tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011232371052149351.post-18272284839874396932007-06-17T14:48:00.000-04:002007-06-17T15:04:54.828-04:00All the best intentioned weeks of dieting can be ruined by an evening of Mott's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Clamato</span> Juice and a bit of Vodka. Summer <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">BBQs</span> are the one of the best things about the season. Sitting back with a few friends some steak and a drink.<br /><br />Sunday evening I dug out my box of dieting manuals and recovered my copy of the Zone. Excited I went to the 24 hour grocery store and bought all the foods I would need for the week. i dusted off a smallish cooler and put an ice pack in the freezer. Monday started off wonderfully. I got up in the morning and had a brisk walk. I returned home and stocked my cooler with vegetables, a banana, a sandwich and a salad of tomatoes, cucumber and avocado. I was ready to diet. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">WhooHoo</span> was I ready. I was able to maintain my excitement well into Wednesday night. I had a meeting in the evening and I arrived with a bottle of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Fresca</span> in hand and some serious kick-ass. When I arrived my glorious partners were discussing Company names over glasses of champagne. I hauled out my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Fresca</span> to drink as as I turned to get a glass a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Ceasar</span> appeared on the counter before me. Just one I thought. One turned to four and suddenly my diet was off course. Thursday arrived and I stuck to the diet, no exercise. Now on to Friday. A summer BBQ at a friend's place. Oh joy o bliss, the weather was marvelous and as in most circles of friends I suspect, people arrive that you hadn't seen since last summer. Feeling badly about my misstep on Wednesday I vowed to nurse one drink and then switch to unsweetened ice tea. Seven <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ceasar</span> later I was hammered and my diet was once again in the gutter.<br /><br />I know others might say that I'm weak but I would say "Let's be realistic". What is a gal to do. Lock herself in a closet and eat rice crisps all summer.<br /><br />It's Sunday again. Pounds lost this week 0. I am writing this message and thinking about the grocery store. Do I give it a try again this week? Of course I do as the alternative is to gain a pound. I must be strong and if I have learned anything this week it's Don't drink and diet. It's going to be a long summer.Kathleen MacDougallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12933426270586547247noreply@blogger.com