What can I say about this week? I feel like I’ve lived a lifetime in the last three days. Still, we are continuing to live “on the Beach” as best we can.
This week has offered numerous setbacks, and I’m not even referring to the Matt’s current health issues. As you may recall, we had the luncheon at our house for Crisana on Sunday. So that meant we had leftover cake AND pasta salad all week. Leftover YUMMY cake and pasta salad. Leftover YUMMY cake with buttercream frosting and pasta salad with mayo and non-whole-wheat pasta. So, yeah, we fell off the wagon a bit this week.
And then came Thursday afternoon. Honestly, we were tempted at that point to throw all caution to the wind. I could certainly have used a visit from my two good friends Ben & Jerry. But they didn’t show, and Friday brought too much thinking and reality and dealing with fear and I admit, I used food as my escape. I wasn’t as bad as I could have been, but certainly was worse than I ought to have been. Only by God’s grace did I avoid a 3-pound weight gain that day.
The weekend has been better, and I think I’m emotionally back on track to face the week ahead. The results for this week are truly evidence of God’s grace:
Matt – 27.5 lbs (down 1.5 lbs for the week) 25.5 lbs (flat for the week, no weight loss)
Debbi – 23 lbs (down 0.5 lbs for the week)
The fact that I lost anything at all is nothing short of miraculous. Now that Matt is done with “The Biggest Loser” contest at work, we will be moving into a truer Phase Two menu plan, with two carbs a day. I’m going through our various cookbooks compiling my own “South Beach Cookbook” of menu items we can use until we reach our goal weight. Matt has officially surpassed the halfway point, and I expect to do the same some time this week.
So until then…stay tuned! Maybe one of these days life on the beach will mean we are actually not embarrassed to show ourselves on the beach!