I haven’t updated in a while, I know.  Things have kind of gone full speed ahead for me lately and it’s hard to keep track of all my blogs.  I figured it would be easy posting on five but I guess I was wrong.

The diet is going well.  I’ve cheated a little but with my craving for coffee later I couldn’t seem to stop myself from going into Starbucks today.  It was just a treat to myself so I guess that counts for something.  Last night I enjoyed my grilled chicken but I put a little Parmesan cheese on it and sliced it up into a salad.  And that’s another thing I’ve been eating a lot of lately - chicken salad.  I bought a few cans of chicken from Walmart for Bella and wound up keeping two for myself to throw together with a little mayo and a lot of celery, onion and other fixings to make it tasty.  I’ve been snacking on it all week.

I haven’t gone out and purchased Micheal’s plan.  I figure at the rate I’m going I should be able to discipline myself enough to get the job done.  My big set back right now is the fact that I’m still smoking.  I’m not sure how well that’s going to effect me when I do finally quit for good.  I’ve heard on numerous occasions that those who quit tend to replace the need of hand-to-mouth with food instead of a cig and that would just be a big set back for me.  The thing is, I don’t want to go cold turkey and load up on patches or the gum because while it stops me from smoking it keeps me addicted to the nicotine which in turn would just be pointless.  At that point it’s cheaper just to smoke.  You’re spending up to $60 a week on Nicorette gum or anything else to subside the smoking feelings and when it turns into $240 a month and you’re still able to quit the $40 a month you were spending on a carton really starts to look much better to your wallet.