Stalled on the Diet

Today I took a bit of a break from the diet. Hopefully, it won't do long term damage.

I've missed my walks the last couple days and I've eaten more than usual. I felt hungry all day.

Tuesday mornings are Rotary mornings, and a bigger breakfast. At least I avoided the humongous sweet rolls and stuck with eggs, fruit and some French toast and bacon. Lunch was half a peach and four crackers with small squares of cheese.

By 3 p.m. I was fighting a mid-afternoon let-down that even a couple glasses of iced tea could not beat. I did some errands with my 20 year old daughter, who was celebrating the fact that her Economic Stimulus check had come. While she was shopping I took off for Starbucks, something I am doing infrequently now. I broke the diet with a low fat latte and a piece of pound cake.

Dinner was equally bad diet-wise-- peas, two sloppy joes, ice tea and the other half a peach. I guess it could have been worse. I avoided chips, alcohol or dessert.

Now my stomach feels too full. I guess it's progress that when I eat a little too much I feel it. That's a good thing. It will keep me on the straight and narrow.

There's always another day when it comes to the diet. Tomorrow will be better.

Liz Nichols