Three days of absolutely perfect weather. Sunny with a cooling breeze. How lucky are we? Yesterday I decided to have a day of not thinking about food at all. I gave myself permission to eat whatever I wanted. Went out to breakfast and had a yummy veggie omelet - by choice! That's what my tummy wanted. And toast. Later on had a few shrimp. Someone left a bag of those orange crispy things near me - the ones that leave powder all over your hands - and I had too many of them. Then a dozen clams and some salt potatoes both cooked outside, yum. Ended up with some cocopops - (16 cal each) a fudgesicle, and some cashews. Not a bad day for a permission to eat day. Didn't really go off the track too much except for the orange things and the potatos. And, I didn't gain weight!
Out in my rowing shell yesterday and today - going a little farther each day. Feeling a little stronger each day. Still at 206, still in my baggy 16's - but as of this morning am back on the big push to get to ONEderland. Maybe I'll start taking bets for when I'll get there. Make a little money on the side! I can feel how easy it would be to accept this weight as my weight and stay here. Up a few, down a few, with 206 my anchor weight. But I have 41 pounds to lose to make my goal of 102 - to make it to 165. It's not time to stop, not time to go easy on myself.
Did you see the Biggest Loser pictures in People magazine? Michael looked so much better in the magazine than he did on TV. Airbrushing? But if he can drop half his weight, then I can certainly hang in there to get rid of this last 41. So my plan for today is tons of fruit, water and a little bit of protein. Kind of a cleansing day to get rid of all that chemical junk I ate yesterday. And no alcohol!! Living on a lake is a dream come true for us - but there is alcohol everywhere. No  matter where you go you get offered a drink. The only way this is going to work is if I stick to water. Swimming in it, rowing on it, and drinking it!