My Strawberry Way

Yes, unfortunately my luggage tag says it all!  Heavy.

I stepped on Kaa, my slithering scale and yikes!!!!  During the month of June and July I gained.  I had maintained my original weight loss for almost a year-- not losing and not gaining; yet going on a study leave and then on a vacation within 3 weeks was just too much for me. I guess.  I'm not proud of falling off the wagon (so to speak) and I did say this would be a journey for me; but why does it have to take sooooooo long (Mona, my inner child, moans and whines).  Why can't I be one of those people who can eat anything and not gain?  Why, why, why????  Thank you for coming to my pity party but it is now time to go home.  Strawberry is going to sing "it's my party and I'll cry if I want to" and then she is going to stop it.  Because truth be told she didn't HAVE to eat those milky ways, you know?  It was pure rebellion to "walk" to the 7-11 and buy them in the first place.  Did I think my walking would walk off the pounds while eating a milky way a day?  I have no one but myself to blame (but they were good, she says smiling while kicking her own butt....hey, that's exercising...high stepping, isn't it?  No, stop it, you can't have a milky way just because you can kick your own arse!).  Yesterday was the day... a new day...a new chapter...a new start (and I'm all about starting diets!).  I'm back on the wagon and I feel good.  Last night I turned down an offer for an ice cream sandwich from Hubby...ahem, although I said "yes" at first.  I resolved to lose more than 10 pounds in a year...so yes... yes...yes...I can do this.  Ten pounds are gone forever from my body and onward to 10 more.  Then I'll have a new goal.  Do you have any summertime goals?  Let's hear them, grainiacs.

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out (not really...I swallow thus the weight problem!)
I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my "Strawberry Way."

We can do this....together.  Jump on my bandwagon and let's go!