I'm downtown, so I can't afford to drive to work. Or, rather, I can't afford parking.

"Ice Ice Baby" just popped up on my iPod. "Slice like a ninja / cut like a razor blade." Aahahahaha AWESOME.

Have you seen his movie Cool As Ice? You would laugh. You would laugh and laugh. Then you would burn a copy for Ple. Then Ple would write porn about it because she's twisted like that.

I'm downtown, so I can't afford to drive to work. Or, rather, I can't afford parking.

Oh yeah. I can't remember the last time I actually drove downtown. Maybe it was to drop someone off at the Amtrak station. Oh, and then there's the time I gave SA a ride in my Lincoln convertible, but we didn't actually stop and park downtown....

Let's see - I think it was the time I drove to the Apple store on Michigan Ave. and ended up paying $18 for parking for an hour or two.

I can tell this is going to be a "I'm hungry all day long!" day. I got here at 10:00, and in the following hour ate both my breakfast and my lunch, and my stomach is still growling. I'm going to wait until 1:00, and if I'm still hungry, I'll get a cup of soup at the cafeteria.

Drink tons of water between now and then. It might mollify you, for a while.

After the cafeteria closes at 3:30 (which is when I usually get my mid-afternoon cravings), we've got the vending machines or nothing. Blah.

basically, what Sumi said. Make sure you always have healthy snacks (something savory like nuts, something sweet like carrots) in your desk all the time! That way you won't have to rely on the cafeteria/the snack machines having something available that is appropriate for your diet.

Are you working with a nutritionist at all? Or your doctor? (not to be nosy, it's just a subject i'm a little obsessed with right now)

And, go you on your 20 laps last night! I had a goal to learn to swim last year that I totally failed to meet. But I'm joining the pool again this summer and will try again.

(Which, sarameg, that reminds me. If you ever want to go to the pool this summer as my guest you are totally welcome to come! It's like $6 for guests. It's the one in Mt. Washington. I'll be going a lot because the Twins will be old enough to really appreciate it this year and they now live in walking distance of it.)

The twins! In a pool.

::waits patiently for pictures::

Dear, lord, I'm trying to answer the stupidest questions ever. Many of which I've already answered in a slightly different format. But I just got to this one: "Has [X] increased your participation in important convenings concerning topics of value to your organization?"

Important convenings????

ANSWER: No, because if something is being called a 'convening', it cannot be important. There is no value. There is only stupid.

SERIOUSLY.

Drink tons of water between now and then. It might mollify you, for a while.

That's exactly what I'm doing! I've already finished off one liter, and am about ready to crack open the other that I had chilling in my cooler.

Are you working with a nutritionist at all? Or your doctor?

Since the food on this diet is all provided for me, I don't need a nutritionist at this point, but when I go off of in after my sister's wedding in October to try Weight Watchers, I might see if I can go to one for help. My aunt is a nutritionist, so I'll be chatting her up at the wedding.

As for a doctor, sad to say, I haven't been to one since I moved up here last May. I still haven't found a new one in the NW suburbs, but I am planning on picking one and going this summer (I'm waiting until I get below 350 so I can use the scale at the doctor's office--I'm assuming it's like every other doctor's office I've been to, with no extra-large scale available). Yes, it's a feeble excuse to wait, but I'd rather go in to see a new doctor with the ability to say, "I know I'm still obese, but, hey--I've lost over 100 pounds already!"