Not one bite!

Three days in to the South Beach program, and I'm doing much better than I expected.  I wholeheartedly admit that being home for these three days has helped.  Tomorrow is going to be a real test....but I have a "plan".  I'm packing my lunch and snacks tonight, so hopefully I won't take a nosedive.  Shoot...I should probably preemptively make dinner, too huh?  Crap!

I digress.

I want to share a little triumph that I had yesterday, though.  I'm kinda famous for being a plate-picker.  Like, I pick off of other people's plates...well, loved one's...not just random people's.  That would be weird.  Anyway, when Boo isn't eating all of his dinner, or is offering a chip or cracker or veggie, I will partake in a bite here or there.  Don't judge me, you know you do it, too.

Anyway, last night, I made turkey cutlets with some bell peppers, onions, and zucchini--it was really delicious!  I gave Boo some wheat-thin chips and grapes to go along with his meat and zucchini...and I did not have one bite of either of them.  Not as I made his plate, not as he dawdled and didn't touch his chips, not as he offered bites to his mama.  Then, after he ate an amazing amount of his dinner, he got 3 vanilla wafer-sandwich cookies...and again, not. one. bite.  I honestly didn't even want one.  It was amazing.  It was inspiring.

I can do this!

So I did it...

Signed up for South Beach today....

I can do this.

I can do this.

I can do this.

I can do this...

Commonalities

1. You come home from a long day or weekend away, and your normally happy-to-see-you-I-didn't-think-you-were-ever-coming-back dog is alarmingly wary of your return and not happy to see you.  In fact, he appears to want to see anyone on the planet but you.

2. The normally has-something-to-contribute-to-every-topic-known-to-man coworker is surprisingly mute for a meeting where everyone has brought a little something to the table.

3. Your favorite cupcake has not posted a motivational, determined, and all out life-changing blog in a while.

What do these three scenarios have in common?  Someone ain't did what they'z supposed to been doin! ...that's what.

Someone has fallen off her diet wagon.  Someone has fallen right back into old habits.  Someone needed a breather.  Trying to become a better person is hard work, especially when one is so inclined to be a bit lazy about every aspect of her life in general.  Just sayin.

So there you have it.  The first step to correcting a problem is admitting it exists, right?  So since I've admitted it, let the magic begin....uhm, at some point.  The rest of the entire year already pretty much makes me want to shoot myself in the face with a bazooka.  But you know, whatevs.  There is always tomorrow until there isn't.