The Diet Update - Week 6

I have on my desk six, neatly stapled bundles of paper. The bundles are smallish and contain seven papers each, one for each day of the week. Upon each paper is listed the food consumed for that day, as well as the calories. On the back I have listed the exercise.

It's documentation for the past six weeks of diet endeavor. And the latest report?

Three more pounds lost, bringing the six week total to 19.5 pounds!!

Woo-ee, Ma is pleased :-D

Might as well round 'er up to 20.

Now to take a little break from the strictness. This week's daily average was 562 calories. I may have eaten more on Thanksgiving or Christmas days than I did this entire week.

But since I'll be traveling out to Indiana, visiting with Sharon and attending a dinner on Friday night for parents of the Presidential Scholarship novitiates (Grace College) I figure it will be alright to let down my caloric hair a bit.

Nothing crazy. I wouldn't be able to count the calories precisely, anyway.

Then we'll get back in the regimen and try for 10-15 more pounds before Kendra graduates in May.

Sounds like a plan!

I forgot to mention something concerning the trip to Texas: Carolyn and Ethan were very excited to attend a Gaither Vocal Band concert.

Son Derek clued me in that they would be appearing at Belcher Auditorium (on LeTourneau Campus) during the Heritage Scholarship weekend. I quickly pulled up the site and discovered there were three tickets left.

Two of them were decent seats, one directly behind the other. I put in my bid for them and then had to register all my info before the sale would be complete. The nice thing? They said they would hold my seats for six minutes while I typed in the information.

I was sweating it out but managed to acquire the tickets! Pretty exciting stuff but I didn't relax completely until I received them in the mail.

Then I made Carolyn show them to me on the morning they left, just to be certain they were in her possession.

I'm not obsessed. Really.

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