So it begins

It's Monday morning, and I have decided to treat this as DAY ONE and give this new way of eating a try. I had to wait till Monday to begin because of Superbowl and promises made to my son- as well as the need to alter menu plans. This approach is VERY heavy on fruits and veggies, and while we buy a lot of these, we were not going to have enough to complete the whole week. A second trip to the store is going to be required, so I decided Monday would be the best day to start. And with any Day One, it means stepping on the scale and finding the number that will be your starting point. And so, even thought our weigh in day is Saturday, I climbed on to see what mine was.

249.8

On the one hand, it is a number to make me SCREAM !!!! It is up 5.4 lbs from Saturday, a number that was up 4.8 lbs from the week before. One factor is when my body moves into the ovulatory phase of my cycle, it hangs there and builds multiple fluid filled cysts, which pack on the pounds in ways that look like a campaign of shock and horror( in past years I would often gain 20 lbs at this point, and lose it all when the dreaded Aunt came to town). Add a couple of slices of pizza, and you get a number like that. While I want to scream ( and pick a fight about an important issue with my husband on a great burning issue like which ocean is greater, who invented the lawn and so forth) it is the point at which I start and nothing more. Okay Dr Joel. Let's do this ! Lets bring it on...and you had better be right or those Bunny Cheerleaders from the Puppy Bowl are gonna hear about it !