Okay....

....I'm not going to lie to you. This blog is a shameless attempt at procrastination. I know I should be cleaning and disinfecting my house but I'm really not feeling up to it and I'm still pretty weak (I came down with a nasty violent stomach bug yesterday and didn't eat anything... today has been dry rice chex and Pedialyte). But, I haven't actually blogged in a while. There's just been too much going on.

So, the diet is going alright. I lost track a little bit after TMEA, and didn't do nearly as well as I could have. This week has been hard too because Charlie is gone to ACTF and I'm alone in the house with Girl Scout Cookies. Which I swore I'd freeze and keep for later. The latest setback is my stomach flu, which could actually be the jump start I need to get back on track. In the course of the last 24 hours, I've had to give up solid food completely, and you just can't return to eating whatever it was you were eating before you got sick either. You have to take it slow. Like dry rice chex. Which actually is not considered a healthy starch on my diet, but is pretty gentle on the stomach. Well, to be honest, I don't know. Rice IS considered a healthy starch and rice chex is made of rice, right? I'm gonna go with that for now :-)

I guess one of the biggest things that's set me back so far is just the crazy amount of stuff going on. When I get stressed out, I like to eat comfort foods. And I've tried not to do it, but I just keep coming back to it. Although, even though I still have the urge, it hasn't been completely uncontrollable, which I guess is a good step. I overdid it with the girl scout cookies and a couple of lattes this week, but I'm pretty proud of the fact that even though what I really wanted was a cheeseburger and fries, I didn't actually go out and get one. And on the nights I didn't cook, I stuck with the grilled chicken salad from Chik-fil-a, which is totally on my diet and actually pretty good.

As crappy as I feel right now, I'm feeling pretty optimistic about where I'm headed next week. Sure, it'll be busy and hectic, but I'll have Charlie back home to keep me on track, and considering the fragile nature of my stomach, I think it'll be easy to stick to the plan and not overdo it on grease and sweets. I'll have to start the journey back to real food slowly, and that's just fine. I actually lost two and a half pounds in the course of 24 hours and if I don't go right back to eating junk, then maybe I'll feel better and the weight will stay off. Always the optimist, I must find a silver lining in there somewhere :-)

And, I promise to blog more. I think that really helped keep me on track in the beginning and I've been slacking in that area too.