HE'S BACK....

Your Father is back home and yes my eating is directly proportional to what your dad brings home ... like for instance, he brought me a small Coffee Ice Cream - it was 250 calories in that teeny weeny cup. I ate it! Last night he called me from a Taco place - "Do I want an order - they're the best in town?" - So I ate 1 taco. Dang - it was good too. Went to the movies yesterday and split a small bag of popcorn. Everything I ate was so off my plan that I thought when I weighed this morning I would be shocked at how much I gained BUT instead I had lost 38 total lbs. That means I've actually lost a pound since your Dad has been home. I'm not eating healthy but I'm not overeating either. It's so weird how our bodies work. So after that pleasant surprise I vowed and got your dad to vow to stick with healthy food. We both had a bowl of bran flakes for breakfast. We're planning on having a Turkey Sandwich later. Those are my confessions with a happy ending and new beginning.

Tonight I'm going to a friends Surprise 50th birthday party, Paula. I found out it's a sit down dinner. Oh know! it's harder to NOT eat at a sit down dinner than it is with snack food only. My plan is to eat half of everything or serve myself small portions. What's funny is that I'm feeling so good about my weight or at least the direction it's going. Just the opposite from what Whitney was saying in her last blog, most of the people that I'll see tonight know me from when I was 30 - 40 lbs lighter than I am now. They're going to be thinking, "wow, Laura has really put on the lbs." - Oh well, maybe I'll invite them all to my 50th birthday when I'll be at my goal weight. That's the long term plan anyway.

I'll register us this weekend for the Bun Run - we are team "Making the Cut" - I thought we should be team "Gen-a-part"...for Generations Apart - HA

Ok, off to run a mile or try to run a mile. You know, it's going to take me probably 45 mins to an hour to finish my first 5K - so don't wait up.


Leah, your Dad has a "Care package" to help you get through finals. I added some food that research has shown increases brain power - like tuna, almonds, red pepper, ....pretty much, the foods we've been eating since the "new lifestyle change". Remember though, Exercise more than food, helps sharpen thinking and boosts energy... and a good glass of caffeine, so I included some green tea;))