483.6 - Back Door

So, yesterday, while making dinner for my boys, I ate a breaded chicken breast, not on my diet.  Then, I ate two.  Well, that led to feeding them dinner, but my sons did not like part of their dinner.  I didn't realize when I was buying a microwave dinner that it said "buffalo" chicken.  My kids don't like spicy.  Well, I couldn't let it go to waste, could I?  So, I ate like 10 of them, which isn't on my protocol.  I stopped, there, thanks to the Lord, but I had allowed dinner preparation to be the back door to sabotaging my efforts to follow the protocol.  Gotta watch out for the back door; make sure it's locked.

489.0 - Naps

I've been in the computer lab this week.  It's a lot of sitting and watching others work on their projects.  Although I'm not working very hard, I am feeling quite exhausted, especially around the afternoon.  It doesn't help that I worked out at the gym late last night.  I find myself snoozing during my conference period.  The protocol warned this might happen during the first week on, which is called Hell Week for a reason.

492.0 - God is Faithful

Last night, right before I went to bed at 10:30pm, I ate a bowl of spaghetti squash, lean ground beef, 3 slices of fat free cheese, and butter spray.  It was amazing!  But, I'm not supposed to eat after 7pm, because it messes with my weight figures the next day, as well as making it more difficult for me to sleep.

However, God is gracious.  He allowed me to lose weight in spite of the meal.  8 lbs down!  I am pumped!

My wife lost 2 pounds, which is awesome!  Proportionately, we both lost a lot of weight for the first day, as the protocol predicted we would. 

One of the drinks that has been helping me avoid the sugar free candies I'm so used to sucking down is Gold Peak Diet Tea.  I drink at least 59 oz of it each day at work.  The protocol calls for drinking sugar free drinks sweetened with Stevia, but it doesn't have a great taste.  I used to use it with my Body by Vi shakes to sweeten my spinach shakes, but one time I used it and it tasted awful.  When it happened again, I abandoned it altogether. 

So, although Gold Peak Diet Tea uses aspartame, which mean I may catch cancer (who knows?  who doesn't?), I love it's mellow taste.

499.9 - Chemical Persuasion

I'm used to sucking on a chemical flow of sugar free butterscotch discs from early in the morning to late at night.  Going without one when I have a drawer full has been the toughest matter of will power thus far today.