The Diet Naked Blog

Good days, bad days and fear

You guys.  I'm having good days, followed by really bad days.  You know Geneen Roth says every diet is followed an a binge . . . inevitably. 

I don't want to believe that is true but maybe it is.  It explains why a person who has successfully lost weight would gain that weight back.  It's just maintaining balance in the universe. 

I intend to write here but once again I've had a jam-packed day and now I need to get to bed.  It's 1:21 a.m. and tomorrow will be a really busy day (again). 

Today was a bad day in terms of eating.  I won't even detail it.  (It's for your own good.)

Yesterday was bad, too.  Saturday . . . bad.  Until then, I was doing great, eating only what I was supposed to eat . . . sigh.

Okay, so back to basics tomorrow.  I'm beginning to fear that I will never actually lose weight. 

The best of times and the worst of times

So, I had one fantastic week!  Lost five pounds.  Then along came Halloween.

It was like an avalanche of mini-candy bars buried me.  It was bad, very, very bad. 

I gained those five pounds back.

Today, though, I am 100% committed to myself and my weight loss plan because I just found out that once again, I am flying to New York in December for the office Christmas party.

So I am deterrmined to use this as the impetus I need to get serious and get some weight off! 

Today I ate a 'clean' diet.  For breakfast, old-fashioned oatmeal.  Lunch was a big salad at Souplantation.  Dinner was green beans and some barbecued chicken breast.  Snack tonight was a Granny Smith apple and some fat-free popcorn.

Earlier in the day, I laced up my sneakers and went on a two mile walk with my 9-year old daughter.  I used the RunKeeper app on my iPhone.  I loved having the feedback about our time, distance and speed. 

I'm thinking I'll ride my exercise bike tomorrow, then on Wednesday, go to the YMCA to get a lesson in using the equipment there.  (We joined recently but I haven't yet actually exercised there.)

Wish me luck!  I'm going to try to lose as much as I can in the nearly six weeks I have before my trip to NYC!