Re: Day 4/100 (long reply, with lots of OT chat)

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>If you have seen the > t.v. commercials for WW their campaign right now is basically to resolve to > NOT go on a diet.

Don'cha just love how Weight Watchers' new campaign is "Diets don't work, try WW instead"? If WW isn't a diet, with all kinds of rules and restrictions, then what IS it?

> The chapter goes on to say that boundaries define our diet and compares the > diet program chosen to a road or path. The goal is to stay on the road. > Boundaries are flexible, yet provide guidelines and allow for common sense and > judgement.

Dr. McDougall frequently says his program isn't an "all or nothing" one, but the closer we stick to his guidelines the healthier we'll be. He does remind us that "the fat you eat is the fat you wear" so we know what to walk around when it comes our way, though.

> What I wanted for > lunch: more pizza and bread (once in the house, it is calling to me, you > know)

We're having our pizza dinner tonight. My half of our pie will be cheeseless and it'll last me for tonight's dinner and lunch the next 2 days. Unless those slices *do* start calling out to me to finish for tomorrow's lunch.

For years I've been telling my guys not to let me know when and where there's junk food in the house, because it *does* call out to me constantly until I eat it. Ed just brushes me aside when I say that and hands me a bag of cookies or chips instead of eating it in another room. Most times I do resist but sometimes I can't. Henry used to laugh at the concept of food begging to be eaten until this past summer. NOW he knows what I was talking about and has now told *me* not to let him know if there's any junk food in the house that he likes or else he just can't resist and *must* eat it.

And I tried so hard as he grew up to prevent food addiction with that kid. He was always allowed anything he wanted - good or bad - so as not to put a magical aura around anything, because forbidden fruit is always the sweetest. It must be genetic, because everything was fine until now. Some of the foods that are calling to him he doesn't even like! He was never a cake or candy eater as a kid - one bite and he'd toss it away. Now, if he knows there's a cheeeseake in the house he'll eat the whole thing in 2 days, or eat 2 or 3 candy bars from the machine at school. I left some OA literature around this week. As long as he has no classes until the end of the month he may pick it up and start reading.

> We used to "do it" (pizza) every single weekend and are now > down to twice a month, so this is great success in my journey.

We must have some kind of psychic connection! We, too, used to have once a week (at least) pizza, but ours was always homemade with whole wheat crust and plenty of vegetable toppings. I almays plan my dinner menus weeks in advance, and not only is January's complete and hanging in the kitchen but I have February half planned already. For this month I only have pizza planned twice, figuring since Henry is home every day for a month I'll make nice hearty healthier meals. I thought he would complain, but he said he looks forward to trying new foods! ???? Is this *my* picky eater saying this?? I got the shock of my life last week when he asked if I would be sure to add plenty of spinach to today's pie, because he said it's his new favorite veggie. Thanks to me adding it to our lasagna (another dish that used to be weekly and is only on the menu for one night this month) he got used to it, and when he goes out to eat with his friends and they stop for dinner he now orders it with his meal.

> I need to get in 2-3 more glasses of water

I could have killed that guy yesterday morning! My week was all planned out so I had no reason to leave the hosue yesterday - no shopping, no laundromat, not even a library trip - so in the early morning hours after I got Ed off to work I loaded up on water, drinking 3 of my 24 ounce cups before Henry even woke up at 10am.

Then he asked me if I would go out practice driving with him.

Now, I'm very happy that he's finally thinking of getting behind the wheel and eventually driving on his own. Most guys can't wait until the day they're old enough to get a driver's permit - my kid dreaded it, and being involved in an accident while still on that permit didn't help ease his driving phobia. He got his license a month after he turned 17 and didn't get behind the wheel again until 2 days this past summer. On the third day he just sat behind the wheel and stalled, and after 10 minutes declared he just can't do it. My grandfather was the exact same way and so was my m-i-l, so it's in one of those recessive genes in him to fear driving, I guess.

That's why it was such a shock when he said he wanted to go out yesterday, so who was I to stop him, full bladder or not. He did great - the best he ever drove - and even volunteered to drive down one of the busiest avenues. I did make him stop at the A & P for a quickie bathroom break, then had to cut the last go-round short because I had to go again, but he got about an hour behind the wheel and feels much more confident in his driving abilities now. Because he does want to go out again as much as possible during winter break I now know not to load up on liquids until after we've done the morning run.

He said he may even go for a solo run in a week or so. This kid has had his permanent license for 6 years Dec 26th, and has never been out on a solo drive yet. It'll be SO great for me when he's finally comfortable driving. I've dreamed of the day I can just turn to the kid, toss him the car keys, and tell him to go to the store and get me a few items needed for dinner! I know most paretns dread the day their kid goes off on the car by himself, and Ed still does, but I look forward to it! LOL

>Forgot the vitamins yesterday, but did > remember today.

I keep forgetting to *buy* the darn things! Dr. McDougall says they're not necessary if one eats a varied diet, but I feel every person who is eating less with weight loss in mind needs it, at least during the winter months when fresh produce is scarce or travels such great distances (so it's picked unripened and force-ripened at its destination) that it contains very few of the nutrients it's supposed to have.

Sue in NJ"The easiest day of a diet is always the second day. By the second day, you're off it." - Jackie Gleason