DFB: Progress Report Week 1

When Alcoholics fall off the wagon, they usually drink themselves into unconsciousness and alienate all their friends and family. When a fat person falls off, we seem to land in a place where food is served is 2 minutes or less. There is no alienation, hell, we invite the family over for buffet style meals. I was doing well until Friday. I had a sneak peak on the scale and saw that I had already lost 2.5 pounds without doing any exercise. All was set for a good 5 pound loss week. I had even done the groceries earlier that day and bought a large variety of healthy food and sensible snacks (that I promised myself I would not eat in only one or two sittings). I did my research the night before on www.tidingseats.com and got 4 great recipes, got a resupply of my herbal teas, and some healthy cereal. Then my wife calls with some urgent errand's that just had to get done, and when I finally get home to make a delicious looking Thai chicken breast recipe, with steamed broccoli and Jasmin rice, my son reminds me that we had to leave in an hour for his school dance. Now, I could have sucked it up and made some sandwiches for us, or made the dinner for my wife and I while I made him something quick. I could have done a lot of things instead of picking up the phone and ordering a full serving of pork ribs and fries from the local restaurant. In fact, in the 45 minutes that I waited for my order, I could have prepared and eaten the recipe I had planned for all day, but somehow my will and desire to just indulge myself was too powerful. Friday should have been enough, but when it rains it pours. For me, that meant quality junk food pouring down my throat in large and vast quantities. Saturday was a gorge fest capped with potato chip snacks being frequently replaced at my table during a poker tournament I was participating in. Sunday wasn't so bad, except for my pledge to not eat too many calories after 7pm. I had gone to see http://runningscaredthemovie.com/, which I of course could not get through without my tub of buttered popcorn and glacier blue Kool-Aid (if you love the show 24 and or sleeper cell, than this is a MUST SEE movie for you). So, I was a little nervous in getting back on the scale this morning. I had not seen 270 pounds or more in several weeks and it is one of those little things that I am afraid to see again. I don't care if there is no physical evidence when I look at myself, those little digital bars on my scale Week 1: Net Result=...0 pounds less. All in all, an acceptable result considering my 2ND half binge. That little scare and result should be enough to catapult me to better action this week.