May 27, 2013

Memorial Day.......unoffical beginning of summer....air conditioning and hibernation time when it starts getting hot out!!! I'm not a fan of hot weather...

Today was a little harder for me....I stayed up til my usual 3 am...binge watching "Longmire" on demand so I'd be up for the new season starting tonight...I was supposed to go out with a friend so set the alarm for 9....the plans ended up getting cancelled but I "only" slept about 6 hours instead of my usual 8-9...so have been sleepy and achy/tired all day. My neck is a bit stiff and sore...but I went out to two grocery stores....including Stater's which has the most tempting and wonderful bakery department...damn them!! Those $1.99 cake slices and cookie packages didn't really look that tempting and I pretty much stayed away from the bakery department....and got some amazingly gigantic artichokes instead....these babies are at least 6 inches across and look wonderful..They had big long stems on them which I've never seen before....so, those will be my splurge, they were $2 each which I wouldn't normally spend but only got two so that's OK.

Cherries are on sale this week and are only in season for a few weeks so I'll be happy to be able to have those next week. Today, when I called Mom, I did "cluck, cluck" in a chicken voice on the phone and told her I'm turning into a chicken after eating so many eggs.....3 eggs a day for 12 days as of today, yikes that's a lot of eggs!!! And yet I can't help but be thankful that I can eat normal, regular eggs....the "official" South Beach Diet says only egg substitutes or whites which would have been really gag-inducing.....I loaded up on my fav Dannon Light and Fit Vanilla yogurt for my breakfasts starting on Thursday....

I'm not really hungry but feel like eating...which I know is coming from my head and maybe from an overly tired body.....but I'll hang in there....I got a half pound of cooked shrimp to have for my salad meal tomorrow which will be a nice treat....will wait til Thursday to weigh in so I'll get a two week reading for Phase one....then back to Monday weigh day starting next week....

I know I haven't lost that much but I can tell just the slightest difference in my body...just a bit less of a pad around my backside...which I noticed when I was taking a shower....the belly will take longer to go down....and I know no one will notice I've lost anything til I'm down about 40 lbs.....can't wait for that!!!