November 16, 2007 - Day 17 on Phase 3 (R2)

I just completely skipped yesterday didn't I? You have to understand something about my sisters internet connection, it pretty much is the pits. Sometimes it's there, and sometimes it's not. Well, yesterday was one of the days it was not. So I couldn't post, sorry about that.

I have made a decision to not worry about the scale the rest of the trip. My sister showed to me yesterday that her scale is not that accurate! LOL - oh well. My eating isn't all that bad, so I am not gonna worry about it. I am going on another round starting on the 26th so whatever is gained while I am here, if anything will be lost immediately on that round. Que sera sera.

Let me post some of the things I have been eating since we last 'spoke'.

Let's see, Wednesday I was still in NOLA and the woman whose house we stayed at woke up and made homemade bisquits and local honey. OMG - had to have ONE! Then we went out for some Greek Food for lunch, had a Gyro Plate, again, leaving more than half on my plate. Had hummus for the very first time in my life. Interesting stuff! LOL - so then we came back to Baton Rouge that day, and all I ate that night was a little leftover chicken the Relief Center had and a piece of some leftover crawfish pie that I had brought home from NOLA.

Yesterday, had some eggs for breakky with a small piece of pumpkin pancakes, which ended up tasting like cardboard, so I didn't bother eating what was put on my plate. Then OMG, we went to this restaurant for lunch, Sammy's Grill in a little town called "Zachary" and it was FABULOUS! I had grilled catfish and etouffe! With a little side of Cajun wings! It came with a salad that had a dressing that was to die for, green onion garlic parmesean. Geesh! These Louisiana people sure know how to eat some food! LOL - Last night it was another piece of crawfish pie (can you see a pattern here???) and some cheese and wine. I made some feta avocado salsa for my sister and she was in heaven, and had some of that too.

To go back to the scale thing again, I stepped on it like 5 times today to see what I weighed, and 5 times it came up with something different. So, we are not gonna even go there. This is my vacation. I am eating things I never EVER get to have where I live in Charleston, SC and I am not worrying about it. I have a cure for weight loss that I have never had before in my life. And even if I gain 20 pounds for some unknown weird reason while I am here, I have faith in knowing that I will be able to remove it again. And then next time, my P3 will not include a trip to NOLA! ROFL - I am not gaining 20 pounds mind you. I stepped on the scale today and of the five times I used it, the highest weight was only 4 pounds more than I first used her scale on Monday morning. So - all things considered, it's not all that bad. Keep in mind that last night I didn't eat until after 9pm - this eating late thing is really for the birds I gotta tell you!

I do have to say this though, and this is quite interesting. I notice that after consuming non P3 items, like rice, milk, flour and such, I am developing sinus issues that I have not had since before I started this protocol in June. I am having a lot of mucus, sniffing and snorting, and yesterday, I had a slight headache all day. Before this protocol, I used to rely on Ibuprofen three or four times a day! So what does this tell me??? I am not going to be able to eat like this in the future. Food like this will become special occasion stuff only. My body has really started to talk to me in complete sentences! ROFL - I actually don't WANT to eat like this if this means I feel like this! My body is craving GOOD food! Not to say that what I have been having is not GOOD food, but you all know what I mean ... don't you???

Well, it's time for me to go. I hope everyone is having a wonderful time. I have to say that I do miss everyone! I can't wait to get back to my regular routine!!!

Biz