taking your advice.

today was day one without bread.  i ate 2 cookies though, does that count?  but i ate my (revolting) sandwich at lunch without the bread.  (note to self, and others: do not eat a spicy southwest buffalo bratwurst.  ever.  for any reason).

i set my alarm to wake up early this morning to run, since i had dinner plans after work.  BUT when the alarm went off...  i promptly reset it.  i am NOT an early riser.  but in a fortuitous turn of events, my dinner date cancelled, so i had the evening free after all and got in a 3 mile run.  it kind of sucked (running is hard when you are fat) but i did it.

i also went to the store and bought all the ingredients (i almost wrote "fixin's" and then i remembered that i am not southern) for my week's worth of meals (another plug for emeals- i LOVE having a shopping list created for me).  i love cooking like this - getting at least 4 servings from a meal means i have dinner and lunch the next day plus two more meals in the freezer.  cook once, eat 4 times. 

and my big success at the grocery store was that i didn't buy any treats - often when i shop (and especially right before i'm starting some crazy diet) i decide that i need ice cream and some of those amazing and deadly lofthouse cookies.  but not today.

also the scale said 204 this morning, so there's some progress already.

and i signed up for the san francisco half marathon in july, which will keep me motivated!

in other exciting news, i got a refund check from geico for $200.  this is going to let me get a haircut, and a car wash, some plants, and a full tank of gas withOUT putting anything more on the credit card.  that's good news, right?