193.5 - 2 pounds!

193.5 This morning.  It actually kind of annoys me. When you do what is healthy and right, it just works. The annoyance is how many times do I have to have that lesson!

Food: Yesterday I started with my green shake, just a simple and fast breakfast. Had 3 diet cokes... for lunch I had a small (about 3 oz) steak that I warmed up in the microwave at work. We cook them on the weekend and then put them in baggies and in the freezer. Then I grab them on the way out the door.  Dinner were bean burgers courtesy of Sandi (going to miss her when she leaves!) They did not look too tasty but were. Throughout the day and in the evening I had about 6 small oranges, really small, about the size of a tennis ball. And I drink water throughout the day as I think of it.

Exercise...ya right.  Well see we have company.. Um, I played with the grandkids... Well I spent a couple hours outside walking around with the horse and the kids.  OK, that almost counts. At least I was moving.

Mood: Great! One of my favorite stories is of a lady in a rest home being interviewed on her 100th birthday. The reporter asked her about how she always seemed to be in a good mood even with medical issues and so forth and asked how she could always be so happy. The lady thought for a minute and said "Well, I pretend I am in a good mood till noon, and the rest of the day just takes care of itself!"  She was not suffering from depression but did have what all of us have to deal with, life. Sometimes we just need to move through it. Again, that is NOT talking about depression.

I was talking to Sandi about the weight thing. She is also losing weight, nearly 20 pounds at this point and feeling great! And she had an interesting and true comment. She said "It is easy, I have never really tried to lose weight before. I just was not willing to give up the things I wanted to eat because I liked it too much! Now, I want to be healthy and I know those things I loved to eat, were actually harming me."

She is my daughter. I had to have a change of thinking. Of what I thought was "good".