Day Five and I feel Alive!

**Posted Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 due to computer issues**

Okay, so today's title is really corny. I'm like that some days. Other days I even crack myself up. Seriously though, I'm excited about today. Despite the many challenges I faced, and believe me there were a crap load, I kept my head above water. Not only did I not sink but I managed to make it back to shore without going under.

This morning started off pretty good. I got up at 6:10 instead of six. Remind me not to do that tomorrow. So from the get go I was running a little behind. Good thing all I had to do was turn the kettle on. Thankfully everything else was ready to go. I didn't want to be late for work so I took my hot chocolate and oatmeal to go. Drinking is much easier to do in a car than eating. I basically inhaled my oatmeal at a particularly long stop light. Again, not recommended. When I got to work I found out that the little girl I take care of is sick. The parents made arrangements for her Nana to come and stay with her so that I could take her brother to school. Just before we walked out the door I remembered that I hadn't put the car seats back in after the holiday break. Really? So off I went by myself to his mom's school to swap cars. Back off to the house to collect my darling charge and to school. Late. Crap. I was supposed to talk to his teacher before class as well. Instead I had to settle for passing the info on to someone else. I hate when I feel like I haven't done my job.

After dropping my little punkin off I was able to run my errands...bank, pharmacy, nail salon. I broke a nail. Turns out to be the middle finger on my right hand. Hard not to notice. Unfortunately Kim wasn't available so I'll have to try tomorrow. I then raced back home to eat some jello and grab my stuff for lunch. Back off to school to get the punkin and finally talk to his teacher. We then headed home for lunch. Whew! During all of my running around I ended up going the wrong direction to get the car seats and had to turn around and then back tracked not once, not twice, but three times during my other errands. Really? Ugh! Thankfully when we got to the house I was able to eat my lunch and avoid the numerous left-over holiday treats trying to jump in my mouth. You know, cookies, candy canes, 12 different forms of chocolate. Crafty little buggers too. I needed all of my stealthy ninja tricks to keep them at bay.

After spending the rest of the afternoon visiting with my second family I headed home for dinner. The day actually worked out really well. I'm ecstatic that I was able to stay on plan and avoid temptations all while having a fairly stressful morning. I have hope that I can do this. Let me clarify. I have hope that I can do this longer than a week. Perhaps I shouldn't get ahead of myself. I need to remember to take one day at a time. Then I can look at one week.

Today when I weighed in I was floored when the scale read 198.4. That means I was down 2.2 pounds from yesterday and a total of 7.6. Holy Cow! I have NEVER lost more than six pounds in a single week. I still have two more weigh in's this week. I don't know about you but it's hard for me to not be excited. I feel so motivated right now. My current weight loss, coupled with the reduction in my carb cravings, has really made me feel good. I have energy and focus. I have committment.