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The Damn Truth

13-Apr-08

The boyfriend asked me earlier today, “You still want to go to the Cheesecake Factory tonight?”
Of course I was still going. The real question was if he was still paying.
“I’ll get a whole cheesecake if you want,” he said.
“I do want a loss this week, you know. We would have little rewards every two days [...]

My Third Friday Weigh-In

11-Apr-08

Even though every day was hell, I hung in there this week. Me, seriously:

All said and done, I’m two more pounds down and feeling a whole lot better. Dieting is always the easiest (and  the most self-righteous) for the first few days after a loss.
Now I’m off to Houston to help the boyfriend with a [...]

Standing in the Aisle

09-Apr-08

Cravings can drive a person absolutely mad. Lately I have been, as the boyfriend put it, “in the doldrums.” My fascist diet energy has faded, and in its place I’ve found a dicey urge to eat cookies.
Yesterday I wandered there again. After having four hours sleep in two and a half days, writing eight pages [...]