Day 134: My first diet...

For the past few weeks I've been eating pretty much everything that see and can get my hands on.... candy turtles... cheese and crackers... summer sausage... steak... green bean casserole.... omelets... mint m&m's... you name it I've shoved it in my gullet.

I've been a glutton and that's exactly what the holidays are all about.

I, however, may have taken things a little too far.

After eating I don't know how many pounds of cheese leading up to my trip home, I downed plateful after plateful of down home cooking, and when I returned? I ate a large pizza in 2 days, which means I either need to go shopping or try to fit back into some of the jeans I already have.

That seems to be the logical... not to mention economical decision so here I go, it's time to settle down and lose some of these holiday pounds.

One of my resolutions is to get in shape by the big birthday, but since I haven't started that I might as well at least try to do something else until I can work the Encourager into my schedule... and hers.

I was looking through Prevention magazine for good recipes, and voila! A 3 day holiday detox diet... perfect!

I can do that... it's 3 days and everything in it is something I and am willing to eat, not to mention it's a lot of food which is also a good thing.

So I sat down and made my grocery list, then I reorganized it so I could whip through the store with the ease of a hot knife through butter. Ooooohhhh butter... too bad that's not on the list, or anywhere on the diet that would be good.

I bought nothing that I didn't need for the diet.... that's 3 days... and when I checked out the cash register said $69.95. What?!

It's food for 3 days! Sure there's enough to eat beyond that, but I was stunned. It's not like I bought 3 pounds of chicken, and 4 pounds of salmon, it was fruits, veggies, bread, yogurt, you get the picture. Crazy!

The worst part is I don't remember the last time I spent that much money at the grocery store and there wasn't at least one bottle of wine in the mix.

But I have committed to it, so it's time to just buck up and do it. I can do this... I will do this... it's only 3 days and maybe just maybe I can fit into my old jeans when I'm through.

I've never really dieted, so I kind of felt like I was eating my last supper tonight, even though I tried to keep it healthy with roasted vegetables, and baked salmon with a parmesan crust, and of course a glass of wine for good measure. It will be a few days before I can have one again.

It was all absolutely delicious. Then I got to work preparing the next days meals, and I have to say there's a lot of food and I can't help but think I think I can do this.

So here I go, my first diet.