t lookin’) Oh, and I totally had a “omg I have to go NOW or else” bathroom moment.

…at the pool.

So today, my best friend and I started a cleanse together. We went into GNC to find something that would “clean us out” (sorry) and got help from the guy behind the counter that went a little something like this.

Me to GNC guy: Dude, do you know which one of these will make me sit on the toilet all day long? Because I don’t want that one. *My best friend objects because she does not have to leave the house all day long if she does not choose, I on the other hand do.
GNC guy to me: Uh, well, I think they are not like that. They will get ya movin’ but I think (love this word when dealing with a professional) are pretty gentle.
Me: You think?
GNC dude: Well, actually the liquids are stronger than the pills so you might get a stronger cleanse. *Again with the indefinite words like “might”. I mean, I think that’s how they work.

GNC guy continues to rample on about which ones he wants to try but they “smell nasty” or he is “too scared”. Way to market your products buddy. Now I’ve decided to ignore GNC guy and make up my own mind. So I start having a conversation with the bff about which cleanse we think we want. Liquid or pills. We look at prices and decide that because they are pretty comparable we will just figure out which ones we will do the best on. There was a 21 day cleanse that we ruled out because we both have extreme cases of ADD and I honestly don’t think I could focus on a poopin’ regimine for 3 wks. Then there was the two week one which got ruled out for the same reasons. Now we are in 7 day and 2 day territory. We figured a 2 day-er was better than 7 days. We both hate pills and we hate liquids and since there didn’t seem to be a cleanse in a Hershey’s candy bar, we had to decide on one of the two. We chose liquid that swore to have “great taste” to which I rolled my eyes. It was either that or the horse pills. I’ve had my second dose. Kinda like apple juice with a bit of medicine aftertaste. IMHO, it isn’t all that bad. It is one point per serving (need 4 per day) but I plan to have lots of fruits and veggies the next couple of days. Can’t wait to feel the results!! I’ll keep ya posted.

That would be last night’s menu for what entered my stomach. It is not as horrible as it sounds because the three of us split each item and ended up with about 1/3 of a serving for each. I was so excited to have Olha (Ukraine) and Elena (Bulgaria) with me last night. I was so happy that I got to introduce them to some of my friends. Also, they were able to meet some natives or missionaries that are currently in their countries. It’s quite a thing to see the expressions of these girls who are experiencing the US for the first time. At the end of the night, the youth leader who is also chaplain to the NY Knicks gave the girls NBA t-shirts. What an awesome time!

My flex point status is closer to the zero than it is to the thirty five, so I need to be careful until Tuesday (but french fries and tikka masala are CALLING MY NAME). I’m still hoping to lose but if I don’t, I’m totally ready to begin next week with a bang!

Ok, so I have a confession. My lunch. Was intended to healthy. Packed in a handy little plastic bag and everything. Oh boy, I don’t know what gets into me sometimes. I didn’t end up eating the lunch I brought. Maybe the peer pressure of everyone ordering out (free lunch baby) or maybe I was rejoicing in the starting over of my FP (I love FP Tuesdays). Whatever the reason, I ate 10 pts worth of french fries and they were GOOD. I don’t think I’ve shared with you just how bad the addiction to french fries was (is) - I need a serious 12 step program. That’s the bad news.

The good news is that it’s a billion degrees outside and that tends to kill my appetite. So now I’m feasting on fruit and water and don’t think I’ll do too bad for the rest of the day. *fingers crossed*

Convention is still going on. Lots of peeps, lots of great int’l food. I’ve been dreaming about the chicken tikka masala which is about 8-10 pts per cup. YIKES. I think I need to dream about the garden salads instead. I plan to be up very late the next couple of nights so if I don’t get on here, I promise to this weekend.

I’m feeling sooo much better now that some of my peeps have found me or I have stalked them… Glad to be back.