Monday Mantra

Dear Morgan.

Well it is Monday, the day most people start a diet.
The day of the week fat people look forward to and husbands dread!

My husband knows Mondays as the day 1 of my "always"diet......every week, 52 times a year.

I am so used to pigging out on the weekends, that every Sunday I would look my husband square in the eye, tell him he needs to support me and then proclaim that "the diet starts Monday" By Wednesday I am sneaking food, overeating at meal times and scoffing down leftovers in the kitchen.

Not today. Today is Day 3 of the new me!
This Monday is differant.

I went to bed at midnight last night and woke up at 3:30 this morning, because I was so excited to start my day. I heaved my heavy body up off the bed and I shaved my legs and washed my hair...all before 4am.
I moisturized my face and drank a glass of water while looking out at the pink sky over Manhattan and I truly felt that today was going to be a good day.

I have been on this diet for 3 days and I am elated. I was pretty healthy yesterday, I think I ate way too many servings of fruit, waaaaaaay too many (like 6 or something) but it was fruit, not candy, so I am already off to a better start than before. Yesterday was not perfect by any means. But it was 150% better than my other diet days of yerster-year.

Today I aim to be better
I had 8oz of chocolate slimfast (6:30am).
At 8am I am off to the hair salon to have my hair done. I figure that if I look good and feel good, that I will do even better at making healthy choices for the new me.

I am focused Morgan.
FOCUSED!

Of course I have to stop for an ice-coffee--- (no sugar and plenty of skim milk)---for I am in need of caffeine for this tired body.

I am feel good about our diet, I know change will be gradual and that my thighs still touch and my belly literally makes me look 7 months pregnant. Watch out world, because my belly's days are numbered----Its time of free reign has come to an end.

I have to work from 12-4 today and I have a business lunch, where my true test will be in choosing a healthy option. But I am determined, just like you are that this is the end of the line.
Fat is not healthy---not for me anyway and quite frankly, it sucks being hot, sweaty and uncomfortable.

This much FAT IS OUT!!!!

-Dawn