I have a praise to report! We finally received the rest of the money owed my husband
and were able to pay some bills!!!I did not cheat at my friends' house yesterday, another first in my book of firsts! She did give me chai tea with ff milk, and I was not aware of how much sugar is in that until I took my first sip. Ohmigosh, I thought I was sucking down pure sugar. Now, I must confess I did take 2 more itty bitty sips just to be polite, (plus it did taste pretty good after the initial shock!), but when my friend was not looking I poured the rest down the drain, and pretended to finish it as I rinsed the cup out (she offends easily, and is a little resistant to my not bingeing with her any more!). Do they make sugar free chai? I would like to find out.
Jocie-You are on girl! You know, a committment is just one day at a time. None of us can ever live up to perfection, I just want to be in the game! As long as you are moving more than usual, I think that counts! I went to the library and checked out some fitness, cardio, core, and salsa workouts just to change it up, I put on my exercise clothes to make it fun, and to watch my body shape change. I have prioritized my workout to be right after my coffee(obviously I have my priorities straight
) So today was core, and a little salsa. And you?..... 
Suzzi-I understand now! I love that you and DH renovate houses together. I would love to do that myself. However, my DH is a computer engineer, and would reinvent the wheel before we attempted any project! I have learned years ago to never, ever, involve him in a project I am trying to do, or he overtakes it and will take months before it is completed (sigh). So you two can do all the heavy work yourselves? How is that possible? And how in the world do you stop eating after 6:00? I just can't quite get a grip on that one yet!!
Donnam-It is always nice to find that you are not alone in your struggle to lose weight! It sounds like you are ready to be challenged, and back on track. Sugar is the enemy for me, right up there with the evil, lying scale
Detoxing the venom from my body is the only way I can stay real on this program. I am ready to straighten up and fly right! I want to be strong, healthy, and alive! I do not want to be in a sugar induced coma any more!! So, are you ready to take one day at a time and ditch the evil sugar??? I have just started posting my meals in the diet journal section. Nothing like the loss of aninimity to keep you honest !!!Well, time to check Teri's list, clip coupons, and off to groceryland I go! Love ya!~
But Amen you are holding your own! I will pray for you!
For some reason I cannot explain, I very much felt the need to drag out the evil lying scale. Yah, you guessed it! That was my first mistake! I got it in my head that since I have exercising so faithfully every day, that surely the ELS(evil lying scale) would reflect it. Nope! 3/10 of a pound down though. So I told myself at least I have not gained the first week of p2 as many have done. Later on I tried to make myself a latte and my machine hosed up, No biggie, so I tried again. Same thing. This seemed to irritate me to no end, so I began slamming things around and had to repent for a choice expletive I unfortunately shouted in front of my son 
I went to my room to cool off, came back downstairs and tried with a level head one more time. Not to be! Third time was a charm, suddenly everything that has building up went off in my head! All I do is cook and clean, cook, and clean, and then cook and clean some more! I was getting nowhere with this attitude so I took myself to my favorite quilt shop and spent money I could ill afford, but I will have a lovely quilt to work on 
Hung out with some friends there(more like a clubhouse than a store!) and finally went home. Unfortunately again, once home I began to feel emotional and started rationalizing why it would be perfectly acceptable to eat baked potato chips.(BTW, are they ok at all?)
...so he needs some special attention too !
