Today marks the start of a new week of shangri-la-ing.

Weight: 149.8 (same as it has been for oh, five days) = BMI 26.5 (Goal: 125/22)

The past two nights, I’ve not taken the evening SW dose, simply because I’ve been busy. This didn’t have an effect on me (that I noticed) until last night, and even then, as I ate some nice, greasy Mexican food, I couldn’t bring myself to eat as much of it as usual. Not too shabby.

My craving for all things crunchy continues. The Thai curry vegetable soup I made yesterday featured a rainbow of colorful goodness…spinach (fresh, wilted by the broth’s heat), mushrooms, red cabbage, carrot, cucumber, cilantro…yum, it was tasty. I’ve got another quart of the broth left, so I plan to have another crunchy veggie soup meal tonight for dinner. (I’m not at a point where I’m prepared to worry about “ditto-foods” yet.)

I desperately need to work out a bit more often; being busy has made this tough, and this week, I’m planning to set aside a portion of my mornings for physical activity. Working from home has its perks; since mornings are typically unproductive anyway (watching the toddler), I don’t lose many billable hours by working out, and my daughter gets to ride along in the backpack (if we hike) or play with other kids (if we go to the Y). It’s all good.

Results-wise, I’m entering the “taking it on faith” portion of this diet. I KNOW a few things about my body:

• I develop a strong momentum for weight gain/loss once I’m headed in either direction.
• It takes me a while to get that momentum built.
• I was struggling against (what felt like) pending gain before I started this, so I have accomplished something. I haven’t gained anything, and at my pre-SLD pace, I likely would have gained an extra pound or two this week.
• I haven’t gained any “temporary” weight for PMS, and normally I’d pick up 2 or 3 pounds in water. Either I’m not retaining water, or I’ve actually dropped another couple pounds, ones which won’t show on the scale for another few days, once the water subsides.

As I’ve said before, I know that if I continue to eat this way (lots of fruits and veggies), I’ll start to shape up quickly. Patience, young grasshopper!