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"So out of the blue, an old friend got in touch with me and we&amp;#039;re meeting for a drink in a week or so. I&amp;#039;ve only seen him maybe once or twice since in 20 years, at the most, and even then we didn&amp;#039;t really catch up. Anyway...all of a sudden I&amp;#039;m nervous. What will he think I look like? Regardless, I want to look my best when I see him, of course. My answer? Not eating for the next week. Just kidding. We all know I couldn&amp;#039;t do that. ;) But I do wish I could just drop the extra weight like that. In fact, I wish that I could rewind this blog from the beginning and started really dieting then. Because if I did, I&amp;#039;d be so skinny now! I know, I know. I should want to lose the weight for myself. For my body and my well-being. I should be my own motivator because I should want to do it. Yeah, I know. But what the heck: Having a deadline is motivating me! Today I walked the steps instead of taking the escalator. I got up instead of calling someone at work. And I ate really well: - Mueslix cereal with a few slices of banana - Salad with chick peas at lunch - A Nutri-Grain bar for a late day snack - A sandwich made from lightly buttered wheat toast and the whites from a hard boiled egg, salt and pepper; an apple I guess that last one might sound gross to many of you, but I grew up with that egg sandwich. It&amp;#039;s one of my favorites actually \u2013 and it&amp;#039;s low calorie and filling. Plus, I even walked a total of an hour today so at least I got a little bit of exercise. I know many doctors and nutritionists won&amp;#039;t agree with me, but I&amp;#039;ll take motivation no matter how it comes. Even if it is sort of coming from someone else! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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