DAY 5

Ate a little more yesterday. Was supposed to be below 1,000 calories and went up to 1500. Maybe I shouldn't count my coffee, as I work that off with the treadmill. That would take off about 150, 'cos of all the creamer and sugar....I love my morning coffee and visualizations too much to give it up.

I wake up, do coffee and visualize, do a goal notebook, an hour of thinspiration, and then the treadmill and bath, all before I can eat. It's getting easier as the days go on, as it always does.

Down another .8 today. So now it's 4 lbs. in 4 days. Thanks you, Ana. And thank you, God, for helping me with this. I know everything I do is in your hands, and I want to do it the best I can. It seems a little selfish to pray for a good weight, but God hear everything...and I always be sure to pray for everything and everyone else first. (I am a Christian and a Buddhist -- yes, you can be both.) I especially pray for America every day, 'cos I'm very worried about it.

After I eat, I always suck on a few Lifesavers and chew a few pieces of gum. It doesn't add many calories and keeps me from eating more. Right now, I'm usually having a Zone bar (200 calories) for each meal and then supplement it with 1-2 other things that are low-calorie -- like 2 oranges or yogurt, sherbert bars or string cheese.

Okay...enough. I have to get reading some of the wonderful pages that are out there...If I wake up hungry, they make it go away...and then get on the treadmill (my goal is 2.6 miles today, as I did 2.5 yesterday.)

Everybody stay light, stay strong, stay blissful. And, as per Adam:  Don't trip off the glitz that you're gonna display. Later--