OK, 3 days straight.

I’m finding that there are two things that help me stay on the program: No wine, no heavy exercising.

Get to bed fast

Before I have a snack. I had to report that I had a perfect ww day today. Feels good. Just need another 179 days and I’ll be there.

80 pounds of salt

The other night after eating too much, Gigi asked me to take some soft water salt downstairs to the water softener. Each bag weighed 40 lbs. and as I carried those babies down the stairs, one in each hand, I had two thoughts: How would it be to gain 80 more pounds? How on earth can people do it? And then it struck me, (my second brilliant thought) if I were to really get down and be more like Bart, Paul, Rob and Beau, a perfectly trim fellow, I should really lose 80 lbs and I’m already carrying that much extra weight around! How much more enjoyable and easy would my life be to get down? So, with that epiphany, we’ll see if I can get back to losing weight instead of coasting and maintaining. Can I eat 1/2 a sandwich at lunch and still be happy? Can I quit snacking on cashew nuts after dinner? It’s interesting how some little devil hormone takes over my brain and makes me eat more than I should.

It’s also helpful to me to see Heather and Rick make such great progress. Keep it up and keep checking with me.