Lumpy Girl Claire's Diet
- Things My Lumpy Girl Told Me

That Lumpy Girl still has a powerful influence over me. After my small weight loss last week she convinced me that my problem was that I wasn't eating enough. She knew just what I wanted to hear.

"Not enough carbs," she said. "You are putting yourself into starvation mode and slowing down your metabolism."

Could this be true?

At first I thought it was a trick to get me to eat bad things. Turns out, she just wanted a piece of bread, so I gave it to her. Guess what? I think she was right! This week I lost 2.8 pounds.

Sometimes (PMS) you have to (PMS) give in to those (PMS) cravings.

You just have to plan for them and make up for them. Sure I ate the chicken pita sandwich with ranch dressing (Oh, yeah!), but I stuck to my food plan the rest of the day and exercised that night.

Turns out I can satisfy the Lumpy Girl and still support the Skinny Girl at the same time.

Aha! So, maybe that's what they mean by a balanced diet. Go figure!

I think that I'll still have to keep an eye on the Lumpy Girl. Even though she was right and actually helpful this time, she is also the one who encourages me eat Twinkie cakes and cheeseburgers and other naughty (but oh so yummy) things.

I'm confident that Lumpy Girl and Skinny Girl can somehow coexist. Now that Skinny Girl has a stronger voice, she won't be letting Lumpy get too far out of hand.

When Lumpy is whispering " Mmm, pies." in my one ear, she'll be whispering "Eek! Thighs!" in my other.

I think it just might work!

Goals for Week 6:

Get through the holiday weekend without totally blowing my diet.
Get to the beach!

Rewards (?):

Buy a swimsuit!!
(You can bet I'll be writing about this ordeal!)

P.S. My current total weight loss is 12.4 pounds! I've lost almost the equivalent of 50 (49.6) quarter pound burgers from my body.

What are they when you buy them pre-made, about 4 inches in diameter? That's approximately 17 feet of burgers! That would go up and down my body 3 times!! Amazing!

Claire