I
started a diet today.

Here’s what I ate so far:

Two
hard boiled eggs but only ½ the yolks.

A
cup of coffee with non-dairy creamer

Two
cups of Special K

It’s 11:44. I’ll check in later but,
for the moment, I want you all to know that I’m still full!

2:51

We
can now add two sets of Van’s mini waffles, a small handful of almonds and two
rice cakes with cottage cheese.

I’m
dangerously over the limit of what one might call a diet at this point and looking
forward to dinner. Dan always whips up
something exciting on Sunday nights. 

And
you know, it’s silly to start a diet on a Sunday, what with Monday, the day I
like to think of as “fresh start day,” just around the corner.

We’ll
see how it goes, though. Because, if
for some strange reason, I don’t eat another thing all day, I might be able to
still count this as day one.

3:26

I just wrote five pages of my new book, which were actually
five pretty funny pages, if I must say, but, unfortunately, I worked up a
little appetite. I’ll try to hold off
but it doesn’t look good.

4:17

one cup of butternut squash soup. It might have been a mug. The thing is, there was only a tiny bit left in the pot after I had the
mug, so let’s call it a mug and a half to be safe. I actually have a stomach ache now. So that’s good.

Oh, and there were some crackers involved.

6:05

Dan just came home and he’s already making dinner. He asked me how my diet was going( while
watching me eat half of an oatmeal
raisin cookie). I told him I wasn’t
exactly perfect, but that it’s only my first day, so I don’t really have the
hang of it yet, and then I ate the
other half. 

Anything that happens after this is strictly for my
food diary. Which I’m starting
tomorrow.