The diet.

Well after months of watching The Biggest Loser while eating chocolate chip cookies and ice cream, the cruel reality has set in. It's time to go on a diet. Below is a picture of how I'm feeling:



There are times in my life when I have been able to diet and it isn't a big deal - these times are typically when I haven't been very busy and have had low responsibility. Now is not one of those times, although perhaps those times have come and gone. Now I'm just depressed that I need to watch what I eat. Why do I have to like large portions of tasty food so much?

Steve was so mean today. (Just kidding of course) He was reminding me that being on a diet isn't supposed to taste good or be fun. He also reminded me of the often constant state of slight hunger you are in. To convince myself that dieting can be tasty and fulfilling, I went to the library today and got a stack of diet cookbooks. I have subsequently become more depressed and certain that if I were a celebrity like Nicole Ritchie, I could lose 50 pounds after having a baby too. They suggest eating five meals a day - five meals of time-intensive recipes. Who has time for that?! If someone would buy and cook my food for me maybe I can do it, but I'm proud of myself when we aren't eating fast food or Swedish Pancakes again.

I'm hopeful that as I continue to peruse through them I'll be able to find some tasty ideas. Thank goodness our good neighbor friend Alison has bought a gym membership and goes regularly. She serves as a great inspiration!! So does my awesome sister Anne Marie who lost 9 pounds in 9 weeks...woot woot girlfriend!!

On another positive note - no cavities!!! I thought a mysterious brown spot on my tooth was a cavity, but it turns out to be a developmental "hole"...a little sketchy I thought but he's the dentist.

So here we go, on a new-found diet journey. Hopefully the 60 calorie Jello Pudding Snacks will carry me along...