The Long Haul

Another week, another three pounds! I am very pleased with the result but also a little frustrated with myself. Every week I get going and do great. I am focused. I eat well, I work out hard, I feel GOOD! Then the weekend hits and I inevitably hit rock bottom. Sometimes it's a party, sometimes it is just a bad day, sometimes I think it is just me being STUBBORN! When I look back I feel frustrated by where I COULD be. I could be another 10 pounds closer to my goal if not for my slip-ups. In the end I am only hurting myself. When I was in the contest I NEVER, EVER, EVER did this. I was very in-tuned to all of the money and time that was donated for me to have the opportunity so it was not an option to skimp on a workout or blow it on my food-intake. With the contest gone, the accountability went with it. I have had several attempts to create some accountability with friends and/or family since then. This doesn't really work the same. Your friends and family love you and when you screw up they are there to tell you it is okay. They might even give you a little push to get back on the wagon. But that isn't really the same.
So, somehow, I have to learn to be accountable to MYSELF! When I see the bag of chips or the piece of cake I have to say no for ME! That is a TALL, TALL order, friends. Food tastes good. I like a lot of that naughty stuff. I also have learned that I don't like some of it. But, alas I am not at a place where I can indulge in a single serving of the chips or a single piece of the cake. So I just have to say, "NO." Not because someone gave me an opportunity, not because I want to win a prize, not because I don't want to let someone else down. I need to learn to say, "NO!" because I don't want to dissapoint myself.

I'm going to chew on that for a while . . . .



oh . . . if you are curious about the Coca-Cola experiment . . . .

ew, ew, ew. Four days after putting the nail in a 4 oz cup of Coke the nail was GONE, people! I didn't believe it would happen, but it DID! No more Coke for me! This definitely made an impression on my boys as well. They were immediately concerned because, "Daddy drank a bunch of Coke last night!" as Joey put it. We now have nails in cups of Ginger Ale and 7-Up. It won't have the same result, but who am I to squelch their curiosity . . . Now I need an experiment for these pops, otherwise I can here it now . . . "Gee, Mom, this pop must be healthy!"

We are going to do this experiment with Diet Coke next. I just need to buy some at the store. . .