Journal

I started today with a positive attitude and with a friend at work and I deciding that we are not going to let our new boss ruin our weight loss success so far.  He is very tall and thin and can eat anything he wants to, but we have decided that we are going to continue the healthy eating.

Anyway, this morning is got up and wrote out my food diary for the day ahead of time like I used too.  That gave me more momentum to follow through for the day.  I ate my protien bar for breakfast at about 7:30.  At 9am, I started getting the feeling to eat, but it was too soon, so I put a piece of gum in my mouth to get over that feeling.  Ok, that worked and I went to break about 10:15 and had my banana and a boiled egg.  That took me to lunchtime at 12:30...A bowl of Progresso healthy chicken noodle soup with 6 saltines.  Afternoon break was at 3pm and that was a apple which I shared with my work buddy.

Ok, I get off of work at 4:30 and have to go grocery shopping...something I really hate to do.  Anyway this is where I get really proud of myself....

I didn't have a shopping list...first mistake...and I was VERY hungry...second mistake....got to the store and decided that I was not going to give in to buying anything for the ride home.  Got my cat food, milk, cream and some more protein bars.  Then I looked at the yogurt, but 110 calories was to much to spend on something that I really don't care for.  Then to the breakfast isle to get my husbands poptarts...yes he still has them every morning for breakfast.  Went and got my diet drink and then the trouble starts.  The dreaded Hostess display!!  I slowly walk over to it and looked at the snowballs...too many calories...looked at the twinkies...ditto..and etc until I think I looked at them all..and then..ta da!! I passed then all up!! First success!!

Then to the fruit counter and got my apples, bananas, and oranges..and to the ice cream counter to get my skinny cow ice cream bars.  Ok that was over and I really felt proud of myself, but VERY hungry.  So standing in the checkout and all of those candy bars were just calling me every name in the book..I picked one up...too many calories..and so on.  Anyway,  

I DID IT..LEFT THE STORE WITHOUT ANY TREATS..GOT MY DIET COKE OUT OF MY TRUNK AND DRANK IT ON THE WAY HOME....YYYYIIIIIPPPPPEEEEE!

Ate rotissired chicken and a baked potato for dinner and I have made it through the day with exactly 1200 calories and no cheating.  This is the first day that I haven't cheated or binged in about a week and a half.  I feel motivated to continue and I think that I am on my way again.