This morning my weight was 146.8#, up 0.2# from yesterday. This was in spite of a mini-binge last night. My reduction for the week was 9.2#. This was the largest weekly reduction I have had since I started keeping track October 10, 2006. That helped make up for the way I felt about the mini-binge I had last night.
It all started with a little job at a retail store. It was nearly 7:00 PM when I arrived, and I hadn’t had dinner yet. To prove I was there, I had to buy something so that I would have a receipt. I had a reimbursement allowance of $1.00, which really wasn’t enough for this store. If they’d had bottled water, I would have chosen that. The only water they had was Vitamin Water, which is really just Kool-Aid with vitamins in it—certainly nothing I would consider buying under any circumstances. The cheapest thing I could find was a bag of Skittles, so I got that.
Instead of throwing them out on the way out the door, I decided to eat them. Have they always tasted that nasty? For some reason, I ate them all anyway. I guess I was that hungry.
When I got home, I looked at the nutrition facts for the Skittles and added them to my log. I decided that perhaps I should eliminate the grissini for dinner and perhaps the fruit as well. I made dinner and ate it.
One of the biggest problems with eating something not on one’s diet is that it sets a precedent for doing it again. After dinner, I had some corn nuts and some of the baklava that I had made during loading. All told, my calorie count for the day was about 2,000.
So far today, I’ve been good about sticking to the plan, but it’s been more difficult. I just have to keep reminding myself about my goals. I really do like being normal weight. Besides, I’ve decided to make this diet journey public, and I don’t like having to say that I went off plan.