H-E-L-L-O

Just thought I'd say hello and let you know that I haven't dropped off the face of the earth. This has been one busy summer and in fact, I've only been home for about a week total so far. We're heading home tomorrow from AZ and let me tell you, I need to go home so I can get some rest! This AZ heat is something fierce and it just wears a person out.

My diet is going very well and I'm now seeing some results in the way my clothes are fitting. I'm still wearing the shorts that I've been wearing for the last couple of summers but at least they're not so snug anymore. Yay!! It's a slow process but I'm sticking to it!

The Special K Diet...Have You Heard Of It?

Courtney and her roommates decided to go on the Special K diet this week. I had never heard of it so I asked them alot of questions because you know a woman who has put on 10 pounds due to menopause will try just about anything! In other words, I'm desperate! I really did think it was just another weight loss gimmick but now I'm not so sure. I decided to check it out for myself.

The girls told me you eat a serving of Special K cereal for breakfast, another serving for lunch, and then you each a normal meal for dinner. Sounds simple but I thought it was a version of the "all you can eat soup" diet or the "grapefruit" diet. Fad diets and certainly not legitimate. This may also be a fad diet but Kellogg is advertising it all over their cereal box like it's legit and Kellogg wouldn't lie would they!?! The written out instructions on the box are exactly like the girls explained: Special K twice a day and then one normal meal. Kellogg says the benefit of doing this is to drop a jean size in 2 weeks.

Well since we leave for Hawaii in 13 days, PERFECT! I decided to give it a try too. Only one problem, I hate cereal!

I packed up my lunch last night and toted it to work today, milk and all. Today was Day 1 and I could barely get through breakfast. Nothing is more gross to me than soggy cereal and to me, all cereal is soggy! By the time lunch rolled around, I was dreading it. The thought of more soggy cereal was starting to depress me. I decided to eat it plain. Let me just say that eating plain Special K cereal is like eating cardboard...but it's better than soggy cardboard! By the look on my face, a coworker knew I was in trouble and suggested I mix the cereal with some of her yogurt. Not bad I must say! Now I think we're on to something!

Tomorrow is Day 2 and my lunch is packed, this time yogurt and all. By the way, 3 of my coworkers were intrigued by this dieting approach too and decided to join me over the next 2 weeks. I hope Kellogg's promise is for real. I'd love to drop a jean size before Hawaii. Heck, at this point I'd like to drop anything I can!

It's Friday

And I'm nosy...

So here's the question: Do you like fish?

Normally I'm not much of a fish lover but tonight we had the most delicious fish for dinner. We're in Ventura Beach for our Camping Club weekend and a group of us went to Andria's for dinner. They've got the best fish and chips around and you should see the line up at the door waiting to get in. I passed on the chips and had a small salad instead. I even had a diet coke...and if you know me, that's really something. I hate diet anything but I'm seriously on one. So far so good.

Have a great weekend!

It's Official...

It's March 1st and I'm going on a full fledged diet!

I tried on about 4 things in my closet earlier today and nothing fit...couldn't even zip up the zipper. I've worn the same size for almost 20 years now and I'm not buying bigger.

I'm serious!

I didn't have this much of a problem until I started blogging a year ago. My word now I've really got a blogging butt to get rid of. It also doesn't help that I'm going through menopause!

Why oh why did I buy $32 worth of these just yesterday...



Sorry new BFF (black spray paint), you are now being replaced with a tall glass of water!