No Carbs? Seriously?! 

I know I shouldn't feel this way, but when I look good on the outside, I feel good on the inside. I have tried to be comfortable with my weight and the way I look, but it just ends in frustration and hooded sweatshirts to hide myself. So, instead of burying myself in a bag of BBQ chips, I have started working out regularly and just recently, following the tips in Jenna Wolfe's new book: Thinner in 30. I thought this book would be great for me because she gives you one change a day to master. I can do that, right? ONE thing? So doable. The first two days have been relatively easy. I have actually come to enjoy the 20 sips of water first thing in the morning and I had already started a food journal, so this step was fairly routine. 

Then day three happened. The change to add to your life is to take 10,000 steps. When I first read this chapter, I thought, HA! I have a 16 month old. Taking 10,000 steps is going to be so easy! Well, at 8:00pm last night, I had only taken about 7,500 steps. Ridiculous.  While the Hubby is watching tv, I am walking laps around my house. Yes, lap after lap, after lap. I hit 8,500 steps and the man on the couch relaxing says, oh it is okay, you did your best. What?! I tell him, you better be my cheerleader for these last 1,500 steps or I am making you get up and do them with me! Finally, I hit 10,000 steps. VICTORY!! I can now rule the world!! 

I am feeling all great and unstoppable while I read the next chapter and learn the next step in the 30 tips. I laugh aloud and throw the book on the couch. Nope, that's it. I 'm done. This is impossible and I can't do it. I have to stop eating simple carbs after 6:00pm. Who does this Jeanna Wolfe think she is? Does she not realize that carbs make life worth living? That carbs are one of my most favorite things in the world? I tell the Hubby this and he looks at me with an incredulous face. He says, "You just walked around the house for 30 minutes trying to get 10,000 steps, but you can't stop eating carbs at 6:00? She isn't saying you can't eat them at all." 

Touche, man who can eat anything he wants, touche.