Lazy Day

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yep6gusOqAE&list=RDyep6gusOqAE&index=1

Ah-h-h...Lazy Day....

So we arrived in Ft. Myers last night, and the minute I stepped out into the FL evening, I felt this gigantic AH-H-H..moment. I took off my sweater and felt WARM!!!  I guess I'm getting old, friends, because this is the first winter I actually WANTED to be here.  It was so cold up in Michigan and I was pretty ANXIOUS to get down here to spring-like weather.  The grass is green, flowers are in bloom. Yes, it's warm and balmy and, well, it's FLORIDA in the winter-time...pretty darn nice.  That in a nutshell is why the old farts retire down here and why the smart, young folks relocate here after college!!!

Anyway, I digress...

So "Lazy Day" takes me back to those sunny, hippy, 60's when I was young and slim and skippy- happy.  I kind of felt that way after meeting up with our good long-time cousin-friends down here in Ft. Myers.  We had not seen them in several months and I got some pretty nice kudos from my girlfriend about my weight loss.

Now let's be real girls...other girls don't usually like to be left behind in this arena.. you know what I mean.  They're happy for YOU but they are unhappy for THEMSELVES...and sometimes that old green-eyed monster emerges...well, I didn't pick up that vib from my pal.  I got compliments last night as I removed my cover-up to get into the hot tub and revealed my -30 lb. self as I entered that cauldron of bubbling who-knows-what???!!! Yep, there are some crusty old men frequenting that hot cesspool on a regular basis down here, so I usually avoid it like the plague...but not last night...and it was worth the compliments, believe me!

So tonight, my gal-pal and I planned a little shopping excursion - (due to being preempted by some football game the guys just HAD to watch, apparently)...and, anyway, I did need to buy some new shorts since my former shorts were not doing my new weight loss any justice ... so, again with the compliments from my "sista."  Now I know for sure she's real curious about how I pulled this off, right?

And finally she asked how I did it.  I thought I had told her...yes, just basically low carb!  Cut the carbs, find replacements...."what about alcohol?"....well, yeah, there is NO replacement for alcohol!! I basically don't drink at home any more!  That seems to end the discussion for some people.  But if you can get by that BIG thing - and it is a BIG thing for some people - then you can be a low carb success story yourself.  Wish I had made that connection 20 years ago...  It was definitely the STALL in my many unsuccessful weight loss efforts in the past.

Am I drinking during my vacation?   Yeah, a little.  But it's not the occasional drink that is a problem. It's the every night "mother's-little-helper"- the "elephant in the room" that becomes the elephant in your jeans!  So get tough and get it out of the house.  Yes, breaking up is hard to do, but some things are worth giving up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbad22CKlB4