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Today - I lost my soul....hummm, sole

Bad news...today at Wal*Mart I lost my soul. Let me tell you if you are going to loose your soul WalMart is not the place to do it. That place is so over stimulating and crazy and the week of Thanksgiving, whoosh. But it happened! I was there, with Cody, getting a few items for our 'special' Thanksgiving visitor - a new shower head to be exact - and I noticed it, just felt this feeling like there was something amiss underfoot. I looked and low and behold....a large portion of my soul had just disappeared. I don't know when or where. I am so very sad. These are my FAVORITE shoes of alllllllllllllll time!
When I came home and showed Rick he said, "Oh, yeah I found a piece of that in the garage." So I guess losing your soul is a gradual thing and doesn't happen all at once.

As the Holidays approach...

"Apply soapsuds as if you had all day to do it, even though you know you haven't. Soak and soak, and don't think about anything at all. When you begin to feel fond of your family again, let the water run out of the tub, turn on the shower, and sit down under it. Rest your head on your knees, and let the shower pelt you tenderly for a good three minutes."

10 things about dieting

1.  It is a BIG FAT head game. It has very little to do with what goes in your mouth - it has a whole lot to do with what goes on in the head.

2. Foods you have never really liked sound really good. Like peanut butter on toast, I don't like peanut butter (except in cookies)...until now.

3. Weighing everyday is compulsive - but not suggested. Our bodies fluctuate, (rhymes with flatulate - hummm) even not-dieting ones, but being hungry for three days/a week! and seeing absolutely no change on that scale is dis-hearting.

4. Smells become intense, probably like when someone stops smoking. I have heard those folks say, when you stop smoking you can smell again. Well, stop eating and the same thing happens. For example, chocolate on someone's breath.

5. One becomes very aware of the food world around them. Notice how many commercials on TV have to do with FOOD. Billboards - magazine ads.

6. Our social life is connected to food. We meet, we talk, we share FOOD. Yummy food. Carrot sticks never seem to disappear but the bowl of M & M's - gone.

7. One has to consume/use -3,500 calories to lose ONE pound. That means 1000 calories less per DAY than you need for one week and lose 2 pounds. (If your body isn't an old one..that loves fat and then that doesn't always work!) The same is true to gain..but heck, that's not that much - 10 candy bars - not 'burned' up will do you the favor.

8. Food makes us HAPPY. Have you ever seen someone eating an ice cream cone with a frown on their face?

9. Old bodies like fat better than young bodies.

10. There is the built in fear...of...can I really do THIS the rest of my life? When I lose the weight -  how can I manage all the yummy food around me...beckoning...me to be HAPPY? It would be much easier to just quit eating. I guess that is why gastric-bypass works...you just QUIT eating instead of three times a day, having to think of something to eat, fix something to eat and then sitting down to find peace with the hard crunchy cold (verses soft warm melty yummy gooey) offering that is in front of you.

2 things

Number 1 - this is a fun site that answers all your questions about Coke and Mentos. There is also some pretty amazing videos...a-m-a-z-i-n-g! Like I know you have been laying awake nights trying to figure all that out. Does eating Mentos and Coke make YOU explode...will Lifesavers work instead of Mentos?  Root beer instead of Coke etc etc etc

Number 2 - You can make Jello Instant No-fat No-sugar pudding with water instead of milk and it tastes the very same - except it is creamier and smoother and lighter...better, actually. And you have the added benefit of absolutely NO nutritive value and very few calories. OR....in case, you want a treat and have no milk in the house...hey, no problem.