Jinkies!!!

This week, I started off doing really well.  I had boiled eggs for the week's lunch salads, chopped cucumbers, and shredded carrots on Sunday afternoon.  I packaged my almonds for the week, made sure I had healthy granola bars for breakfast, etc.  I was kind of proud of myself.  Monday was great.  Tuesday was fine, until I got sick after lunch.  I'm not sure why, since I ate the exact same thing from the same packages as Monday.... with the exception of the bagged lettuce.  Well, let's just say I couldn't keep food down for a day or so, and avoided salads for the rest of the week.  I just tried to watch my portions, skip the junk food, and drink more water.  The weird thing is.... even though I skipped meals, I never once got that grumbly in my tummy like I was starving.  I actually feel hungrier when I eat than I do when I DON'T eat.  How weird is that?

I am proud to say that this morning, the scale rewarded me by showing a number that was 6.8 lbs LESS than last week!  I'm sure part of it was being sick, and part was due to me no longer being bloated from the "gift" that wench called Mother Nature had for me last week.  Hey, maybe the scale needs new batteries.  Who knows?  But I'll take it.  :-)

This week, I'm still kind of nervous about eating salads.  I didn't buy any salad stuff at the store today.  I'm going to go for the mini portions of dinner leftovers and see how that goes.  I DO realize that I need to eat more veggies so I stocked up today at the store.  Hopefully if I fill myself up with green beans and whatnot, I won't be so tempted to eat tons of leftovers.

And, despite 3 phone calls last week, my doctor STILL hasn't called me back about the pre-approval for the nutritionist (or the results of my blood test for Rheumatoid Arthritis.)  Seriously, dude.... I know you're busy and probably have a ton of patients, but dang it, YOU'RE the one pushing me to lose the weight and telling me if I don't, I'm going to die.  You'd think you'd get off your arse and get this taken care of.  If I could do it myself, it would already be done.... but I can't.  They need to talk to a DOCTOR.  So please do your job before I start getting beligerant.  I don't think that's too much to ask.  I'm on a roll here and you're cramping my momentum.