Day 3

My mom came to visit and spent the night. Picture the most accomplished professional woman you know. Add to that compassion, sass, and deep intelligence. That is my mama! So going to bed on time and getting up on time was a breeze. After all, I couldn't very well have her disappointed in me! Although she frowned when she saw my no cursing goal. I think she sees '0' as a more appropriate amount of swearing.

But despite the great start, today has been the biggest challenge to my will power yet. I say that like it's been weeks and weeks. That is right folks, today was my first Dr. Pepper free day in a long time! Occasionally I've cut down on how much I drink a day. Occasionally I just don't have one because I'm not feeling like it. But it has been a while since I wanted one and didn't give in to that desire.

I even put myself in the line of temptation by accompanying my coworker to the corner 7-11 where we generally talk to Abdul the cashier for a minute and fill up our soda cups. I think Abdul was happy to see us, but definitely gave me an odd look when I purchased a bag of ice instead of a Big Gulp! But I held my ground, despite the odd looks from my fellow 7-11 big gulp addicts!

It wasn't a perfect day. I still had a sodalater, just not a caffeinated one. But to balance that out, I didn't use my one free swear word today. "Does that mean you get two tomorrow?"

. . . Shut up Meredith!

The odd thing about this experiment so far, is that I am so focused on the rules, I haven't really been paying attention to whether or not I feel better living a more regimented life. I guess it's like weight watchers. At first you can do nothing else but count the points, and eventually it comes naturally and you've lost ten pounds.