It is very early in the morning for a Saturday morning. I have already gotten up and done the exercise tape for today. My daughter and I are leaving to go and visit my niece and go to the beach for a couple of days. I am so excited to have this time with her. I am so proud of myself for staying focused on my exercise even with the trip. Our hotel has a workout room so I am hoping to use that tomorrow since I won't be home to use the tape, but even if I miss one day that is still good.
I did have a little trouble with my eating yesterday. We went to a friends house for dinner and a movie. Dinner was pizza and they had chocolate chip cookies for dessert. I ate 3 small slices of pizza and I ate 5 chocolate chip cookies. That means I went over on my points for the day, but it is the first of my 49 points that I ate, so I am hoping that I have still made enough changes this week that I will be able to lose at least 1 pound by Wednesday.
I want the weight off so bad that I have to keep reminding myself that this is about changing my habits for life and not about getting the weight off. It is about finding a healthy plan that is livable and still maintain a healthy weight. I can't give up going to friends houses and I can't starve myself when there are not healthy options.
I can skip 5 chocolate chip cookies, but that is the part of the addiction that I am trying to deal with through this blog. One of the things I hope the blog will do is help me to get that addiction under control and help me to figure out what kinds of things trigger the addiction. Having the food in front of me and easily available is a problem. It was the problem with both the fudge and the cookies.
By the way, I have not eaten anymore of the fudge and I did have the courage to ask my daughter to take it out of the house. There was a time when I wouldn't have been that strong.