Ctrl-Alt-Delete

Good news and bad news. I was totally stressed out about my west-b test that I had to take today (a basic skills test in math, reading, & writing you have to pass to get into a teaching certification program), that I sort of forgot about my diet. I always eat when I'm stressed (or sad, lonely, happy, excited, ok - maybe it's not such a good excuse), but I didn't eat as bad as I normally do. Thursday, latte and scone. Friday, 2 poptarts - not terrible, but not good. Saturday on my way to the test, I stopped at McD's and got an egg mcmuffin and a latte. That's not so bad, except I also got a cherry pie, and of course you have to get 2, because they're 2 for a $1, and only one is $0.89, and I have to get the most for my money, right? That was a rhetorical question. Anyway, the test was way easier than I thought it was going to be (yay!) so to celebrate afterwards, I stopped at Starbucks and got a ginger snap latte and a donut - argh!

But, the good news is I did something besides sit on my butt this week. Thursday I did another 3 hours of lumberjack aerobics stacking wood, and after I got home from my test via Starbucks, I went for a brisk 45 minute walk. The highlight of which I got to pet a baby cow through the fence, and on my return trip, he came running up to the fence when he saw me walk by, so I got to pet his nose again. I guess that's one of the perks of living out in the country (If you don't think petting a calf's nose is a perk, then you probably belong within the city limits).

On a more inspiring note, I just finished reading this book called "Crack the Fat-Loss Code: Outsmart Your Metabolism and Conquer the Diet Plateau" by Wendy Chant. Some one recommended it to me because it sounded kind of like what I was already doing. But this book makes the most sense of any diet book/program that I've ever read - and let me tell you, I've read and tried ALOT of them. She actually explains why you (and I really mean Me) reach that dang diet plateau on every single diet. You know how it is, you loose weight to a point, then you get stuck, get discouraged, and go for the donuts. At least that's what I do. And it's not about depriving yourself either, which can only be maintained if you live in a vacuum, except the 1st 7 days of the diet. The 1st week is called the carb-deplete phase, which I'm not looking forward to, but I can do anything for 7 days. So monday, I am going to"Ctrl-Alt-Delete" my diet plan. I'll let you know how it works out.