Disclaimer: THe following post was typed on a delapadated computer in africa. Spelling might be terrible and the language might not make sense. I hope you can decifer the type!
Spellcheck is not working and I am too lazy to re-read it. Please Morgan, spellcheck it for me and then repost it!
Thanks in advance........
Oh Morgan,
I am in Cape Town South Africa. I have been here for a week. What a beautiful land this is.
Apart from the rain and the cold teperatures, I am loving every minute.
The only curse is the food.
Unlike most South African---I am not starving.
I am so full I can barely type this.
I was so good the first 3 days and then I went to one of the gatherings and the curries, nan bread and Brittish deserts lured me in. Everything here is delicious. I have yet to find a food I do not like. All the sweets and yummy deserts are flavored with custard, toffee or caramel! All my weak flavors are rolled into one.
The good news is that after 4 days of eating non-stop and trying everything... I am done.
I dont want to eat anymore.
I am tired of eating--can you believe it?
I am not saying that this will continue, but I will definitly slow down a bit.
I think that the idea of just eating because I can nauseates me. Especially in a country where more than half are starving as I gorge my face with food-- enought for 4 people.
So I am going to focus on the positive.
1. I am still able to get back on track
2. I have lost 12 lbs since we started this journey
3. I am looking and feeling so much better than I have in at least a year
4. I have done this before and know that I can do it again
5. I have you to dish with and you for suppot
6. I have to stay on track so that I can support you too
7. I am going to be in Africa for a total of 6 weeks! I have to get back on track sooner or later--otherwise I will be back where we started and that will not be good. Not for me or for our blog!
8. And finally, because we actually have people who read this blog--can you believe it. And they are so nice and supportive and they are going through or have gone through this before. What an incentive.
So thats it Morgan.
I am in Africa, not starving, but willing to get back on track first thing!
My body is aching from the strain of this weight.
My conscience is hurting from my gluttony in the land they say is filled with milk and honey, but instead is filled with starving cold africans, many displaced from their homes.
My back is sore, my head is sore and my blood pressure could definitly be better than it is!
I miss you and our chats. I long to look out my kitchen window as I prepare a healthy meal and see you across the way in your kitchen doing the same.
Miss you neighbor. Miss you friend.
But most of all, I miss you-my diet buddy
Thank god for facebook and blogger.com
-Love Dawn
2 comments:
Wow 6 weeks..that's a long time. I am sure you will be fine. If you have hit that repulsively full stage it will be easier to turn down some of that bad stuff. Have a safe journey.
PS... Dawn! I meant to tell you- the spelling isn't so bad, and while I did try to edit the tiny things and repost the day you sent it, I realized that I would have to repost it in entirety a second time. So, better to leave it. I'm sorry! I hope Africa is wonderful!
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