The only good thing about my monthly visitor is that I don't get very hungry. Other than that it just makes me want to sit on the couch with a heating pad and watch movies...(done and done). So needless to say I haven't done much by the way of working out the since Saturday and tonight is Biggest Loser on t.v. so I'm bound to feel guilty and want to get my butt in motion.

However the veggie platter stocked in the fridge has been a success. Greg and I have munched on that the last couple nights while watching t.v. and it's kept my hands busy and my body healthy. Speaking of keeping my hands busy, I think I've discovered another piece of the puzzle. A friend of mine has a dad who is very sick with cancer all through his body and is probably going to die in the next few weeks. The man has smoked 70 cigarettes a day for the last 50 years!!!! Can you believe it? So even though the doctors have told this man that it is too late to make healthy lifestyle changes he has decided to try to quit smoking. They are going through a book written by an ex-smoker that debunks myths about cigarettes. One myth being that smoking is a habit because the nicotine addiction. This book claims that even for the heaviest of smokers, the nicotine only stays in the body for 4 days after a person quits. The rest of the habit is simply, well, habit. It's that smokers don't know what to do with their hands or their time so they take up smoking again.

I argue that the same could be true for over eaters. Sitting down to watch t.v. is often done with munchies or stress is handled with eating, or even boredome. All the same reasons a smoker would need a cigarette could be true for over eaters. So could debunking the myths of eating to yourself help you overcome eating habits?

I may have to take up cross-stitch to keep my hands busy while I sit around.

Weight Today: 171 (decent)
Workout: nada so far
Calorie intake: 100 so far (banana)
Feeling: bloated, cramped, but sill overall motivation.