At last, some progress

This is the very first day I have stuck to the diet all day long. I started the day with a fat flush shake, forgot my boiled eggs to take to work, and had a frozen dinner for lunch. It was one of the lean cusine fish cakes with broccoli. I ate an entire half pound bag of mini carrots at my lunch break too. By dinner I was famished and came in and made a great dish with eggs, crab, asparagus, and mushrooms, serving it with a nice organic spinach salad and tomatoes. I did have one slice of the chewy whole grain bread I got this morning, with no butter or oil for a change. I collasped in sleep by 8 pm and now am awake and writing at almost 2 in the morning. My next challenge to get back to sleep without eating anything else.

I have signed up at the gym and expect that I will be able to start using it by the middle of next week. They wouldn't let me start until the powers that be had activated my pass card. I got on my treadmill this morning and did 15 minutes, which is the first time I have used it in many months. I actually got on the scale when I was at the gym and am horrified that I have gained 60 pounds since Eva's wedding in August of 04 and 30 pounds since Ben's in March! That last gain really shocked me. I realize that it is only a gain of about 3 pounds a month however, and I can certainly lose more than that in an equal time. I think I'll set a goal of about 10 pounds per month which will put me back where I started by July. That doesn't sound so impossible. The alternative is continuing to gain during that time and being 20 pounds heavier by summer.

My father's health condition has been a major concern and give me motivation to apply myself to the goal of not developing diabetes, heart problems, and the multitude of other health problems he has brought on himself in recent years. It is almost unbearable to think of him drugged to almost a stupor, lying in that nursing home in a diaper, unable to get out of bed. Exercise is the answer and I must continue to make it a part of my life always.