Guess who's day off it is?!?!?

And a well-deserved on, too!!! 227.8! That's a 7 pounds loss in the first WEEK! And no - I did not skip meals or anything like that. I only worked out TWICE this week. TWICE! And I loved it when I did. 227.8! That rocks. I "think" it's working. Who would have EVER thought I'd be excited about weighing 227.8! NOT ME!!! But, it is the motivational means to an end.

I even went to a kid's birthday party last night and didn't have any cake, ice cream or soda. That's like the Homer Simpson passing a block of 400 slices of American cheese and saying, "No thank you." This is what I was missing - motivation provided by results! Calorie counting was flat out NOT working for me at all. Although, here's the deal. I need to finish the 4 Hour Body book, because I am curious how one maintains such success. That is a challenge. Also, I MUST work in my insides. MUST MUST MUST!

I met a woman last night at the birthday party, and she asked why I wasn't having any cake and I told her why, and she said, "Oh yeah, that sounds like Body For Life. I was on that once and I went from a 226 to a 140!" Guess how long ago THAT must have been and what she weighed now. It wasn't 146 I assure you. She was back to her cake batter eating weight. Ugh. I will NOT do this again, because I promise you it would not work the next time. I have tried to restart Weight Watchers 4 times since the girls were born - didn't work again. And I lost 64 pounds using that system in 2002-2003. But it did not have the same effect these last times as it did that time.

Anyway, today is the 4 Hour Body "cheat day." I just tried to take a bite of some of that cake from last night and ACK! TOO SWEET!! The cake part was OK but it was like I could taste every grain of sugar in the thing. Not what I was hoping for. It's still sitting there. I do so miss lattes but can't have coffee now (not related to the diet - this is a medication thing), so I shall have some hot chocolate this morning. YUM! I have also promised pancakes to the chicken. Yippee!

I am wondering if I want to weigh myself tomorrow and I don't think I will, because I do not want to discourage myself from taking the cheat day, and it's one of the rules of the diet. Plus, I bet you that not everything will taste as nasty as that cake! I do loves me some food, in case you didn't know (:

OK - Happy Cheat Day, everyone! And love and light to Japan, of course, this morning. May your reactors continue to be sound.