Day Twenty-Six

I only had time for thirty minutes on the elliptical.  I worked as hard as I could, but it just doesn't do as much as longer workouts.  Still, some is better than none.

 I have not lost as much weight as I wish I had.  Still, if I quadruple what I have done so far, that would be a good amount to have off of me.

 A coworker came back from vacation today, and was handing out chocolates.  I declined, and she pressed me.  These were very good chocolates--I saw the bag, but I didn't even look at them.  She urged me to save them for later.  I told her I still had seventy-five days left, and that was too long to save them for.  (I already have plenty of other things saved, anyway.)

 Another coworker brought in an angel food cake--just for fun, I guess--and strawberries.  I was not offered anything.  My reputation precedes me, I guess.

 I was so hungry after my lunch that I did stop and get another container of leftovers when I swung by home before my son's band concert.  Maybe I shouldn't have, but I didn't know how I would make it through the day if I didn't eat more.  I made myself eat my apple this afternoon.

 I can tell when I wear some of my clothes that I am considerably fatter than I used to be in them.  Going to change that.

 Dinner was sweet and sour chicken.  I make it with brown sugar, but I didn't want to eat brown sugar, of course.  I mean, I did, but that's beside the point.  When I was ready to make the sauce, I put half of the vegetables and chicken into another pan and used Xylitol sweetener instead of sugar.  It worked!  I could hardly tell a difference.  I had a small portion of brown rice with it.

 I made myself do abs again tonight.  If something is hard to do, I make a game of it.  I mixed up the order I usually do it.  That got me through it.

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