Ground Zero

Withdrawal headache notwithstanding, today was a very successful day!  Healthy food choices, a little exercise, a little goofing off... But first a bit of book-keeping:  The WW Points Plus values I'm giving myself are 25 daily points and 50 weekly points.  I'm assigning my WW week to run Monday through Sunday, which gives me a pro-rated count of 35 weekly points through the weekend.  

So as I mentioned, a very successful day #1.  I used my daily 25 pts (NOT hard to do!) and dipped into 2 weekly points.  I do have a headache and I'm sure it's from the lack of sugar and caffeine.  Tomorrow it will be gone, I'm not worried.  The physical withdrawal is simple.  The emotional addiction is harder to kick.  Exercise consisted of a 1/2 hour morning walk with Harley.  Our walks will never be a cardio challenge thanks to Harley having to stop and sniff ev-er-y-thing.  But it felt good to stretch my legs, and the sub-zero temperature must have resulted in a few extra calories burned.  Right?  This afternoon included yoga w/ Steve Ross.  A few Christmases ago, my best friend gave me a bootlegged collection of "Inhale Yoga" episodes, which still form the basis of my yoga practice.  You can find them now all on YouTube (ah, you kids have it so easy nowadays).  His is a unique approach and I'm a fan.  [Click here for YouTube vids of Inhale Yoga]

At this very moment, I'm fighting my evening sweet tooth and it is tough. I am extremely comfortable hunger-wise, not hungry and not overly full.  Juuuuuust right.  And yet, I miss dessert.  A lot.  There's no way I'm swearing off dessert altogether, but if I'm lucky, I can break dessert as a hardwired habit and eventually enjoy it as a treat.  An occasional treat.  But that's a way down the road.  We're doing one day at a time right now.  And day #1 is a success.

But what if I were to sleepwalk to the kitchen tonight...  Yeahhh, "sleepwalk"... that's it.   Noooo, I'm done eating for today.  Uh huh!!! Am too!

Happy 2014 everybody!  We're off to a good start!

Food journal w/ Points.

Mommy's breakfast...

 

...And Daddy's breakfast.

 

Tea, sans sweetener.

These are pretty good.  Not a lot like what you'd get from a Chinese takeout place, but pretty tasty and with a little kick to 'em. 

Typical salad, not much to report there.

My Betta fish who gets almost zero air time thanks to the celebrities Max & Harley.  His name is Joe.  Indeed named after Joseph Campbell of the film "Finding Joe".  After a hard day, he lets me watch him and the world feels a little more peaceful afterwards.