Mar Wars: Fat Battle

November 8, 2019 It was a good morning because last night I successfully resisted a bag of sour cream lays that was in the cupboard. I've enlisted my whole family to help with my diet so there is no way I could eat those chips in front of them. My husband told my daughter to go take a shower and then he asked me if I wanted him to sit with me and watch TV or if he should go exercise. I quickly said, Go Exercise, because with both of them gone, I could sneak into the kitchen and eat the chips. I could already taste the salt and oil in my mouth, yum. Then my husband said, no, I'll stay with you. After about 10 minutes I said, I'm going to bed. I confessed that if I didn't go to bed right then, I would eat the chips. By the time my husband went to the garage to work out, my daughter got out of the shower. So I laid in bed whimpering over my foiled plan to eat the chips. I told my daughter to take the chips out of the cupboard and hide them somewhere lest I sleepwalk. I a...

November 7, 2019 I woke up feeling refreshed. I became super angry when I noticed something missing from my bathroom mirror and I was impatient with my daughter while she was dressing for school. I was stressed about a high stakes meeting I had this morning for one of my projects. All the managers in the company, the VP's and the President was scheduled to attend. This was a guest speaker that I brought to our company to help solve a problem. My role was to help the speaker find parking, greet the speaker, escort her to the meeting, help her set up her technology, introduce the speaker and then I was going to stay for the meeting. I'm down 2lbs. I was excited about the presentation and nervous. So, I'm sure that my hunger and anxiety over the meeting lowered my patience. I also fell apart a bit during a call with my Mom and descended into a pitty party for about one hour. I picked myself up and put on makeup, which always helps me feel presentable, then I began prepar...

November 6, 2019 Today is the first day of the Mar Wars: Fat Battle. It is amazing how much food I have to turn down in a day. I arrived at work greeted with a breakfast egg burrito with a side of tater tots and salsa dipping sauce. I watched everyone eat their burritos while we talked. I had my first coffee at 10:00 am on the dot, with a splash of half n half. While folks were eating breakfast, someone brought up lunch orders. One guy asked for an Acai bowl and although I had my chicken and broccoli lunch from home, I asked for an Acai bowl too. Shortly after we got the call that the Cafe is out of Acai, so I took it as a sign from God to eat my homemade lunch instead. I ate my lunch at 11:43pm and realized that I have not had one drop of water all day. I served myself a second cup of coffee with a second splash of half n half and hurried to my office to down as much water as possible. With half of the day still ahead of me, I've had to turn down a breakfast burrito, tate...