The brownie battle

[mommashell]

Ok, piffy lines that are starting to earn me a reputation. Is it piffy or pithy. You know like witty funny. Anyway, here's the story since Monday. Tuesday I kind of blew it. End of day, leg hurting, so we went to applebees and I did pretty good with dinner, although I did have some appetizers, but technically they could have fit on the plate with my salad. I had like two or maybe three chicken wings. They were boneless so they were very small and a cheese quesadilla. Then I had the shrimp salad which is really good although I'm not sure if it's all that healthy. Anyway, then the kids got oreo Sundaes and I caved and got one too. Honestly, it wasn't really that good. Wonder if they made it with fat free ice cream or something. It seemed like the ice cream had been melted and refrozen. On the upside though, the glass was small, like the kind you'd drink crown and coke in. It was smaller than my short juice glasses. So anyway, that was Tuesday7. One thing I'm learning is that it really is about one day at a time. Oh yeah, I had a couple bahama momma's too. Anyway, I figure this way if you blow it one day, it's not like you wrecked the whole diet or anything. I also have to say that I *was good all day that day. And I haven't gotten up to snack in several nights. Well then Yesterday was where the brownie story begins. Wally decides at like 10 at night, that he's hungry for brownies and he makes them. I'm doing internet chat and I keep saying how they smell good and how I'm doing no S and explain what no S is. Finally one lady just says No they don't smell good they smell burned. And that was it. I could still smell them but it didn't bother me so much. It's a mind trick. And of course, this morning he got up first thing and ate brownies right in front of me and left them on the counter. And as yet I still haven't had the insane urge to go and find the brownies, which he said he hid from me. So this week I have two days out of four, and am hoping today will be three days. So I'm taking it not even one day at a time, one battle at a time. And a day can have many battles. I also figured out that I can do sliced up potatoes in the microwave. I just sliced them up sprayed them with pam and put some kind of salty seasoning on them and they were delicious. In other days, Tuesday could have been sort of an S day but well not really. That was the day I got my shiny new trumpet. You see, I'm a sucker for all things musical. And I've always wanted to play a trumpet but was always told no when I was a kid because "Trumpets are for boys" and so I finally went to e-bay and looked for one and found one for $75 plus shipping. It came to $110 total but considering that you pay a lot more than that for a good one at a music store, I did good. Wouldn't it be cool if there was a way to avoid paying shipping? Like a subscription to a service that you pay a low feel like say 15 dollars a month or something and you get free shipping of anything through ups or fedx that doesn't exceed 100 pounds or something like that. So you'd pay extra for large items but for common place stuff you buy over the internet you would not pay except that little fee every month. It'd be like pay pal except we'd call it ship pal. It's fast, it's easy...


Shell

[gratefuldeb67]

Shell, would Wally consider trying to be on your NoS schedule for S days?
Maybe you could explain how helpful it would be to you?
My son does NoS with me, and when I let him slack on the rules, I seem to give myself license to screw up too.
But overall, he and I are on the same page, and not only do I benefit, but so does he.
He has never looked and felt healthier, and I'm happy about that.
If Wally doesn't have a weight problem, could he at least be respectful that you do, and you want to change that, but really need his help?
The key is to put it in terms where he is really being your buddy, not your enemy who flings brownies at you left and right. It can really make a night and day difference in the ease or difficulty of NoS.
Lets face it.
Brownies smell good, whether they are burnt or not!
If you save that for S days, no one has to feel bad.

Anyway. See if he will come around and good luck!
Peace and Love,
Deb

[ThomsonsPier]

On the topic of music (at least vaguely), it seems that playing a wind or brass instrument (anything you play by blowing into it) can also help you lose weight.

It encourages correct breathing, meaning that more oxygen hares its merry way around your cells and makes more of your activity aerobic, thus burning more fat instead of carbohydrate. Hurrah!

In case you're interested, I play guitar (badly) and sing (well).

[mommashell]

On the topic of music (at least vaguely), it seems that playing a wind or brass instrument (anything you play by blowing into it) can also help you lose weight.

It encourages correct breathing, meaning that more oxygen hares its merry way around your cells and makes more of your activity aerobic, thus burning more fat instead of carbohydrate. Hurrah!

In case you're interested, I play guitar (badly) and sing (well).

Well, I did survive the brownie battle. I have not yet talked to Wally and incidently, he has a bigger weight problem than me. He would benefitfrom no s but he thinks it's too simple. You don't have to count anything or outlaw anything and he won't do it. He's generally not meaning to be inconsiderate. I think I hesatate to say anything because I don't want to seem like I'm making everyone else suffer for my dieting failure or success or whatever. I mean I would not want to put *everyone through no s if I'm not succeeding. More about that in the next post. I had never thought about playing the trumpet being aerobic. I guess it is. That's cool. I should play more often if that is the case. Beats trying to exercise on a hurt leg but that is a long story that I'm not getting into. Just sufice it to say that my leg hurts all the time still and I need to go to tohe doctor to find out what is going on and what kind of medicine I can take. But I'm scared because know they will want to give me some kind of steroid shot. Anyway,stay tuned next post on the way.
Shell