Day 21

Yesterday was my get out of jail free day. I gave myself a pass on exercising and could at whatever I wanted to. I didn't plan any food on the menu for yesterday and I didn't get up too terribly early to work out either. I thought it was going to be pretty fun. I mean, it's kind of the first time I had one of those days. That's because every time I should have one, I'm in Vegas and I'm already eating crappy.

The day started out like I normally do- just a wee bit later. I made breakfast for Sophia and myself and we had scrambled eggs and oatmeal. That's a diet appropriate breakfast. It just sounded so much better than cereal.

Then, I went out to water the garden. I realized how nice of a day it was, so I decided to spend the next hour or so weeding the backyard. We had some weeds that were taller than Sophia and some that were almost as tall as me! I got mostly through with it when I saw a dead bird right in front of my face, so I had to stop. I'll go out and pick that up this morning and finish the rest of the yard then. So, even though I didn't officially work out, I got outside and did squats and pulls for an hour.

After that and a thorough shower, we all went to Costco. Yay samples! But all they passed out was seafood salad, turkey burgers and yogurt. I'm not sure any of that was necessarily breaking my diet rules. Although I allowed myself one indulgence. I bought this box of Pop Tart crisps. Basically, strawberry Pop Tarts shrunk down to size and turned into little animal cracker styles in 100 calorie packs. I ate about 5 of those throughout the day. Maybe 6. I like them. I tried getting a hot dog there, so Pasquale stood in line for me while I checked out. I was done before he got to the front of the line, so I just said, "Let's go."

I made dinner soon after that. I grilled chicken breasts with barbecue sauce, had organic mixed vegetables (so good) and made some Lipton chicken-flavored noodles. Now, those noodles would never have passed the diet test, but all in all, I don't think dinner was all that bad.

I had the opportunity to cheat yesterday, and I don't think I really did all that much. Not like I was planning to. I even got some intense physical exercise- inadvertently. So, tell me if you can, please, why did I weigh in this morning at the EXACT same weight as I did 3 days ago. I also don't feel so hot this morning. And my fingers are kind of swollen so my rings aren't coming off anytime soon.

It was so much so that I didn't even get out of bed when I wanted to go for my morning walk. It's not like I gorged on chocolate yesterday. Oh wait. I just remembered. Last night, Pasquale and I shared a chocolate Easter bunny. It was really good. But it wasn't like a 1/2 pound of chocolate or anything. It was really sweet though. I was glad he shared it with me, because I definitely wouldn't have been able to eat it by myself. Then I went into that extreme tired mode that I do now whenever I eat refined sugar. That prompted bed time.

I don't know why I'm not making more progress than I actually am. I wonder if I'm still in the gaining weight mode since I'm eating more often. I never used to eat this much and my body is trying to figure out if I'm for real or not. When the next starvation period is going to come. I will stick this out and not give in. I'm going to wait until it figures out that I will always feed it, good food, frequently- every day. Maybe that way, it will stop holding onto all this fat for storage. I'll let you know when I think that day comes. Today is apparently not that day!