Slimdude

Well BuddySlimmers, I am up at 10:30pm doing what I pledged I would do since Day One on this site but I never did. But tonight I am…

I went to bed at 9pm originally and of course here at 10:30 I found myself awakened by the Binging Spirits from Hell, who reminded me that today I bought some Sugar Free Vanilla Pudding that would taste awfully good mixed with some Cheerios and some Reddi Whip. And what to use to dip that mixture with, oh yes of course the GRaham Cracker snacks you bought for The Boy!

Oh and those OREOs are still around, aren’t they? Mmmmm….

But instead, I drank a bottle of water and popped in a piece of chewing gum, and here I am reading Blogs and writing a new entry to my own.

It is Thundering outside.

I started a thread in the Weight Loss Support Forum that will serve as a companion to this blog to chronicle my struggle not to snack at night. It’s strange, just a few minutes ago the compulsion was overwhelming and now it is pretty much gone and I have not even been up ten minutes.

“The Landslide” in the title of this post refers to the fact that I have come across several blog entries lately where the author writes of feeling guilty for messing up their diet by having ” a few slices of pizza” or a “sliver of cake”.

Let me tell you something, that stuff in the long term will not mess up your diet. Would it have been better to have something healthier for the calories? Of course. But the main thing is, never ever ever tell youself “Oh well I had the cookies already, might as well have some cake too” or “well I ate those chips and a meatball hoagie, might as well have a big bowl of ice cream…”

NO! THAT is the Landslide! If you have a minor slip, try to do some exercise like an hour walk to help and make your next meal or snack the best possible and you will be JUST FINE! And you’ll be proud and I’ll be proud and we’ll get Slim together!

—Matt