Sandy701's Journal, 18 Jun 12

Didn't sleep all that well last night, but went out and walked for 3.1 miles anyway. It helped take "some" of the grumps away - LOL!

Yesterday, I had an interesting encounter at the grocery store while I was waiting in line for checkout. The woman behind me decided to let me know that I could buy eggs in the 18-count containers for a lot less than the Egglands Best I was purchasing. Well, one thing led to another and I mentioned I was on Atkins (when will I ever learn?). She told me that, oh yes, she tried that once and then asked if I had lost any weight. When I told her 89 pounds, her expression never changed!!! I might as well have said I had lost about half a pound. Later I realized she probably thought I said "8 or 9" pounds rather than "89" pounds.

But the part that really got to me was that she began to tell me how she couldn't lose weight with everything she had going on....she gets up for work at 5AM....hectic throughout the day....grabs whatever she can in the break room, like donuts, pizza, whatever's handy and fast....after work, her kids have this activity and that activity....doesn't have any time for herself until 8PM some nights and the last thing she wants to do then is cook appropriate/healthy food.

I just continued to nod and sympathize BUT.....all I could think about were all the people on this site who ARE making their WOE work and they aren't any less busy or pulled in fewer directions than she is.....they've just made their health a priority. We all have 24 hours in a day and it's truly OUR CHOICE exactly how we're going to spend them. There ARE good choices available to us....we just have to be strong enough to choose them and willing to live with the consequences of sometimes saying "no" to other foods/things/people/activities.

You know, I have a love/hate relationship with Biggest Loser, BUT....one thing they really did right this season IMO was to take a look at a number of the excuses people can make for not losing weight/staying on a WOE. The woman I was talking to probably gave me every last one that was featured on the show!

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1231 kcal

Fat: 83.61g | Prot: 75.18g | Carbs: 57.58g.   Breakfast: blueberries, butter, Mrs. Butterworth's Sugar Free Syrup, Maple Grove Farms Sugar Free Pancake Mix, Shady Brook Farms sweet turkey sausage, egg. Lunch: Jones cherrywood smoked bacon, Original Lean Breakfast Turkey Sausage (links). Dinner: grape tomatoes, Wishbone ranch dressing, chia seeds (bulk), romaine, Armenian cucumber, salad toppins. Snacks/Other: Ann's House of Nuts roasted sunflower kernels, Sargento string cheese , Jones cherrywood smoked bacon. more...

1785 kcal

Exercise: Walking (exercise) - 3.5/mph - 53 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 7 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...