Progress Report and Birthday Confessions

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I turned 27 today (Sunday). My two best girlfriends who live four hours away

came up for the weekend. Remember how I mentioned before that these girls love

food? Well, they really do. Love food that is. And both of them are larger each

time I see them. You would think that would be good incentive for me to stay on

program this weekend. Ha! I used all 35 flex points on Saturday, beginning with

a snack sized heath bar for breakfast, Chinese food for lunch (sesame chicken -

the deep fried kind), Kilwin's ice cream on a waffle cone, and then a cook-out

for my birthday party for dinner. We're talking bratwurst, chips, dip, baked

beans. It's a good thing my favorite cake is angel food with strawberries on top

or I'd have completely overshot my flex points for the whole week. Today was my

birthday and I just didn't even bother counting points. It would have been

pointless (haha! bad pun). I went a little crazy, and you know what? I hated

it!! Eating like I ate the last two days has made me feel absolutely lousy! I

guess that's the one good thing (WW wise) that happened to me this weekend. It

proved to me that I don't want to continue living the way I was living before

WW.

By the way, I did weigh in on Sat AM, and maintained. But it is my TOM, so I'm

assuming that's what it was. I'll be lucky if I don't gain this week after how

I've acted. Yuck! Someone bring me a salad! On second thought I don't think I

could eat even one single other thing! Somebody bring me a personal trainer.

I didn't exercise all weekend. That was the worst part. It's not like I could

kick everyone out of the house and " Walk Away the Pounds. " It was raining too so

I couldn't do the " Why don't we all go for a walk? " thing. The closest I got to

a workout was last night while we were playing Cranium (a board game) and I had

to try to act out (as in charades) " hypertext. "

Here I go rambling again. But I just want to encourage those of you who feel

like giving up and having a good 'ol binge - don't. It's so not worth it. You'll

physically feel awful afterward, not to mention any guilt you might have.

Tomorrow I'm going to get back on the wagon. I'm going to do the best that I can

to stay in my point range and to work out every day. And I'm not going to give

up!

Blessings,

PS Did I mention that my hubby bought me chocolates for my birthday??? A HUGE

BOX OF THEM! After I expressly asked him to get only a few (like four of my

favorite choc. covered cherries) if he got any at all??? He's not the type of

guy to try to sabotage me. Truly. For some reason he couldn't help himself.

After he gave them to me, he kept apologizing. Sheesh.