It's The Worst It's Ever Been !

Well, it is has been two days, the scale hasn't dropped. I hit the 9 pound mark quick and easy and now I feel like my body is protesting. Either that or something else is going to arrive. Looking back at my previous posts, I noticed I am sooo much like my mother. Every day that passes, every post has the "It's The Worst It's Ever Been" feel to it...but honestly, this is soo hard. It's been seven days....seven long, looooong, lllloooooonnnnngggggg days. Now, I am down to only vanilla shakes, which I quickly learned are NOT as good as the chocolate ones! That will make for a long two days before I go back on Thursday for my scheduled meeting/appt.

I don't want to cheat, but everywhere I turn there is food. Food that I miss. I go into the gas station and goodies are cooking. I run into the grocery store-I can smell the baked bread and deli meat. I have a few bonding hours with my couch and tv - there are commercials. I come to work - there are treats. It seems that everyday that passes, I miss normality more and continue to think of all the yummy food I am missing.

Yesterday while I was making my travel plans for the fall, I realized there will be no more dinners out in the evening. One of the joys of traveling is going out at night, when it is all said and one and enjoy splurging at a restaurant that I can't normally go to. Opening week at school is literally just down the road. When we get ready for school to begin, the campus gathers over yummy pizza, breadsticks, and Cesar salad to listen to opening remarks. Every season we have a coaches luncheon to listen to coaches and players speak...while we create our own sandwiches-not this year. This list doesn't include dinners out with friends or family! So many social events are centered around food. Even a golf game with friends includes beer and sunflower seeds.

I continue to remind myself, I can have this all again, but just not now. I am taking a vacation. The pizza will still be here in a few months, right? Prohibition will never happen with pizza will it? As I quickly type this, I am enjoying my favorite luxury, pickles!!! I love pickles, but I have to moderate my pickle intake due to sodium. I am not allowed to go home and assault the jar of baby dills.

I can't wait for Thursday to get restocked in the stuff I like and focus on my next week's goals. Hopefully next week won't be, the worst its ever been!