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Wooohoo!!! Lost FOUR pounds since last Wednesday!

I probably won't write much today (watch it turn into a full page...often does when I say I have nothing to say! LOL)....my Mom is here beside me and rather distracting. And I can't ask her to be quiet like I can my daughter. I meant to write yesterday, but got caught up in getting ready for Mom to arrive, and then ...

Things are going pretty good so far! Feeling better every day. Sometimes I think, "Geez, I really don't want to eat more salad right now!" But when I think that, I either come up with something different but equally healthy, or I just knuckle down and have some salad.

But ya know...as much as I sometimes get tired of eating salad...I also get tired of talking about it. ...

Felt pretty darned good today! I'm not feeling deprived or unhappy in my food choices. My incidences of upset stomach (heartburn) are decreasing markedly each day. I think I'm already over the hardest hump, and it wasn't nearly so big or so painful as I'd expected it to be.

My next big challenge will come in a few days, I think...when my Mom comes out to visit. She flies in on Tuesday and ...

Seems like Tuesday was definitely the worst day to get through. Yesterday was not much fun, but not as bad. I got my stuff done and made it to church for Wed night classes. It wasn't until just around bedtime that the lurking headache finally exploded into spikey drills. I even felt it in my sleep some...but by morning, I felt fine. And today I'm feeling pretty good so far. I'm pretty hungry now, and ready ...

I haven't been around for a while, still getting used to my new shift at work I guess. I'm now working Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 7:00PM until 5:00AM, the money is pretty good, with the time and a half for Sundays and a 10% shift differential for working off hours, it's like getting paid for 49 hours for a 40 hour week. It's like getting a 25% raise, the down side of course is that it really messes up your internal clock. I actually love working those hours, there's actually more ...