Amelie ~

Owie! So sorry that

chicken leapt into your mouth but good for you! You

ejected the rest of it and

ran for the EXIT sign and right into the MakeMeThinner refuge.

2 bars?

true confession: i ate two bars at midnight Saturday night...i did a very very bad thing...i ate out of stress...when I am stressed i do the healthy thing for me - I go for a walk, I work out or I talk it over with a very good

Friend.
The night of my unnecessary eatage, I was working on my part of our sermon.
My husband Terry and I are pastors - currently on staff and we were scheduled to preach Sunday.
I have been at my daughter's every day helping her with daily tasks and life in general with a newborn.
I have a
TON of email in my in-box to read and to reply to.
I have a
TON of Forum posts to read and reply to.

Have you noticed I have been absent?
My brother is in the hospital with a horrible sore throat from an unknown cause.
It was midnight.
I was wearing my Leopard Woman Nightwear and going for a walk at that hour dressed as I was in my ‘hood is not practical...
Terry and Unca were

and it would not be good for me to be

to a video tape in our teensy MMT Cottage, if I expected to live...
Do you get what I am doing here?
I am working you Kids over for sympathy.
I am making excuses.
I am trying to blame my scarfage on other stuff.
Sunday afternoon I HAD to have ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery – after all, Sundays are for sundaes, right??
I did it.
I choose to do it.
I am

not happy about it because it was on top of other inappropriate eating events over the last few days...two bars back-to-back at midnight are not on my daily eating program...they were really the best things that I ate because they are nutritious…

Did any of this help me finish the sermon or to help me do a better job on my delivery? (no)
Did it help the docs come up with a diagnosis for my brother? (no)
Did it help me answer the email or write replies to Forum posts? (n-o-o-o-o.)
Did eating two bars help me cross off any of the things on my “To Do” list? (no. In fact, it added another item to THIS week’s task list: lose three pounds)
Eureka!

Food is NOT our friend!
The solution?
Duct tape?
Confess it – we did.
Get our rear in gear and follow the program – be accountable: we are – now we are off to

thinnier healthy things, right Amelie?
Tomorrow is a brand new day. I have my meals planned. I set my alarm reminder for the times I will eat, slurp and swaller them…

Here’s to our success – with every shake we drink or oatmeal serving we spoon up, the scales go down and we are healthier for it.