Day 3

Good morning, everyone!

I sit here, munching away on my plain oatmeal with just the tiniest pat of margarine added to it, thinking how hard this is going to be. My challenge just dawned its third day, and already I'm having trouble. The homemade blueberry muffins are calling to me from the counter. The biscotti has practically grown legs and walked itself to my plate. The chocolate chip cookies in the freezer are begging me to end their freezer burn and put them out of their misery. This house is so full of temptation, but I'm the better woman. I will sit here and listen to them, sympathize with them, but I will not give in. I've given in too many times in my life. I won't do it this time. So there. Take that, sweets. I win.

So today's goal is to drink as much water as I can and pee a lot, while eating lots of fruit and veggies. That's a very good, natural way to cleanse the body. Some people take it to the extreme and only eat vegetables all day, every day for a week. I don't think that's too healthy for you, just sayin'. I plan on polishing off that leftover ravioli for lunch. Mmmm mmmm mmmm..... I can't wait.

I'll have to admit, since I'm being honest with all of my readers, I caved in yesterday. My sister-in-law was making a rainbow cake, so I helped her frost it and decorate it. In the process, I ate some. Eek! You caught me. I snuck in sweets. But then my fiance came to the rescue and ate half of the dreaded cake, which saved me from half the calories. So I only had half of a small slice of cake. Not too bad. I think I went over my caloric count of 2,000 by about 200 calories. Not the end of the world. You gotta live a little.

Well, I'm starting my day off with a measly 120 calories and 4 grams of protein. That'll last me to snack time with some mandarin oranges. There we go. I'm starting my day off right.

Thanks for listening everyone! Hope you all have a beautiful day!
Figgy Newton