Embrace the W!: A whole month, is it possible?

...Of COURSE it's possible, this is me we're talkin' about.
What brings me back to the keyboard? You'll never guess, not in a million years. Really, wan'na try?
What's that? I hit my weight goal? I wish, but no.
I hit the lottery? Oh boy, do I ever wish, but no.
I decided that waffles and bananas would never cross these lips again? HA! What universe are YOU living in?!!!!
No, what I find so incredibly interesting that I HAVE to share with you is ... THIS:

Eggs, eggs, as far as the eye can see!
Chicken eggs. Turkey eggs. Quail eggs. Pheasant eggs...

...wait... what..? An Ostrich egg???

...Is that still only 2 WW points??!

Insane, right? If that's not worth blogging about, I might as well retire my pen, ~er~ keyboard and pick up knitting.

A whole month, boys and girls. I wish I had a month's worth of interesting shtuffs to share, but I don't. So I'll just blab for a little while. If you get bored, don't hesitate to log off, or Google "Eggs of the North East" or somethin'.

I'm plugging along with Weight Watchers, a slow and steady tortoise. A happy tortoise: 8 lbs in 8 weeks. Clothes are starting fit again and I'm hitting that point where I'm reminded of something our former WW leader said; "We lose weight to look good in our clothes. We exercise to look good without them." ~sigh~ Time to dust off my sneakers. Again. ~groan~

I'm being a little bit of wise-@ss about the exercise because I have been "training" for my backpack adventure, slated for September. Eight glorious days on the Appalachian Trail. 70'ish miles. Unplugged and experiencing the world at 2 miles per hour. I can't wait. Truly. I've been strapping on my pack with about 20'ish pounds in it and I hook into the section of The Trail that cuts through the northwest corner of the state. For a few, short hours I might as well be a thousand miles deep in the wilderness, and not just a mile or two off Rt. 7.

Today is day 1 of a 3 day juice fast. My BFF and I are doing the one day "together" (we'll be comparing notes tomorrow). I don't know if I'm going to make it the whole three days though. I'm struggling through a caffeine withdrawal headache, which will be gone by tomorrow morning, but still: ouch. I'm juicing my own fruits and veggies instead of buying it off the shelves. A lot of work, a lot of cleanup... hopefully my body will reap a lot of benefit. I'll keep you posted.

I have begun repopulating Joe's tank. Last week I bought 5 zebra danios ("Sale! 5 for $5!"). I had one fall-out, leaving 4. Well, you can do the math. Then today I bought 3 more of those plus 5 leopard danios. I jumped on the "spots & stripes" theme the minute it dawned on me. My next purchase will be some kind of algae-eating something or other. I'll research my spots/stripes options in that regard. These little guys are very, very zippy and really fun to watch.

Man, I'm hungry. I sure would like a veggie burger...

Or maybe a real burger like the one I had on the 4th. With lots of cheese. And bacon. Oh mannnnnnnnn.

So even though I've been WW'ing and losing a slow but steady pound per week, I have not been making the wisest choices nutritionally (note aforementioned bacon cheeeeeeseburger). I'm hoping this juice fast will launch me back onto the path I always stray from every time a sexy cheeseburger comes my way.

And now just some random food pix: