WW - Day 16

You know how on "The Biggest Loser" the contestants would work out for 6 hours a day, eat strictly monitored food, and just essentially LIVE the diet for a whole week? Do you remember how, at some weigh-ins, they would get up on that scale after dieting properly and putting 40 hours in the gym, only to find out they'd lose a pound or two?

That is, without question, my worst nightmare.

I can be very good and do what I've been doing fastidiously. But what happens if my body stalls out and I don't lose anything? I mean, I understand cause and effect. Eat a cookie, wear a cookie. But if you've been good, to-the-letter-good, and the scale doesn't cooperate, what then?

What would Adele do then?
Or maybe the question should be, what WILL Adele do then? -- because it's bound to happen.
Will I slack off?
Will I throw in the towel?

Oh God, after all this -- will I just blow it all off?
Hmmm.... I may need to develop a plan for that day, when it comes.

FOOD: Very good girl status. Unfortunately, my chef is en route to Nebraska for a week. I hope I don't resort to foraging through the high-fat forest...

MOOD: Generally, I'm truly pleased with all progress and looking forward to more. I've told my family and they are incredibly supportive and excited for me. However, as the beginning of this post shows, I'm preoccupied with potential disaster. Sometimes this seems like I'm preparing myself for inevitable failure, rather than fending off past demons. I must take a Buffy the Vampire Slayer approach: even when I'm not sure I can or even want to battle evil, it is my responsibility! It's just that Buffy's evil demons are vampires. My demons live in fast food restaurants and grocery stores. The one thing they have in common is that they like to fight at night!