Day 5

So I barely made it yesterday.

A strange thing happens to me when I go on this diet. I think it's the same phenomenon that effects anorexics (sp?). I really find that I enjoy cooking. It's as if I get some sort of vicarious joy out of watching other people enjoy eating great food. So anyway, yesterday I made homemade bread--white flour, wheat flour and just a touch of oats. An incredible recipe, and perfect for my wife's Bosche. It was a terrible torture, but there were several people in the Ward that we wanted to give a loaf as a gift, so we made five of them and kept one. For several hours the house was filled with the smell of baking bread. Nothing in this world smells better. I resisted the urge to sample any portion of that bread all the way up until about one o'clock in the morning (last night). You see, I only consumed four out of five of my diet packets. I think I did this deliberately. And to make up for the 160 calories that I was missing...I consumed a single piece of fresh baked bread. I slathered it with butter, honey--the works--heated it in the microwave, and then consumed it while watching a red-eye program on the Science Channel.

I think the calorie count of that slice was a little higher than my unconsumed diet packet, but not too much higher, so I didn't feel too guilty. But then this morning I weighed myself, and to my alarm, I weigh exactly the same as I did two days ago!!! Now I know why movie stars avoid bread. Unbelievable. But I guess I shouldn't be so depressed. I was actually surprised that I lost all of 6.5 lbs in just the first two days. So now things are about right (for the first week of this diet, that is).

Today is going well, so far. I've only consumed one packet. I'm determined to write several good pages on the new "Tennis Shoes" novel. I have to mail some packages to those who purchased Tennis Shoes stuff or Passage DVDs on Ebay (that link, by the way, is http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150369089047&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT. You might have to cut and paste this link in the address bar.)

Mondays are very busy days in the Heimerdinger home. Gymnastics, guitar lessons, FHE. Thankfully my sweet wife does most of the driving. I just park myself at this computer and write. Still, there's plenty to keep my mind off food. But again, this is the easy time of day. The dreaded time fast approaches.

One thing for sure--today there will be no bread allowed.