Calibration Day

The food journal is back in action, as are the food scale and measuring cups & spoons.  As is typical when I start over, I'm feeling strong and optimistic.  What's that joke... "Quitting (or dieting) is the easiest thing in the world!  I've done it a hundred times!"  But as far as today goes, it was a god day filled with good, reasonable food choices.

One of my standard journal entries is "Cup of tea w/ sweetener (or sugar) & splash of soy creamer".  Is a "splash" the published portion size? Oh hell no.  The official serving size is 1 Tbsp.  My "splash" is 4 times that.  I measured it.  But it's okay.  I calculated the points value and it's only a single point per "splash".  I can work that in, no problem.  What causes me pause is the fact that 4 Tablespoons equals a 1/4 cup.  I know, right?  Sounds a lot worse, doesn't it?  A little tea with your creamer, Jule?  Yeesh.

The weather was really nice.  By "nice" I mean my nose hair didn't freeze as I stepped outside.  Harley and I went for a long walk and it was great.  Not a huge cardio workout, but the fresh air and dirt roads did my body a lot of good.  If not, my spirits sure had fun.

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The above paragraphs were written just before my internet started crapping out.  Turns out my modem was frying out after 7 years of relentless use.  Given it had a life expectancy of 3-5 years, I guess I can't complain.  But now I'm back, woo hoo!  New modem all hooked up and I'm ready to play catch-up!  Uhm... tomorrow.  It's almost 10PM and I'm ready for bed.

But I will say that the last couple weeks have been successful and a couple days ago I dusted off my exercise DVDs.  Of course I jumped in with gusto and am crippled with aching muscles ("Hey!  Remember us?  SURE you do!!").  But it's a good kind of pain.  Motivating, even.  I'm considering posting some "before" pix, you know, the headless kind?  We'll see.

Anyway, I'm back and will catch up on everything, likely tomorrow.

Yayyyy!  I'm back online!  La la laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!