Diet, Day 7: Nestles makes the very best.....

....cho-o-o-o-o-o-o-colate.

Have I mentioned that this medically supervised 420 calorie/day liquid program I am on, Optifast, is made by Nestle????

HOLY BUTTERFINGER BAR HAAGEN DAZS ICE CREAM, Batman!

That is just SO WRONG! I mean, good strategic product acquisition on Nestle’s part (they acquired the product from Novartis), but for CRYIN’ IN A BUCKET! They getcha goin’ up and they getcha comin’ down.

(and just HOW MANY Butterfinger Bars and Haagen Dazs ice creams have I eaten, you may ask? Let me count the dimples on my thighs.....)

I was gonna post over the weekend, truly I was. But when I woke up Saturday morning, I thought, as I do each morning, DAY 4! I CAN DO THIS! YES I CAN!

And then I thought.....oh.....uh oh......today is the Fourth of July. My favorite holiday. Family, friends, grilling franks and burgers on the barbie....

Well THAT was poor planning on my part!

And then the voices in my head started singing, "Oh I wish I were an Oscar Meyer Wiener..." over and over and over. And over. And over. All. Day. Long. The voices in my head...

Of course, I didn't really want to BE an Oscar Meyer Wiener. I wanted to EAT an Oscar Meyer Wiener. Or ANY wiener. And cheeseburger. And potato chips. And strawberry shortcake. With real whipped cream. And ice-cold beer to wash it all down.

But I was good. I didn't eat (or drink) any "bad" stuff. I DID make one wee substitution. I ate one boiled egg (70 calories, negligible carbs) for one of my 80 calorie shakes. Let me tell you, no thirty dollar filet mignon ever tasted as good as that egg!

On the plus side, I probably burned several thousand calories reaching up thousands of times to wipe the drool off my face as I smelled those tasty favorites grillin' all day.

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Baby love! I captured these photos yesterday afternoon. That is Little Doe and two sweet babies. The larger fawn belongs to Big Doe, who was lounging in the shade about a half acre away.

I guess it was Little Doe's day to watch the kids.



Until next time, I'll be at the easel chanting: I CAN DO THIS! YES I CAN! Just loud enough to drown out the voices in my head.

Ronda
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