So, life is a wacky trip....

An old friend of mine came to visit 2 days ago and ALL my bad habits reared up their ugly heads in her honor! I drank, I ate bad, BAD food like baked artichoke dip with crackers, I drank, I had a burrito with rice, I drank, (did I mention that I DRANK), I had dessert and then I drank again. I went home and collapsed into my bed and had a rotten night's sleep (which I deserved) and got up and had more artichoke dip (but didn't drink) and then my unsuspecting friend went home.

She knows about the diet, but I have a LONG history of eating and drinking with her and I didn't stray from the well beaten path there. Next time, and I'm sure there will be a next time, I'll get the food right anyway. No more artichoke dip with crackers and burritos.

I didn't even think about getting on the scale. I'm gonna be good for a few days more before I take a peek at the damage...

Old habits die HARD.... if they die at all, little buggers....

The new plan...

So, I've been wondering to myself what the heck I'm going to do about this whole coffee dilemma, and decided that I need to wean myself off the gigantic venti peppermint mocha latte I've been getting every morning at Starbucks. I love them, but I checked on the nutritional info and discovered that it contains a whopping 500 calories, 10 grams of fat, 81 grams of carbohydrate, and 17 grams of protein! Yikes, no wonder it tastes so good!

That 81 grams of carbohydrate alone is twice the amount of carb I'm supposed to be consuming every day. It's a wonder I lost any weight at all. Plus it's just a huge drain on my pocketbook. OK, so now I'm going back to making my own coffee at home with stevia and a little sugar and cream until I can cut it all back to nothing. Wish me luck, 'cause I'm gonna need it.

A setback....

So I picked up my sister, nephew and her husband at the airport in Orlando and to treat me they took me to Moon Fish, a local sushi place that has a ROCKIN' happy hour! I had a couple drinks and that set me off on a week long binge on sugar. Sigh... and of course, I'm still on coffee. So the weight hasn't budged from the 16 pounds I have lost total, so it wasn't a complete failure, but I'm disappointed in myself just the same.

I'm going to HAVE to break myself from my Starbucks habit and I'm going to have to do it soon. I tried last week and I was OK until about 6:30 pm when I found myself in the kitchen making a vodka cranberry. I have SUCH a sugar problem, it really astounds me! I don't even want to think how much sugar is in a Venti Peppermint Mocha Latte! It can't be good....

My sister recommends a lot of enemas, but I tell you, I just don't want to....

More later....