Off Grid

This weekend I've been totally "off grid."  No calorie counting, no careful calculating, no eating the meal plan.  Seems when you don't have to record your intake because no one is going to be looking at it, the accountability fear goes down and you loosen up.  As far as world issues this one is small.  I ate pizza (WM Supreme, small, eaten over 2 meals), and a family-sized bag of Cheetos (ummm, soooo gooood!).  This morning I am eating two WHOLE EGGS, no egg portions (white plus a whole egg is my usual).  Guess that's really about it.  Oh, and I haven't weighed myself since Friday morning, when I was still at 80lb lost!  YAY!  It's that week between BC months when you don't really "have" to log food, and that weekend before the start of the new month, that feels more permissive.  Of course the analytical part of my brain wants to know if that's OK, is that bad, is this one step down the road to defeat.  No, it's not.  It's just still too bad when indulgence takes the form of overeating, that's all.

All-Time New Favorite Blog: Pa Does Life  This guy's funny, articulate, grammatically correct, not to mention rock-star handsome.  Ben's dad.  There were so many things I could have re-posted.  As an aside, Ben really should tighten up on his eating habits.  The urge to eat anything you want that tastes good is what gets us in trouble.  This from the chick who plowed through a whole bag of Cheetos in 2 days.  But, that sick feeling afterward, it wasn't fun.  And I regretted it, every single time I went back for more.

Finished up another month of Boot Camp.  While the numbers aren't Oh WOW! spectacular, I'm still at it and I'm not re-gaining.  As long as I can find the $$$ to keep going I will, because I am always increasing my fitness and strength, and toning up every day.  I get complements every single day about the noticeable weight loss, and that I look GREAT!  THAT is a reinforcement there.  I think I'm becoming an obesity snob, because I notice when others have gained weight, and I silently shake my head in sympathy while tsk-tsk-ing the fact that they are heavy.  I think the only reason I would even do such a thing is because I have been there and I have come back, so I know it can be done.  And I am one of those folks who has the least confidence in themselves to accomplish something (then give themselves the least amount of credit when it's accomplished, like getting thru vet school!).

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