Emily Brewer Central

Day 9

Day 9 is an ok day. Body feeling a bit better, down 7 lbs net and feeling motivated. All in all, positive forward momentum. But day 7? Yeah, Day 7. Day 7 was the type of accomplishment you look back on and think: holy crap! I did that?! Day 7 was Sunday, July 4th. Debaucherous food and booze extravaganza. Also day 7 of the very low calorie diet and a major test of will. The day started with a pancake and mimosa (and bloody mary and bacon and sausage and muffin) breakfast at a friend’s house.  I went.  I lingered around the buffet. Smelling, perusing the offerings.  Even poured some friends a mimosa, then myself a glass of water. And then, I abstained. No joke.  We spent hours there in food kryptonite hell and I didn’t cheat a bit.  Not one bite, not one sip.

On to BBQ #2, at MY HOUSE.  Enter burgers, hot dogs, wings, beer and the ultimate snack kryptonite: lays potato chips and Hidden Valley Ranch dip. When I was pouring the chips into a bowl to serve them to everyone else, one little guy escaped.  Fell right on to the counter.  He was just laying there.  Separated from his group.  Crying out to be picked up and popped into someone’s mouth for a quick taste. No harm, right? Not my mouth. Not that day! I actually did it.  I made it through. I abstained from any diet diversion of any kind including alcohol.

Then, part 3. The fireworks and block party. That too did not deter me. It did not break me. I held my resolve and came home to a hot cup of ginger tea and my bed.  I looked back on the day and said to myself: YOU FRICKEN RULE!!! Because what I did that day, ALL day that day was something I have never done before.  I realized that you don’t HAVE to use a holiday as an excuse to consume 5,000 calories.  Sure it is an awesome time to do so, but you don’t die if you don’t.  And I still had fun. Mission accomplished.  And the scale was down 1 lb the next AM!

Day 8 presented continued challenges with an additional BBQ (again at my house) and beers in abundance. But my resolve and will power was also in abundance and I made it through.  This resulted in an additional .5 lb loss this AM.

Looking forward to the losses I will accomplish this week and the great feeling of seeing results.  Especially when it gets hard.