WOO HOOOOOO this diet is awesome!!

Hi Stephen,

In most things that life presents to me, I am NOT a victim of instant gratification.  I like to think long-term, rather than short-term about everything.  I like to see the bigger picture of things.  I like to consider both sides of an issue before making a decision.

But when it comes to losing weight...the instant gratification aspect is AWESOME!!  I'm lovin' it!!

I started this diet 7 days ago.....and even though it is rather embarrassing to reveal how much I weighed, I figure since we're buddies, I can tell you and you won't gasp in shock......I started out at 208.....and previously, if I tried to diet, I could get down to 201....but I could NEVER go down under 200 before. Only 7 days later, I am now at 196!!!

Now, that may sound like a huge tubba-lard to you---all you damned skinny California people---but to ME, and my meat-and-potato midwest lifestyle growing up, I have always had the luxury of being TALL, so it never LOOKED that bad.  I had a pretty decent proportion overall....yeah, still chubby though.  Cannot deny that.

As a kid, my grandpa nicknamed me "Bird Legs."  I was tall and skinny pretty much all my life.   As I grew up, I was 5'7" tall in my 20's and 30's, and I used to be BONE THIN.  Yeah, I know, I actually MET YOU TWICE in 1994, when I was much thinner, actually, so I'm kinda glad of that.  The problem started when I went off to college.  From 1988-1992, I porked up.  There was an ICE CREAM MACHINE in the cafeteria!!  And I also worked in a local BAKERY.  So, put 2 and 2 together, and TAH DAHHHHHH, Miss Fatty-Fat-Ass appeared, and has been nearly impossible to lose since then.  Now, by 1994, when we met, I had been on Atkins and lost about 35 pounds....so I looked pretty good.

But then, I wanted BREAD.  And then 25 of those pounds reappeared later on.  And it's been up and down ever since, but never could get below 200.  It's hard to be a carb-addict AND a diabetic, AND try to lose weight.  It's like 3 strikes against you.  Makes a person kinda give up after awhile, ya know?

Anyway, this diet is the ONLY ONE that has WORKED and so INSTANTLY too....amazing.  I am never going off this damned thing, I can tell you that.  Nope.  I'll be on it forever.  I'm determined to get into that bikini this summer----I have NEVER ONCE IN MY WHOLE LIFE worn a bikini.  So that's my goal.  I HAVE a bikini, that sits in my dresser drawer hiding from the flabby-fat-ass chick who bought it.  So, eventually that'll be excavated from the bottom of my dresser, and actually WORN.

Well, I'm geeked....but okay, sure, you might not THINK that 196 is all that great....but for ME, that is amazing.  And what a huge difference it has made so far.  I look down, and not only see my boobs, but my FEET too!!  No more "spare tire" in the center!! Psyllium husk is AWESOME (tastes like crap), but hey, I'm all for it.  Who cares!  It expands in my stomach and makes me NOT feel hungry!!  Protein shakes, protein bars, and supplement pills....I need NOTHING ELSE!! YAYYY!!

Today, as a matter of fact, we are going to a "Munch" meeting at Olive Garden...(a spanking group meeting).  Yeah yeah yeah, shaddap, I need spankings now and then, ok?? Can't help it. I'm a brat sometimes, and that's what I need.  (Oh I know, it's hard to believe that I could be a BRAT, right)?!  Yeah it is.  *wink*  It does actually keep me grounded, though, believe it or not. It really does help.

The point of that whole paragraph isn't about the spanking thing, it's about the fact that we are going to OLIVE GARDEN for LUNCH, and holy CRAP....OLIVE GARDEN....on a DIET....yeah, so it's gonna be rather challenging, to say the least.  I love the salad, I could eat one whole entire bowl of it all myself actually, and I always ask for more black olives...love those...so we'll see if we can get through it without eating all the fattening stuff.  Pete said, "Soup and salad, no problem."  I said, "B-b-b-but, the BREADSTICKS!!! AAAUUUGGHHHHH!!!" So, I have a lower will power amount than he does apparently.  I just love bread, dammit-to-hell.  Especially home made bread, fresh outta the oven, smothered in real BUTTER....mmmmmmmm......

ARGH!!!  But, hey, if I keep shrinking at this rate, I am all for skipping the bread.  So I'll keep going.

Gotta scoot...have a good Sunday. Watch the Daytona 500, and the Oscars tonight!!  (I'll skip the car race...I've BEEN to a Daytona 500 in Richmond VA once, and it was LOUD and SMELLY and even though Dale Earnhardt was still alive then, I really wasn't cut out for being in a place like that).  Talk about overwhelming.  But the OSCARS, now THAT I would love to see in person someday.  I love old movies. I watch TCM all the time.  Last night I watched "East of Eden" and "The Grapes of Wrath."

Bye for now.  Love you lots!!!

Love, a much skinnier and healthier Rebecca