Day 75 -- 5 March 2009

Well, I didn't exactly stick to my diet today. I did really well for breakfast, my mid-morning snack and lunch but not so much for my mid-afternoon snack or dinner. I wasn't able to eat a mid-afternoon snack because my tummy wasn't cooperating. I guess my body is still adjusting from my galbladder surgery. Thursday night is our "date night" and we always go to this little Mom-and-Pop Italian diner just down the road. I could have had a salad for dinner and not broken the rules of the diet but I didn't. Instead I had cheese bread, pizza and a brownie. I wasn't supposed to have any of it but I just couldn't stomach another salad today because that was what upset my tummy earlier. I figure it didn't really set me back that much considering this was only day 2 of the diet. I'll stick to it tomorrow and if we go for "date night" next week I will get the salad no matter what!!

I got on the treadmill again tonight and walked at 2 mph for an hour. I burnt 187 calories. I am a little disappointed in myself for cheating on the diet today but I also know that working out is just as important as eating well. I figure if I never really comply with the diet completely but at least follow most of the guidelines I will gradually change my eating habits for the better. Shane is going to start the diet with me in April when we have finished all the of the foods that aren't allowed. I figure in the meantime I can do my best to attempt to stick to it and maybe by the time we both officially start, it won't be as hard for me. Hopefully I will be able to offset any slips that I have with exercise :O)