January 4, 2010 Diet blog

Day 4 on the strictness diet regimine! I like how the days of the month are coinciding to the day number. Of course like I've mentioned I'm going to hold the course until February 14th. My coworked liked the idea a lot but felt that my goal was too long of a time for her. To my great astonishment she told me at around 10am that her first goal was noon. I laughed with her, but she was serious. She stayed the course to the best of her ability and then set her next goal for 2pm. She was hilareous! She made that one and then decided to really stretch herself, setting the next goal for 5pm.
As much as I laughed I also respected her candor and honesty on the subject. It varies individually. What worked for her was hourly intervals. Me- I set a 6 weekgoal because my last goal of 20 days really went well. My point in bringing this up is that we have to do whats best for ourselves. Just because it differes doesn't mean one works better than the other. My lifestyle is completely different from hers. She feels more vulnerable at the moment. I feel a little empowered...confused but empowered none the less. The idea is the same thing though. That's the beauty of this blogging thing. We can exchange ideas and then twist them to fit our own specific needs. There is no rhyme or reason that fits everyone. I am proud of her! I can't wait to hear how she did at 5 and then what her next goals were and how they went.
My husband scared me a little bit tonight. He had mentioned that he would be home a little late because of some personal bussiness that he needed to attend to. I ran up to the college to get a registration booklet. I arrived home an hour late. Since he gets off at three thirty, I assumed he'd be there. By 6, he still hadn't shown up. By 7pm I began to panic. By 7:15 I was frantic. I called his cell, no answer. I called the job, no answer. By 7:30 I was almost hysterical with worry and chanced another call to the cell. He answered. After a deep sigh of relief I got upset. If I pulled that he would be angry with me. I was frantic. Men!...Grrrr....
The day was busy but not overwhelming. Some people were short tempered but nothing we couldn't handle. I'm cranky and grumpy now. He scared me. I don't like that. He knew too because he got real tender and explained himself ending with an "I love you." Sheesh....
I had 2 soft boiled eggs for breakfast and coffee. Smart Ones for lunch. Yogurt for snack while waiting for my husband so that I could cook him dinner, hot vegetable salad because I couldn't wait anymore for dinner.
Oh, before I forget- for those that asked me earlier what a hot vegetable salad is-it is simmply that. Cooked veggies mixed together. Tonights was peas, carrots and green beans. Yesterdays was broccolli, cauliflower and green beans. I try to include at least 3, more if I have it available for the different textures and tastes. It's quite good on a cold day. Regular salad is too cold in the winter for me. I need to heat up my belly.
I'll sign off here reminding all of us that we look as good as we can for today. Tomorrow we will look that much better. And to not let our perceptions of our bodies stand in the way of our having fun. Stay positive! See you next blog! ...Hubby just arrived. I'm going to get him dinner. (I may throw it at him...grrrr... lol) See you next blog! ;-)