March 5, 2003
Part 1:

After I posted the funnies below, I was going to leave it at that (give your eyes a break after yesterday), but I had a real eye opening today that I wanted to share with you.

As you know, I'm a week and a half into Low Carbing, staying below 20 grams of carbs almost every day.  I always saw it as a temporary induction period into a better way of eating. 

I was so moved at how well it was going this time and I still am.  It's been almost effortless.  I had one day that was pretty tough and I haven't over-evaluated to determine why that was, but I strongly suspect it was mostly emotional eating problems. 

If you remember, I ordered some cuddle things cheap on e-bay, a foot spa, a back massager, things like that.  The chair back massager came a couple of days ago.  David came over and fell in love with it.  He has a bad back anyway (at age 22, think of it!!), compliments of Dad's genes and proclivity toward spinal arthritis.  He sits at his computer chair for hours and it didn't fit well in my chair anyway.  His birthday is May 11th.  Yeah, I gave it to him.  The other stuff is still due to come in any day.

Things are still going well today.  Last night, Eric was grilling burgers for dinner (my carbs for the day were half of a bun to split in half and sandwich the burger) and I had him cook a London broil for my brunch for the next few days. Since it's only $1.85 a pound here, it's cheap eats and very low fat.  I was full from my burger, so I went to heat up the steak this morning as I have a hundred times (and I marinaded it and he cooked it as always) and it was just not very good.  Steak and eggs are my favorite meal (which is great for a low carb dieter) and I'm very forgiving in that department.  It just tasted terrible.  I know the steak was good when I cooked it.  The thing that flew instantly, totally unbidden, into my head was, "It's time." 

I knew then that it was time to begin adjusting the way I eat.  I'm a little nervous about it because I'm now at a point that I'm not having any cravings at all and can walk past the breads and sugars without a longing, backward glance.  I've never made it there before and this time, I got there in less than a week.  I feel full and satisfied and nurtured.  All of this has been despite some emotional ups and downs and despite over 100 boxes of Girl Scout cookies being in my house.  LOVE me some Do-Si-Do's.  I bought brownie bites for the kids last night (my faves) and didn't crave them.  The almost full plastic container of them is on my table right now and I'm not drawn to them.  There is neapolitan ice cream in my freezer and Ruffles on my fridge and I've had none of them and haven't desired them.  So I'm in a good place, but it's time to change.

As it happens,  when I was going through some boxes in the garage looking for photos, I found my Weight Watchers information and I think I'll be going back to points, just to make sure I'm continuing moderation.  I don't like that their lean meat is so high in points, so I may modify that a bit, but I think it is going to be a really good adaptation to the low carb approach. 

I still haven't weighed (as I said, I only started a week ago last Monday) and I don't intend to for a long time.  The scale is an indicator of progress towards a goal and my only goal is better health, which can't be measured on a scale.  I've had days when seeing the numbers up a number or two really put a damper on my day and I'm not doing that.  This time, I am working to simply become a person who eats this particular way and incorporates exercise into their life rather than this being something I'm doing to get down to a particular size.

I was hurrying out the door to get Dylan to school today.  The dress I grabbed fit (which was nice because it hadn't the week before) and I noticed that it had bleach marks on it >:< and it's dark brown, so that didn't work.  I grabbed something in a hurry and slid it on.  It was a dress that fit too snugly a month ago and now it is very loose on me!  I must have lost a LOT of retained fluid!  My bras fit better (2 boobs instead of 4) and pants are loose, so there are definitely positive results from the change of eating.  I'm not looking below to see there's no net... I'm just walking fast!

So that's a good thing and I'm pleased.  Still no cravings today.  Heated up some green beans cooked with ham and that didn't taste good either.  I'm not really hungry (was eating mostly to not get really hungry later and have it blindside me, which was why I kept it light).  Figure that's my sign to just cruise with it and see what might taste good when I am hungry.

So there's the boring weight loss stuff and here's the funny stuff:

Part 2:

Some funnies Sage sent my way.  :)

1. Two vultures boarded an airplane each carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at them and says, "I'm sorry gentlemen, only one carrion allowed per passenger."

2. Two boll weevils grew up in South Carolina. One went to Hollywood and became a famous actor. The other stayed behind in the cotton fields and never amounted to much. The second, naturally, became known as the lesser of two weevils.

3. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, but when they lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

4. A three legged dog walks into a saloon in the old west. He slides up to the bar and announces: "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw."

5. Did you hear about the Buddhist monk who refused Novocain during a root canal? He wanted to transcend dental medication.

6. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories.  After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why?" they asked as they moved off.  "Because," he said, "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer."

7. A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain and is named "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband she wished she had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan you've seen Ahmal."

8. These friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from these men of God, a rival florist from across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers if they would close down, but they would not. He went back and begged them to close. They ignored them. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggert, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to "persuade" them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop.  Terrified, they did so, proving that Hugh and only Hugh can prevent florist
friars.

9. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him a super callused fragile mystic vexed by halitosis.

10. And finally there was a guy who emailed 10 different puns to his friends and family with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did. 

See ya tomorrow!

Katrina

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